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Ukheshe, Mindbridge named winners of SA Reserve Bank’s global fintech hackcelerator

The SA Reserve Bank (Sarb) has named SA’s uKheshe and Canada’s MindBridge Analytics the winners of its 2019 Global Fintech Hackcelerator @ Southern Africa…

Edtech incubator Injini opens fourth-cohort applications for African startups

Cape Town-based edtech incubator Injini has announced that applications for its fourth cohort are now open. Tech startups from any African country can apply….

Here are the 2019 Southern Africa Startup Awards regional finalists

The 2019 Southern Africa Startup Awards (SASAwards) regional finalists have been announced. The awards form part of the annual Global Startup Awards which aim to spotlight…

Seedstars World partners with AfDB to add job creation track to pitching events

Swiss emerging market startup competition Seedstars World has partnered with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to add a job creation track to its pitching…

Here are the winners of the 2019 MTN App of the Year Awards

Johannesburg-based insurtech startup Naked has emerged the overall winner of this year’s MTN App Awards. This, after it scooped the best financial solution and…

Travel booking platform Glocaltravel.io wins Seedstars Harare

Glocaltravel.io, a travel booking platform developed by Africabookings.com, has been named the winner of this year’s Seedstars Harare pitching event. Glocaltravel.io will now represent…

Ivorian startup Lifiled named Seedstars Abidjan winner

Swiss emerging market startup competition Seedstars World has named Ivorian startup Lifiled the winner of this year’s Seedstars Abidjan pitching event. The startup offers…

Entries to one of Nigeria’s first female-focused tech accelerators close Friday

African women-led tech startups looking to apply to join GreenHouse Capital — one of Nigeria’s first-female focused tech accelerators — have just under three…

Seedstars World announces the nine startups set to pitch at Seedstars Kigali

Seedstars World, one of the largest startup competitions for emerging markets, has announced the nine startups that will pitch at Seedstars Kigali in the…

Ghanaian agritech startup CowTribe crowned winner at Seedstars Accra

Ghanaian agritech startup CowTribe has been selected as the winner of the Seedstars Accra. Seedstars World, one of the biggest startup competitions for emerging…

DEMO Africa innovation tour: Here are the Cape Town, Douala winners

DEMO Africa has selected four startups from South Africa and Cameroon that will pitch at its launchpad in Morocco this October at DEMO Africa…

How Google Launchpad helped prepare newly cash flush Aerobotics to scale

Funding has little value if you don’t put it to good use as some startups often discover when it’s too late. This makes business advice from…

All 10 startups chosen for SBC AfriTech 2018 market ready – accelerator head

The 10 startups that have been selected by Startupbootcamp (SBC) AfriTech for its 2018 cohort all have “market-ready” solutions, with SBC’s sponsors ready to work with them “starting…

Meet the three winners of DEMO Africa’s innovation tour Ivory Coast pitch event

Three companies — EtuDesk, Maurice Communication Marketing, and WeFlyAgri — have come out tops as winners at DEMO Africa’s last leg of a West African innovation tour in Ivory Coast…

Nigerian startups dominate lineup in edtech incubator Injini’s second cohort

After receiving over 800 applications from 36 countries across Africa, Cape Town based edtech incubator Injini today (11 July) unveiled the eight startups that will…

Here are the three winners of DEMO Africa’s Accra event

Three Ghanaian startups, CompleteFarmer, Develess, and RedBird, have been selected as winners of the Accra leg of the Demo Africa innovation tour. The three…

Red Bull Basement programme to support innovators who solve social problems

A new programme by energy drink company Red Bull aims to support five tech startups that seek to solve socially relevant problems within the urban,…

SA small businesses were looking for R86bn in 2017 estimates Finfind report

A whopping R86-billion. That is the amount of finance that a new survey estimates that South African small businesses were looking for last year. Released…

Venture Science Academy opens entries for Digital Venture Build programme

The Cape Town-based Venture Science Academy has opened entries to its newly launched Digital Venture Build programme which kicks off next month. Applications are set to close…

Want to exhibit at ITU Telecom World 2018? Enter the Industry 4.0 Challenge

Think you’ve built tech relevant to the Fourth Industrial Revolution? Keen to showcase this innovation at an international exhibition? Then you have four days left…

Vice-president in meeting with Google head to showcase Nigeria’s tech sector [Updated]

Nigeria’s vice-president Yemi Osinbajo, who is leading a three-day US roadshow to showcase the growth of Nigeria’s tech and entertainment sectors, yesterday met with Google CEO…

Moroccan transit app Weego wins Seedstars Casablanca

Weego, a collaborative transit app which enables users to track buses and trams in real time, has been selected as the winner of this year’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Augmentors reveal launch date of AR, blockchain mobile game

Michael Deon, the founder of Augmentors — the world’s first augmented reality (AR) mobile game backed by the bitcoin blockchain — has announced that he…

Epson Survey Reveals Surge in Demand for Projectors as Home Cinema Trend Takes Off

Opera Mini Brings Free AI to South Africa, Tackling Data Costs and Boosting Digital Inclusion

HONOR X7c: Does This Budget Beast Deliver on Battery and That 108MP Camera?

Umvuzo Health Turns 21 with a Tech-Driven Medtech Model That’s Redefining Corporate Healthcare

Kazang Brings Card Payments to Spaza Shops, Driving Fintech-Fuelled Financial Inclusion

Flutterwave Launches Accelerate Workshop to Upskill Young Africans in Tech

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Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

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