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Mauritian edtech Eco-Warriors wins Seedstars Port Louis

Mauritian edtech startup Eco-Warriors has been named the winner of yesterday’s Seedstars Port Louis pitching event. The startup, which is a subsidiary of holding…

Tshimologong Precinct invites growing black tech firms to enter TechAccel programme

The Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, together with IBM is calling on black owned growth-stage startups to participate in this year’s TechAccel programme, a high-impact accelerator…

Startups better hurry if they want to apply for Wamda’s Dubai-based programme

North African entrepreneurs have until this Sunday (20 October) to apply for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) focused Wamda X grant-based fellowship…

TechTribe Accelerator to use roadshows to pick 100 startups from SADC region

Pretoria-based TechTribe Accelerator (TTA) has announced that it has embarked on a roadshow in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to scout for…

Here are the eight startups pitching today at Seedstars Port Louis

Swiss emerging market startup competition Seedstars World has named the eight startups that will pitch today at Seedstars Port Louis in Mauritius. It is not…

GreenHouse Capital announces the names of the 10 startups in its 2019 Tech Accelerator

Lagos-based venture capital (VC) firm GreenHouse Capital has accepted 10 startups from Botswana, Ghana and Nigeria into its 2019 Tech Accelerator programme. The cohort,…

PayGate and Retail Capital join forces to launch new short-term finance offering [Sponsored]

Local Payment Service Provider, PayGate has partnered with Retail Capital to provide businesses with short-term working capital. The co-created Easy Advance will allow merchants…

All you need to know about AfricArena’s current open innovation challenges

AfricArena, the international African startup and investor conference, currently has six challenges that entrepreneurs from across the continent can apply to. Two close this…

SA’s ThisIsMe best regtech at 2018 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards

South African identity verification and due diligence platform ThisIsMe has won the Best RegTech Solution category at the fourth edition of the recently held…

‘Facebook $20k grants via NG_Hub to tackle Nigeria’s innovation gap’ [Q&A]

A lack of financial instruments is holding back innovation in Nigeria, and Facebook aims to address this by providing $20 000 grants to applicants to its new accelerator,…

Nigerian insurtech CompareIN to head to Yale University pitch after winning $150k

Nigerian insurtech startup CompareIN are heading to Yale University in Connecticut in the US, after winning $150 000 at the inaugural VentureClash Lagos, a pitch competition organised…

Difficult, lonely being a black woman in sector, says iMed Tech founder

Despite running running an award-winning medtech startup, Nneile Nkholise still finds it hard and often lonely being a black woman in the sector. “You always…

Seedstars in call for Moroccan startups to enter pitching competition

Do you run a Moroccan-based tech startup? Fancy your chances of coming out tops and winning a trip to Switzerland to meet investors and clinch up…

Here are the 20 measures the Tunisia Startup Act aims to promote

Tunisia’s news startup act — passed earlier last month — could propel the north African country to become the region’s next entrepreneurial hotspot. Here’s why….

SA startups Vizibiliti Insight, The Sun Exchange celebrating after VivaTech win

Johannesburg-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Vizibiliti Insight and blockchain startup The Sun Exchange are celebrating. Both won pitching challenges at French tech summit VivaTech held in Paris last week. Vizibiliti…

Initiative to help 67 black-owned startups, SMEs with R2m worth in logos, branding

One of the biggest mistakes startups make when it comes to designing a logo is that they design what they like — rather than what…

SBC head smiling as Startupbootcamp Cape Town applications top 1000

Startupbootcamp (SBC) Africa managing director Philip Kiracofe says he is “quite happy” with the large number of Africans countries from which the organisation received applications for this…

Here’s how African startups can apply for a share of €65m French fund

African startups will be able to apply for seed funding from a new €65-million French development agency (AFD) fund via an innovation competition, when applications for the competition…

80% of applications for $400 000 Fall Armyworm Tech Prize are from Africans

A $400 000 competition which aims to find digital solutions to identify, track and protect crops from the armyworm — which has devastated agricultural produce…

Google launches $6m Impact Challenge for SA, Nigeria, Kenya

Google this week launched its $6-million Google Impact Challenge aimed at social enterprises and non-profit organisations based in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya. The announcement was made…

Meet the nine 2018 FNB Business Innovation Awards finalists

The FNB Business Innovation Awards, in association with Endeavor South Africa has announced the nine finalists selected for the 2018 FNB Business Innovator of…

Visa’s Everywhere Initiative: Past winners on 4 reasons to apply [Sponsored]

Exposure, partnerships, funding, and access. These are the four main reasons why you should apply for the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI), according to past…

How Tunisia’s Startup Act is a blueprint for other African policy makers

Tunisia’s new startup act, which was passed last month, is a blueprint for how other African countries could create an enabling environment for innovators and…

WeThinkCode_ and South Cape TVET College Bring Software Engineering Training to Rural SA Youth

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

MTN MoMo’s R10-a-Day Smartphone Offer Aims to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

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

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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