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CiTi opens applications for Top Tech Tools for Women In Business programme

The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) is calling on women founders and company heads to apply for its 10-week Top Tech Tools for Women in…

Women initiative to help female founders apply for YCombinator

Are you a female founder from Africa looking to get your tech startup into US accelerator YCombinator? Future Africa Venture Entrepreneur Women (Fave Women),…

UCT’s Solution Space calls on high-impact scale-ups to apply for new programme

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Solution Space has launched its a programme to support UCT students and alumni looking to start or scale up…

Applications for Thailand’s AGrowth Accelerator close soon

Early-stage agritech startups from around the world have until this Sunday (11 August) to submit their applications for the AGrowth Accelerator Programme. The 12-week…

SA machine learning startup Invoke Analytics looking to expand to Europe

Barely three years ago Herman Carstens and Dawie Diamond were forced to rely on their spouses’ incomes and left over bursary money from their days…

Meet Next Einstein Forum’s 2019-2021 Fellows cohort

The Next Einstein Forum (Nef) has announced its third cohort of fellows comprised of 25 scientists whose research and innovations are contributing to solve…

SA fintech startup JUMO appoints Africa and India CEOs [Updated]

SA founded fintech startup JUMO announced today that it has appointed Buhle Goslar and Ashish Desai as Africa CEO and India CEO respectively. The startup which…

Unicef looking to invest in blockchain startups, announces call for funding

Have you developed a functional, open-source blockchain prototype or do have one that you are willing to make open-source? The UN Children’s Fund (Unicef)…

NYDA top official denies plan to bankroll app for local entrepreneur’s new company

Mystery surrounds whether the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) is involved in bankrolling the development of mobile apps for a local serial entrepreneur who recently acquired a local…

Acsa, Tshimologong Precinct launch hackathon challenge on airport security

Have an idea for a disruptive security access solution? Airports Company of South Africa (Acsa) and Wits University’s Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, have partnered to…

Call for submissions for $1m Al-Sumait Prize for African Development

One lucky African entrepreneur or innovator with a cutting edge health solution stands the chance to win up to $1-million in prize money, with the…

Uprise.Africa opens Storied to investors in possible first for crowdfunding in SA

Equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa has opened what could be possibly South Africa’s first live equity-crowdfunding campaign to investors, with the launch yesterday of Jacana Media’s Storied…

Developing a blockchain app is not that difficult, says man behind hackathon

Getting into blockchain app development is not as difficult as people make it out to be, as the resources to do so are available to everyone,…

Michael Jordaan blown away by all the good wishes on app-based Bank Zero

Former FNB head and venture capitalist Michael Jordaan says he’s “blown away by all the good wishes” on his announcement today of the planned…

Simodisa to integrate Venture Central site with other existing portals

SA entrepreneurship advocacy body Simodisa will in coming months begin integrating its Venture Central portal for entrepreneurs with other exisiting portals, the startup advocacy group’s…

EasyEquities postpones launch of equity crowdfunding campaign by two weeks

Investment platform EasyEquities has postponed the opening of the investment round of its first equity crowdfunding campaign of 10 Startupbootcamp Cape Town startups by two weeks….

Silicon Valley bound: Aerobotics team set to jet off to US for Launchpad Accelerator

Four members of South African aerial data analytics platform Aerobotics are set to take part in the fifth class of Google’s Launchpad Accelerator which…

$500 000 Challenge Fund aims to disrupt Benin’s tourism industry

Sèmè City, an emerging tech district in Benin, has launched a call for applications to the Challenge Fund, an initiative that aims to build a sustainable tourism industry in…

Norwegian accelerator Pangea seeking African startups for Kenya programme

Pangea Accelerator, an Oslo-based investment platform and accelerator programme, has opened applications to its recently launched accelerator in Nairobi, Kenya. Applications to the Pangea…

Uprise.Africa to launch first crowdfunding campaign this month says COO Schofield

Equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa is set to launch its first campaign later this month for a project aimed at funding the publication of more African literature,…

Start-Up Chile opens applications to accelerator programme, increases funding

Global accelerator Start-Up Chile has opened applications to its seven-month accelerator programme Start-Up Chile Seed. The accelerator made the announcement yesterday in a blog post…

Just under a day left to apply to London-based The Collective Global Accelerator

For some entrepreneurs, it’s more than just about generating revenue. There are some who get into it to make an impact and to change…

Applications to the Spark* South Africa 2018 Accelerator Programme now open

Spark* International, an initiative of Australian international development non-profit YGAP, has opened applications to its Spark* South Africa 2018 Accelerator Programme. The five-day programme…

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Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round, Setting Record in Kenya’s Tourism-Tech Scene

Conservio raises $1M to expand sustainable travel

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