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SA’s Neo Hutiri wins £25k in 2019 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

South African innovator and Pelebox founder Neo Hutiri has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2019 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. The Africa Prize for…

Meet the eight African edtech startups in Injini’s third cohort

Cape Town based edtech incubator Injini yesterday held a launch event where it introduced the eight African startups in its third cohort. The eight…

HiiL launches call for Innovating Justice Challenge 2019

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law’s (HiiL) Innovating Justice Challenge 2019 is now open for applications. The organisation is looking for justice innovators from…

African fintech startups to take part in launching trading at London Stock Exchange

African fintech startups attending Africa Tech Summit London will on 11 June take part in launching trading for the day at the London Stock…

Seda, SA Innovation Summit launch Season 4 of Pitch & Perfect competition

The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) has partnered with the SA Innovation Summit to launch Season 4 of the Pitch & Perfect masterclasses and…

Africa Moves announces names of 100 startups selected for Tunis summit

Africa Moves has announced the 100 African startups selected to attend The Big Summit which will take place between 17 and 21 June in…

Google Launchpad Africa has proven ‘extremely valuable’ for startup – SA founder

“Extremely valuable.” This is how Voyc.ai co-founder Matthew Westaway described he and his team’s experience as part of the third class of Google’s Launchpad Africa….

French South African Tech Labs opens calls for applications to second cohort

Cape Town-based incubator and accelerator French South African Tech Labs (FSAT Labs) has opened calls for applications to its second class of entrepreneurs, with…

Here are the 11 startups pitching at Seedstars Douala 2017

The Seedstars World team this week heads off to Douala for the Cameroon leg of its world tour, where 11 of Cameroon’s most promising…

Fintech startup MaTontine wins Seedstars Dakar, a shot at $1-million in funding

Senegalese fintech startup MaTontine was last week crowned winner of Seedstars Dakar, giving it the opportunity to represent the country at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland…

Startup Cargonaught off to France after winning Airbus BizLab AEROmobility pitch

Cape Town-based airship startup Cargonaught has won the Airbus BizLab AEROmobility pitching competition. The startup beat six other startups to clinch an all expenses…

Black-owned startup responds on Adapt IT buyback it made at 90% discount

The founder of black-owned startup Uyandiswa Amanda Dambuza says there is nothing untoward in a deal to buy back JSE-listed Adapt IT’s 49% stake in her…

Questions raised as Adapt IT sells stake in black startup for ‘90% discount’

Three years after it bought a 49% stake in black-owned project management consultancy Uyandiswa and built the firm up to an almost R100-million a year…

Standard Bank partners with INV Fintech accelerator, here’s how you can apply

With the deadline for the next cohort just a week away, global fintech accelerator INV Fintech has announced that Standard Bank has joined its programme as a partner….

Visa sees major competition as cash, not fintech startups, says digital director

With cash making up 94% of financial transactions in Africa there is a plenty of opportunity for the fintech sector on the continent — says John Conlon,…

Click2Sure launches its global aspirations at InsureTech Connect in Las Vegas

Cape Town insurtech startup Click2Sure announced yesterday that it has been invited to attend next month’s Insure Tech Connect, one of the world’s largest insurtech…

SA drone startup Aerobotics clinches Digital Insurer European 2017 award

Cape Town-based drone and data analytics startup Aerobotics has clinched The Digital Insurer (TDI) European 2017 Startup Insurtech Award. Aerobotics was yesterday one of four finalists…

Edtech incubator Injini selects 8 startups from across Africa for first cohort

African incubator Injini — which claims to be the continent’s first ever edtech incubator — has selected eight startups from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and South…

Here’s how Africa Chivas Regal winner EmptyTrips will disrupt logistics sector

Barely a year old, Johannesburg based online trip exchange platform EmptyTrips has been having a good year. The startup won the Africa Chivas Regal…

Microsoft 4Afrika teams up with Tony Elumelu Foundation to help IT firms

Microsoft, through its 4Afrika Initiative, has collaborated with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) to provide entrepreneurs in the foundation’s entrepreneurship programme with technology-based tools, resources and…

Who is Israeli angel investor company behind success of SA’s Zapper?

In under four years South African mobile payments platform Zapper has grown to operate in 12 markets, employing over 300 people. It sounds like a…

Here are the 40 entrepreneurs that will take part in Vusi Thembekwayo initiative

Venture capitalist Vusi Thembekwayo has selected South Africa’s #Top40 entrepreneurs who will undergo an 18-month mentorship programme. The programme is hosted by Thembekwayo’s MyGrowthFund, which…

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