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UNOPS Global Innovation Challenge seeking solutions to address SDGs

The UNOPS Global Innovation Challenge is looking for innovators, entrepreneurs, programmers and developers to provide the creative ideas and solutions needed to accelerate progress…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [04/06/2020]

Droppa, a Johannesburg based on-demand platform for trucks and bakkies, announced yesterday that it had expanded its recently launched Droppa Express service beyond a…

Nigeria’s Sparkle launches after being granted banking license

Nigerian fintech Sparkle, which has been granted a banking license from the Central Bank of Nigeria, has launched. The fintech offers a digital ecosystem…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [03/06/2020]

The Department of Employment and Labour says the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF) Covid-19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (Ters) is making good progress on its…

UCT GSB Solution Space selects 10 startups for Venture Exploitation Programme

The University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business’s (UCT GSB) Solution Space has selected 10 startups to join its 12-week Venture Exploitation Programme,…

Ghana Tech Lab calls for applications for its Africa AI Accelerator

Ghana Tech Lab (GTL) is calling for applicants to apply to take part in the first cohort if its Africa AI Accelerator programme. The…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [02/06/2020]

South Africa’s National Treasury has revised down expected job losses, due to the impact of Covid-19 — from three to seven million, to between…

Norwegian Håvar Bauck behind Cloud9xp merger in Kenya

Norwegian entrepreneur Håvar Bauck — who earlier this year hit the news over his dealings with controversial Polish tech entrepreneur Marek Zmyslowski — is behind…

GSMA fund to offer £220k grants to up to eight agritech solutions

The GSM Association (GSMA) is looking to offer up to eight grants of £220 000 each for agritech businesses. GSMA says the grants — which…

Ghanaian startup Trukrtech wins one million naira in TechCircle’s Pitch2Win

Ghanaian startup Truckrtech has emerged as the winner of one-million naira ($2700) in equity-free funding at the 2019 edition of TechCircle’s Pitch2Win competition. The…

DataProphet wins AIconics Award for Best Innovation in Deep Learning [Updated]

Cape Town-based machine learning startup DataProphet has won the AIconics Award for Best Innovation in Deep Learning, at an awards ceremony held last night (11 June)…

Here are the first 20 startups set to exhibit at the Africa Rail Startup Pavilion

Conference organiser Terrapinn has announced the names of the first 20 startups that have each scored free exhibition space valued at R25 000 a…

Here are the 10 startups that will pitch for one million naira at Impact Hub today

One Nigerian startup will get the chance to win one million naira ($2700) in equity-free funding in a pitch competition to be held at 2pm…

AfriLabs adds 27 new hubs in six African countries

AfriLabs, a pan-African network of technology and innovation centres, has announced that it has added 27 new hubs in six countries — namely Botswana,…

SA’s Travelstart to acquire Club Travel Group

Fresh from last month having announced a partnership with global private markets investment firm HarbourVest, SA travel booking company Travelstart yesterday revealed it would acquire the Club Travel…

What does the average SA fintech founder look like?

What does the typical SA fintech founder look like? Most likely they’re male, aged over 30, have studied at UCT, Stellenbosch or Wits and…

Microsoft Cloud Accelerator Programme for women-led firms now in Kenya, SA

Tech giant Microsoft has announced that it has expanded its Microsoft Cloud Accelerator Programme to eight countries including Kenya and South Africa. Previously the programme…

UK Department of International Trade to join SA winners at London Tech Week

The UK’s Department of International Trade has announced that it will accompany two Africa Tech Week winners to attend London Tech Week which kicks…

Cape Town’s Akro announces names of eight startups selected for its first cohort

Cape Town based venture builder Akro today revealed the names of the eight startups selected for its new 20-week acceleration programme funded by the SA SME Fund. The…

Two years on former Lions rugby player and his wife finally launch Slipztream app

Two years after revealing that he and a team were preparing to launch a new startup — former Lions rugby player Dylan des Fountain’s…

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…

Huawei’s All-Optical smart-home showcase unleashes a new era of home connectivity in Africa

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