The U.S. government’s decision to ban TikTok, the immensely popular short-form video app owned by China’s ByteDance, has sent shockwaves through the tech industry,…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [13/04/2020]
A team of Cape Town innovators are looking to design and produce ventilators to help those who fall ill from Covid-19. They’ve raised R50…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [09/04/2020]
Ghanaian healthtech mPharma plans to equip and re-purpose private labs into Covid-19 testing centres. The startups is one of many on the continent that…
Villgro Kenya calls on startups with Covid-19 innovations to apply for funding, support
Impact investor Villgro Kenya has called on African startups with innovations that could help in treating, testing, monitoring or other aspects of the Covid-19 outbreak…
SA’s Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group launches innovation hub
South Africa’s financial regulators have launched the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) Innovation Hub to respond to changes in the financial sector driven by…
