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SA tech startup partners with French Development Agency

South African tech startup, Kandua has partnered with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD ), the French public development finance body. The partnership will…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [11/06/2020]

Cape Town based non-profit Reconstructed Living Labs (RLabs) plans to support 40 000 youth, and their families, through its Zlto app. The app rewards…

New AfDB fund to help grow electronic financial services for low-income communities

The African Development Bank (AfDB) with its partners has launched the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI) which aims to expand digital financial transactions…

New Tshimologong partnerships to help link SA creatives with French market

Partnership agreements signed this month between Joburg-based Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct and two French entities will help link French and SA creatives in the digital sector. Tshimologong…

France’s Proparco to deploy €50m in Africa’s tech ecosystem from 2019 [Updated]

UPDATE: (16 November): An earlier version of this article stated that Proparco will deploy the €50-million in 2019. Proparco communication’s adviser Romain Esperon subsequently clarified to Ventureburn…

Digital Lab Africa to open call to content innovators – from music to animators

African innovators in digital music, web creation, virtual reality (VR), video games and animation better listen up. French backed incubation platform Digital Lab Africa (DLA)…

AFD seeks startups with solutions that boost women to apply to digital challenge

French development bank AFD and innovation platform Digital Africa are seeking African tech startups that help boost women — be it in the economic, social, cultural or political sphere —…

AFD to invest R14.5m in Tshimologong’s new Digital Content Hub

In its first investment in digital innovation in South Africa, the French Development Agency (AFD) will next week sign a three-year €950 000 (R14.5-million) grant to…

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