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SA still Africa’s top startup ecosystem but has fallen 13 places, shows new ranking

South Africa may still have the highest ranked startup ecosystem for an African country, but it is no longer in the top 50 club,…

MMH Accelerator to offer up to €50k in funding to African healthtech startups

Selected Ghanaian, Kenyan and Nigerian late stage healthtech firms — including those solving for animal health — stand to benefit from up to €50 000 in funding from this year’s Making More Health (MMH) Accelerator programme.

How a pickpocket inspired the founding of Ghana’s first data science academy

What would you do if a pickpocket stole an iPod Touch that took you months to save for? Seven years ago Ghanaian Jeph Acheampong…

Ghanaian agritech startup CowTribe crowned winner at Seedstars Accra

Ghanaian agritech startup CowTribe has been selected as the winner of the Seedstars Accra. Seedstars World, one of the biggest startup competitions for emerging…

DEMO Ventures reveals five countries its new $100m fund for startups will target

Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. These are the five countries that a new $100-million fund — to be launched in October by DEMO Ventures…

Here are the three winners of DEMO Africa’s Accra event

Three Ghanaian startups, CompleteFarmer, Develess, and RedBird, have been selected as winners of the Accra leg of the Demo Africa innovation tour. The three…

Ex-Visa man, Vio Digital founder plans US move if remittances app takes off

Johanneburg-based Praga Govender, the man behind a new blockchain app aimed at lowering the cost of remittance payments to Africa, says he plans to relocate…

Everything you need to know about West African startup landscape [2019 Update]

Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or…

Ghanaian lending platform Bloom Impact plans to expand following funding close

Ghanaian lending platform Bloom Impact, which last week landed an undisclosed amount in seed funding from a Canadian fund, plans to enter three other African markets…

Google expands intake for new Launchpad Accelerator cohort to 10 African nations

Google’s Launchpad Accelerator has opened applications for its next cohort — and has added seven more African countries to the three countries it initially targeted when it…

SA, Ghanaian startup shortlisted for Swiss-based Kickstart Accelerator

South African startup Libryo and Ghanaian startup Farmerline have been selected for Swiss-based Kickstart Accelerator’s second cohort of 30 startups which hail from around the world. The…

Don’t rush to get backers, African Innovation Foundation head tells hubs

Those running tech hubs in poor areas of Africa should not rush to get corporate and government sponsors, but should rather grow their hubs organically…

‘Ghana’s impressive track record helped it secure 2017 IPA competition’

An impressive track record — that’s what helped Ghana to secure the hosting of this year’s Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA), says the competition’s director Pauline Mujawamariya Koelbl….

From smart bearings to group-buying app, meet Innovation Prize of Africa finalists

A mobile app that helps rally women into buying groups and a smart bearing that can boost energy efficiency in Africa — these are…

Agreement with Paris development agency aims to boost Accra tech scene

Paris’s development and innovation agency PARIS&Co and the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) have signed a memorandum of understanding in which France has pledged to…

Kosmos Innovation Center awards two startups US$50 000 in seed funding

The Kosmos Innovation Center in Ghana has awarded two winning teams US$50 000 in seed funding at their pitching competition last week. Kosmos Energy launched…

What to expect when Seedstars World heads to Accra

The next leg of Seedstars World will take place in the capital of Ghana, Accra, on Sunday 21 August 2016. The event, which will be…

Ghana’s church management service reaps international honours

A Ghanaian online church management, called Asoriba, has been recognised by Seedstars and Microsoft Bizspark recently in Casablanca, Morocco. Asoriba is a cloud-based church…

How this Accra-based incubator is nurturing entrepreneurs to build pan-African products

A few months ago, I wrote a piece on the contrasting views of some African tech stakeholders, including Lagos-based CcHub’s Bosun Tijani, on the…

African economic slump reveals hot spots ripe for investment

When the International Monetary Fund slashed sub-Saharan Africa’s growth projections this spring, it seemed that the continent’s brief day in the sun had come…

Study: impact investment deployed in West Africa amounts to $852m in 2014

The impact investing industry in West Africa may be small, though it is growing, and amounted to US$852-million in 2014. This is according to…

Ghana’s online real estate portal meQasa strikes $500k deal

Ghanian online real estate platform meQasa has just secured a US$500 000 investment from global investment firm Frontier Digital Ventures, highlighting the increase in venture…

Africa Technology Summit bringing together the ‘who’s who’ in African tech

The Africa Technology Summit (ATS), backed by Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) will be holding a tech summit in Accra, Ghana 3 and…

Avengers: Endgame passed R100m mark in SA Box Office this weekend

Google’s new AR Beauty Try-On will let you try lipsticks on YouTube

Facebook to launch digital wallet for Libra cryptocurrency in 2020

Silvertree exits CompareGuru in sale to SA’s SureStart

Egypt’s Eksab secures ‘six-figure’ investment from 500 Startups

‘Not easy to classify whether a startup is African because of globalisation’

Samsung to release 27-inch CRG5 curved gaming monitor later this year

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will officially launch this Friday

HMD Global’s Nokia 3.2 is coming to South Africa after all

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals