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AfricaCom 2023 highlights 5G as catalyst for business success

AfricaCom 2023 witnessed a significant focus on the pivotal role of 5G in driving Africa’s business success during the 2023 Africa 5G Summit. Hosted…

MediaTek’s Commitment to Empowering Africa’s Technological Leap with 5G

By Rami Osman , Director for Corporate Sales and Marketing, MediaTek Middle East and Africa Over the past two decades, mobile telecommunications has transformed the face…

GSMA opens applications for grants of up to £250k from its innovation fund

The GSM Association (GSMA) has opened applications for its Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion and is offering equity-free grants of between…

AfricaCom’s AHub Pitch and Win shortlist announced

Tech, media and telecoms conference and exhibition AfricaCom has announced the five startups shortlisted for the AHub Pitch and Win competition which it holds…

UK’s DFID to provide £38m to fund GSMA’s Mobile for Development initiative

The GSMA has inked a partnership with the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) which will provide £38-million in funding for the association’s work around…

Nigeria’s Farmcrowdy refutes allegations on insurance cover, Ponzi scheme, sustainability

Lagos based agritech startup Farmcrowdy has refuted claims by several Twitter users made last week that the startup has no legitimate insurance cover, is running a…

Here are the speakers for next month’s Mobile 360 Africa conference in Kigali

GSMA‘s Mobile 360 Africa conference returns to Rwanda for a second year next month. The event, which is themed “Rise of the Digital Citizen”…

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…

Here are the 20 startups selected for the World Bank’s L’Afrique Excelle accelerator

L’Afrique Excelle, the francophone adaptation of the World Bank’s XL Africa tech accelerator, has announced the names of the 20 startups selected to participate…

GSMA reveals first speakers of 2019 Mobile 360 Series West Africa

The GSMA has announced the first speakers of the 2019 Mobile 360 Series West Africa conference which will take place on 16 and 17…

Six African startups selected for GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund

The GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund’s third cohort is comprised of 11 startups

GSMA opens third round of its Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund

The GSM Association (GSMA) has opened applications for Round 3 of the Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund. GSMA announced the opening of applications for the sector-agnostic fund yesterday (12…

Ventureburn’s key takeaways from Africa Tech Summit Kigali 2018

The Africa Tech Summit held in Kigali was arguably February’s highlight in Africa’s tech scene. With over 350 delegates from 29 countries and a…

Q&A: Africa’s mobile money ecosystem and its opportunities for startups

Ninety-nine percent of high school fees in the Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) in 2015-2016 were paid via mobile money, while M-KOPA and Fenix International…

GSMA announces top startups in Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund

Digital disruption has proven to be a challenge that mobile operators seem to be struggling with, according to a recent GSMA report. This disruption,…

Tech hubs in Africa have doubled in more than a year

The amount of tech hubs in Africa has more than doubled in a year, according to a report by GSMA analyst Victor Du Boucher….

Payment startup Nomanini sees over 1 million end-users per month

South African-based company Nomanini, which is responsible for an innovative mobile Point of Sales (PoS) terminal, is taking the prepaid voucher industry in informal…

Digital security company Gemalto joins Sub-Saharan Africa mHealth initiative

The GSMA pan-African mHealth Initiative (PAMI) is receiving support from Gemalto — one of the world’s leaders in digital security. The initiative aims to…

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