Innovation

Friday interview: Thandwefika Radebe, Qwili co-founder

From his roots in starting a student-led consulting organisation, Phaphama SEDI, in 2014 that first assisted seven entrepreneurs from Khayelitsha, Thandwefika Radebe has taken…

How to choose an AI partner for your business

With the market value of Artificial Intelligence in fintech estimated to hit $26 billion, the computational arms race is on. And that’s just in…

Action Plan for Gauteng to support innovation is underway

Innovation and entrepreneurship have been identified as key drivers of the South African economy, but challenges such as lack of funding, talent, skills and…

Hack the Normal winning innovators announced

Hosted by Defy in partnership with ATÖLYE and supported by Defy’s sister company, Beko, Hack the Normal an online hackathon has announced the winning…

New initiative aims to grow African startups

Launched by Asia Africa Investment & Consulting Pte. Ltd. (AAIC) in collaboration with Rakuten Group, the AAIC-Rakuten Africa Innovation Project aims to promote the growth of African startups…

Google launches $6m Impact Challenge for SA, Nigeria, Kenya

Google this week launched its $6-million Google Impact Challenge aimed at social enterprises and non-profit organisations based in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya. The announcement was made…

Why communities work best for innovation in Africa

With more and more South African entrepreneurs starting businesses in response to the country’s unique challenges, it’s no wonder that, out of the 30…

New UNICEF-backed platform looking to crowdsource innovation

A new platform has launched with the aim of crowdsourcing innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Called CauseTech, the platform comes out…

Innovation is key to support all SMEs in South Africa

Is it better to help the tens of thousands of struggling informal-sector firms or a few promising entrepreneurs with ideas that could grow to…

From fire detectors to SMS fundraisers: meet Africa’s top 10 innovators of 2015

The African Innovation Foundation has just named the continent’s top 10 entrepreneurs through its annual Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA). After receiving 925 applications…

Cape Town City partners with Citymart to help innovate informal trading

Informal trading represents about 12% of Cape Town, South Africa’s economy and employs around 18% of its economically active residents. To further help these…

GIST Tech-I Competition seeking top innovators as deadline approaches

The South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNSP) is encouraging tech and science entrepreneurs to apply for the annual international GIST Tech-I Competition….

World Bank Climate Innovation Centre will support green startups in Ghana

A few weeks ago The Kenya Climate Innovation Centre opened its doors to foster East Africa’s environmentally sustainable innovations. Now the World Bank has announced…

How reverse innovation helped birth Ludwick Marishane’s waterless bath #AccentureIC2015

Ludwick Marishane, the brain behind the so-called Waterless Bath, was one of the opening keynotes at The Accenture Innovation Conference. Dubbed the DryBath, his…

Soweto to host its first tech, digital conference in April

Soweto — Johannesburg, South Africa’s south western township — is about to host its first ever technology and digital conference. The Soweto Innovation Week…

Are seesaws and bean bags really Standard Bank’s answer to innovation?

South Africa sits with a unique ecosystem when it comes to its innovation, where the major banks are often referred to as the country’s…

Global Innovation Index 2014 spells promising signs for Africa

Swizerland, the United Kingdom and Sweden have been named the world’s most innovative countries of 2014. The seventh annual Global Innovation Index (GII) study…

6 lessons on innovation from Bill and Melinda Gates: number 4 will break your heart

I listened to the commencement speech from Bill and Melinda Gates at Stanford University over the weekend and one thing stood out: the couple are…

Brilliant solutions to localised problems: 4 health innovations in Africa

Development in Africa has had a long history of Western influence and subsequent failure. The deployment of Western strategies has been especially problematic in…

Royal Academy of Engineering launches Africa innovation prize

This is pretty cool. Africa has its fair share of innovation prizes but the vast majority of them are aimed at entrepreneurs and thinkers…

Nigeria launches Open Data initiative to stir innovation, investment and growth

Today, the Nigerian Ministry of Communication Technology announced the Open Data Development Initiative to help drive innovation, investment and economic growth by enabling access…

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