Celebrated broadcaster author and political analyst Eusebius McKaiser has died after suffering what is believed to have been an epileptic seizure. The Grahamstown-born, Rhodes…
Microsoft Founders Hub to support 10K African start-ups
The seeds Microsoft planted with the Africa Transformation Office announcement in 2021 are beginning to sprout. That commitment to growth in Africa is further…
Nigeria’s Sparkle launches after being granted banking license
Nigerian fintech Sparkle, which has been granted a banking license from the Central Bank of Nigeria, has launched. The fintech offers a digital ecosystem…
UmojaHack Africa, continent’s first virtual inter-university AI hackathon set for tomorrow
Data science competition platform Zindi will tomorrow host what it calls the “first-ever virtual inter-university artificial intelligence (AI) hackathon for students across Africa”. The UmojaHack…
SA AI startup Kriterion selected for Microsoft, Intel backed ION Smart City Accelerator
SA artificial intelligence (AI) startup Kriterion has announced its selection as one of 10 companies for the first cohort of Intel and Microsoft’s US-based ION Smart…