Is hip-hop better than Amapiano, a local genre featuring elements of house music and piano instrumentals? Well, South Africans have taken to Twitter to…
Agritech startup Afrikamart wins Seedstars Dakar
Senegalese agritech startup Afrikamart has been named as the winner of last week’s Seedstars Dakar pitching event. The startup, which was founded in December…
Wutiko wins Seedstars World Dakar
Online job portal, Wutiko has won Seedstars World Dakar and will go on to represent Senegal in the final pitching event in Switzerland next year. This leg…
Here are the 9 startups pitching at Seedstars World in Senegal
From social media to music, nine startups have been chosen to participate in the Seedstars World pitching event on 14 October in Dakar, Senegal….
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…
