F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
‘Egyptian mobility startup Swvl has raised $20m in new round’
Egyptian tech startup Swvl has raised over $20-million in a new round completed just before the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in the region, tech…
10 reasons why 2019 was a hot year for Africa’s tech startup scene [Opinion]
Africa’s tech startup scene is doing quite okay. Actually, it’s pretty hot right now. Even the attack in January by terrorists on a Nairobi…
Are these the 10 biggest deals by African tech startups in 2019?
Big money. That’s what African 86 tech startups raised this year. While not every startup wanted to disclose how much they raised, those that…
Big names are among 41 African startups in Lisbon this week for Web Summit
UPDATE (8 November): Subsequent to the publication of this story, Swiss medtech startup Nutrix was announced as Web Summit’s Pitch winner. Forty-one startups from…
