Angel Fair Africa Announces All-Female Investor Panel at November 2024 Convening
Women remain under-represented in both the investor and investee landscape with women-led businesses often struggling to secure funding due to…
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Safaricom Spark Fund Just Invested In This Simple Delivery StartUp
Safaricom, Kenya’s leading telecom company, has today announced that they have invested in Sendy, a Kenyan package-delivery startup that was…
How Barclays Is Accelerating The FinTech Space In Kenya
Rise, a new physical and virtual community that facilitates collaboration and Financial Technology (commonly known as Fintech) innovation, has been…
Uber Drivers In Nairobi Now Accepting Cash Payments
About 2 months ago, Uber launched a pilot that would have its customers in Nairobi using cash instead of credit…
Orange API Developer Challenge Is On
Orange first launched its SMS APIs in 5 new countries Cameroon, Congo, Guinea, Niger, and Senegal and at the same…
Africa Tech Challenge Back With Mobile App Challenge
China’s AVIC International Holding Corporation has teamed up with Kenya’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to produce the 2nd…
Meet Yoza, The Ugandan Born Laundry Services App
MTN Uganda, in partnership with Outbox and Garage48 launched the MTN App Challenge 2015. The MTN APP Challenge was a 3 day…
How Innovation Is All About People, Places, and Community
Imagine yourself in a room full of individuals from across different countries and continents all excited to interact over a period…
Here’s A List Of Finalists For 2015 Millicom Funded Series
The popular Think incubator housed in Rwanda has announced its second cohort of 10 finalists who are scheduled to receive…
Want To Pitch In Silicon Valley In June? Apply Here!
If there is one thing that almost every developer wants, it is to make their way to Silicon Valley…
Over 20000 Uganda Homes Get Light From M-KOPA Solar
About two months after M-KOPA Solar won an international award for its innovation that lights up homes using renewable energy…
Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme Selects 1000 Ideas To Transform Africa
From the large pool of entrepreneurs in Africa who applied to be part of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program (TEEP)…
Startup Applications For DEMO Africa 2015 Open Until May 31
This year’s edition of DEMO Africa is now open to applications, with startups being invited to send their applications starting…
Pinterest Now Among The Highly Valued Startups At 11 Billion Dollars
Pinterest inc, the image bookmarking company that provides users with an online platform where they can share photos or communicate…
Here’s Why Internet of Things Startups Need To Apply For The Challenge Up! Program
During this year’s edition of the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Spain, a Startup program that aims to help…
Microsoft Is The Lead Sponsor Of March 30th #ConnectedEA Summit
For six years executives from various sectors have come together to discuss leveraging ICT for regional integration and this year’s…
ICT Innovation Forum Announces Enterprise Kenya To Aid Startups
Kenyan innovators will now have a central place to go to for when they have questions, enquiries or when they…
Kenyan BitPesa To Expand Operations After 99 Million Close In Funding
BitPesa, the Bitcoin exchange service company based in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, is planning to expand its operations to neighbouring Uganda…