Mastercard Foundation Creates a $2M fund to Support Social Entrepreneurship
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Triggering Exponential Climate Action (TECA), a company that launches climate resilience ventures, has chosen seven entrepreneurs to receive US$55,000 in funding each to develop their ideas for the blue economy in Africa. The TECA initiative was established to hasten the creation of climate-resilient solutions to safeguard and sustain the environment and vulnerable populations. It is…
Autocheck, a Nigerian auto-tech firm, has purchased KIFAL Auto, a Moroccan competitor, to help it expand into the North African market. Autocheck’s goal is to create digital solutions that will improve and enable a seamless and secure automotive commerce experience throughout Africa. By developing a single platform for consumers’ automotive needs, from sourcing and financing…
Meta is said to be planning to add a virtual currency called “Zuck Bucks” to its apps in order to reward content creators and run other financial services such as loans. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta, recently abandoned a digital currency project called “Diem” after regulators halted its development. The project, which…
Egypt’s Entrepreneur Awards (EEA), now in its third year, include winners in 14 categories. In addition to the “Next Gen Intrapreneur of the Year,” “Rising Entrepreneur of the Year,” “Entrepreneur for Good Award,” “From Art to Business,” and EEA’s first regional award, in partnership with IFC, “She Wins Arabia” program, “Regional Woman Entrepreneur of the…
Africa Tech Summit holds in London in April 20th.Africa Tech Summit London (ATSLDN) is the leading African tech event in Europe providing unrivaled insight and networking with the African tech ecosystem.The summit brings together 200+ tech leaders, international investors, entrepreneurs, African governments, trade bodies, media and leading ventures to drive investment and business between Africa and Europe….
Effective software quality assurance in the Nigerian Digital Economy will greatly impact the digital economy’s accelerated growth, says Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy. He remarked in the lead address at the first-ever Software Testing Conference in Nigeria with the theme “Impact of Software Quality Assurance in the Nigerian…