AB InBev opens applications for Beer Garage Africa Innovation Challenge
The world’s largest beer company, AB InBev, has partnered Hindsight Ventures to launch the Beer Garage Africa Innovation Challenge, which…
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Product Management in ECommerce
Product Management (PM) in general seems to have a different job description depending on the company. Some focus more on…
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VC4A & ABAN bring together the African Early Stage Investor Community at #AESIS2021
Welcoming investors to join the 8th edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit #AESIS2021 online and offline on 4…
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Five emerging cities around the world to launch a startup
America since long has dominated the world of start-ups along with buzzing activities in venture capital. However, now the craze…
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Businesses Need to Be “Data Driven” for True Digital Transformation says Altron
Over and above leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud services; it has been widely acknowledged that the key building block…
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Why is Nigeria So Anti-Tech?
The Nigerian federal government has, within the last 12 months, enacted a series of bans and restrictions across a country…
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Crypto remittances are a lifeline for the world’s most vulnerable
Cryptocurrency remittances are a lifeline for Afghans after the abrupt U.S. withdrawal led to Western Union temporarily ceasing operations and…
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The pandemic put a spotlight on the need to invest in women founders
Without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic created catastrophic effects in our communities, educational systems and, most importantly, our careers and…
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Update : Apply for UCT GSB E-Track Programme Cohort Five
Deadline: 11 October, 2021 The University of Cape Town (UCT) Graduate School of Business (GSB) Solution Space, in partnership with…
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Kenyan retail-tech startup MarketForce expands to Nigeria
MarketForce, the Kenya-based B2B platform for retail distribution of consumer goods and digital financial services, has made Nigeria its first…
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Applications open for 3rd Google Startup Accelerator: Middle East and North Africa
Google has opened applications for the third edition of its Startups Accelerator: Middle East and North Africa programme, which offers…
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Nigeria: Uber launches ride-hailing operation in 2 new cities, Ibadan and Port-Harcourt
Ride-hailing company, Uber has announced the expansion of its services to two new cities in Nigeria, Port Harcourt and Ibadan….
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Flutterwave, Opay named among CB Insights’ Fintech 250 companies
Made up of 250 top private companies leveraging technology to solve challenges in the financial services industry, CB Insights has…
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Ford Foundation appoints Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as regional director W/Africa
A new regional director, in the person of Catherine Chinedum (‘ChiChi’) Aniagolu-Okoye, has been appointed to take charge of the…
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Pacer Ventures announces Pacer Labs, Pan-African software development firm
Sub-Saharan Africa venture firm Pacer Ventures is set to further unlock the power of digital transformation in Africa with the launch of Pacer…
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4 Things You Didn’t Know About Google’s $1-Billion Investment in Africa
US-based tech monolith Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc, has announced its plans to invest $1-billion over 5 years to…
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Onyeka Akumah : A Ride On A Bus That Changed This Entrepreneur’s Journey
Designing websites came naturally to Onyeka Akumah even as a college student, but his greatest epiphany was in a moving…
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Google and YouTube say they won’t allow ads or monetized content pushing climate denial
Google announced Thursday that it would no longer allow ads or monetization for content that promotes climate change denialism. The policy…
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Ghanaian startup Kaazi launches football talent identification platform
Ghanaian startup Kaazi has launched the public beta of its football talent identification and recruitment platform, which will be available…
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Nedbank & Microsoft Launch Free Online Digital Skills Training Platform
Nedbank, one of South Africa’s largest lenders, has announced the launch of the Nedbank DigiSkills online platform, in partnership with…
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EMURGO Africa to Support 100 Local Startups Within 3 Years
EMURGO – the official commercial arm and a founding entity of the Cardano blockchain – previously announced the launch of a new wholly-owned Cardano ecosystem…
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World Facebook announces winners of 2021 Community Accelerator Program in Africa
Facebook today announced the winners of the 2021 Facebook Community Accelerator Program, highlighting the 13 Facebook community leaders from Nigeria,…
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90% of Africa’s $6.6b startup funds reside in Lagos, Cape Town, three others
With Africa’s startup ecosystem worth put at $6.6 billion, over 90 per cent of these funds are currently concentrated in…
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Scaling Distributed Systems: Navigating the Complexities of Global Fintech Infrastructure
In today’s rapidly changing financial world, businesses are continually innovating to satisfy dynamic client expectations while adhering to severe regulatory…
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Twitter is testing prompts that warn you when a conversation has bad vibes
If you’ve ever tweeted something innocuous that went on to kick off a firestorm of unwanted attention, you know full…
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WhatsApp Spotted Testing a Custom Privacy Setting for Profile Photos on Android
WhatsApp for Android is in testing a profile photo privacy setting that will let users hide their profile photos from…
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How Huawei is innovating nonstop for faster digitalization
Huawei’s, annual flagship event for the global ICT industry – HUAWEI CONNECT 2021 – kicked off on Sep 23, 2021….
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DPI announces the $900 million final close of the African Development Partners III Fund, one of the largest African funds
African Development Partners III Fund (ADP III) has surpassed its US$800 million target and is set to close at US$900…
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MTN Uganda is planning a $1.2 billion initial public offering
According to Keith Kalyegira, Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Markets Authority, the initial public offering (IPO) of telecommunications company…
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Google will now offer African startups more than no-strings cash and office space
At a virtual event on Wednesday (Oct. 6), Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai said his company will invest $1 billion in…
