To bring Web3 to a wider audience, which is still in its infancy, good dApps and projects are required. Polygon firmly believes in giving developers the platform and resources they need to create the future. The invitation to that future is the BUIDL IT hackathon. Polygon BUIDL IT is a premier virtual web3 hackathon put…
The 25 businesses that will participate in Grindstone’s year-long program, which helps high-growth, innovation-driven tech start-ups become more investable, sustainable, and exit-ready, have been announced. Grindstone is situated in Cape Town. The program has two cohorts, one located in Cape Town and the other in Johannesburg, and it gives companies access to knowledge, networks, money,…
This year, the 5th edition of the Connected Africa Girls Coding Camp was launched by ECA in collaboration with the government of The Republic of Namibia, UN Namibia, UN WOMEN, and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). 100 participants from Namibia will physically attend this hybrid boot camp for young African women and girls between the…
The top 50 finalists for the 2022 edition of Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH), a flagship philanthropic initiative launched by the Jack Ma Foundation to highlight and promote African businesses. The goal of Africa’s Business Heroes prize competition is to encourage and assist the next generation of African business leaders across all industries who are creating…
Anglo American, a mining firm based in South Africa, has started an incubator program through Zimele, it’s business development division. The program will primarily support young and female-owned firms in the North West, Limpopo, and Northern Cape provinces, which are close to the company’s operations. The objective is to assist 500 new firms in rural…
The Digital African Women (TAW) program has officially launched with the aim of assisting and accelerating female-owned African tech firms as they transition from the concept stage to actual operations. Ethiopian, Senegalese, Tanzanian, and Tunisian female-led idea stage startups are invited to apply to participate in TAW, which is organized by the United Nations Economic…
Eko Innovation Center, Eko Carbon, and Commodity in collaborating with Generation Unlimited 9Ja on Friday, July 8th, 2022, launched the first climate mitigation hackathon tagged EkoClimathon 1.0. Eko Innovation Centre is one of the leading tech hubs in Nigeria, curating events like Art of Technology Lagos, and The Lagos Smart Meter Hackathon amongst others with Eko…
The HerMeNow accelerator program has asked women-led social entrepreneurs in Africa and the Middle East and North Africa to apply if they are creating significant solutions for culture, attitude, and education. The three-month HerMeNow program, which is entirely virtual, offers technical, financial, and mentorship support to 10 women-led social entrepreneurs in the accelerator phase as…
Applications for the second year of DMZ’s incubator program, which aims to support early-stage tech startups, are now open. DMZ Cairo, which will open in 2021, will provide the next generation of tech entrepreneurs with the tools they need to build, launch, and scale highly impactful startups in Egypt’s capital. The Academy of Scientific Research…
The Nigeria Innovation Summit (NIS) today announces the seventh edition of its annual event, slated to hold all through one week starting Tuesday Oct. 4 – Saturday Oct. 8, 2022. Now in its 7th year, the Nigeria Innovation Summit (NIS) is an annual event that brings together stakeholders from different sectors of the economy to…
The inaugural annual conference and awards ceremony of the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) will take place in Cairo, Egypt, on September 26–27. AWIEF2022 is a hybrid event that allows speakers, delegates, and virtual exhibitors to interact on a readily accessible virtual platform while also taking place offline in the Cairo Marriott Hotel…
The first Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa has been given to three entrepreneurs from Kenya, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe. Each will get a grant of EUR250,000 (US$250,000), international exposure, and long-term mentoring. The Kofi Annan Award seeks to assist in achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: “Good Health and Wellbeing” with its emphasis on…
Applications for the most recent iteration of the GrowUp Incubator Program, which seeks social business solutions for sustainable tourism and mobility in East Africa, are now being accepted by the Yunus Environment Hub (YEH). The Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof. Muhammad Yunus co-founded and serves as the executive director of YEH, a global social enterprise…
The Design Innovation Seed Fund (DISF) of South Africa is now accepting applications from designers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and product developers who have pre-revenue inventions for grant funding of up to US$47,000. The DISF is an initiative of the Craft and Design Institute (CDI), with assistance from the Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism…
An Open API Hackathon for African developers has been launched by the Mobile Money Application Interface (API) of MTN Group. The competition is open from July 18, 2022, to September 9, 2022. Developers will receive four weeks to submit their concept for cutting-edge financial and transactional software, which must use MTN Mobile Money APIs. It…
The third edition of The Future is Female Programme, a PR and communications mentorship program devoted to the business development needs of African tech female innovators, has been released by New York-based public relations (PR) firm C. Moore Media. The Future is Female Program seeks to offer the insights, knowledge, and abilities in PR and…
Every screen is going digital! This was demonstrated at the Eskimi CMO Masterclass on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 in Lagos (Nigeria); speakers, panelists, and participants unanimously agreed that brands in Nigeria must focus on the right Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) while embracing programmatic solutions to achieve their marketing goals. Eskimi is Nigeria’s largest programmatic platform;…
On Friday, July 8th, 2022, Eko Innovation Center, Eko Carbon, and Commodity will be collaborating with Generation Unlimited 9Ja to gather together Nigerian innovators for the first climate mitigation hackathon tagged EkoClimathon 1.0. Eko Innovation Centre is one of the leading tech hubs in Nigeria, curating events like Art of Technology Lagos, and The Lagos…
The regional winners of the 2022 ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW), a global accelerator of hardware-led social innovation, have been revealed by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Three entrepreneurs were chosen as regional winners and will split US$30,000 in seed grants and receive technical assistance to help them market their design innovations. The eight…
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the registry for .ng Internet Domain Names and maintainers of the database of names registered in the .ng country code Top Level Domain, has again honoured private and public institutions, as well as individuals, promoting the brand. The 2022 .ng Awards, the fifth in the series, was held in Lagos…
15 June 2022 Microsoft hosted a virtual roundtable panel discussion about digital transformation in agriculture for food security in Africa. The roundtable explored how accelerating digital transformation in agriculture is leading to agritech developments that have a tangible positive impact on food security in Africa. With agriculture sustaining up to 70% of Africa’s livelihoods, Microsoft is…
The 1000 learners in the first cohort of Power Learn Project’s flagship program – “One Million Developers for Africa” Scholarship Program (#1MillionDevs4Africa) to teach 1 million young people and empower them with ICT employable skills – have been announced. The cohort was chosen via a thorough screening and panel selection procedure, which was preceded by…
ABUJA; JUNE 11, 2022: Nigerian Software Testing Qualifications Board (NGSTQB), a member board of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB), has announced the date and theme for its first Webinar. NGSTQB invites stakeholders in the Nigerian software ecosystem to a one-day Webinar under the theme: ‘The Role of Software Testing in Nigeria’s Digital Economy. Register here to participate….
The GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize is now accepting applications from African agri-tech firms. The prize aims to uncover Africa’s finest young agri-food entrepreneurs and will pay US$50,000 in cash to each of the two winners. The GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize honors agribusinesses that advance agriculture and food via technology, creativity, and enthusiasm. The organizers are looking for…
The ShelterTech Sub-Saharan Africa accelerator program, run by the global non-profit Habitat for Humanity, is now accepting proposals from entrepreneurs with scalable solutions to today’s affordable housing concerns. ShelterTech is an affordable housing innovation platform that works across sectors, industries, and geographies to support and grow cutting-edge products and services that can help low-income households…
The fifth batch of innovators, ventures delivering digital AT or using digital to expand access to AT products or services, has been unveiled by Innovate Now, Africa’s Assistive Technology (AT) Accelerator. The digital AT and entrepreneurship initiative, led by Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub), is a collaboration between GDI Hub, ICT Norway, Norad, and…
The second cohort of the Black Founders Fund for Africa has accepted applications, according to Google for Startups. Google has extended its financial commitment to eligible businesses by investing an additional $1 million. For this cohort, Google for Firms will invest $4 million in 60 qualified black-founded startups in Africa. The Black Founders Fund Africa…
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has chosen six African digital startups among the 100 most disruptive Technology Pioneers of 2022, companies that are changing industries ranging from healthcare to retail and beyond. The WEF Technology Pioneers are early to growth-stage firms from around the world that are using new technologies and innovation to revolutionize business…
Eko Innovation Centre, one of the leading tech hubs in Nigeria, curators of events like Art of Technology Lagos, and The Lagos Smart Meter Hackathon amongst others, together with GDM Group, Nigeria’s leading marketing and innovation company is changing the narrative around innovation in media and marketing. To achieve their goal of creating lasting and innovative solutions…
The SAB SHARP Awards, created in collaboration with the SAB Foundation, are aimed at innovators and social entrepreneurs with creative ideas or prototypes that empower women in at-risk communities. The SAB SHARP Awards are seeking for ideas that help these women become economically self-sufficient or address challenges like Foetal Alcohol Syndrome and gender-based violence. Applicants…