In honor of International Women’s Day, Google today unveiled three fresh projects focused on empowering and supplying African women business owners with the tools they require for success. Among the initiatives are the Hustle Academy for Women-Led Businesses, the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa: Women Founders Cohort, and a social media campaign honoring influential women…
Over the past seven years, Nairobi-based Villgro Africa, an early-stage investor and business incubator with a focus on health and life sciences, has invested over $1.36 million in 36 Kenyan healthcare startups. As part of its regional expansion, Villgro Africa now plans to open a Biotech Innovation Hub. The annual 2023 Sankalp Summit, which released…
A new workshop has been introduced by Microsoft Africa Development Centre (ADC) and Microsoft Leap that was built especially for university professors who instruct technology-focused courses. With the help of this program, university instructors will have the opportunity to work with other educators, develop their abilities, and discover best practices they may use in their…
Although while it is debatably still “a man’s world,” particularly in the tech industry, Nigerian women are undoubtedly doing their share and doing it well enough to attract attention from around the world. These are the seven female business founders from Nigeria who have made the Aurora Tech Awards 2023 shortlist. The AURORA Tech Awards…
Samsung has announced the new Galaxy A14 with the latest innovation and technology that has become synonymous with Galaxy smartphones. This latest Galaxy A series comes with a large screen, an awesome camera and all the essentials you need to stay connected. It looks and feels awesome as it delivers a truly special performance from…
Bellafricana has opened its tech-enabled community as a FREE platform to support creative entrepreneurs in the fashion, arts & craft, beauty, home & living, food produce & snacks industry, to gain visibility, increase sales, have the right business support and structure that gives them the capacity to grow their business. Speaking to the press on the…
Rwandan startups are encouraged to submit applications for the ZEP-RE InsurTech Program, which will aid scalable startups in expanding their market reach and increasing productivity. Next month, 25 businesses will be chosen for an insurtech hackathon, which will be hosted by the PTA Reinsurance Company (ZEP-RE) in collaboration with Westerwelle Startup Haus. Five teams will…
The fifth annual edition of the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy-sponsored Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Award Competition has begun, and the continent’s entrepreneurial talent is now encouraged to enter. ABH is a component of the Jack Ma Foundation’s ongoing dedication to promoting an open, robust, and inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem in Africa. Since 2019, ABH…
The fact that Nigeria’s debt profile keeps increasing without any corresponding economic growth is very concerning. In January 2023, President Muhammadu Buhari authorized the appropriation bill, which had been originally proposed to be voted into law at a cost of N20.51 trillion, to be increased to N21.83 trillion. The president then announced a planned loan of N1…
The 9th edition of the Africa Fintech Summit has been scheduled for April 12th. At the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre, the location of the US-Africa Leaders Summit in December 2022, regulators, policymakers, financial and technology industry executives, fintech startups, top innovators, investors, and government representatives from around the world will assemble. The Africa Fintech…
As software development changes, microservices has become the bedrock for developing scalable and resilient systems. As an industry leader with over 5 years’ experience in software development, I built and integrated advanced software solutions. I have utilised methods of attaining fault tolerance and high availability in microservice architectures. Resilience in microservices architecture means system ability…
Google announced today that applications for the third cohort of the Black Founders Fund for Startups are now open in Africa and Europe, in keeping with the company’s commitment to digital transformation and support for black-founded startups. Google has committed $4 million this year to support eligible black-founded startups. Startups based in Africa with a…
CS ICT and Digital Economy Eliud Owalo has established the first regional Jitume Laboratories in the counties of Uasin Gishu and Bungoma. The Jitume program is a government initiative that aims to provide young people in Kenya with digital skills, e-services, and online opportunities. Several ministries, including the Ministry of ICT and the Digital Economy,…
The French-African Foundation has launched a call for applications for its 2023 Young Leaders programme around the theme “Unleash the energy”. The French-African Foundation, founded in 2019, works to develop generations of committed leaders in both France and Africa. Every year, it issues a call for applications in all African countries and in France in…
The first Africa Digital Finance Summit is scheduled to take place in South Africa from May 24 to May 26 at the Sandston convention center. “The Future of Finance in Africa: Our pathway to a new Africa” is the theme of the three-day conference. The Summit will include a thought-leadership conference with participation from governments,…
Start Path Small Business, a new four-month initiative from Mastercard, will bring companies and entrepreneurs together to create and expand solutions that support simple, secure digital experiences for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). Startups are currently applying to the program to build cutting-edge accounting software, e-commerce solutions, lending platforms, payment technology, digital banking, and other…
African-based agritech firms can now submit an application to the GROW Impact Accelerator. The GROW Impact Accelerator, which is supported by AgFunder, is giving new foodtech and agtech companies a big boost as they work to address some of the most serious sustainability concerns facing the world. The accelerator program aims to speed up the…
Officials have confirmed that Starlink, the satellite-based internet company founded by billionaire Elon Musk, has begun operating in Rwanda. According to prior reports, the Ministry of ICT and Innovation announced that the high-speed internet service would formally start in the nation on February 22. According to information received by The New Times, the business will…
Due to the rising demand for payroll and other HR solutions, the global HR payroll market is anticipated to develop at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2% and reach a value of $14.31 billion by the end of this decade. As more firms move their activities online, it is anticipated that a rising…
On Tuesday, Qualcomm announced the launch of a for-profit cloud software solution to assist businesses using its processors to track products as they move through the supply chain. The business from San Diego, California, is the biggest manufacturer of semiconductors used to link smartphones to mobile data networks. Yet Qualcomm has entered other markets, including…
The Rice Business Plan Competition 2023 for Student Entrepreneurs, which offers student entrepreneurs practical experience and financial rewards, is now accepting applications. The tournament, which is organized by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, has grown over the past 20 years from nine teams from around the world fighting for US$10,000 in rewards in…
As the advertising-based business model that has long ruled the internet begins to fail, Facebook, the social network that was intended to be free “always,” and its stablemate Instagram introduced a premium subscription service on Sunday. The launch of Meta Verified, a service that starts at $11.99 (about Rs. 990) per month to authenticate one’s…
A Nairobi-based accelerator known as The Baobab Network has revealed its most recent batch of five investees, each of whom received US$50,000 in cash. The Baobab Network invests in early-stage software startups around Africa. Since 2019, The Baobab Network has assisted startups with capacity building and fundraising; its most recent cohort was accepted at the…
TechCrunch has learnt that Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), the largest innovation hub in Africa, is establishing The Edtech Fellowship Program, a $15 million accelerator program to support and fund 72 entrepreneurs in Kenya and Nigeria over the next three years. The accelerator program, according to a statement released by the company, will promote and magnify the…
The African Development Bank has opened a second Information and Communications Technology Centre of Excellence at the United States International University-Africa in Nairobi. This represents a significant accomplishment for the Bank’s Coding for Employment initiative and its expanding collaborations with institutions of higher learning as well as technical and vocational education and training. “The Bank…
In order to lower costs and risk for acquirers, Mastercard has teamed with Network International to address fraud, declines, and chargebacks. Through the collaboration, Network will make available to acquirers and companies in the area Mastercard’s Brighterion Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology for transaction fraud screening and merchant monitoring. Losses from credit card theft are anticipated…
In the present day data-driven world, businesses are increasingly turning to the cloud for data engineering solutions. Cloud platforms like as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure provide a wide range of services and capabilities for developing scalable and robust data engineering solutions. In this in-depth essay, we’ll look at how organisations…
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) among other obstacles are faced with the inability to have a seamless business operation due to internet connectivity. There is a need to digitalise businesses for a wider reach and global influence. Service providers have come up with strategies to enhance internet access. 3G, 4G, and 5G are now the standard levels…
A cryptocurrency trading platform has been launched by Neobank Be Mobile Africa, a neobank that offers affordable banking services to people and businesses in 30 countries across Africa. This platform will allow people in South Africa to purchase and trade cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL), as well as USD stablecoins like…
According to Paula Ingabire, minister of ICT and innovation, nearly 3,000 schools without an internet connection will have it by 2024 thanks to funding from the World Bank and China Exim Bank. Ingabire revealed the information last week while responding to questions on the ICT industry at a plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies….