The 2023 Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Awards are now accepting nominations.
The distinguished awards recognize, honor, and celebrate the successes of women company owners and entrepreneurs in Africa, across a range…
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African Development Bank will provide gender-based grants totaling $950,000 to support women-owned enterprises.
The Africa Small and Medium Enterprise Business Linkages Program in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger will receive a…
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Transformation Agenda: Governor Soludo Launches E-ID Card for Civil Servants
Professor Charles Soludo, the Governor of Anambra State, has launched the ‘Solution Electronic Identification Card’ for civil servants and other…
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African encyclopedia is launched by a startup to document Africa’s history, realities, and aspirations for the future.
Afrorama is a brand-new knowledge platform and encyclopedia for Africa that offers a carefully chosen selection of articles, films, and…
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Mitigating Unemployment and Labour Migration in Nigeria
Nigeria has seen a sharp increase in unemployment over time, with a current estimate of 33%. All age categories in…
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Zoho Accelerates Upmarket Growth with Office Opening and Investments, Announces Strategic Partnership
Zoho Corporation, a leading global technology company, marked a significant milestone today with the official opening of its new office…
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Cloud-Native Engineering and Serverless Design
In the past, building software entailed dealing with physical servers. It was slow and was expensive, which impeded product scaleth…
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The 2nd ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator program is now accepting applications.
The second iteration of the ARM Labs Lagos Techstars accelerator, which offers access to up to US$120,000 in equity capital…
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How the Screen Sharing Feature for Video Calls Works in WhatsApp’s Beta Test
In the most recent Android beta, WhatsApp is distributing a screen-sharing functionality to testers. Users who are on a video…
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How the Kenyan company GoBEBA is rethinking the continent’s utility supply chain
According to GoBEBA, a Kenyan startup, the continent’s utilities supply chain is being reimagined to assist build the infrastructure necessary…
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12 startups have been chosen to present at the London Africa Tech Summit
At the June 23 Africa Tech Summit London at the London Stock Exchange, twelve African startups have been chosen to…
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How Nigeria’s Earnipay is assisting wage earners in gaining access to on-demand salaries
After receiving a US$4 million funding round, Earnipay, a Nigerian fintech business that gives income earners flexible and on-demand salary…
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AWS announces the 25 startups selected for its first ‘fintech in Africa’ accelerator
25 African fintech startups have been selected for the inaugural Amazon Web Services (AWS) FinTech Africa Accelerator cohort. This cohort…
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Applications for the ygap SA Accelerator program is now open.
The ygap South Africa Accelerator program is now accepting applications. This program aims to assist ventures in refining and validating…
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How Kenya’s Chumz helps consumers use their mobile money accounts to save and invest
Chumz, a startup from Kenya, has developed a mobile application that focuses on helping users save and invest money from…
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Early-stage founders gets support from the Accelerate Africa initiative.
The Accelerate Africa program, which will offer early-stage African founders comprehensive assistance, mentorship, and resources, has been officially launched by…
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African leaders defy lacklustre global economy to forge ahead with digital transformation collaborations at inaugural GITEX Africa Digital Summit
Marrakech, Morocco: African ministers, government and private sector leaders are set to converge in a powerful cross-continental forum in Marrakech…
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As part of its 2023 “Made by Africa, Loved by the World” campaign, Meta honors Africa’s “Rising Stars.”
In its 2023 “Made by Africa, Loved by the World” campaign, Meta honors Africa’s “Rising Stars,” with the goal of…
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Protecting Assets in a Remote-first (and potentially Hostile) World
I live in a city center and the lunch hour certainly isn’t like it once was. While some people have returned to…
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Gebeya Plans to Drive 100 Thriving Marketplaces to Transform Africa’s Tech Scene
The tech sector in East Africa is expanding at an unheard-of rate, and companies there are transforming a variety of…
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In the UK, Facebook and Instagram have unveiled a new paid verification mechanism.
Users of Facebook and Instagram can utilize this service, which is similar to Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue, to get a…
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Release of the ChatGPT iOS App with Cross-Device History Sync; an Android Version is “Coming Soon,” according to OpenAI
The well-liked OpenAI chatbot with AI support, ChatGPT, is now accessible on iOS. According to the creator, users will be…
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How Djamo, an app from the Ivory Coast, has grown to become a super-app for personal finance
The inaugural offering from fintech company Djamo in the Ivory Coast was a digital payment card powered by Visa, but…
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The 5th annual $100k GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition is now accepting applications.
Applications are now being accepted for the fifth annual US$100,000 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition from youth-led agri-food firms in Africa….
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Applications are now being accepted for Catapult Inclusion Africa’s Togo fintech startup development program.
From October 16 to October 20, 2023, in Lomé, Togo, CATAPULT Inclusion Africa will begin the sixth iteration of its…
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Nigerian fintech startup Grey has chosen Kenya as its East African hub
As it develops operations in the area, Nigerian financial company Grey has chosen Kenya as its East African center. Idorenyin…
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Chinese search engine Baidu is confident that its AI chatbot Ernie Bot won’t err on “Sensitive Topics.”
Baidu is certain that its AI-driven chatbot won’t make mistakes on “important and sensitive topics” because of its experience in…
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Hub network AfriLabs expands to two new cities and welcomes 19 new members.
The largest network of technology and innovation hubs in Africa, AfriLabs, has announced the addition of 19 new members to…
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Data-Driven Product Decisioning and Experimentation at Scale
In the digital world, data is key to creating product strategy. While A/B testing has been the standard, product leadership…
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Lexar to unveil next-generation memory solutions at GITEX Africa 2023
Lexar, a leading global brand in memory and storage solutions, will be showcasing its next-generation product portfolio at GITEX Africa…
