Mozambique Receives Over $1-Billion Funds From the African Development Bank
The African Development Bank Group has invested over $1 billion in Mozambique’s north, including the Liquefied Natural Gas Rovuma Area…
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Former Microsoft Employee Says The Tech Giant is Involved in Alleged Widespread Corruption in Africa
On Friday, a former Microsoft employee published an essay on Lioness, a whistleblower website, alleging that corruption in the company…
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Apply for the Africa Business Heroes Prize Competition 2022
Applications for the fourth year of the Africa Business Heroes (ABH) prize program are now open in English and French….
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NiRA Opens Voting Platform for 5th .NG Awards
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has announced that the 2022 .ng Awards is scheduled to hold on Friday, 29th April 2022. NiRA seeks to…
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Tunisia’s Venture Builder, Betacube Announces 2nd Edition of Women in Fintech Programme
Betacube, a Tunisian venture capital firm, has launched the second edition of its Women in Fintech pre-incubation program, which aims…
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South Africa is Planning to Add Robotics & Coding to School Curriculum
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has announced that robotics and coding will be added to the South African curriculum….
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Grammy award-winning artist unveils NFT platform for African creators and secures pre-seed funding
AVC, founded by a Grammy Award-winning Nigerian musician, has announced the launch of its platform to assist content creators in…
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Application is now Open to Netflix Scholarship for East African Students
Netflix, one of the world’s leading entertainment streaming services, has launched the Creative Equity Scholarship Fund (CESF) for film and…
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Pranary Business School Equips Entrepreneurs With the Skills and Knowledge for Attracting Investors
Pranary Business School, based in Cape Town, South Africa, has helped entrepreneurs and startups raise over $1.5 million in investment…
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Tech4Dev and Microsoft supports 18,000 Nigerian youths, rewards inaugural #Digitalforall Challenge winners with 3.5 million
On September 16, 2021, we launched the #Digitalforall Challenge, a free digital skilling initiative and competition designed to drive young…
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8 more African startups join Y Combinator W22 batch
Eight more African startups have been confirmed as participants in the renowned Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator accelerator’s W22 batch, bringing…
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Apply for HiiL’s Innovating Justice Challenge
The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) has opened applications for its Innovating Justice Challenge 2022, which seeks innovations…
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Lendsqr is building a one-stop shop for lending in Africa
The difficulties in Africa’s financial sector open up a plethora of opportunities. When one financial service issue is resolved, other…
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Tony Elumelu Foundation, Google introduces fellowship programme to support African business owners
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Google have announced a new Google.org Fellowship to provide one million more Africans with…
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Africa No Filter and Meta Announces the Winners of the Future Africa Grant for Extended Reality Creators
Africa No Filter and Meta have announced the winners of the Future Africa Grant for Extended Reality Creators. Africa No…
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Katapult unveils African accelerator in collaboration with Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Katapult, based in Norway, has collaborated with the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) for Global Change, Norrsken, and Smart Africa to…
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NiRA Reduces .NG Domain Name Price by Over 40%
Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has reduced the price of .NG domain by over forty per cent (40%). NiRA is…
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YC-backed, Simplifyd is evolving to Africa’s destination for data-free internet access
Simplifyd Systems Inc., a YCombinator-backed Nigerian startup aiming to become the platform of choice for data-free Internet access across Africa,…
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Ghana’s Central Bank Digital Currency ‘eCedi’ Will Revolve Around Financial Inclusion
Ghana’s central bank has released information about its ‘eCedi’ digital currency, which it hopes will encourage more people to use…
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Apply for the South African Engen’s $67k startup pitching competition
Engen, a South African petroleum company, has opened applications for its Pitch & Polish pitching competition, in which 16 entrepreneurs…
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Scalable System Architecture & Product Growth
Every new product starts with an idea, but ensuring its continuation depends on something less exciting: its underlying structure. Appealing…
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11 startups selected for 2nd Startupbootcamp AfriTech, Telecel accelerator
Startupbootcamp AfriTech and Telecel Group have chosen 11 African startups to participate in the second edition of the Africa Startup…
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Application is now Open for the Mercy Corps $1M Fund to Test Blockchain Solutions for Financial Inclusion
Mercy Corps, a global humanitarian organization, has established a $1 million Crypto for Good Fund to test and support blockchain-based…
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The South African Government is Poised to Offer Each Household 50GBs of Free Data
According to the National Infrastructure Plan 2050, which was released on Friday by South Africa’s Minister of Public Works and…
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How to Structure African Startups to Serve Customers Globally
Africa has recently made significant progress toward realizing its ambition of being a launching pad for most startup businesses. Although, Africa’s…
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PECB University Signs Partnership Agreement with Digital Encode
PECB University has signed a new Academic partnership agreement with Digital Encode Limited, to commit their knowledge, resources, and efforts to provide…
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Google selects 15 startups for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 7
Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 7 participants have been announced, with the selected startups set to receive mentorship and…
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YC-backed Nigerian insurtech startup, Curacel announces new product Grow
Curacel, a Nigerian insurtech startup that offers an AI-powered platform for claims processing and fraud management in Africa, has announced…
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12 African startups qualifies for FAST accelerator programme, designed by Microsoft
Twelve African tech startups have been chosen for the first cohort of the FAST startup accelerator, which was developed by…
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Nigerian government cracks down on 6 illegal digital lenders
On Friday, three Nigerian federal government agencies—the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), the National Information and Technology Development…
