African Entrepreneurs are encouraged to enter for the 2018 African Entrepreneurship Award and Shared in the $1 Million Prize money if you have a business or idea in Sports or a business or idea that is innovative.
See full details on requirements and eligibility: https://africanentrepreneurshipaward.com/
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The first round of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund is now open for applications from start-ups in Africa and selected Asian countries. Successful start-ups will receive: -Funding between GBP£100,000 and GBP£250,000 -Mobile-focused mentoring and bespoke technical assistance -Opportunities to build partnerships with mobile operators in relevant markets Who is eligible to apply in this…
The 2022 MEST Africa Challenge winner, Senegalese B2B marketplace Kwely, received US$50,000 in equity capital as well as the title of champion. MEST is a pan-African software and entrepreneurship training program, seed fund, and incubator that supports the establishment of technology firms all over the continent. It was established in Ghana in 2008 by serial…
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has announced the seventh edition of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) themed “investing in inclusive innovation ecosystems” thereby inviting submissions to reward the best home-grown innovations on the continent. The annual Award seeks to celebrate outstanding breakthroughs that deliver practical, and commercially viable African solutions that are innovative and sustainable. Affirming AIF’s purpose to catalyse the innovation…
On International Girls in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Day, the African Development Bank’s Coding for Employment program announced that half of its initial training seats will be reserved for women candidates. The Coding for Employment program, which provides African youth with the digital skills they need to participate effectively to the global digital economy,…
Black farmers in the US’s South— faced with continued failure their efforts to run successful farms their launched a lawsuit claiming that “white racism” is to blame for their inability to the produce crop yields and on equivalent to that switched seeds. Black farmers in the US’s South faced with continued failure in their efforts to run…
Bill Gates said the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will spend $30 million in a new artificial intelligence platform in Africa yesterday at the Grand Challenges annual event sponsored by the foundation and its partners in Senegal. Grand Challenges, the foundation’s flagship innovation program, was introduced in 2003. It focuses funding and attention on urgent…
