An extended period of political stability and favourable demographics have attracted billions of dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) into…
Month: February 2015
Nigerian e-commerce startup Gloo.ng has carved out an e-commerce niche separate from the likes of Jumia and Konga in order…
South Africa’s first Bitcoin conference has been set for April, with the organisers encouraging entrepreneurs to attend and learn about…
Kenya’s Information Communication Technology Authority (ICTA) has agreed a three-year US$1.2 million funding project with the Government of the Netherlands…
Online hotel booking platform Jovago has announced a partnership with Tanzanian telecoms firm Tigo to allow users of the operator’s…
Applications are open for the 2015 edition of the Anzisha Prize, which seeks to reward young social entrepreneurs with prizes…
Kenyan incubator the iHub has partnered Chase Bank in an arrangement that will see the two organisations collaborate on advancing…
The inaugural Negawatt Challenge Definition Day has taken place in Nairobi, Kenya, with attendees identifying the four most pressing energy-related…
Young female coders from the Khayelitsha area of Cape Town met Twitter vice president for engineering Nandini Ramani and other…
South African startup SmartPrac, which provides cloud-based electronic health record and practice management software, is plotting expansion to Namibia and…