The last 12 months saw investment flowing into startups across the African continent, with exciting direct investment deals, venture capital…
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On a continent where internet penetration remains low, and though it is increasing spending power does not match that of…
South African startup accelerator programme Sw7, which formed earlier this year, is hoping to raise a fund in the second…
South African mobile wallet integration startup Wallettec has signed integration deals with providers in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria,…
Africa is “ripe” with entrepreneurial spirit and business opportunities from the need to solve everyday problems, according to Christina Tamer,…
Increasingly, African mobile manufacturers are in vogue. In South Africa, there is Zest and Dream Mobile. Congo has VMK. The…
Seedstars World finished its Africa tour back in mid-July, after visiting a number of hubs across the continent and picking…
The common model for incubators to focus on finding startups with a “big idea” is not appropriate for Africa, where…
The total capital invested in African startups more than doubled to US$26.9 million in 2014 compared to US$12 million in…
With its innovative way of creating interoperability in Kenya’s multi-SIM environment, award-winning startup Chura is seeing strong growth in uptake…