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Africa Investment Forum:Mara announces first African-made smartphone

African high-tech player Mara on Friday announced the production of their newest product the Maraphone – the first made-in-Africa, full-scale smartphone, soon to ...

By TechTrendsNovember 10, 20180

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The future of trade in Africa: Leapfrogging towards Africonomics

We predict Africa’s digital-enabled commerce landscape will change drastically over the next decade – as a fragmented sphere with wanting customer experience meets ...

By TechTrendsNovember 10, 20180

Events

Digital Lab Africa:3rd Edition to kick off in Johannesburg

Digital Lab Africa (DLA) will launch its 3rd edition at DISCOP market in Johannesburg (14-16 November 2018).On November 15th (11am, SA time), Digital ...

By TechTrendsNovember 10, 20180

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AIMS launches novel masters in machine intelligence

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) launched its African Masters in Machine Intelligence (AMMI) at its AIMS Rwanda Campus in partnership with ...

By TechTrendsOctober 21, 20180

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Apply:200,000 Euro Award for Technology Innovations by Siemens

This Technology Innovation Awards by Siemens aim to identify simple technological innovations with business potential to empower people around the world! Take part ...

By TechTrendsOctober 20, 20180

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Be Part of the Health Hackathon on Risk Communication for West Africa-Nigeria Edition.

The efforts to stem the 2013-2015 Ebola epidemic revealed fundamental deficits in the health policies and strategies of the afflicted West African countries ...

By TechTrendsOctober 20, 20180

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Nigeria Innovation Summit 2018 Communiqué

Theme: Building a Culture of Innovation in Nigeria for Sustainable Economic Growth. The 2018 edition of the Nigeria Innovation Summit with the theme: ...

By TechTrendsOctober 20, 20180

Events

UNDP,UNIDO,NITDA,NCC,DFID Bosses To Speak at Nigeria Innovation Summit 2018

The organisers of the Nigeria Innovation Summit recently announced its first line up of speakers for the 2018 summit which will take place on ...

By TechTrendsAugust 5, 20180

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Nigeria Innovation Summit 2018 Theme, Date announced

The Nigeria Innovation Summit in its 3rd year will focus on the theme: “Building a Culture of Innovation in Nigeria for Sustainable Economic ...

By TechTrendsMay 19, 20180

Events

African Development Bank 2018 Annual Meeting to Focus on Accelerating Africa’s Industrialization

Final preparations are underway for the 2018 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group on May 21-25, 2018, in Busan, Korea, addressing “Accelerating Africa’s ...

By TechTrendsMay 19, 20180

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Agriculture’s potential to power economic growth highlighted in African Transformation Report

A major study by the Africa Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) has highlighted how transforming agriculture can become a stimulus for economic development ...

By TechTrendsMay 14, 20180

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UN Economic Commission for Africa to Drive African Continental Free Trade Area

The potential for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to become a powerful tool for driving industrialisation, economic diversification and development has ...

By TechTrendsMay 14, 20180

Events

Nigeria Innovation Summit 2018 Call for Papers

The 2018 Nigeria Innovation Summit announces its call for papers.Nigeria Innovation Summit is the leading annual event that focuses on the need for ...

By TechTrendsMay 6, 20180

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Orange Digital Ventures invests in Africa’s Talking,A leading distributor of Mobile Communication and Payment APIs

Orange Digital Ventures Africa, the Orange investment fund’s new initiative for Africa launched last June, is proud to announce its first investment, helping Africa’s ...

By TechTrendsMay 6, 20180

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MainOne Secures Licence to Expand Connectivity Services in Cote d’Ivoire

As part of its West Africa expansion, connectivity and data centre solutions operator MainOne has secured a license to expand national and international ...

By TechTrendsApril 23, 20180

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Ecobank launches 2018 Fintech Challenge Competition for African Start-Ups

Ecobank , a leading pan-African banking group, is inviting African fintech entrepreneurs to enter for its Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2018. Now in its second ...

By TechTrendsApril 23, 20180

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Applications open for the third cycle of Innovate Ventures Accelerator in Somaliland

Innovate Ventures pioneer in the Somali start-up space, has just opened applications for the next round of its Hargeisa-based tech accelerator. To date, ...

By TechTrendsApril 15, 20180

Events

CoinAfrique raises € 2.5 million and accelerates its development in French-speaking Africa

The classified ads platform CoinAfrique has raised € 2.5 million euros from several investors, thereby cementing its ambition to become the mobile audience ...

By TechTrendsApril 15, 20180

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Enter for the 2018 African Entrepreneurship Award and Share in the $1 Million Prize

African Entrepreneurs are encouraged to enter for the 2018 African Entrepreneurship Award and Shared in the $1 Million Prize money if you have a ...

By TechTrendsApril 15, 20180

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African Food Security Prize Launched to Stop Devastating Crop Pest

Feed the Future, supported by Land O’Lakes International Development and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, has opened its call for applications ...

By TechTrendsApril 8, 20180

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FinTech Startups:Apply for the MasterCard StartPath Programme

Mastercard is calling for applications from Nigerian fintech startups for its Start Path 2018 programme, the company’s initiative that supports innovative later-stage start-ups ...

By TechTrendsApril 8, 20180

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Next Einstein Forum launches Scientific African, an open access multi-disciplinary Journal to boost Global reach of research from Africa

A unique partnership between the Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), and Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science ...

By TechTrendsApril 1, 20180

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Tony Elumelu Foundation Selects 1000 Entrepreneurs for the 2018 Entrepreneurship Program with Red Cross, UNDP & Indorama Supporting additional 250 Entrepreneurs from Africa

More than 150,000 Africans from 114 countries worldwide applied to join the 4th cycle of The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s (TEF) 10-year, $100 million TEF Entrepreneurship ...

By TechTrendsApril 1, 20180

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Nigerian Startup Lifebank Selected at Merck Accelerator and moves to Germany

The technology and science company Merck recently, announces its ten new startups taking part in the Merck Accelerator. The teams are operating in the ...

By TechTrendsMarch 23, 20180

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How Fintech providers are enabling financial institutions in Rwanda to accelerate their digital transformation

Speakers at the International Conference on Responsible and Inclusive Finance (ICRIF) (http://www.amir.org.rw) held in Kigali on 21 March urged Rwandan microfinance institutions (MFIs) to ...

By TechTrendsMarch 23, 20180

Events

Next Einstein Forum(NEF) Global Gathering 2018 Holds in Rwanda

Africa’s scientists and innovators descend on Kigali, Rwanda, for the Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering 2018 set to be held on 26 – ...

By TechTrendsMarch 23, 20180

Gadgets/Apps

Samsung Introduces Galaxy S9 and S9+ Smartphones into Nigerian Market

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. introduces the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+, the smartphones that reimagine the way people communicate, share and experience the ...

By TechTrendsMarch 23, 20180

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Republic of Malawi Joins Africa Finance Corporation

The Republic of Malawi (“Malawi”) has become the second Southern African member country of Africa Finance Corporation (“AFC” or “the Corporation”), Africa’s leading ...

By TechTrendsMarch 23, 20180

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FinTech in Africa Will Grow to US$ 3 Billion by 2020-Ecobank

Millions more people in Africa now have access to financial systems thanks to cashless systems using digital technology, and more and more people ...

By TechTrendsFebruary 25, 20180

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Innovation Accelerator Startupbootcamp Hosts FastTracks to Source Top Startup Talent Across the Globe – Applications Now Open!

Startupbootcamp (SBC), a global family of industry-focused accelerators, last year launched its first-ever Africa-based programme. Building on the success of its inaugural 2017 ...

By TechTrendsFebruary 25, 20180

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