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Brexit and Africa
Brexit, combined with the trade wars involving the world’s two powerhouse economies, China and the USA, is a major factor in generating global ...
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NadiFin Fintech Accelerator Program Announces 2019 Cohort
After 100+ applications from around the globe, 10 post-seed and pre-series B stage Fintech companies have been selected and are ready to scale ...
Events
Nigeria Innovation Summit 2019 to Focus on Innovations to Accelerate Economic Growth
The 4th edition of the Nigeria Innovation Summit 2019 will focus on the theme: Accelerating Nigeria’s Economic Growth Through Innovation. The summit which ...
Events
Call for Paper and Participation for Nigeria Innovation Summit 2019
Nigeria Innovation Summit in its 4th year has become the leading annual event that focuses on the need for the country, businesses, organisations, ...
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The President of the Republic of Cabo Verde opens second WHO Africa Health Forum
Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca, President of the Republic of Cabo Verde, today demonstrated his support for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) initiatives ...
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Something Easy Is Here! Your Phone Number Is Your Account Number!
Leading Lender, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has taken another major leap in the retail and mobile banking segments of the Nigerian financial services industry. ...
Events
ICT Spring Europe 2019 :The Place where Digital, Tech & Science Converge
A new edition of ICT Spring Europe 2019 in Luxembourg will be held on May 21st & 22nd, with more than 100 experts ...
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Applications are now open for the NadiFin Fintech Acceleration program
Applications are now open for the NadiFin Fintech Acceleration program powered by MiddleGame Ventures and Farvest in partnership with the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology ...
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MEST Africa and Microsoft announces regional winners in annual Pan-African startup pitch competition
Five promising start-ups from across Africa have been chosen as regional winners in MEST Africa’s annual Pan-African pitch competition, moving one step closer ...
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WHO Innovation Challenge to formally announce 30 finalists at the Africa Health Forum in Cabo Verde
The top 30 health-oriented innovations selected from a field of more than 2 400 entries to the first-ever WHO Innovation Challenge will be ...
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Enter for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation over $100,000 Global Grand Challenge for Health Innovation and Development
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Grand Challenge for Health Innovation and Development seeks application from Emerging technology organisations to solve global health ...
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Are You a Remote-sensing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) or UAV Drone Company? Then Enter for the €175,000 Ag-Tech Developer Challenge
Are You a Remote-sensing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) or UAV Drone Company? Then Enter for the €175,000 Ag-Tech Developer Challenge by the Rainforest Alliance .This ...
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Regional finalists for the MEST Africa Challenge 2019 announced!
Regional finalists for the MEST Africa Challenge 2019 has been announced.50 Start-ups have been selected to take part in the annual MEST Africa ...
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Amazon zeroes in on Africans who prefer to pay with Cash
Amazon is currently exploring e-commerce customers in Kenya who want to pay for goods in cash. The e-commerce giant recently began a service ...
Blockchain
Flutterwave Partners with Visa to Launch GetBarter App For Home, Abroad Payments
Flutterwave, a global payments solutions business based in Africa has collaborated with Visa to launch GetBarter. This is an app that lets consumers ...
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Kenya’s Tulaa Set To Battle 7 Other Start-Ups At World Agri-Tech Innovation Summiit
Picked from more than 150 international entries, 8 early-stage start-ups are set to battle it out for a $250,000 investment from Radical Growth ...
Blockchain
Four Technology Heavyweights Rumored To Be Working On Healthcare Wearables
Wearables are having the time of their lives in the clinical world, moving beyond the regular status of being “a consumer tech and ...
Blockchain
15 Hottest Emerging Technology Jobs in 2019
As you read this, a recent college graduate is lecturing a robot on how to empty the machine for washing dishes. That the ...
Blockchain
Visa undergoes expansion For Fintech Fast-Track In Africa
American multinational financial services corporation, VISA Inc is currently undergoing expansion of its Fintech Fast-Track Programme in Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East ...
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Popular Agri-Tech Startup In Kenya, FarmDrive Seals Newest Funding Round
Agri-tech startup in Kenya, FarmDrive has gotten access to more finance as its operations recently faced expansion to make provision for 3 million ...
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Africa sees new Investment Opportunities as Ethiopia’s telecom sector opens up
Telecom, media and tech investment and consolidation activity in Africa is predicted to reach a record high for 2019 as a number of ...
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Are you Young, African and Innovative Entrepreneur? Apply for the US$100,000 Anzisha Prize
The Anzisha Prize program which is a partnership between African Leadership Academy and Mastercard Foundation has just launched the call for 2019 applications. ...
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How Agritech Is Changing India And The World
Technology has aided farmers get a more effective market access and a grater selling price, with adequate initiatives, and it can still do ...
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Why Tech Hubs Are Developing In Africa
Going by the recent report by GSMA, 128 tech hubs have kick-started their operations across Africa since 2016. Comparing with the recent reports ...
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Digital Afrique Telecom (DAT) launches a smart card and ticketing system in Ivory Coast
Digital Afrique Telecom (DAT)announced the successful launch of a Smart Card and Ticketing system to enable Ivorian public transport users to board over ...
Blockchain
What To Look Out For In South African Fintech This Year
TymeBank, BankZero and Discovery Bank being introduced will definitely rejuvenate the industry and ensure customers have better choices to make. It should also ...
Blockchain
Expert views on how digital learning will aid education and employment system
Technology has changed the way we acquire education degrees. According to our research and online interviews, experts believe that many employers pay more ...
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FCMB Launches Hub One in Lagos,Nigeria
The Nigerian Tech industry has grown in leaps and bounds over the years. Many innovative ideas, platforms and more have been developed, ...
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How Technology can drive Agriculture in Africa
Africa with all it’s potentials in Agriculture still has low yields. According to Debisi Araba, Regional Director for Africa at the international center for ...
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AIMS launches applications for second intake of African Master’s in Machine intelligence
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) recently launched applications for the second intake of its unique African Master’s in Machine Intelligence (AMMI), ...