Kenya’s Mobius Motors investor Playfair Capital, a UK venture capital firm is looking for startups that use deep tech and data to create a defensible proposition that has longevity in the just launched ..
Kenya’s Mobius Motors investor Playfair Capital, a UK venture capital firm is looking for startups that use deep tech and data to create a defensible proposition that has longevity in the just launched ..
KITE has announced the launch of Visa’s open innovation program Visa’s Everywhere Initiative in Sub Sahara Africa. The program awards up to US$50,000 (a US$25,000 prize and potentially up to ..
Pangea, an international start-up accelerator, has closed its application platform recording a total of 403 applications. Agriculture was the largest sector represented, comprising 27% of the applications. ..
TechCrunch an American news site in conjunction with Facebook, is set to host a competition for 15 African startups after a months-long search for the most promising startups on the continent. Startup ..
According to an optimistic observer, Silicon Valley’s days may be slowly coming an end as the future of technology seems to lie further beyond San Francisco’s atmosphere. According to Andela’s ..
Safaricom has announced the second season of BLAZE Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) scheduled to kick off with the first regional summit scheduled for this weekend in Meru County. Following a successful first season ..
The much-awaited Lions’ Den reality TV show to be aired on NTV is now weeks away. The show will premiere on the 26th of this month (September). The investors (lions) too, have been chosen. It is a panel ..
WhereIsMyTransport is a technology company that wants to transform the transport sector in Africa, both formal and informal. The South African company specifically wants to collate transit data for formal ..
Start-ups were given a chance to showcase their brands at the appwiz demo. The finals were held this week and the judges had the opportunity to go through the 11 shortlisted finalists. Last week, Strathmore ..
Leading online payments solution provider, 3G Direct Pay Limited, unveiled Mobile Money. The newly launched platform will enable cross border payments across different mobile networks. Mobile money is growing ..
Are you using Uber? It’s the most convenient and smart way to get a taxi. However, nothing good comes without demerits and challenges. In Kenya, a number of people had different opinions about their ..
After delivering its commitment on entrepreneurship in Africa by launching Zambezi Price, The Legatum Centre has confirmed its sponsorship for DEMO Africa, to further its mission of catalyzing entrepreneurship ..
Someone once said raising money is simple but not easy. First time entrepreneurs will tell you this for sure. Better known as startups, these entities find it almost impossible to raise funds for the company’s ..
Half a decade ago, start-ups were just a simple business idea waiting to be hatched into an actual revenue generating enterprise. No one cared much about a simple idea not making money yet. Today though, ..
In June iPhone introduced an update that trucks reproductive health and sex ‘timetable’ of a person but that does not provide the proper tools for women who wish to conceive. Few tech innovations ..
Social networks like Facebook and Twitter have made many advancements in an effort to capture the market. This month Facebook launched Live to allow celebrities and public figures to stream video to the nearly ..
Wireless electricity and charging has come along way and it all started with the Samsung Galaxy S6 wireless chargers and PoWiFi which enables users to charge their phones using WiFi. Two Tyrolean entrepreneurs ..
The Global Entrepreneurship Summit gave the country a global platform to showcase different ideas that can attract investment from different parts of the world. The Summit played a big role in exposing ..
Ahead of DEMO Africa 2015 to be held at Nigeria from the 21st of September to the 25Th, the startup challenge programme has released a list of the thirty participating start-ups from across Africa. Where ..
Orange Group has launched the call for applications for the fifth edition of the Orange African Social Venture Prize as a global Entrepreneurship Summit sets to kick off this week. The Group initiative ..
The mobile industry is playing a key role in driving digital, financial and social inclusion in many African countries by providing access to quality information and services, this is why Mobile 360-Africa ..
Its important to note that creating innovative solutions is a continuous process. it is through sharing with like minds that one continues to refine an idea or solution. This is according to Sam Gichuru, ..
Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is looking to administer entrepreneurs from Kenya who wish to spend a year in Accra to take part in intensive training program that will result to a launch ..
When I tell my friends I am not designed for business, they are quick to ask whether I would be happy to be an employee forever. Yes, that ‘employee forever’ talk. However, I understand them very well. ..
Village Capital has launched it’s FinTech for Agriculture: East Africa 2015 accelerator programme at a launch event in Nairobi, revealing the cohort of 12 startups selected to participate in the programme. ..
Top ten finalists for think incubator’s second cohort in the running for investment and incubation from Tigo and its parent company Milicom at the state-of-the-art think incubation site have today been ..
Technology bug has bitten. There is no doubt about that. We all want to relate to this day and time in one way or another. Maybe it is your gadget, that car you drive, office machinery or even household ..
ICT has transformed both the public and private sector. It has made government more efficient, transparent and productive. This is why there is need for these sectors to consume local innovators not only ..
Nailab startup accelerator has admitted this season’s startups 5th edition who commenced the programme Monday 12th January which will run until end of June making the number of startups enrolled in the incubator ..
Rwanda’s technology incubator think has shortlisted its first group of companies selected to participate in a six-month accelerator program beginning in Kigali, Rwanda in early November 2014. The four ..