We highlight the startup landscape across the different African countries, including funding and the different tech solutions being developed by these startups to solve local challenges.
Global pharmaceutical company Sanofi has announced the extension of the registration period for the call for proposals for this year’s VivaTech, an annual technology conference, dedicated to innovation and startups to February 22nd 2019. According to Sanofi Kenya Country Chair and General Manager Peter Munyasi, the extension will allow more start-ups to register for the […]
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Hardware and connectivity startup BRCK has announced that it has acquired local public WiFi provider Surf and parent company EveryLayer. The Kenyan startup made the announcement at Africa Tech Summit Kigali as it seeks to become one of the largest public WiFi networks in Sub-Saharan Africa. Surf has been accelerating and expanding high-speed access across […]
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The Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) will officially call for applications starting from the 27th of March 2019. ANPI is a US$10 million Prize competition for African entrepreneurs, founded by the Jack Ma Foundation in August 2018. Each year for the next ten years, the Prize will host a pitch competition in Africa where ten […]
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Viva Technology (Vivatech), an annual technology conference, dedicated to innovation and startups takes place in less than three months. The conference will be held in Paris, France from May 16th to 18th, 2019. Pharmaceutical company Sanofi recently launched three challenges for African healthcare startups to find innovative solutions that can help improve access to healthcare […]
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South African based Artificial Intelligence Software & Solutions provider Cortex Logic has secured growth investment to expand it’s reach to new clients in Europe and USA. Cortex Logic is an African Artificial Intelligence (AI) software and solutions company that helps businesses solve complex business problems using the power of AI. Cortex Logic leverage their unique […]
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Pharmaceutical company Sanofi recently launched three challenges for African healthcare startups to find innovative solutions that can help improve access to healthcare and transform the health ecosystem throughout the continent. The challenge was launched in partnership with VivaTech, an annual technology conference, dedicated to innovation and startups. Technology is transforming how healthcare is delivered in […]
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South African venture capital firm Kalon Venture Partners has announced a lead investment of $1,465,400 in local proptech platform Flow, an app that rewards tenants for good behaviour. With Flow, the first app of its kind in the world, tenants in South Africa get rewarded for registering, adding their property details, paying their rent on time, […]
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Sanofi Kenya has launched three challenges for African startups in partnership with VivaTech. The challenges are for the startups to find innovative solutions to improve access to healthcare and transform the health ecosystem throughout the continent. These solutions will then be pitched at VivaTech, an annual technology conference, dedicated to innovation and startups, to be […]
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CDC, the UK’s development finance institution, has announced a new investment designed to support high-growth SMEs in Nigeria. CDC has made a US$15 million commitment to CardinalStone Capital Advisors Growth Fund (“CCA”), a first-time, Nigeria-focused fund that targets SMEs across six sectors: agriculture, industrials, FMCG, healthcare, education and financial services. CCA will use CDC’s capital […]
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Andela has today announced the completion of a $100M Series D funding led by Generation Investment Management with participation from existing investors including Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, GV, Spark Capital, and CRE Venture Capital. The most recent financing brings Andela’s total venture funding to $180M. Andela was founded in 2014 to connect Africa’s engineering talent with […]
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MEST Africa has opened applications for its second annual MEST Africa Challenge, a Pan-African pitch competition for tech scale-ups based in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa or Cote d’Ivoire who are ready to expand into new markets. This year’s finalists from each country will attend the MEST Africa Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, June 10-12, 2019, […]
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All commercial paper issuances have been arranged by the Centum-owned advisory firm, Barium Capital. This latest investment will be used to expand Branch’s services in Kenya.
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Africa’s 50 most funded tech companies in 2018 raised a total of $618M. This is according to the Digest Africa INDEX, an annual report that summarises Africa’s technology investment landscape set to be released on Thursday 9. The report tracked 448 funding and M&A deals of which 344 were disclosed. These generated $1.2 billion in […]
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Uganda-based solar energy company SolarNow has raised $9 million in debt arranged by SunFunder, a longtime debt financier for the company alongside co-lenders responsAbility and Oikocredit. The funding comes 3 months after the startup raised a $740,000 grant from the Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity. According to Digest Africa Deals Data, the amount puts […]
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Five young Senegalese entrepreneurs have been selected to receive six months of business incubation and $2,000 seed-funding from the Senegal Startup Accelerator to kick-start their business. The Accelerator, run by Kosmos Innovation Center and Reach for Change, has been looking for young Senegalese entrepreneurs with innovative ideas that could tackle the challenges facing the agriculture […]
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M-KOPA has raised funding from Japanese multinational, Sumitomo Corporation to empower homes and small businesses. The deal was announced on December 18, 2018, though the exact amount, as well as other details about the deal, weren’t disclosed. Through this investment, Sumitomo Corporation aims to launch a new business related to distributed power sources and contribute to […]
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More than a year and a month after insurance tech startup Pineapple raised R5.2m from Lireas Holdings, the strategic investment arm of Hannover-Re Group Africa, the startup has now been accepted into The Hartford Insurtech Hub. The Johannesburg-based startup will get to work with top Insurance companies in the US such as Travellers, Aetna, USAA, […]
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Uganda’s ultra-affordable ultrasound startup M-SCAN is the winner of TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018. The startup was crowned as Sub-Saharan Africa’s Most Promising Startup at the event held in Lagos, Nigeria on 11 December. Bettr, a virtual banking experience powered by the smartphone and data was the runner up. TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018, sponsored […]
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South African venture capital firm Knife Capital has announced the twelve African startups that will take part in its fourth Grindstone Accelerator programme. The 12 will join former Grindstone accelerated companies such as ticketing solutions provider Quicket, financial inclusion business Picsa; augmented reality animation & gaming company SeaMonster; payments software provider Electrum, transport data company […]
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Standard Chartered’s ‘Women in Tech’ accelerator program has attracted over 180 women-led startups. The startups will, however, be reduced to 40 during a shortlisting exercise which has been slated for this week. The Women in Tech is an initiative targeting women-led start-ups leveraging on technology as a key driver to innovation in business. Launched […]
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Two Kenyan startups, Cloud9xp and PayGo Energy were among the second class of 11 startups who graduated yesterday from Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa program in Lagos. Over the course of the 3-month program, the 11 startups comprising Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 2 engaged with 48 mentors from 9 countries – Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, UAE, […]
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Johnson & Johnson has launched the Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0, a continent-wide competition calling on African innovators to submit ideas for innovative technologies, products and solutions that have the potential to create positive impact for African communities. Now in its second year, the 2018 Africa Innovation Challenge is open to innovators and entrepreneurs from Kenya, […]
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South African media company Naspers has set up a R1.4bn ($96m) Naspers Foundry fund to invest into South African technology startups. The money will fund and support startups seeking to address big societal needs. The group announced the move at the inaugural South Africa Investment Conference 2018 in Johannesburg to help talented and ambitious South […]
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14 Fintech startups have been selected to join the CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa program scheduled to take place between the 5th and 9th of November at the LHoFT. The CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa is a unique one week program of Fintech startup development, designed by the LHoFT Foundation, targeting Fintech companies from South Africa, Uganda, Nigeria, Senegal, […]
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TechCrunch Startup Battlefield in partnership with Facebook is returning to Africa. This time around the startup competition will be held in Lagos, Nigeria following the breakout success of last year’s Startup Battlefield Africa in Nairobi. The event will feature panels and keynotes with high-powered industry leaders such as Omobola Johnson, senior partner at TLcom Capital, […]
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London-based startup accelerator Founders Factory has partnered with Standard Bank to launch its first international location in Johannesburg, South Africa to build and scale further 100 technology startups. The accelerator has teamed up with Roo Rogers who will become CEO of Founders Factory Africa. Roo, a former partner at renowned design agency fuseproject and leader […]
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VC4A has announced the eight Africa ventures that have been selected for the 2018 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A. The 8 startups have been selected from over 1000 applicants by the investor committee representing continent’s leading VC funds such as Accion, Orange Digital Ventures, Knife Capital, Ventures Platform, Blue Haven, 4Di Capital, AngelHub Ventures, Silvertree […]
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Microsoft has teamed up with the Lions@frica initiative of the African Technology Foundation to empower the startups finalists that will be pitching at DEMO Africa 2018. Microsoft will provide the finalists with a variety of venture creation and technology support services through its Microsoft 4Afrika program. Since launching in 2013, Microsoft 4Afrika has brought over 700,000 small […]
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The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has named the top 10 startups that will compete for its prestigious Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2018 awards. The 10 startups beat more than 3 000 applications from 52 African countries who had submitted their applications in different categories. The categories included ICT, agri-business, public health and the environment/ […]
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Kenyan solar startup Agsol is among three startups that have been selected for Microsoft’s third annual Airband Grant Fund. The grant is part of the Microsoft Airband Initiative launched in 2017, whose goal is to expand the internet’s reach across the world. Agsol builds solar-powered processing machines for farming communities not yet connected to the […]
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Kenyan startups have topped the list of 2018 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Africa winners. The startups, Lynk, WeFarm, and Solar Freeze were among the four regional winners selected to compete for the 2018 economic prize. The winning startups were selected from 9 IIC finalists and from 10 Zambezi Prize for Innovation in Financial Inclusion finalists […]
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Tanzanian startup Nala is the winner of this years’ Ecobank Fintech Challenge. Nala beat ten other finalists to emerge as the overall winner of a US$10,0000 cash prize. Nala is a mobile money application that works offline, without an internet connection. It provides a unified user experience in which multiple financial services can be connected on […]
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Three Kenyan startups are among the thirty African startups finalists shortlisted for DEMO Africa 2018. The startups, CLoud9XP, Sote and Zipora will join the other startups across the continent in Casablanca in October to present their technologies to the world. The startups were selected following a few months of innovation roadshows, city tours and virtual adjudication across […]
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Mines, a Nigerian fintech startup re-inventing credit in emerging markets secured $13M funding. The Series A round was led by The Rise Fund, a global fund managed by TPG Growth. The startup says it plans to use its investment for talent acquisition, continued growth in Africa, and expansion to South America and South-East Asia. Mines […]
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Kenyan and other African startups in the Agriculture sector have been asked to apply for this year’s edition MTFC Innov8Agric Challenge. The innovation challenge is a key event at this year’s edition of Meet The Farmer’s Conference to be hosted in Dubai. The event will host young farmers, agropreneurs, and Innovators in the Agric Value Chain […]
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Kenyan Startup Mookh Africa is the overall winner of the Visa Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) Everywhere Initiative, The startup won both the “Social Business Payments” challenge as well as the overall prize for its idea taking home KES.5 million and the opportunity to work with Visa to develop the concept further. The Visa Everywhere Initiative […]
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The universe is now digitalized and its benefits can’t be ignored. Digital advertising is an inventive technique and it is very crucial for both the new entrepreneurs and the well-developed ones. Digital advertising will make a startup succeed within a very short time because it is a powerful method of gaining publicity and more customers. […]
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Everyone makes mistakes and it goes without saying that a major part of establishing a startup business is all about committing errors and learning from them. However, learning from the mistakes entirely depends on the weight of the error and one cannot expect to come back from a mistake that is overly detrimental for the […]
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DAM has been referred to as Data Asset Management, which is responsible for organizing creative as well as visual resources of a company. In this age of digitalized technology and communication, businesses can acquire a lot of audiovisual data. With the advent of time and as the business keeps expanding the size of data will […]
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Last week together with a number of tech enthusiasts and industry leaders we gathered at Nailab for the launch of Tech Tamasha. Tech Tamasha is an annual technology conference that will be hosted by technology blog Techweez, in partnership with leading industry stakeholders. The conference aims to celebrate Kenya’s technology space by highlighting the best […]
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Zimbabwe’s Agri-tech startup SMART Connect has emerged the winner of DEMO Africa Innovation tour held by Micah Foundation in Zimbabwe, Harare. The startup presented a mobile-web application that links smallholder farmers to buyers, transporters and other agribusiness entities through an inclusive business model with a broader view of stimulating economic growth and improving livelihoods of […]
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Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) is calling for disruptive African startups looking to raise between $250K and $5M to showcase their ideas at Africa Early Stage Investor Summit to be held in November 11-12 in Cape Town. The summit will bring together the leading angel networks, VC funds, impact investors, accelerators, corporate venture divisions, industry […]
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TIFAT a farm technology that connects farmers to a buyer’s marketplace has emerged the winner of the DEMO Africa Uganda Innovation Tour. Tifat beat a field of more than 15 other startups from Uganda in a two-round contest at the Hive Collab in Kampala. 30 start-ups participated and they all came geared up to pitch […]
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Over the past few years, companies and organizations around the world have started to rely heavily on data to drive innovation and growth. Recognizing the potential of data to enhance business decisions, productivity, and overall efficiency, businesses are now leveraging data to accomplish goals that seemed impossible before. Smart appliances powered by IoT, intelligent personal […]
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Lagos based last mile medical supply startup LifeBank has closed $200 000 seed round, led by EchoVC Pan-Africa fund. Also participating in the round was CcHub Growth Capital and an undisclosed healthcare angel investor. The startup, which leverages technology to discover, organize and deliver essential medical products to hospitals and in the process, acquires actionable […]
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U.S based organisation Connecticut Innovation launched its VentureClash global venture challenge in Nigeria. The competition is targeting companies that are actively advancing disruptive solutions in digital health, financial technology (fintech), the Internet of Things (IoT) and insurance technology (insurtech). The $5 million contest kicked off in March with the first round of applications and will […]
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Ecobank has launched its 2018 Ecobank Fintech Challenge for African startups. Now in its second year, the initiative gives African startups the chance to promote their fintech solutions, and potentially partner with Ecobank in rolling out their solutions across the bank’s 33 markets. Submissions are open to all startups and developers from any of […]
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By John Taylor Setting up and establishing a small or start-up company can be expensive, and it usually demands a level of risk. You must be able to maximize your resource, gain profits quickly, and become consistent to survive in this industry. Thus, you need to guarantee that your marketing strategy is flawlessly working and generates […]
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Autodesk Foundation has entered into a new agreement with the Kenya Climate Change Center (KCIC) to support local startups providing solutions for pressing social and environmental problems. Autodesk Foundation has made a grant to KCIC to address pressing social and environmental challenges faced by local startups. Specifically, funds from Autodesk will seed an early stage […]
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Just two months after launching in Kenya, Norwegian accelerator Pangea has closed its application platform recording a total of 403 applications. Agriculture was the largest sector represented, comprising 27% of the applications. The growing interest in agriculture casts light to the doom-spelling statistics that indicate low youth involvement in the sector. Fintech came in second […]
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The African Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (AGF) has today entered into a re- guarantee transaction with GuarantCo that will see African SMEs benefit from an amount of up to USD 74 million. GuarantCo will increase its guarantee capacity for SME financing to help AGF support larger local currency transactions for SMEs involved […]
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Nairobi Garage is calling on Kenyan startups to apply for the for this years DataHack4FI competition with the winning team taking home US$5,000 and six months’ co-working facilities at Nairobi Garage. A prize of $2,500 will also be awarded to the team that produces the best women and/or youth-centric solution. The second and third placed teams will each […]
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Pangea, a Norwegian platform connecting African startups with international investment and expertise, has launched its accelerator program in Kenya. Pangea has partnered with Strathmore University’s @iLabAfrica and will see the accelerator link up Kenyan startups from across the industry with investors especially the African diaspora which currently remits approximately $160 billion annually. As a […]
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6 Startups from Kenya have made it to the list of the final 35 startups from 28 African countries that will launch their ideas at the DEMO Africa 2017 conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. The startups were picked from a record 956 digital startups from that applied to launch at the event to be held […]
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As part of part of a business acceleration program to help East African tech start-ups commercialize and scale innovative digital products, iHub and the World Bank Group will host a one-week intensive boot camp in Nairobi. The Traction Camp accelerator launched six months ago by iHub and the World Bank Group’s infoDev program will connect […]
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Orange Digital Ventures , Orange Group’s investment vehicle for early-stage innovation projects in Africa has launched a new investment initiative to support startups in Africa. The initiative will see the Group commit 50 million euros corresponding to half of the direct investments made via its new Orange Digital Ventures Africa programme; the other half is […]
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The World Bank Group has launched a five-month acceleration program to support 20 most promising startups from Sub-Saharan Africa. Known as XL Africa, the program will see the startups receive mentoring from global and local experts, learn through a tailor-made curriculum, increase their regional visibility as well as get access to potential corporate partners and […]
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Mobile airtime transfer service Senditoo has launched a super-fast app that allows users to send top-ups to mobile phones across the world in just 15 seconds. According to the company’s CEO and co-founder, Ibrahima Soumano, the new Senditoo app will drive the tech startup’s foray into East and Francophone Africa, having successfully penetrated the Zimbabwean, […]
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Applications for the 2017 edition of DEMO Africa are now open. African Startups can now apply for a chance to showcase their Startups at the conference to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 6th to 7th September 2017. This is the 6th edition of the startup competition which debuted in 2012 at the World […]
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Mobile and cloud may be global technologies, but African start-ups have explored their functionalities, shaped their applications and used them to build differentiated business models suited to their markets. They have created new and uniquely African technologies that speak to their lifestyles and complexities, using the infrastructure as a base to deliver key services in […]
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New mobile airtime transfer startup Senditoo has kicked off 2017 with bullish plans to become one of Africa’s fastest growing airtime transfer services. The company has embarked on an aggressive marketing campaign to expand its share of the $3 billion global airtime market, buoyed by new funding secured in December last year. Founded by Guinean […]
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Mozambican technology start-up Kamaleon has developed a solar-powered mobile tablet to connect more Africans to the internet. Launched in November 2016, the startups says the “Community Tablet” (“Tablet Comunitário”) is an innovative and engaging way of promoting digital literacy through a shared platform. The Community Tablet is a solar powered mobile computer with touch screen […]
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Bonjour Idée, the collaborative magazine for startups has launched the first African edition of the Startup of the Year competition. This comes after two successful editions of the competition were held in France with 2700 startups taking part. Bonjour Idée has teamed up with OCP Group the world leader in the phosphate markets and its […]
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The startup scene in Africa is rapidly growing with so many start-ups coming up with great ideas that will change the continent. Most of the business ideas tend to be associated with our hobbies, passions, strengths or even the resources that are at our disposal. However, it’s easy to be carried away with that idea […]
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AFROPX, a startup that wants to transform access to African photos has announced plans to launch an online marketplace focused on African images. The platform will be consisting of commercial, news, and artistic photos, as well as videos and illustrations produced by African talents. According to the founders,AFROPX goes to market looking at high potentials, […]
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Mobile storage is currently limited to huge bulky hard drives which require wires and cables or cloud-based solutions that require the Internet to access its data. A Dallas bases startup, however, want to change this its World’s First Wireless USB Flash Drive. Known as iLuun Air, the wireless flash drive has been developed for smartphones […]
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Safaricom has announced an investment in Eneza Education through its $1 million Safaricom Spark Venture Fund. The Safaricom Spark Venture Fund invests in startups by purchasing minority equity stake or providing convertible debt, allowing young businesses to access the finances coupled with the technical advisory and business development services needed to grow their businesses. Founded […]
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First rising airtime transfer startup Ozaremit has rebranded to Senditoo. The UK-based company has also announced that it has developed its own API that will allow them to develop new business-to-business partnerships. The rebranding comes just a few months after the company secured funding from French investors Thibaults Launay, Romain Girbal and Célia Grémy to […]
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The 5th edition of DEMO Africa concluded last Friday with the crowning of 5 startup companies that will benefit from the DEMO Africa LIONS programme. The 2-day event took place at the Sandton Convention Center, Johannesburg. The DEMO Africa LIONS programme is a partnership between DEMO Africa and the LIONS@FRICA initiative that curates a 2-week […]
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International value remittance service Ozaremit has secured funding from French investors Thibaults Launay, Romain Girbal and Célia Grémy to boost growth to boost its growth. The funding comes just three months after the startup was launched. Currently covering 110 countries, including 35 countries in Africa. Ozaremit is a competitive, safe and fast online service to […]
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5 Kenyan startups have made it to the final list of 30 startups that will take part in this year’s DEMO Africa conference to held in Johannesburg from the 25th to 26th August. The 30 were picked from picked from a record 723 technology startups from 27 African countries that had applied to launch at […]
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We have all had instances where technology has been used to explore and solve contemporary issues. Many positive forms of interaction have also stemmed from the digital age. Small companies, startups have increasingly started to soak up technological innovations and approaches to solving problems affecting people in the society. From mobile health, educational apps, business […]
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Technology has become an integral part in the growth of most economies in the world. Most of the countries especially in Africa have agriculture as their most economic generators, faming and exporting farm produces in various parts of the world. According to The Economist, crop yields in Africa are between one-third and one-half of […]
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13 start-ups have been shortlisted to proceed to the incubation phase of the Safaricom Appwiz Challenge, following an interview session held at Strathmore University last week. During the session a preliminary judging panel reviewed 30 solutions across the four categories of the Challenge, narrowing down to those that showed the most promise to grow into […]
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DEMO Africa has today released a list of the thirty technology start-ups from across Africa that will pitch at the 2015 edition of the DEMO Africa event. Last year’s giant, Nigeria, tops the list again with 8 representatives followed by Kenya with 6. South Africa is third with 3 representatives while Ghana, Egypt, Cameroon and […]
Continue ReadingPIVOT East, a startups competition geared towards nurturing the growing ICT talent in East Africa, has unveiled semifinalist for this year’s competition. The competition opened the call for applications in April 2015 with startups from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Ethiopia applying through an online portal (startups.pivoteast.com. This year also saw startups from Nigeria, Zimbabwe, […]
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After featuring Olivine Technologies, a Kenyan Startup that specializes in the design and development of software solutions for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), today TechTrendsKE turns its focus on SokoText, a Startup aimed at solving Africa’s food insecurity. SokoText was founded by Suraj Gudka, Sofia Zab, Carolina Medina, Verena Liedgens and Jonah Brotman in 2013 specifically […]
Continue ReadingAs promised today today here at TechTrendsKE we will be looking at three Startups this week. We want to learn their journey and where they are headed. To start us off is Olivine technologies, a company that was started from a simple idea by three brothers Joseph Karanja, Charles Mungai and Mark Mwaura in 2010. With only […]
Continue ReadingFarm Capital Africa (FCA), a Kenyan Startup has been nominated for the 2015 annual Innovation Prize for Africa Awards. The company is a Social Impact Agri-investment company, formed to channel Capital to profitable and sustainable Agriventures in Africa. They partner with small scale Farmers with great growth Potential, and through its investor networks enable the famers […]
Continue ReadingHe was among the final 10 nominees for the 2015 annual Innovation Prize for Africa Awards. His start-up Farm Capital Africa was selected from 925 applications received from 41 African countries, surpassing the previous year’s entry record of 903. He is also the brain behind Farm Capital Africa, a well-developed risk sharing agri-business funding model […]
Continue ReadingA new startup wants to revolutionize how you translate information online into different languages. Through their Mobile Translate service , users are provided with free translation online browsing by phone, tablet, Mac or Personal Computers. Convenient and applicable from everywhere: traveling, business trip, university, home. Online translator can translate languages into Spanish, French, German, Italian, […]
Continue ReadingThe application window for DEMO Africa 2015 is now open and entrepreneurs can apply from today. The application process will be hosted by DEMO Africa’s partner VC4Africa. The application window will remain open throughout the months of March, April to close by end of May. This will be followed by all the qualifying applications being […]
Continue ReadingWhen BitPesa launched its services in Kenya to provide cheap and fast remittance services to Kenya using Bitcoin, the founders did not know they will not come this far. So is Africa ready for Bitcoins? Watch BitPesa CEO, Elizabeth Rosiello as she talks about Bitcoing and her work and the progress they have made since […]
Continue ReadingKenyan Innovators will benefit from resolute efforts, aimed at addressing challenges in the ICT innovation space, while availing a public forum for tracking and reporting on the status of ICT innovation. To realize this H.E The President of Kenya, Hon.Uhuru Kenyatta today created Enterprise Kenya -a national accelerator that will catalyse innovations and provide entrepreneurs […]
Continue ReadingDo you have a great science or technology startup or an idea? The U.S. Department of State is calling on you to enter the 2015 Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) The GIST Tech-I Competition is an annual competition for science and technology entrepreneurs from emerging economies worldwide. The competition according to the GIST website […]
Continue ReadingThe World Bank’s Kenya Climate Innovation Centre (KCIC) has launched the first ever crowdfunding mentorship programme for entrepreneurs in East Africa; the four month programme teaching participants how to effectively leverage crowdfunding. Under the trial phase of the programme, KCIC has helped six clean-tech startups design and implement crowdfunding campaigns; with the organisation aiming to […]
Continue ReadingDr. Bitange Ndemo and Tim Weiss a German Scholar, have come together to work on a book that seeks to enhance and invigorate together with practitioners and scholars the dialog surrounding business environments and entrepreneurship in Kenya. Dubbed as “Digital Kenya | The new generation of entrepreneurs”The book is strategically positioned to contribute to the […]
Continue ReadingMicrosoft 4Afrika has announced the 2nd round of innovation grant winners. The seven new African startups will receive funding, technical support and mentorship to fast-track their growth and provide a roadmap to highlight what Microsoft is calling Africa’s ‘future growth pole’. The announcement was made at the Microsoft 4Afrika Advisory Council meeting held in Nairobi and is the […]
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