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Facebook celebrates 40 young leaders, developers, entrepreneurs, and change-makers from across Sub-Saharan Africa at their “Icons of Change” event in Ghana. Facebook at the weekend brought together 40 young leaders, developers, entrepreneurs, and change-makers from across Sub-Saharan Africa, to a two-day event in Accra, Ghana, titled “Celebrating Icons of...
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MEST Africa continues its commitment to early-stage startups, investing in eleven teams from its 2019 graduating cohort. Now in its 11th year investing in tech entrepreneurs in Africa, MEST Africa announced a funding round of US$1,1m in startups formed from its recently graduated 2019 training program cohort. Out of...
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On the 8th of August, during Seedstars Accra, Nvoicia won the Ghana round of Seedstars World 2019 and will potentially represent the country at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland to compete for up to USD 500,000 in equity investment and other prizes....
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Africans, largely unburdened by a history of formal banking and credit card use, has embraced technology — particularly mobile/smartphone technology — with gusto, using it to develop their own payment and purchasing methods. This has removed many of the previous barriers to e-commerce and is fueling growth that mirrors...
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Guest post by Charles Onyango-Obbo, highlighting innovative projects tackling entrenched gender inequality among African women entrepreneurs. As ride-hailing apps proliferate the globe, An Nisa Taxi in Kenya is one of the standouts in Africa. Developed by 33-year-old Mehnaz Sarwar, An Nisa is run by women and serves female passengers...
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Kobo360 is a tech-enabled logistics platform that aggregates end-to-end haulage operations to help cargo owners, truck owners drivers, and cargo recipients to achieve an efficient supply chain framework. They just announced a plans expansion into Accra, Ghana, and Nairobi, Kenya....
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Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange today, per SEC documents and confirmation from CEO Sacha Poignonnec to TechCrunch....
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Innovative online sports betting company Betway has launched a three-phase competition, titled the Betway Fintech Challenge, with the winner taking home GHS 20,000....
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Google-owned balloon internet company Project Loon has announced the installation of a new set of ground stations in Nyeri, it’s third town after Nairobi and Nakuru, in Kenya....