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Feedback from the Facebook community is one of many signals Facebook uses to raise potentially false stories to fact-checkers for review....
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ShopIt, Exportunity, and Wakulima are the three startups from South Africa, Benin, and Tanzania that have been announced winners of the Nestlé Research and Development (R&D) Innovation Challenge. Three startups from South Africa, Benin and Tanzania have emerged the winners of the Nestlé Research and Development (R&D) Innovation Challenge. The startups are ShopIt, Exportunity, and Wakulima....
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Even though Rwanda’s entrepreneurial ecosystem remains young, this article explores Rwanda’s fast-track development agenda for it’s innovation and technology sectors. The conventional narrative about the last three decades of Rwanda’s socio-economic history unfolds this way: A small, landlocked country with a troubled past has turned the engine on under...
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Pan-African telecommunications, media and technology group, Econet, and global crop nutrition leader, Yara International ASA, today launch “Generation Africa”, a partnership initiative to inspire young African entrepreneurs to join the agri-food sector for its viable business opportunities....
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A MEST Africa portfolio company, Jumeni Technologies has launched their cloud-based field service management solutions to tackle waste management in Ghana. MEST portfolio company Jumeni Technologies has announced the launch of its flagship product for the waste management industry! Founded by members of the MEST Class of 2018, Jumeni specializes in...
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Interview Series with Kamogelo Sesing, co-founder of Bookbeak on empowering African storytellers by sharing their stories. Africa is awash with stories, and storytellers. From historic events and happenings, and folklore of the past to comedy, music, cartoons, fantasy and imaginative write-ups of today, there are millions of written, audio...
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Africa can be thought of as having a blank canvas. It is not marred by legacy systems which inhibit the adoption of new technologies. This invariably necessitates the creation of a robust infrastructure across Africa to allow for the construction and development of telecommunications systems, mobile payment systems, and...
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The Nerve Africa has published its #YellowWall list of "Africans That Should Inspire You In 2019" which features Technologists, Innovators and others....
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Quartz Africa handpicked its young Top Five African Innovators in Fashion, Technology, and Robotics to watch out for in 2019. Quartz Africa has had its focus on innovators who are disrupting the African tech ecosystem. This annual anthology did not just start today, it had released lists in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and now, the...
Feedback from the Facebook community is one of many signals Facebook uses to raise potentially false stories to fact-checkers for review....
ShopIt, Exportunity, and Wakulima are the three startups from South Africa, Benin, and Tanzania that have been announced winners of the Nestlé Research and Development (R&D) Innovation Challenge. Three startups from South Africa, Benin and Tanzania have emerged the winners of the Nestlé Research and Development (R&D) Innovation Challenge. The startups are ShopIt, Exportunity, and Wakulima....
Even though Rwanda’s entrepreneurial ecosystem remains young, this article explores Rwanda’s fast-track development agenda for it’s innovation and technology sectors. The conventional narrative about the last three decades of Rwanda’s socio-economic history unfolds this way: A small, landlocked country with a troubled past has turned the engine on under...
Pan-African telecommunications, media and technology group, Econet, and global crop nutrition leader, Yara International ASA, today launch “Generation Africa”, a partnership initiative to inspire young African entrepreneurs to join the agri-food sector for its viable business opportunities....
A MEST Africa portfolio company, Jumeni Technologies has launched their cloud-based field service management solutions to tackle waste management in Ghana. MEST portfolio company Jumeni Technologies has announced the launch of its flagship product for the waste management industry! Founded by members of the MEST Class of 2018, Jumeni specializes in...
Interview Series with Kamogelo Sesing, co-founder of Bookbeak on empowering African storytellers by sharing their stories. Africa is awash with stories, and storytellers. From historic events and happenings, and folklore of the past to comedy, music, cartoons, fantasy and imaginative write-ups of today, there are millions of written, audio...
Africa can be thought of as having a blank canvas. It is not marred by legacy systems which inhibit the adoption of new technologies. This invariably necessitates the creation of a robust infrastructure across Africa to allow for the construction and development of telecommunications systems, mobile payment systems, and...
The Nerve Africa has published its #YellowWall list of "Africans That Should Inspire You In 2019" which features Technologists, Innovators and others....
Quartz Africa handpicked its young Top Five African Innovators in Fashion, Technology, and Robotics to watch out for in 2019. Quartz Africa has had its focus on innovators who are disrupting the African tech ecosystem. This annual anthology did not just start today, it had released lists in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and now, the...