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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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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 to winning $50,000 in equity investment, a place in the MEST Africa incubator of their choice and global mentorship to help their company scale....
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A group of researchers at Makerere University in Uganda have developed an app that uses photos of blood samples to diagnose malaria quickly. This technology is a huge step towards helping patients in shorter spaces of time....
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Ghanaian e-ticketing startup, myTicketGH has partnered with V.I.P Transport services to offer a convenient way for travelers to purchase bus tickets online. One of the biggest transport operators in Ghana, V.I.P Jeoun Transport Services has partnered with myticketgh.com, an E-ticketing solutions provider championing digital transformation in Ghana to offer a...
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South Africa is the fourth country on the list of top 20 countries most affected by spam calls according to this Truecaller report....
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Cowrywise, a Nigerian fintech startup which allows its users to save and invest through an automated process has been listed on Kairos's 50 Global Emerging Startups...
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A Ugandan company M-SCAN was crowned as Sub-Saharan Africa’s Most Promising Startup at TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018 held in Lagos, Nigeria. ...
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A ride-hailing service, Vaya launched by Cassava Smartech, an Econet Wireless company will be available to commuters in the country’s capital, Harare from 2019. Zimbabwe now has an app based ride-hailing service which will first be available in the capital, Harare. Known as Vaya Lift, the service has been...
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Music streaming service, Spotify has expanded into four North African countries: Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria but there is a catch. Earlier this year, there was talk that Spotify, the world’s most popular music streaming platform was planning to expand into the Middle East and North Africa sometime in Q4...