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Eleven African startups have been selected for 2021 ‘s Y Combinator’s Summer Batch, with Nigeria leading the pack with four startups. An American seed funding accelerator, Y Combinator which invests $125k in selected startups in exchange for 7% equity every two years, has announced eleven African startups for the 2021... -
The Google Developer Space which sits in Africa’s most active tech hub, Lagos, Nigeria, is open to African developers, entrepreneurs, and startups and will house the Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa.... -
A Business Support Clinic (BSC) has been launched by Corporate Secretarial and Training Services in partnership with the Accra Digital Centre to help entrepreneurs and startups to grow their business. The Accra Digital Centre, in partnership with the Corporate Secretarial and Training Services, has launched a Business Support Clinic... -
Technology ecosystems across Africa have witnessed incredible growth over the past few years, mainly boosted by a torrent of venture funds, development finance, corporate involvement, as well as ever-growing, innovative communities. The latest collaborative effort by Briter Bridges and the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator programme, identifies 618 active tech hubs.... -
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... -
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... -
The design lab is an unprecedented next step in Africa’s growing tech sector, and is set to become a leading creative space where it’s multidisciplinary team of product designers and engineers will collaborate with scientists and stakeholders globally, to explore the application of emerging technologies that will solve Africa’s... -
JokkoLabs has concluded a partnership agreement with AfriLabs; the pan-African network of 123 technology and innovation centers across 34 African countries. AfriLabs; the pan-African network of 123 technology and innovation centers across 34 African countries concluded a partnership with Jokkolabs, an ecosystem of open innovation and a network of centers of... -
The Government of Rwanda has signed a memorandum of understanding with Andela to establish “the first Pan-African tech hub” in Kigali, Rwanda. The Government of Rwanda, represented by the Ministry of ICT and Rwanda Development Board, has today signed a partnership agreement with Andela to establish the company’s pan-African...
