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These Are Top 30 New Startups in Africa (According to DEMO Africa)

Demo Africa has selected the top 30 entrepreneurs to launch at this year’s DEMO Africa conference, to be held in Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 September, 2015. DEMO Africa…

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These Are The Top 100 Tech Hubs Across Africa (Infographic)

One of the key features of the African digital renaissance is that it is increasingly home grown. In other sectors of the African economy, such as mining or agribusiness, much…

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Africa’s Startup Scene is Gathering Momentum…Fast (Here is The Evidence)

‘Is now a good time to invest in African technology startups?’ asks Maja Andjelkovic of infoDev / WorldBank. Hardly a day goes by without an African tech startup being featured in…

Developing Countries Leading the Way in Mobile Innovation?

It is estimated that, globally, mobile phone use stands at about 96%. It’s a startling statistic which really highlights some huge opportunities for innovation and the way we interact and…

15 Hottest Startups In Ghana

Africa’s innovation goes way beyond the success of Kenya’s mobile money and the M-Pesa. In recent times, Ghana has launched Africa into the startup spotlight with successes in both mobile…

Dropifi Joins 500 Startups as The First African Startup

500 Startups today unveiled it’s next 28 batch of startups for its Accelerator program. Dropifi, a Ghanaian startup is the first startup from Africa to join 500 startups accelerator program…

Apply Now: DEMO Africa 2013 Applications Now Open

DEMO Africa, an initiative of LIONS@frica that aims to connect African startups to the global ecosystem has opened applications for the second DEMO Africa start-up launch conference. DEMO Africa 2013 will…

SliceBiz Wins Apps4Africa Prize

Slice Biz, the winner of the 2012 Startup Weekend Accra, a Global Entrepreneurship Week Ghana event has been chosen as one of the winners of this year’s Apps4Africa competition. Slice Biz…

19 Surprising Facts About Africa’s Mobile Market

According to a report published by the World Bank and African Development Bank (AfDB), at the start of 2012, there were some 650 million mobile subscriptions in Africa, making the African…

SliceBiz Wins Second Startup Weekend Accra

I want to congratulate the SliceBiz team for taking the top prize in today’s presentation at the Start up Weekend Accra event. 14 Teams spent 54 hours refining ideas, doing…

Zimbabwe’s EcoCash Records $70 Million a Month in Mobile Money Transactions

Money money transactions is Africa is growing at an amazing rate. The likes of M-Pesa (the Kenyan grandfather of mobile money), Mozambique’s mKesh, Easywallet in Nigeria, Kenya’s PesaPal, Ghana’s OzinboPay…

DEMO Africa Selects 40 Startups To Launch on DEMO Day

DEMO Africa, a flagship initiative of the Liberating Innovation in Opportunity Nations in Africa (LIONS@frica) which aims to connect African startups to the global ecosystem has announced a shortlist of 40 startups…

In the Mobile Money Revolution, Africa is Leading the World

In Africa the percentage of mobile money users is increasing at a rapid rate. According to the GSMA, Africa has been the continent with the fastest growing mobile market in the…

Eric Schmidt and Africa’s Savannah Fund Invest $2 Million In biNu Mobile

Low-end smartphone and feature phone users may sometimes want to possess, interact, and use apps available for smartphone users. Well Binu Mobile wants to give them just that. And Eric…

Spinlet Lets You Discover And Download Music From Africa

Music Piracy is a huge concern for music producers, artistes, music distributors etc,. Legitimate music downloads still aren’t growing quickly enough. Confidential data published on torrentfreak reveals that 65% of…

Apply Now: 88mph To Invest In Up to 12 Startups Targeted At the African Market

88mph, a Kenyan startup accelerator that invests in early stage mobile-web companies targeting the African market has opened its applications to local and international tech entrepreneurs. The accelerator invests simultaneously…

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