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New partnership to boost African startup funding
Gust, a global platform connecting high-growth entrepreneurs and active early-stage investors, and ABAN, the Africa Business Angel Network that represents early stage investors across Africa, have entered into a long-term strategic partnership establishing Gust as an official deal-flow management and…
Video Interview: Business Connexion takes hosting partner of the year award
As the Group Executive for Infrastructure Solutions, Jacques Loubser discusses what it means to Business Connexion to win the Microsoft Hosting Partner of the Year Award. Loubser is in charge of the overall strategic and operational responsibility for the development,…
Clinic-in-a-Box Wins SA Innovation Award
Resolve Capacity, a division of Imperial Logistics group company Resolve Solution Partners, has won the Corporate Innovation Award at the 2015 SA Innovation Awards, held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The awards are held by MyWorld of Tomorrow…
Keynote speakers revealed for Startup Istanbul
Etohum, has revealed the first group of speakers to grace the stage of Startup Istanbul – which will be held in the Eurasia region on October 3-5, 2015. Startup Istanbul revealed that following individuals will be speaking at the event:…
Top 3 Startups revolutionising job search in Nigeria
Thousands of Nigerians flock to the internet on a daily basis in search of jobs. Despite the explosion of apps, websites and other tools for job applicants seeking to optimise their hunt for employment in Nigeria, many are still unable…
Demo Africa reveals top 30 technology start-ups
Demo Africa has revealed a list of the thirty technology start-ups from across Africa that will pitch at the 2015 edition of the Demo Africa event. Nigeria is currently top of the list with 8 representatives followed by Kenya with…
5 Nigerian startups take on 2015 MITx Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
The 2015 MITx Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp is set to be held between 23 & 28 August 2015. The bootcamp will be held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and will host 5 startups hailing from Nigeria. According to MITx, 50 candidates were selected from…
40 African startups will emerge from Venture Bus 2015
Applications for the five Venture Bus tours in Africa are now open. For the third year in a row, Ampion will run its pan-African startup competition joined by participants from all across the globe. On the road, entrepreneurs are supported…
Rwanda: Think Incubator takes on 4 new tech start-ups
In Rwanda, technology incubator Think has taken on four new start-ups as part of a new Think accelerated program. According to the incubator, each team joining the program will receive financing, strategic consulting services, and a tailored growth-training curriculum, as…
Top 5 technology hurdles that hinder African startups
The National Development Plan (NDP) sets some aggressive goals for Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa, including a target for the sector to create 90% of employment opportunities by 2030. One of the major financial challenges facing startups…
SA Startup offers free guide to the stock market
The latest startup to grace the African continent, stockshop.co.za, is offering a free guide to the stock market, which will allow individuals to learn, trade and invest. Founder and CEO, Annabel Dallamore, revealed that she had learned at her previous…
What are the biggest challenges facing start-ups in Africa?
Starting a new business within the continent of Africa can be as terrifying as it is exciting. At any given time, a fledgling company can come up against a number of common challenges. From hiring the right people to defining…
Kenya: ICT start-ups to get boost from upcoming innovation showcase
The ICT Authority has announced that Kenya will hold the inaugural ICT Innovation forum, bringing together novel technology-based ideas, solutions and practices on the 2nd – 3rd March, 2015 at KICC, Nairobi. The forum which has a national outlook will…
Nigeria: Airtel set to fund 7 start-ups
Airtel Nigeria has invested in seven entrepreneurs with exceptional apps and business start-up ideas with a sum of 1 million Naira each. According to the company, this is to support entrepreneurship initiatives, empower application developers and start-ups, as well as…
Startups will dominate e-commerce in 2015
2015 will see many more new e-commerce start-ups along with continued growth and innovation by established niche players, predicts PayGate CEO, Peter Harvey. According to Harvey, “Five years ago we’d load ten start-ups onto our payment gateway for every established…
Ghana: Social network LoveRealm rebrands
LoveRealm, the Christian social network based in Accra, Ghana has revealed that it has rebranded its current landing page. Speaking to the press, Yaw Ansong Jnr, CEO of LoveRealm stated that: “The essence of the redesign of our landing page…
