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SimbaPay expands mobile money transfer to Ghana and Uganda

SimbaPay the digital money transfer provider has expanded its money transfer service to Ghana and Uganda. Using the SimbaPay app or website,...

12 start-ups to pitch at Seedstars Africa in Kigali

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12 start-ups to pitch at Seedstars Africa in Kigali

All roads lead to Rwanda next week for the 12 start-ups pitching at Seedstars Africa in Kigali for the finale of the...

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Blockchain Africa Conference returns to Johannesburg

The world’s largest organisations are looking at the blockchain technology as a means to improve their existing services, systems and products by...

AMEX expands across Africa through partnership with Societe Generale

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American Express expands across Africa through partnership with Societe Generale

Societe Generale has signed a merchant acquiring partnership with American Express in eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa where the Bank operates. The...

Namibia tops Africa in Global Entrepreneurship Index

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Namibia tops Africa in Global Entrepreneurship Index

The inaugural Ashish J Thakkar Global Entrepreneurship Index measures entrepreneurial environments around the world and assesses each of its 85 countries against...

SA marketing platform delvv.io raises over $450K

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SA marketing platform delvv.io raises over $450K

Less than a year after launching, South African creative technology startup delvv.io has successfully concluded first-round funding, securing R6.5 million to further...

Barclays Africa and Techstars open applications for new fintech cohort

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Barclays Africa and Techstars open applications for new fintech cohort

Applications have opened for the Barclays Accelerator programme, powered by Techstars, an initiative aimed at uncovering the next M-Pesa or Paypal by...

Silicon Valley VC's invest in Ziplines series B

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Silicon Valley VC’s invest in Zipline Series B

Silicon Valley venture firms have participated in Zipline’s Series B round which has already launched a commercial drone service in Rwanda. Investors...

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RiseUp Summit returns to Cairo

RiseUp Summit a three-day entrepreneurship marathon returns to Cairo on the 9th – 11th of December under the theme of Fusion and is...

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Safaricom drive to get more women into tech

Safaricom has announced plans to recruit 62 interns by January 2017 as it progresses its agenda to woo more women to...

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10 Appsafrica.com winners announced at Cape Town Awards final

Ten winners of the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2016 were announced at a pan-African mobile and tech awards party in Cape Town, South...

Facebook is having its first FbStart event in Africa on Tuesday, 15 November in Cape Town.

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Facebook to hold FbStart event in Cape Town

Facebook is having its first FbStart event in Africa on Tuesday, 15 November in Cape Town. FbStart is a global programme designed to...

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Best African fintech solution 2016?

Africa is the birthplace of some of the world’s most innovative fintech solutions and we now profile the finalists from across Africa...

From AR to VoD, mobile entertainment is flourishing across Africa

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From AR to VoD, mobile entertainment is flourishing across Africa

Mobile news and entertainment is now a burgeoning industry across Africa from augmented reality (AR) to video on demand (VoD), new and...

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Opera reaches 100M users in Africa and releases State of Mobile Web Report

Opera has released its State of the Mobile Web Africa 2016 Report, highlighting mobile internet trends across the continent, including consumer browsing behaviour...

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Delivering education through technology in Africa

80% of students in Africa don’t pass secondary school, while 4 out of 5 adults in english speaking Africa don’t finish high...

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African Angel Investor Summit 2016

On November 17, the African Business Angel Network (ABAN), Lagos Angels Network (LAN) and VC4Africa will jointly present the 3rd annual African...

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Jumia launches a 12 day Black Friday campaign

Jumia Nigeria the online retailer has announced a 12 day Black Friday sales event following on from the inaugural launch in 2015. Last year’s Jumia...

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5 enterprise solutions accelerating business in Africa

Enterprise solutions are designed to integrate multiple facets of a company’s business through the interchange of information and Africa is home to...

Call for start-ups to pitch to investors at HGAS in Lagos

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Call for start-ups to pitch to investors at HGAS in Lagos

West African start-ups are invited to apply to pitch investors for the High Growth Africa Summit hosted by Starta and Ingressive. The High Growth Africa Summit 2016...

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Applications open for African Women Innovators Network

African Women Innovators Network (AWIN) targeted towards young women in Africa and the diaspora is now accepting applications. The AWIN project is aimed...