Search results for "startup"
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6.7KEast AfricaCrowd-sourcing is solving logistics challenges across Africa
Crowd-sourcing has fast become a global process that is being used to accomplish everything from getting funds for travel to raising capital for...
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3.0KInnovation10 start-ups announced for Seedstars South Africa final
Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup ecosystems has announced the 10 start-ups for Seedstars South Africa...
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3.9KInnovationHow Can Crowdfunding Scale In Sub-Saharan Africa?
It will have been difficult to ignore the exponential growth in crowdfunding over the past five years. In a relatively short period...
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4.5KAppsGoMetro LIVE assists with bus fleet management
GoMetro, a mobile startup based in Cape Town build the GoTUKS app around their GoMetro Live fleet management platform. They are an...
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3.5K1InnovationAndela raises $24M series B funding led by Zuckerberg initiative
Andela has announced completion of their Series B funding a $24M round led by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. This marks the first time...
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3.4KAdvisory NewsIs Transport Tech a Game Changer For the Planet?
As an associate of Appsafrica Advisory, I was asked by the Cape Town pressure group Open Streets to prepare some thoughts for...
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5.0K1GadgetsHardware being used to drive entrepreneurship and employment in Ghana
Tackling critical challenges in communities and promoting youth entrepreneurship is a common theme for many tech start-ups across Africa, however very few...
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2.7KInnovation10 South African start-ups announced to pitch to Seedstars in Cape Town
Seedstars World, the global early-stage startups competition has announced the 10 startups that will pitch at its pre-selection event in Cape Town,...
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4.2KAppsMobile Ad Start-Up Sliide Airtime Gains Investment From Singularity Investments
Singularity Investments has invested an undisclosed sum into Sliide Airtime, a mobile advertising technology start-up that gives consumers free airtime in return...
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3.4KInnovation
Seedstars world looking to find best start-ups in South-Africa
Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is returning to South-Africa to find the best...
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5.3KEast AfricaNest.VC helping to grow African start-ups globally
Nest.VC launched in Nairobi, Kenya last year bringing together a team of experienced entrepreneurs to help provide hands on mentorship and access...
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2.5KInnovationTech London Advocates Africa to launch
As a member of the Tech London Advocates Africa steering group, Appsafrica Advisory is delighted to invite our UK community to the...
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2.9KNewsLagos Start-up Deal Day Invests In Three New Ventures
Lagos Angel Network (LAN) final pitch event for its first Lagos StartUp DealDay event resulted in a total of N50 million has been...
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4.7KStart-UpsSix key lessons on crowdfunding in Africa
In developing countries, the crowdfunding market is expected to reach $327 million this year—about 2 percent of the global total. Despite this...
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2.9KAdvisory News5 key takeaways from the worlds biggest mobile event
Every year at Mobile World Congress there is a lot of hype, brand noise and people with over 100,000 in Barcelona this...
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4.6KAppsBitPesa gains investment to grow BitCoin business in Africa
BitFury Group, the world’s leading Bitcoin Blockchain infrastructure provider and transaction processing company, has made an investment in BitPesa, one of Africa’s leading bitcoin...
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4.9KApps16 African start-ups who are changing the world
More than 3’000 startups from Eastern and Central Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America applied to participate in Seedstars World...
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4.2KAdvisory NewsMWC: Sports shoes just got very clever
The internet of things (IoT) and wearables are nothing new, however Samsung have in conjunction with its in-house startup, Salted Venture launched what could be the...
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3.7KInnovationAXA to invest $84 million for an 8% stake in Africa Internet Group
Insurance giant AXA plans to invest 75 million euros ($84 million) for an 8 percent stake in Africa Internet Group (AIG), one...
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3.4KGhanaMEST shares plans for 2016 including new venture fund for Africa
Accra-based Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has become a major entrepreneurial hub in Africa, training, supporting and incubating startups in Ghana,...
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7.3KAppsSliide Airtime app offers free airtime for personalised content
Mobile connectivity in Nigeria now reaches more than 83M subscribers but affordability is a concern for many Nigerians, particularly those with lower...
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3.2KInnovationBuilding a better Africa one sticky note at a time
Work day and night for several months on a massive coding project for a blue-chip company, produce fantastically engineered code, only to...
