At this year’s Africa Tech Summit in Kigali, attendees were given the opportunity to get up close and personal with drone aircraft,...
Blockchain. The current hot topic across the globe right now, not excluding Africa. The biggest 2019 news surrounding blockchain had to be...
Cash is king. Correction, cash was king. It seems cash has an enemy. Technology. Technology plays a huge role in economic development...
2019 was the best year yet for investment into the African tech startup space, with 311 companies banking a combined US$491.6 million....
2019 was the year that dealmaking on the continent got serious. Very serious. In November alone, indeed one specific seven day period...
Africa Tech Summit returns to Kigali, Rwanda on February 4-6th 2020. The third ATS will once again provide unrivalled insight, networking and...
Nigerian edtech learning platform uLesson has closed a $3.1mn seed-level round led by TLcom Capital with participation by Sim Shagaya – the...
KaiOS Technologies announced that Life, an in-house educational app for KaiOS-powered smart feature phones, is now available in Africa. KaiOS users in Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda,...
Fourteen AppsAfrica.com Award Winners 2019 were announced at the 5th annual Awards party in Cape Town. The Awards continue to showcase the...
The final shortlist for the 5th AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards have been announced. The Awards celebrate the best in mobile and tech from...
The growth of the African tech industry continues to intensify with US$1.163 billion in equity funding raised last year and industry leaders are again...
Leading tech ventures across Africa have until Wednesday, September 11th to submit entries for the fifth annual AppsAfrica Innovation Awards. The Awards...
54gene, the African-focused healthtech genomics and AI start-up that is leading in the diagnosis and medical treatment of people in Africa, has...
Gokada, the Lagos-based on-demand motorcycle taxi app, has secured a Series A fundraise of $5.3 million. Led by Rise Capital with participation...
West Africa’s leading connectivity and data centre solutions provider, MainOne launches its “Digital Lagos: Broadband for All” campaign initiative to enable the...
LeapFrog Investments recently announced the largest-ever private equity fund by a dedicated impact fund manager, surging past its US$600mn target to reach...
Orange has launched the “Orange Digital Centre” in Tunis, to provide wide-ranging support for startups. This will include training young people in coding,...
Twenty of the most promising Francophone African tech start-ups will participate in the L’Afrique Excelle residency in Mali, a full-week boot camp...
It’s no secret that Africa’s growth sits in the hands of SMEs and startups. For many years, public and private sector organisations...
Ten companies from across the continent have been selected to pitch on stage to investors, corporates, media and other stakeholders at the Africa...
With traditional banks still struggling to reach the 95 million unbanked adults across Sub-Saharan Africa, it comes as no surprise that in...
With less than three months to go until Africa Tech Summit Kigali 2019 on February 13-15th, the first 35 expert speakers from across...