Start-Ups
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3.0K10 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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5.0K1Hardware 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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2.7K10 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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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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5.3KNest.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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4.7KSix 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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3.2KBootstrapping an mhealth business in Africa
Chukwuemeka Onyenwe, CEO and co-founder of Nigerian tech start-up Find-A-Med updates on their progress since first featured on Appsafrica.com. Onyenwe provides great insight for...
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4.6KBitPesa 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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4.5KTech boom in Nigeria boosting demand for rooms and creating new businesses
Nigeria’s rapidly expanding tech scene is creating opportunities in other sectors such as hospitality where soaring demand means hotel prices are among the...
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3.2KBuilding 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...
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3.9KGhana: iSpace Foundation hosting Social Impact Week in Accra
The iSpace Foundation in collaboration with their partners at Making All Voices Count, Hivos, The Doen Foundation and Indigo Trust will host...
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2.9KSeedstars Africa bringing top startups, mentors and investors together in Morocco
300 African startups, investors, speakers and mentors from over 20 different countries across Africa and Europe will be at Seedstars Africa along...
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3.6KSouth African start-up matching pictures to sound in real-time
Taking photos, selfies and sharing your life with the world is easy but sometimes the context can be lost with no audio,...
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2.5KSuregifts launches new credit platform
While Nigerian consumers have some credit options, they are largely difficult to access because of the very high interest rates, difficult payment...
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2.5KNew Search Engine uses 70% of its profit to undertake water projects
Water is often taken for granted and typically not a focus in technology circles, being considered more a health and social issue...
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2.7KWeChat to invest $3.4M in start-ups in Africa
WeChat is to invest over $3.4 million in tech companies supporting local start-ups and innovations in Africa.
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2.6KFacebook launches Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa
Facebook is launching the Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa, with the aim of recognising developers and entrepreneurs who are using the internet to improve the...
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3.3KiDEA incubator accepting new cohort
iDEA Nigeria has opened up applications to for its next accelerator and incubator programs to find the next cohort of start-ups in Lagos.
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3.8KAppsafrica Innovation Award Winners 2015
Ten winners of the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 supported by Uber, Mobile Monday South Africa, Appsworld and Picup were announced and honoured...
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5.1KAppsAfrica.com Innovation Award Winners 2015 Announced
Ten winners of the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 supported by Uber, Mobile Monday South Africa, Appsworld and Picup were announced and honoured...
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3.4Ki4DAfrica Tech Pitch London
Africa Tech Pitch LDN is an evening pitch event aimed at showcasing high-potential, high-impact startups addressing a need in the African market.
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7.1KBest African App 2015?
The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 attracted entries from 21 countries, across 3 continents, we now take a look at the Best App...
