Af Proxy services relaunch – A boost for dotAfrica resellers
Registrars and/or Resellers (RaRs) that are not ICANN-accredited but wish to provision dotAfrica (.africa) domain names can now do so by simply becoming a reseller on the AF Proxy Domain…
Liquid Telecom partners with AfriLabs to promote sustainable innovation across Africa
Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has partnered with AfriLabs, the largest network organisation of 100 innovation centres across 30 African countries, to explore new ways to support local start-ups and promote sustainable…
Smart Cities Global Investment & Technology Summit: Why Silicon Valley is decamping to Algiers
The value of venture capital investment is fuelling Africa’s emerging technology landscape. Whilst Kenya’s Silicon Savannah ecosystem has been at the forefront of the narrative over the past decade, the…
The African Development Bank and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences to explore partnerships for scaling up investments in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
The African Development Bank signed a Letter of Intent with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences aimed at finding opportunities for potential partnership between the two institutions. The organizations will specifically…
Nominate a Zambian startup in the Southern Africa Startup Awards
Southern Africa Startup Awards is part of Global Startup Awards, a global competition to recognize the best talents of the global startup ecosystem. Southern Africa Startup Awards is part of…
What are the 9 principles for digital development?
The 9 principles for digital development were the total steps taken and agreed upon by the international development community to ensure quality and effectiveness in technology being used in…
Orange Digital Ventures invests in Africa’s Talking, helping it raise $8.6m
Orange Digital Ventures Africa, the Orange investment fund’s new initiative for Africa launched last June, is proud to announce its first investment, helping Africa’s Talking to raise $8.6 million alongside the…
Ecobank launches Fintech Challenge competition for African start-ups
Ecobank, is inviting African fintech entrepreneurs to enter its Ecobank Fintech Challenge. Now in its second year, the initiative gives African start-ups the chance to promote their fintech solutions, and…
Tapping digital technologies’ potential for contributing to development
While people in major cities and developed countries enjoy an ever-expanding selection of applications and other innovations to help them live more efficient, safer and entertaining lives, millions in the…
10th ICT4D Conference to focus on impact for development sector
ICT4D Conference 2018, the largest event of its kind for the humanitarian development sector, this year aims at mapping out to the path for technology to make the maximum impact…
Siemens and Anglo American Platinum collaborate on digital and automation skills development in Africa
Currently, one of the most debated topics influencing innovation is digitalization and its impact on the future of employment. It is met with equal parts excitement and trepidation. No matter…
DEMO Africa 2018 applications are open for startups
For over 25 years DEMO has built an unmatched track record of selecting, promoting and commercializing some of the most game-changing products the world has ever seen. This year DEMO Africa will…
10 tips to be a great startup!
I hope these 10 tips to be a great startup help you get started or keep moving with your brilliant ideas: 1. Have a story Who are you? What are your…
A call for proposals for the FIRE Africa Grants totaling $58,000 in funding
The FIRE Africa Grants will be open between 5th March and 1st April. A total of $58,000 USD in funding will be available across two (2) categories. Selected projects will benefit from a…
Register for ICTforAg 2018
Please register to attend and sign up to present at ICTforAg 2018 on June 14th, at FHI 360 in Washington, DC This one-day conference will build on ICTforAg 2015, 2016, and 2017, bringing…
Postcode Lottery Green Challenge 2018 now underway
Since Thursday, 1 March, green start-ups from all over the world can sign up for the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge. The competition has expanded to become one of the largest annual sustainability…
AfriLabs partners with Sahara Sparks, Tanzania for 2018 Annual Gathering
AfriLabs, the largest pan-African network of over 80 technology and innovation hubs across 27 countries is holding its 2018 Annual Gathering in partnership with Sahara Sparks, the company behind East…
Liquid Telecom and Strathmore Business School to drive Africa’s data revolution through new analytics centre
Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global, has partnered with Strathmore Business School (SBS), the graduate business school of Strathmore University, to launch a new data analytics centre focused on…
Bundle Wars: of overpricing, exploitation, and rumoured collusion
A contribution by a technology analyst who preferred to stay anonymous Zambia’s raging telecom battle has all the ingredients of a ‘Hunger Games’ movie: the combination of rivalry, power plays,…
Finnish government raises €8.7m funding through SAIS for Africa, Zambia inclusive
According to Business Live, the government of Finland has raised €8.7m to fund technology start-ups in SA, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania and Zambia through the Southern Africa Innovation Support (SAIS) programme. Startups…
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