The popular Think incubator housed in Rwanda has announced its second cohort of 10 finalists who are scheduled to receive investment and incubation from Tigo and the telecom’s parent company Millicom at the already established ...
If there is one thing that almost every developer wants, it is to make their way to Silicon Valley and spend just a day or two engaging different minds – getting even more time ...
From the large pool of entrepreneurs in Africa who applied to be part of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program (TEEP) that opened for applications on January 1st this year and closed earlier this month, 1,000 ...
This year’s edition of DEMO Africa is now open to applications, with startups being invited to send their applications starting March 18, 2015 and is set to run until the end of May when the ...
Pinterest inc, the image bookmarking company that provides users with an online platform where they can share photos or communicate with followers using pictures, have announced a latest funding of $367 Million that has put ...
For six years executives from various sectors have come together to discuss leveraging ICT for regional integration and this year’s edition of the Connected East Africa Forum is set to take place starting March 30, ...
Kenyan innovators will now have a central place to go to for when they have questions, enquiries or when they need government funding to see through their ideas into transformed business through a new national ...
Earlier in the week, Kenya’s capital Nairobi was listed among the top 21 most intelligent cities around the world, making it the smartest city in the African continent as it was the only African city ...
Last year, Unilever held a contest for young entrepreneurs with the most innovative solutions that seek to change the way things are being done in our societies and now two participants have received recognition for ...
Do you have an idea but you are unsure of how to make it grow into a business? Have you tried the available funding organisations but have not met the requirements? Or you are just ...
Oracle has today signed on an agreement with the ICT Authority in Kenya to help contribute in the Information Technology sector through training students as well as professionals, so they can earn the necessary skills ...
Orange has announced a new investment program that it is calling Digital Ventures, which is geared towards identifying and funding startups from their initial development stage through to when they become fully fledged companies. This ...
You must have heard of iROKOTV, the once upon a time Nigerian startup that has now become a popular by allowing its users get access to Nollywood movies as well as other TV shows online, ...
There is always something new with Facebook, new features, new acquisitions or even new donations with the ever charitable Mark Zuckerberg. The social network has already acquired two startups this year, and now they have ...
East Africa is set to benefit from a new innovation lab by MasterCard that aims to use new products and services, developed by startups at the lab, to improve the lives of people across the ...
Safaricom has announced the start of a new Million Dollar venture fund, which is aimed at growing and offering support to Mobile ICT start-ups in Kenya as well as contribute to the country’s development. With ...
A finalist in this year’s edition of the annual Safaricom Appwiz Challenge currently in its second year, and one of the startups undergoing the three-month incubation period at Strathmore University, Ultipedia has introduced a fun ...
Kenyans on the Safaricom network will now be able to manage and monitor their past M-Pesa transactions in a single view, after the telecom acquired and re-branded existing mobile app M-Ledger in a new announcement today. ...
