The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will make a second investment of up to US$13 million in Capria’s new “network fund”…
Applications have opened for the Nokia Open Innovation Challenge (NOIC), an annual global competition that seeks innovative technologies, products and…
Zimbabwean off-grid solar startup Zonful Energy has secured strategic investment from Persistent Energy Capital to help it expand operations and…
South African fintech company Entersekt has partnered Mastercard to enable Nedbank’s customers to make QR payments to Masterpass, Pay@, SnapScan…
The City of Cape Town, according to a report commissioned by the Cape Innovation & Technology Initiative (CiTi), Wesgro, and…
Johannesburg-based startup Picadoo is bidding to formalise Africa’s haircare industry via its online marketplace that helps users find local salons…
South African fintech incubation, acceleration and investment vehicle AlphaCode has opened applications for its Incubate programme, which aims to identify…
A new study has uncovered four strategies entrepreneurs use to cope with the fear of failure. Gabriella Cacciotti and James…
African startups comprise 23 of the 26 finalists of the Pitch AgriHack competition, winners of which will take home cash…
Zimbabweans head to the polls today for an historic election, the first since the overthrow of Robert Mugabe late last…