M-KOPA Solar announces it has connected 200k homes in East Africa
East African pay-as-you-go energy provider for off-grid customers M-KOPA Solar has announced it has powered…
Monthly Archives: May, 2015
SA’s Ignitor accepting applications for zero-equity accelerators
South African accelerator Ignitor is accepting applications for two zero-equity accelerator programmes, planning to teach…
Events startup Moovi wins Seedstars Mozambique leg
Event booking and management system Moovi was named the winner of the Mozambique leg of…
Same general business rules apply to e-commerce – Supermart
The same rules apply to e-commerce businesses as to the likes of banking, telecommunications and…
Seedstars World kicks off African tour in Mozambique today
Global startups competition Seedstars World is to kick off a string of African events tonight…
6 East African countries form entrepreneurship alliance
Youth entrepreneurship organisations from six East African Commonwealth (EAC) countries have agreed to form an…
$30m SME investment firm established in East Africa
A group of international investors have partnered to establish the US$30 million investment company Business…
Nigeria’s Hotels.ng raises $1.2 million from Omidyar Network, EchoVC
Nigerian online hotel booking platform Hotels.ng has raised a US$1.2 million funding round from Omidyar…
StartUpWestAfrica maps region’s startups, incubators
StartUpWestAfrica.org has gone live with the aim of crowdmapping startups and incubators in Lagos, Accra,…
Gearbox wants to be at heart of reawakening of Kenyan manufacturing
In 1986, then Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi launched the Nyayo Car project, an ambitious…