Pretoria-based team Leap to Know is one of 11 semi-finalists for the global XPRIZE, a US$15 million competition funded by…
Author: Tom Jackson
Tunisian gaming startup Polysmart has raised TND1.5 million (US$600,000) from CDC Gestion, a fund firm formed after a public-private partnership…
South African fintech startup Direct Debit has launched E-Mandate, a valid electronic agreement that allows customers to sign and authorise…
Mozambican startup AllTrack is using mobile technology to secure users’ vehicles against theft, and growing in popularity as a result.…
Nigerian startup IroFit has been named the winner of the pan-African Ecobank Fintech Challenge, beating off competition from 19 other…
When it comes to finding niches, Ghanaian startup Asoriba has really hit the nail on the head. Especially as the…
South African find-a-cleaner web and mobile startup Domestly has secured a “substantial” first round of institutional funding from the Industrial…
South Africa’s startup space needs a “quantum shift” if it is to speed its development and produce its first unicorn,…
Facebook has selected three winners from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) of its Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge,…
Thomson Reuters is looking at ways to partner with the “vibrant innovation hotspots” of Nairobi and Lagos having launched its…