Forty Senegalese startups last November secured a combined total of $2 million in funding from the country’s government via a financing vehicle designed to boost the local tech scene. The Délégation de l’Entrepreneuriat Rapide (DER) was formed early last year, with the goal of helping innovative local tech startups overcome constraints such as the lack […]
Read MoreCcHUB Design Lab Kigali, Rwanda will today launch the CcHUB Design Fellowship, a 6-month paid immersive programme for recent graduates looking to further improve the economic prosperity in Africa through design-inspired innovations. The Fellowship which is expected to span 6 months from July 2019 to December 2019 will feature Courses and Projects aimed at incorporating […]
Read MoreThe Malian government has drafted a document to allow relevant stakeholders to review the frameworks and policies that will make up the country’s first Startup Act. Speaking at the inaugural Francophone Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (FAIS) in Bamako recently, Mali’s minister of digital economy Arouna Modibo Toure said the country was planning to bring […]
Read MoreMTN Ghana, expressing worry over the high levels of optical fibre cuts (more than 100 a month), which impede quality service delivery, called for serious concerted efforts to end the menace. At an Editors’ Engagement, in Accra, on Monday, to present its service delivery plan for 2019, as well as its performance in the previous […]
Read MoreNigerian agri-tech startup Farmcrowdy has launched an agricultural commodities marketplace to connect local farmers with buyers in the first of a series of new product launches. Formed in 2016, the Farmcrowdy platform connects small scale farmers across Nigeria with access to finance sourced from individuals and corporates via its online platform, and has so far […]
Read MoreThe Female Founders Network has launched in Nigeria to support entrepreneurs in the health space and provide their businesses with greater visibility. Launched by the Nigerian Healthcare Innovation Marketplace (NHIM), an initiative of the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria (PHN), the Female Founders Network aims to spur interactions, provide relevant business support and build […]
Read MoreNigerian e-health startup MDaaS Global, which builds and operates tech-enabled diagnostic centres in clinically-underserved communities, has secured US$1 million in funding. MDaaS, which helps hospitals access top-of-the-line devices and provides ongoing service support to ensure equipment remains operational, made a United States (US) Securities and Exchange Commission filing earlier this week in which it said […]
Read MoreThere are indications that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) may consider appointing knowledgeable subscribers to act as ambassadors and educate their relations and relatives on cyber risks. That consideration was the result of dialogue among subscribers at the 87th Telecom Consumer Parliament organised by Commission held in Lagos, South West, Nigeria. At the event, which […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has again explained to telecoms consumers on why it reviewed and made the process of replacing lost, stolen or damaged Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards more stringent. The Commission made the clarification while addressing various service-related concerns and issues raised by telecoms consumers during a Consumer Conversation Programme (CCP) hosted […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) together with other key stakeholders in Nigeria’s ICT ecosystem have kick-start a process that will help fast-track the achieving of the 70 per cent broadband penetration, which adopted recently in Abuja, the nation’s capital with all major stakeholders in attendance. The Commission is taking advantage of the abundance of the […]
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