She Leads Africa Will Extend Its SheHive Bootcamps To Five More Cities In 2016 Mouhammadou December 17, 2015 Entrepreneurship She Leads Africa, the social enterprise supporting female African entrepreneurs and professionals, will expand its professional bootcamp – SheHive...
5 African e-courier startups to watch Mouhammadou December 17, 2015 Technology Last mile logistics and delivery are the bane of many a business across Africa. And so in true form, the continent’s tech entrepreneurs are...
Data on revenue, investments and job creation in Africa’s startup scenes Mouhammadou December 17, 2015 Technology Check out 4 graphs with information on revenue, investments and jobs in African startup scenes below, all from the 2015 Venture Finance in Africa...
A timeline of Clarisse Iribagiza’s tech exploits Mouhammadou December 12, 2015 Technology Clarisse Iribagiza was born on 28 January, 1988. From an early age, her parents urged her to set clear goals for her life and their encouragement,...
Nigerian scientist receives patent for converting urine to flammable gas Mouhammadou December 4, 2015 Misc A 31 year-old Nigerian scientist has received a patent for his pioneering work of turning urine into flammable gases, raising hopes in a time of a...
We need more developers in Africa. Mouhammadou December 2, 2015 Technology Being a developer is not easy, being good requires a lot of work. In Africa, there’s a lot of talented developers but most of time they don’t...
Rwanda’s mega solar project powers 15,000 homes in first year Mouhammadou November 30, 2015 Technology This $24m project is the first utility-scale, grid-connected, commercial solar field in east Africa that has increased Rwanda’s generation...
Senegal: Tele-Ecole applies for DTT to provide free education Mouhammadou November 23, 2015 Technology Accessible only through Internet, the Tele-Ecole channel plans to increase its audience in Senegal. Its board of directors has decided to submit an...
Nigerian professor solves 150 year old maths problem Mouhammadou November 17, 2015 Misc A maths problem, which has gone more than 150 years without a solution, has finally been solved by Nigerian academic Dr. Opeyemi Enoch. The Riemann...
South Africa: Tshwane Free WiFi hits one million unique connections Mouhammadou November 11, 2015 Technology The City of Tshwane’s Free WiFi Project had hit a major milestone of one million unique connections in October 2015. This is according to the Mayor...
Mama Money cheapest SA-Zim remittance service Mouhammadou November 11, 2015 Technology South African startup Mama Money has been listed as the cheapest remittance service for sending money from South Africa to Zimbabwe for the third...
ekaya 5 African online real estate startups to watch Mouhammadou November 10, 2015 Entrepreneurship The real estate world across Africa is yet another industry being disrupted by tech, and is quickly moving to the online space. This is one startup...
Ethiopia Sets Up First Vehicle Manufacturing And Assembly Plant Mouhammadou November 10, 2015 Technology Ethiopia has opened its first vehicle manufacturing and assembly factory at a military base and plans to use local labor to produce automobiles...
Two Atlanta Startup Hubs Merge to Diversify Tech Sector Mouhammadou November 9, 2015 Entrepreneurship TechSquare Labs, a technology innovation hub for startups and corporations, has merged withOpportunity Hub, a diverse and inclusive entrepreneurship...
#SiliconValley Africa: mPharma Is Going to Disrupt the Healthcare Sector in Emerging Markets – Here’s How Mouhammadou November 7, 2015 Technology Gregory Rockson, CEO of mPharma is building the largest pharmaceutical data platform for emerging markets. How is he doing it? Disruption. Here is...
