Innovative on the continent, there are a few who want to surf the success of streaming. Portrait of Jason Njoku, boss of IrokoTV. 35-year-old Anglo-Nigerian Jason Njoku is considered by the American magazine Forbes to be one of the ten most promising young millionaires in Africa. In 2014, he explained to AFP: “My idea was …
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Kenyan start-up M-Kopa specializing in the sale of solar-powered products is preparing to launch digital solar-powered TVs for citizens residing in areas with little or no access to the national power grid. The solar televisions will be made available to customers and they will pay 50 Shillings per day for a year, depending on the …
The Mauritian company Birger, which specializes in providing solutions, technological services and cyber security, has opened an office in Rwanda. Already present in Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles and Rodrigues as well as in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, its installation in Rwanda is the materialization of its desire for expansion, reports the site Eco Austral. Birger wants …
To ensure the empowerment of African women entrepreneurs, the United States has just allocated 1 billion US dollars to three African countries, including Mali, which benefits from an envelope of 500 million FCFA. The agreement called “Bo Nogola” was signed on Tuesday March 29, 2016 at the Palace of Culture, between the African women’s entrepreneurship …
Founded by the young Cameroonian of 24 years, Cédric Atangana, the start-up Infinity Space provides customers with a payment platform without bank card, WeCashUp. It allows individuals without a bank card to be able to make online purchases and secure their transactions. As for e-merchants, WeCashUp offers them an opportunity to expand their deployment area …
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Detailed presentation of the project Who? Created in April 2015, Koura is an association whose mission is to promote entrepreneurship and innovation among young people in Burkina Faso. It was set up by a group of young people composed of lawyers, communicators, computer graphics and even a future doctor, all a little geek, passionate about …
Tanzanian tycoon Mohammed Dewji announced in an interview on March 24 with the American news channel CNN that he is interested in the takeover of certain African assets from the British bank Barclays which intends to withdraw from the continent of here two to three years. “I have wanted to buy a bank for four …
He grabbed the bull by the horns and narrowly saved Ecobank, which was on the brink of explosion just a few months ago. This is where we once again recognize the tenacity, the striking force of the Togolese businessman, Gervais Djondo. A return to calm within the group and welcomed by all the shareholders and …
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Within two weeks, the government of Kenya will begin the pilot phase of the free distribution of computers to the country’s primary schools. It was Joe Mucheru, the secretary to the Cabinet at the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies, who revealed it last weekend, at the opening of the Connected Summit 2016 which ends …
Coconuts are quite uplifting by their shape. Indeed, once the upper layers are removed with more or less difficulty, we can finally enjoy the fruits of the battle. The Internet is much the same thing, once we have managed to tame it, it can deliver all its wonders. One of them is what is now …
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A true UFO in the African high-tech landscape due to his way of thinking, Sénamé Koffi does nothing like everyone else. After pursuing studies in industrial design, art history, architecture and anthropology, in 2010 he founded L’Africaine d’Architecture to “propose concrete solutions and ensure that Africa modern has its own reference systems ”. Inventor of …
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In Senegal, the municipality of Ndiaganiao plans to electrify its 38 villages with solar energy. To this end, it has signed a contract with the Senegalese solar solutions company, Nadji-Bi. “The government plans to light 22 of the 38 villages in our commune as part of the national rural electrification program (PNER), but we cannot …
Nigerian entrepreneur Adebayo Oyewole founded the start-up EdTech Learning with the aim of providing young people with training that meets demand on the job market, using the Learning Horizon platform as their main tool. For him, the training sector is full of opportunities in West Africa, and in Nigeria where more than 60% of the …
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The caravan of the Grand Prize for Excellence, which works to support businesses, visited the Haut-Ogooué province from March 18 to 20, particularly in the cities of Franceville and Moanda. A total of 93 young people participated in this coaching session called “a weekend for entrepreneurship” at the town hall of Franceville. Among the hundred …
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The Yeesal Agri Hub project was born out of a joint reflection of many young professionals in the Senegalese agricultural sector. Its objective is to stimulate the necessary innovation in the agricultural sector through ICT, by enabling young people to offer modern solutions to the problems of agriculture. The launch of the project, which took …
