May 2018 - AfrikaTech

DRC: A micro company manufactures up to 30 solar panels a week in Kinshasa

May 31, 2018

The Director General of the National Electricity Company (SNEL), Jean Bosco Kayombo affirmed Wednesday, April 4, 2018 in the National Assembly that only half of the demand for electricity is available for the c...

Ecobank wins best Africa Retail Banking and Innovation Awards

Boubacar Diallo

May 30, 2018

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Ecobank has increased its customer base by 40% in 2017 and aims to reach 100 million customers by the end of 2020. Ecobank was awarded two trophies at the African Banker ceremony held at the Paradise Hotel i...

AFD launches Digital Africa a platform to support African innovation

Boubacar Diallo

May 29, 2018

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The announcement was made at VivaTech held last week in Paris, AFD launches Digital Africa, a platform for innovation support in Africa. More than unlocking funding for start-ups, it's about creating an ecosyst...

African startups stand out at VivaTech Paris 2018

Boubacar Diallo

May 27, 2018

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The digital revolution at work in Africa is fully expressed at the VivaTech Paris 2018, the largest exhibition dedicated to technology and innovation in Europe. Indeed for the first time, some fifty African sta...

Facebook inaugurates first-ever Africa-based technology center in Nigeria

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May 26, 2018

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The US company Facebook, in partnership with CCHub, inaugurated its first ever technology center in Africa on May 23, 2018. The infrastructure based in Montgomery Road in Yaba, a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria, is na...

African diasporas meet in Paris

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May 25, 2018

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The Palais des Congrès in Paris is preparing to host a major meeting on 22 June, a high-level international forum for African diasporas. It is an ideal setting for meetings, exchanges and sharing of experiences...

Wouri Entertainment: Increasing the visibility of African cinema

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May 24, 2018

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Founded in 2016 by Paulette Fotsing and Patrick Kengne Kamga Wouri Entertainment is a company specializing in the African film industry. This Cameroonian company tries through its platform to increase the visib...

Ivory Coast: start-up Janngo raises $ 1.18 million to develop services for African SMEs

Boubacar Diallo

May 24, 2018

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Janngo, a start-up based in Côte d'Ivoire, which supports high-growth businesses and digital platforms in Africa, made its first fundraising of 1 million euros (1.18 million euros) $) from an investor pool. ...

AfricaTech: 80 African startups to follow at VivaTech

Boubacar Diallo

May 23, 2018

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Dedicated to start-ups and innovation, VivaTech will be held from May 24th to 26th 2018 in Paris and will showcase innovators from around the world, particularly from Africa (ie AfricaTech aka African Tech scen...

Fab Labs at the heart of digital challenges in Africa

Boubacar Diallo

May 22, 2018

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Serving at the same time production, creation and prototyping workshops, practice-based training sites and social link facilitators, fab labs help to reduce the traditional frontal opposition between "knowing" ...

In Africa, start-ups save lives

Boubacar Diallo

May 22, 2018

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From Cameroon to Morocco, start-ups make digital a weapon to fight against medical deserts. Some of them will be in Paris for Viva Tech. It flies to the rescue of future mothers to remote areas, even shaken ...

Google I / O 2018: 5 tech ads to remember for the 100 in the African BtoB

Boubacar Diallo

May 21, 2018

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After the final clap of the Google developer conference, the Google I / O 2018 was under the sign, as trends in recent years have shown, the rise and range of artificial intelligence but especially vocal assist...

Senegal: Der wants to fund youth and women’s projects “without any discrimination”

Boubacar Diallo

May 20, 2018

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The delegate general to the rapid entrepreneurship of young people and women (DER), reiterated Friday in Dakar the ambition of its structure to finance the projects of its targets throughout the territory "with...

Patrick Dupoux: “African entrepreneurs are catalysts for the integration of the continent”

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May 18, 2018

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"African entrepreneurs are the heroes of the integration of the continent, they give it a concrete reality. That is why we wanted to pay tribute to them, identifying 150 companies - half African, half multinati...

Kenya and Nigeria at the forefront of agro-technology in Africa

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May 18, 2018

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The AgTech sector, the new technologies serving agriculture, is booming on the African continent. The number of startups has increased by 110% in the last two years and over $ 19 million has been invested over ...

CoinAfrique: The Senegal-based classifieds site that convinced investors

PayDunya: Essay analyzing the success of African fintech

Gaming: an income-generating activity still underestimated in Africa

ICT and agriculture: the perfect symbiosis for the emergence of Africa

Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple: will the GAFA war take place in Africa?

YouTube: How are African content publishers doing to make money?

Madlyn Cazalis: leader in 100% natural cosmetics Made in Africa

DRC: A micro company manufactures up to 30 solar panels a week in Kinshasa

Ecobank wins best Africa Retail Banking and Innovation Awards

AFD launches Digital Africa a platform to support African innovation

African startups stand out at VivaTech Paris 2018

Facebook inaugurates first-ever Africa-based technology center in Nigeria

African diasporas meet in Paris

Wouri Entertainment: Increasing the visibility of African cinema

Ivory Coast: start-up Janngo raises $ 1.18 million to develop services for African SMEs

AfricaTech: 80 African startups to follow at VivaTech

Fab Labs at the heart of digital challenges in Africa

In Africa, start-ups save lives

Google I / O 2018: 5 tech ads to remember for the 100 in the African BtoB

Senegal: Der wants to fund youth and women’s projects “without any discrimination”

Patrick Dupoux: “African entrepreneurs are catalysts for the integration of the continent”

Kenya and Nigeria at the forefront of agro-technology in Africa

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