August 2018 - AfrikaTech

Africa Code Week looks at sustainability and women’s skills

August 31, 2018

Increased sustainability of the program through its 'Train the Teachers' sessions and the development of women's skills in support of the # eskills4girls initiative. It is on these issues that the Africa Code W...

Largelabs: Bridging the gap between Egyptian and French gaming

Boubacar Diallo

August 28, 2018

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Founded by Karim Aboul-Enein and Sébastien Marty, Largelabs is a company specializing in video games that tries to do something that has never been done before: bridging the gap between the French video game in...

Entrepreneurship: Meeting with Moussou DIAKITE, founder of Nappy N’ko

Boubacar Diallo

August 28, 2018

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AfrikaTech went to discover Moussou DIAKITE, entrepreneur and founder of Nappy N'ko, platform dedicated to the sale and promotion of natural and organic hair products for black and mixed women. Int...

30 African startups selected for Demo Africa conference

Boubacar Diallo

August 27, 2018

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Thirty African startups, four of which represent Morocco, were selected to present their technologies to the world at the 7th edition of DEMO Africa to be held on October 18 and 19, 2018, in Casablanca, announc...

UNOM: Call for applications for the 5th edition of the AfroCréoles Entrepreneurs Trophies

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August 26, 2018

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The National Union of the French Overseas (UNOM) organizes the 5th edition of the Trophies entrepreneurs AfroCréoles, under the patronage of the historian François DURPAIRE, the ceremony is scheduled to take pl...

Call for applications for the 5th Global Startup Challenge Hello Tomorrow

Boubacar Diallo

August 23, 2018

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Hello Tomorrow, the global organization that helps transform breakthrough innovations into concrete solutions, today announces the opening of applications for the fifth edition of the Global Challenge. The Hell...

Ethiopia to build “True Wakanda”, a $ 3 billion tech city, in partnership with Hub City Live

Boubacar Diallo

August 22, 2018

Misc

The Ethiopian government, in partnership with Hub City Live, has decided to build a technological city called "the real Wakanda" in the city of Bahir Dar, in the federal state of Amhara. Worth US $ 3 billion, t...

Start-up of the week: Eleis Farm, the young Guinean shoot that combines palm oil and blockchain

Boubacar Diallo

August 20, 2018

Agribusiness, Start a business

With Eleis Farm, two Guinean brothers have embarked on the adventure of equitable palm oil, introducing the blockchain to certify their production. The Barry brothers launched their social enterprise in 2014...

The Tony Elumelu Foundation is committed to supporting entrepreneurship and the private sector in Guinea

Boubacar Diallo

August 18, 2018

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On August 11, Guinean President Alpha Conde, accompanied by the governor of the Central Bank of Guinea, Dr. Lounceny Nabé, welcomed Tony Elumelu, president of the UBA group, promoter of the Tony Elumelu Foundat...

Fintech Oradian develops a new banking product for microfinance in Nigeria

Boubacar Diallo

August 17, 2018

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Oradian, a finance company with offices in Nigeria and the Philippines, has developed a new technology-based banking product for a network of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Nigeria, called the Association ...

SABOUTECH: SECOND EDITION OF SABOU GUINEAN CODERS

Boubacar Diallo

August 16, 2018

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Based on the success of its first edition, which has trained 25 girls and an average integration rate of 83.3% in internship or employment two weeks after the end of their training, the SABOUTech incubator orga...

African creativity boosted by artificial intelligence

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August 15, 2018

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Keberte Tsegaye, soon in her thirties, works as a doctor at Alert public hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Slim Fendri, in his fifties, produces olive oil in the Tunisian valley of Meknassy; Quillinah, 12, is ...

Africa: Top of the sectors and countries acclaimed by investors

Boubacar Diallo

August 14, 2018

Economy

Which sectors are promising and which are the most promising countries for innovation in Africa? To provide an answer to these questions, Havas Paris and the Institut Choiseul deliver the 4th edition of the Hav...

WEB UVS and IBM launch “Digital Nation Africa” program for Senegal

Boubacar Diallo

August 12, 2018

Education

On 8 August 2018, the Virtual University of Senegal (UVS) and IBM signed a memorandum of understanding for the deployment of the "Digital Nation Africa" program in Senegal. The agreement is part of IBM's "Digit...

Zambezi Competition: MIT and Mastercard Foundation announce 10 African start-ups for final

Boubacar Diallo

August 11, 2018

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The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation, announced the list of 10 African start-ups for the 20...

[Rwanda] Next Einstein Forum announces new cohort of 25 Fellows, Africa's top young scientists

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?

CoinAfrique: The Senegal-based classifieds site that convinced investors

Africa Code Week looks at sustainability and women’s skills

Largelabs: Bridging the gap between Egyptian and French gaming

Entrepreneurship: Meeting with Moussou DIAKITE, founder of Nappy N’ko

30 African startups selected for Demo Africa conference

UNOM: Call for applications for the 5th edition of the AfroCréoles Entrepreneurs Trophies

Call for applications for the 5th Global Startup Challenge Hello Tomorrow

Ethiopia to build “True Wakanda”, a $ 3 billion tech city, in partnership with Hub City Live

Start-up of the week: Eleis Farm, the young Guinean shoot that combines palm oil and blockchain

The Tony Elumelu Foundation is committed to supporting entrepreneurship and the private sector in Guinea

Fintech Oradian develops a new banking product for microfinance in Nigeria

SABOUTECH: SECOND EDITION OF SABOU GUINEAN CODERS

African creativity boosted by artificial intelligence

Africa: Top of the sectors and countries acclaimed by investors

WEB UVS and IBM launch “Digital Nation Africa” program for Senegal

Zambezi Competition: MIT and Mastercard Foundation announce 10 African start-ups for final

Monthly Archives August 31, 2018