October 2018 - AfrikaTech

Promotion of African talents: A + presents the objectives of the project African capitals

October 30, 2018

The members of the management of A + channel animated last Thursday a press conference at Canal Olympia in Cotonou. Objective, to present the project "African Capitals" to the men of the media. According to Dam...

Funds are available for green entrepreneurship

Boubacar Diallo

October 30, 2018

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This is the assurance given by Phillipe Ayawo AWAGA, president of the Research Laboratory for Entrepreneurship (LRE), which invites young Africans to opt for green entrepreneurship. "A lot of funding is availab...

4th TEF Forum 2018: Five thousand young African entrepreneurs gathered to boost innovation on the continent

Boubacar Diallo

October 27, 2018

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The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) forum, which is a large gathering of African entrepreneurs, opened on 25 October in Lagos, Nigeria, in the presence of two heads of state. The meeting of the project leaders...

Burundi soon to have a strategy for ICT development in due form

Boubacar Diallo

October 25, 2018

Economy

Burundi will soon be equipped with an ICT development strategy that will enable the country to make it a tool for economic growth. On 19 October 2018 in Bujumbura, Jean-Jacques Massima-Landji (pictured), the re...

Interview with Abdesslam Benzitouni: “Jumia is a unicorn 100% African”

Boubacar Diallo

October 24, 2018

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Launched in Lagos, Nigeria in 2012, Jumia, a leader in e-commerce, is considered the first African unicorn valued at more than $ 1 billion. Abdesslam Benzitouni, head of public relations at Jumia Group, explain...

Lynda Aphing-Kouassi: “We want to bridge the gap between East Africa and West Africa”

Boubacar Diallo

October 23, 2018

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After more than 15 years of experience in the investment banking and financial sector in London, Lynda Aphing-Kouassi, General Manager of Kaizene, has only one ambition: to put her expertise at the service of A...

African e-commerce is on track to double in size every 5 years, if …

Boubacar Diallo

October 21, 2018

Economy, Start a business

E-commerce generated revenue of $ 16.5 billion in 2017 on the African continent, according to a report by research firm Statista. She says that within five years, the business should reach a turnover of $ 29 bi...

The Internet of Things, a lever for development in Africa?

Boubacar Diallo

October 20, 2018

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The Internet of Things (IoT ) is a concept that is an integral part of our daily lives. Taking the form of "smart phones", connected cars or autonomous industrial production lines, the use cases of this technol...

“Demo Africa & Yalda”, inwi commits itself to African youth

Boubacar Diallo

October 18, 2018

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Launched in 2012, Demo Africa is a platform for launching and accelerating the development of African start-ups with innovative solutions that help solve concrete problems facing the continent. A tour in sev...

The SABOUTECH incubator, booster of the Guinean entrepreneurial ecosystem launches its 2018 call for applications!

Boubacar Diallo

October 17, 2018

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The SABOUTECH business incubator is a structure for supporting and strengthening the performance of companies. It can provide support in terms of accommodation, advice and networking during the early stages of ...

Launch of the JAMI application, the first social network dedicated to agribusiness in Africa, designed and developed by the AFRIKAMART startup.

Boubacar Diallo

October 15, 2018

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In the agri-food sector in Africa, how many fail to sell their production? How much are struggling to find their suppliers? What about funding for production and the logistics needed to move products, whether r...

SENEGAL: OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE WEEK OF AFRICA CODE WEEK

Boubacar Diallo

October 14, 2018

Education

The Africa Code Week will be officially launched this Saturday, October 13, at 09:00, at UCAD 2, the objective of this event is: Give African youth access to the tools and IT skills they need to succeed in...

Mozambican firm SolarWorks raises $ 2.3 million to fund expansion in Southern Africa

Boubacar Diallo

October 11, 2018

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EDP, a Portuguese state-owned electricity supplier, has decided to take a minority stake in SolarWorks, a Mozambican-based start-up specializing in the commercialization of solar energy solutions. The € 2 mi...

Senegal decided to better sell its ICT expertise abroad

Boubacar Diallo

October 10, 2018

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Despite the major advances noted in recent years - an estimated export rate of 70% and a status of leading provider of IT services and first provider in the outsourcing of business processes in sub-Saharan Afri...

Orange Money celebrates a decade of financial innovation in Africa and confirms its position as a major player in mobile money

Boubacar Diallo

October 9, 2018

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Orange Money, Orange's mobile money solution, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Launched in 2008, the service, which today has 40 million customers, is present in 17 countries and has reached 26 bi...

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

PayDunya: Essay analyzing the success of African fintech

Gaming: an income-generating activity still underestimated in 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

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

Promotion of African talents: A + presents the objectives of the project African capitals

Funds are available for green entrepreneurship

4th TEF Forum 2018: Five thousand young African entrepreneurs gathered to boost innovation on the continent

Burundi soon to have a strategy for ICT development in due form

Interview with Abdesslam Benzitouni: “Jumia is a unicorn 100% African”

Lynda Aphing-Kouassi: “We want to bridge the gap between East Africa and West Africa”

African e-commerce is on track to double in size every 5 years, if …

The Internet of Things, a lever for development in Africa?

“Demo Africa & Yalda”, inwi commits itself to African youth

The SABOUTECH incubator, booster of the Guinean entrepreneurial ecosystem launches its 2018 call for applications!

Launch of the JAMI application, the first social network dedicated to agribusiness in Africa, designed and developed by the AFRIKAMART startup.

SENEGAL: OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE WEEK OF AFRICA CODE WEEK

Mozambican firm SolarWorks raises $ 2.3 million to fund expansion in Southern Africa

Senegal decided to better sell its ICT expertise abroad

Orange Money celebrates a decade of financial innovation in Africa and confirms its position as a major player in mobile money

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