January 2019 - AfrikaTech

Investment: Partech Africa Raises 125 Million Euros for African Startups

January 31, 2019

The capital-investor has finalized the raising of its first fund, dedicated to African start-ups. In parallel, it opens in Nairobi its second office on the continent, after that of Dakar. Partech Africa anno...

Senegal: 2,300 localities have been electrified in 5 years

Boubacar Diallo

January 31, 2019

Energy

In Senegal, 2,300 localities were electrified between 2012 and 2018, according to Baba Diallo, the director general of the Senegalese Rural Electrification Agency (ASER). "In 2012, the country's electrificat...

Omar Cissé: “Senegal must have its own champions”

Boubacar Diallo

January 31, 2019

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On the occasion of the International Conference on the emergence of Africa held in Dakar, Omar Cissé, head of the InTouch group, has been entrusted with the "Africa Point" on the issues of the sector of the fin...

“African diasporas, accelerators of the economies of the continent”: the book that looks at Africa with the eyes of the future

Boubacar Diallo

January 30, 2019

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We must welcome the publication of this third installment of the young collection "Cahiers du CIAN *", whose theme is entirely contained in the title: "The African diasporas, accelerators of the economies of th...

Coin Afrique strengthens its position as # 1 mobile classifieds in French-speaking Africa

Boubacar Diallo

January 29, 2019

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Ranked among the five most promising African start-ups at the 2018 edition of Vivatech by the prestigious Strategies magazine, CoinAfrique has enjoyed unprecedented growth since its launch in 2015. In the space...

African startups to storm the world

Boubacar Diallo

January 28, 2019

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If a few years ago the word "startups" was foreign to the African continent, today it makes sense and even tends to become legion. With the rise of new technologies in Africa and the democratization of access t...

Teleworking in Africa according to Talenteum

Boubacar Diallo

January 22, 2019

Economy, Education

Presentation of Talenteum and one of its co-founders: Nicolas Goldstein TALENTEUM is a web platform that invests in human capital in Africa and remotely intervenes on behalf of companies around the world. M...

ISCI Lab inc. a technology company with a solidarity vocation

Boubacar Diallo

January 22, 2019

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Social economy? The social economy or social and solidarity economy (SSE) refers, in the French-speaking context, to the branch of the economy grouping private organizations (companies, cooperatives, associati...

Bank: Focus on Africa’s informal financial flows

Boubacar Diallo

January 21, 2019

Economy

Banks have played almost nothing in Africa yet. Moody's new outlook confirms this. According to the US rating agency, "the penetration rate of banks is still low." Indeed, in the field, 80% of the African popul...

African start-ups have raised $ 725.6 million in investment in 2018 for 458 operations

Boubacar Diallo

January 19, 2019

Economy

Over the years, Africa's technology sector is gaining credibility as an investment destination. The data compiled for this purpose by Wee Tracker demonstrates this. African start-ups have raised more than $ 725...

“The industrialization of Africa is capital,” says Macky Sall

Boubacar Diallo

January 18, 2019

Misc

The issue of industrialization remains crucial for an Africa that aspires to emergence and socio-economic development, said Thursday in Diamniadio (outskirts of Dakar), the President of the Republic of Senegal,...

GAINDE 2000 unveils ORBUS Pay at CES 2019, the first payment gateway compatible with blockchain and AI

Boubacar Diallo

January 17, 2019

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The Consumer Electronics Show (www.CES.tech) is the world's largest innovation-focused technology show, with more than 190,000 visitors in 2019 in Las Vegas, United States. For the second year, GAINDE 2000 pres...

William Elong raises 2 million euros to distribute its drones made in Cameroon

Boubacar Diallo

January 15, 2019

Economy, Start a business

Promoter of the Cameroonian start-up Will & Brothers, who launched the first service of drones made in Cameroon, William Elong, who recently launched Algo Drone, a holding company based in Germany, reveals ...

Meeting with Elisabeth Medou Badang, Area Director Orange Middle East & Africa

Boubacar Diallo

January 14, 2019

Telecom

AfrikaTech went to meet Elisabeth Medou Badang. Present in the telecom world for more than 20 years. This great woman native of Cameroon is zone manager and spokesperson for Orange Middle East & Africa. Thr...

Education and training of young people in Africa, key to the emergence of the continent

Boubacar Diallo

January 11, 2019

Education

A recent World Bank study highlights a "serious crisis in the education and training of young people in Africa" that undermines the growth of the region and harms the well-being of its people. The continent ...

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Investment: Partech Africa Raises 125 Million Euros for African Startups

Senegal: 2,300 localities have been electrified in 5 years

Omar Cissé: “Senegal must have its own champions”

“African diasporas, accelerators of the economies of the continent”: the book that looks at Africa with the eyes of the future

Coin Afrique strengthens its position as # 1 mobile classifieds in French-speaking Africa

African startups to storm the world

Teleworking in Africa according to Talenteum

ISCI Lab inc. a technology company with a solidarity vocation

Bank: Focus on Africa’s informal financial flows

African start-ups have raised $ 725.6 million in investment in 2018 for 458 operations

“The industrialization of Africa is capital,” says Macky Sall

GAINDE 2000 unveils ORBUS Pay at CES 2019, the first payment gateway compatible with blockchain and AI

William Elong raises 2 million euros to distribute its drones made in Cameroon

Meeting with Elisabeth Medou Badang, Area Director Orange Middle East & Africa

Education and training of young people in Africa, key to the emergence of the continent

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