Biofuel: Kenya values croton nuts
While the biofuel industry is still in its infancy on the African continent, Eco Fuels Kenya has taken a lead in this area. The start-up has focused on the croton nut, the fruit of a tree that grows in large qu...
Meeting with Modou NS Njie, founder of Money Farm
AfrikaTech went to meet Modou NS Njie, a young Gambian entrepreneur, founder of Farm Fresh, online food store and online delivery service No. 1 in The Gambia, focused on promoting local products. The entreprene...
E-commerce could generate 3 million jobs in Africa by 2025 (BCG)
E-commerce will generate 3 million jobs on the African continent by 2025, Boston Consulting Group said in a report released this week. According to the report, 58% of new jobs created by e-commerce should be...
Tech Generation : Leboncoin, 1er site de vente entre particuliers en France
Announced last fall, Tech Generation TV show BBlack and AfrikaTech aims to present startups and high-tech trends from African countries or the Diaspora. For its first episode the TV show has been interested in ...
Schoolap : Improving education in Africa through digital
Despite the marked improvement in recent years, education in Africa is still fraught with difficulties. Between lack of infrastructure, communication and centralization of data education in the African continen...
Orange launches the “PASS EDU” for Senegalese students
In order to work for the democratization of access to knowledge and employability of young people in the field of ICT across the country, Orange Senegal launches the "PASS EDU". This new mobile offer offered at...
Tony elumelu foundation announces 3,050 entrepreneurs selected for the 5th cycle of the TEF Entrepreneurship program
Tony Elumelu Foundation directly funds 1,000 entrepreneurs and an additional 2,050 beneficiaries supported by Foundation’s partners
TEF Entrepreneurship Forum – Africa’s largest entrepreneurship convenin...
Afrique: les investissements dans les start-up de la technologie ont plus que doublé en 2018, selon Partech
With 1.16 billion raised in favor of African tech start-ups, the year 2018 reflects the exponential interest granted by investors to the African continent, according to the third report of the investment fund P...
Kenyans will soon be able to pay by M-Pesa on Alibaba Group’s global e-commerce platform, AliExpress
Kenyans will soon be able to use Safaricom's mobile payment service, M-Pesa, to make purchases on AliExpress, the global e-commerce platform of the Chinese group Alibaba. A partnership agreement has been signed...
Meeting with Olivia Zenk, founder of BeneFactors Ltd.
Olivia Zenk is an economist and the founder of a fintech company named BeneFactory Ltd. BeneFactors Ltd. is a factoring company. Factoring is a simple advance against unpaid invoices that a company is waiting f...
Diool : Facilitating the management of financial transactions in Africa
Founded by Serge and Phillipe Boupda, Diool is a financial services platform, where users can make all sorts of transactions with others, using the payment or receiving method of their choice.
“Our mission is ...
Social networks, future stage of financial inclusion in Africa
The transfer of money by WhatsApp, Facebook and other social networks are still quite new in the world, but these services could be very successful in Africa in view of the strong interest of the population, mo...
Startups: 11 incubators that move West Africa
The biggest obstacle to start-ups in Africa is the lack of funding for risk and innovation. However, significant progress can be noted in terms of infrastructure to encourage innovation and encourage startups. ...
Cameroon – Creative industry: Kiro’o Games opens its capital
The well-known startup in Central Africa and around the world, Kiro'o Game, has decided to open its capital for the development of the mentoring platform, Rebuntu. Starting April 5th, the Kiro'o Games' noteb...
20 of the best technology start-ups in French-speaking Africa integrate an acceleration program
The Africa Excelle start-ups are specialized in technological solutions for the African market and designed to expand the range and access of various services. Twenty of the most promising digital ...