March 2019 - AfrikaTech

Meeting with Modou NS Njie, founder of Money Farm

March 28, 2019

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...

Schoolap : Improving education in Africa through digital

Boubacar Diallo

March 26, 2019

Education, Start a business

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...

Tony elumelu foundation announces 3,050 entrepreneurs selected for the 5th cycle of the TEF Entrepreneurship program

Boubacar Diallo

March 25, 2019

Start a business

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...

Diool : Facilitating the management of financial transactions in Africa

Boubacar Diallo

March 23, 2019

Start a business

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 ...

Meeting with Olivia Zenk, founder of BeneFactors Ltd.

Boubacar Diallo

March 23, 2019

Economy, Start a business

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...

Startups: 11 incubators that move West Africa

Boubacar Diallo

March 19, 2019

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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

Boubacar Diallo

March 16, 2019

Economy, Start a business

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

Boubacar Diallo

March 16, 2019

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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 ...

Tanzania: US $ 32.5 Million for Nigerian Solar Start-up Zola Electric

Boubacar Diallo

March 12, 2019

Energy, Start a business

A few weeks ago, Nigerian start-up Zola Electric signed a $ 32.5 million financing facility. Funding from the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) and Symbiotics, a Geneva-based investment company. As...

Registration opens for the 2019 Africa and Middle East Social Entrepreneur Award Orange

Boubacar Diallo

March 12, 2019

Start a business

Less than four months after the announcement of the 2018 laureates, the Orange Social Entrepreneurship Prize competition in Africa and the Middle East gives the cover and opens the applications for 9th edition ...

Rwanda: bridging the digital satellite divide

Boubacar Diallo

March 12, 2019

Telecom

The country of Thousand Hills now counts on Icyerekezo, its satellite launched from Guyana, to cover remote areas that do not have access to the Internet. A solution from the sky. To provide Internet to scho...

Microsoft doubles Amazon by opening Africa’s first Data Center

Boubacar Diallo

March 12, 2019

Start a business

Microsoft Azure has just opened its two data centers in South Africa, whose construction began in 2017. It is therefore the first major cloud provider to open data centers in Africa. Since 2017, Microsoft ha...

Africa: more connectivity to boost its digital economy?

Boubacar Diallo

March 9, 2019

Start a business

At its own pace, Africa is gradually recovering its backwardness in high-tech innovation. Imagine living far from everything in a remote village on an isolated island of Lake Victoria - the largest in Africa. ...

Where is Nigeria’s economy going in 2019 according to PwC

Boubacar Diallo

March 6, 2019

Economy

A few days ago, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) released a new report on Nigeria's economy. From a review of the year 2018, the document draws the economic prospects of the most populous country in West Africa. ...

Ethiopia creates special agency to boost diaspora participation in investments in the country

Boubacar Diallo

March 4, 2019

Misc

Ethiopia has officially inaugurated its new agency dedicated to the diaspora. Referred to as the Ethiopian Diaspora Agency, this new institution has been set up "to create a more conducive environment for th...

Trailer Story Leboncoin: The first C2C e-commerce website in France

Teaser Tech Generation TV Show

Meeting with Modou NS Njie, founder of Money Farm

Schoolap : Improving education in Africa through digital

Tony elumelu foundation announces 3,050 entrepreneurs selected for the 5th cycle of the TEF Entrepreneurship program

Diool : Facilitating the management of financial transactions in Africa

Meeting with Olivia Zenk, founder of BeneFactors Ltd.

Startups: 11 incubators that move West Africa

Cameroon – Creative industry: Kiro’o Games opens its capital

20 of the best technology start-ups in French-speaking Africa integrate an acceleration program

Tanzania: US $ 32.5 Million for Nigerian Solar Start-up Zola Electric

Registration opens for the 2019 Africa and Middle East Social Entrepreneur Award Orange

Rwanda: bridging the digital satellite divide

Microsoft doubles Amazon by opening Africa’s first Data Center

Africa: more connectivity to boost its digital economy?

Where is Nigeria’s economy going in 2019 according to PwC

Ethiopia creates special agency to boost diaspora participation in investments in the country

Monthly Archives March 28, 2019