Ghana: Ashanti King Osei Tutu II launches development fund of more than $ 100 million
In Ghana, Ashanti king Otumfuo Osei Tutu II (photo) announced last week the launch of a development fund of over $ 100 million for the Ashanti communi...
Amazon now available by Mobile Money in Africa
The young Senegalese startup Comparez.co makes it possible, from now on in 9 countries of Africa, the possibility to order and to pay from its platfor...
The YouScribe start-up deploys on the continent
With a strategic agreement with Orange in December 2018, the French startup YouScribe will be able to offer renewable access to its digital library to...
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 o...
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...
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...
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 Diaspor...
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 ...
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 Seneg...
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 Entrepr...
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 conti...
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 Ch...
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...
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 pa...
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...
