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Cape Town startup eFama wins top prize in Meta AI accelerator

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OpenAI agents Hugging Face hack: A warning shot?

OpenAI agents Hugging Face hack: A warning shot?

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South Africa's AI Diagnostics and hearX Foundation selected for Turn.io’s 2025 Chat for Health & AI Accelerator

16 Sep 2025

Edmund Wessels, Anatoli Kirigwajjo win 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Edmund Wessels, Anatoli Kirigwajjo win 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

7 Jul 2023

Nigeria launches $618m tech fund for young investors

Nigeria launches $618m tech fund for young investors

20 Mar 2023

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Flutterwave's accounts frozen in Kenya over money laundering claims

8 Jul 2022

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Constant Ventures launches $100m venture capital fund for tech startups across West Africa

1 Jun 2022

Birame Sock, Kwely founder and CEO. Source: Kwely

African B2B marketplace Kwely raises nearly $1m in seed funding

29 Apr 2022

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

23 Mar 2022

Promising fintech solutions take the spotlight at Stitch hackathon

Promising fintech solutions take the spotlight at Stitch hackathon

28 Feb 2022

Miguel Patricio, CEO at Kraft Heinz and Matias Muchnick, co-founder and CEO at NotCo. Source: Kraft Heinz

Kraft Heinz in joint venture to drive AI-driven plant-based food innovation

24 Feb 2022

Open call for startups to join ImpactAim SDGs Tech pre-accelerator

Open call for startups to join ImpactAim SDGs Tech pre-accelerator

2 Feb 2022

Luxury giant invites startups to enter LVMH Innovation Award 2022

Luxury giant invites startups to enter LVMH Innovation Award 2022

31 Jan 2022

Virtual sneakers produced by RTFKT. Source: RTFKT

Nike buys NFT fashion and collectibles startup RTFKT

14 Dec 2021

Applications open for Google for Startups Accelerator Africa

Applications open for Google for Startups Accelerator Africa

4 Nov 2021

Sendbox raises $1.8m to digitise deliveries for African SMEs

19 Oct 2021

Google to invest $1bn in digital transformation in Africa

6 Oct 2021

#StartupStory: Cape-based startup set to disrupt SA healthtech space

Johannes Masiteng 29 Jul 2021

Seedstars Africa Ventures announces initiatives to drive investments into Africa

24 Jun 2021

#YouthMatters: Chidi Nwaogu, nominee for Techpreneur of the Year at 2021 FOYA Awards

Evan-Lee Courie 23 Jun 2021

Startup teaches young Nigerians to code on smartphones

Angela Ukomadu 27 May 2021

Marek Zmyslowski on plotting a realistic e-commerce growth strategy in Africa

Lauren Hartzenberg 23 May 2021

Winners of Space-Tech Earth Observation Innovation Challenge announced

15 Feb 2021

Pan African Fintech Accelerator open to growth-stage tech startups

3 Dec 2020

Why global investors should invest in Africa's tech startups

Kashira Naidoo & Zach George 26 Jun 2020

#StartupStory: Putting a Sparkle in Nigeria's digital ecosystem

Evan-Lee Courie 9 Jun 2020

#StartupStory: Christopher, the future of AI in Africa

Evan-Lee Courie 20 May 2020

#LockdownLessons: 5 minutes with Sandras Phiri, founder of StartupCircles

Evan-Lee Courie 6 May 2020

2020 MEST Africa Challenge expands target, extends deadline

3 May 2020

MEST Africa Challenge now open

3 Apr 2020

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