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Cape Town startup eFama wins top prize in Meta AI accelerator

Cape Town startup eFama wins top prize in Meta AI accelerator

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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

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HostAfrica completes Tanzanian acquisition Zesha

HOSTAFRICA HostAfrica completes Tanzanian acquisition Zesha

11 Aug 2026

Alex Wanyoike, CEO of Savanna Fibre Limited

Savanna Uganda Savanna Uganda launches mobile network,expanding beyond fibre broadband

3 Jul 2026

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Source: Reuters.

Flutterwave's accounts frozen in Kenya over money laundering claims

8 Jul 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

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

Google to invest $1bn in digital transformation in Africa

Google to invest $1bn in digital transformation in Africa

6 Oct 2021

L to R: InnoHealth co-founders Dr Chad Marthinussen, Abdul-Malick Salie and Dr Wade Palmer. | Image supplied

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

Johannes Masiteng 29 Jul 2021

Saint-Gobain Africa Challenge 2021 calls for entries

Saint-Gobain Africa Challenge 2021 calls for entries

21 Jul 2021

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Seedstars Africa Ventures announces initiatives to drive investments into Africa

24 Jun 2021

Marek Zmyslowski

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

Lauren Hartzenberg 23 May 2021

Pan African Fintech Accelerator open to growth-stage tech startups

Pan African Fintech Accelerator open to growth-stage tech startups

3 Dec 2020

Evan-Lee Courie

Find an on-demand handyman with Fundi App

Evan-Lee Courie 5 Oct 2020

Zach George

Why global investors should invest in Africa's tech startups

Kashira Naidoo & Zach George 26 Jun 2020

#StartupStory: Christopher, the future of AI in Africa

#StartupStory: Christopher, the future of AI in Africa

Evan-Lee Courie 20 May 2020

Sandras Phiri, business strategist and startup coach

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

Evan-Lee Courie 6 May 2020

2020 MEST Africa Challenge expands target, extends deadline

2020 MEST Africa Challenge expands target, extends deadline

3 May 2020

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MEST Africa Challenge now open

3 Apr 2020

Students working with robotics at Ashesi University in Ghana

Mastercard Foundation names 12 African EdTech companies as first fellows

24 Feb 2020

Sonwabise Sebata, deputy chair of the board of directors for the South African Women in ICT Forum

#AfricaCom: Gender inequality continues to cost Africa billions of dollars each year

Sindy Peters 27 Nov 2019

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5 trends opening doors for African tech entrepreneurs

Odette Faling 5 Nov 2019

Henry Ifeanyi Mascot, CEO, and Dr John Flash Dada, CTO of Curacel

#StartupStory: Curacel is tackling fraud in healthcare insurance

Evan-Lee Courie 4 Oct 2019

Proptech Africa was officially launched in Rosebank, Johannesburg on Tuesday, 1 October

Africa proptech association launched, predicts vibrant startup ecosystem for continent

3 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

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