The Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Harvard Innovation Labs have selected 11 African student-led startups among 25 ventures for their inaugural NextGen Accelerator. The NextGen Accelerator...
MTN Group has launched the third edition of its Open API Hackathon for African countries with an invitation to developers from multiple markets in the continent...
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) of Uganda have petitioned the country’s parliament following a directive that all government advertising must be broadcast on the government-owned...
Nigeria’s fintech startup, FastaMoni Technologies has launched an online school fees payment platform known as EduPali which is “designed to tackle the significant challenges posed by...
The 10th annual Angel Fair Africa event will be held in East London, South Africa, on November 29, according to the event’s organisers, in a statement...
Nigerian-based health-tech startup, Clafiya has announced raising $610,000 in pre-seed funding to help it scale up its operations, accelerate its growth, finance product development and hire...
Kenyan electric vehicles manufacturer, BasiGo has announced expanding into Rwanda following a recent partnership with the Associated Vehicle Assemblers Ltd (AVA) to assemble its buses. According...
Egypt-based edu-tech startup, EdVentures has entered into a strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Venture Studio, VMS, aimed at revolutionizing education in the MENA region. EdVentures, a...
Rwandan health-tech startup, Kasha has announced raising $21 million funding to help it expand across the African continent. The funds, according to Kasha’s founder and CEO,...
Internet services connectivity company, Sonatel, a subsidiary of French telecoms giant, Orange, has launched its 5G network in Senegal in a bid to push towards ultra-broadband...
The Nigeria Police has rejected a report by Amnesty International that accused the force of killing protesters during the #Endbadgovernance...
The head coach of Mamelodi Sundowns women’s team, Jerry Tshabalala, has been suspended indefinitely amid allegations of sexual harassment of...
Ghanaian singer, Afua Asantewaa, on Saturday, began her second attempt at breaking the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest...
The African Development Bank Group’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab has selected 20 promising tech entrepreneurs from various African technology ventures...
A prominent Zambian climate-smart agriculture expert, Oliver Bulaya, has warned of a collapse of the county’s agricultural sector with a...
The Nigerian community, under the auspices of Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA), has raised the alarm over the...
Morocco’s statistics office has confirmed that the country’s annual inflation rate, as determined by the consumer price index, increased from...
According to a statement released by Swiss commodities trader, Mercuria, on Thursday, it has established a metals trading arm with...
A Nigerian court has ordered a female activist, Olamide Thomas, to be remanded in prison custody for allegedly issuing a...
The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has kicked against the suspension of two of its council members, Arnold Kaluba, the...