Maersk has developed a partnership with She-Trade, an initiative from the International Trade Centre, which aims to connect three million women entrepreneurs to the global markets by 2021...
Louise Burgers 17 Dec 2019
Finalists announced in annual AWIEF Awards to celebrate women leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa...
15 Aug 2019
The closing date for the 2019 Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Awards nominations has been extended to 10 June 2019...
21 May 2019
20 top Francophone African startups enter the World Bank Group tech acceleration program...
12 Mar 2019
Government and private sector to get together at the Africa 2018 Forum in Sharm El Sheikh to foster greater regional integration through investments and cross border collaboration...
3 Dec 2018
The women of Africa are our most valuable, untapped resource, the AWIEF 2018 conference heard...
Louise Marsland 9 Nov 2018
It is essential to promote entrepreneurship both qualitatively and quantitatively in South Africa and Total is bringing back its Startupper of the Year Challenge to 40 African countries...
7 Nov 2018
Grand Prize winner and second-runner up are providing healthcare solutions that are changing lives in Africa...
6 Nov 2018
A new book, 'How we made it in Africa', tells the stories of 25 entrepreneurs who've built thriving businesses on the African continent....
2 Nov 2018
TechCrunch is returning to Africa with Startup Battlefield. The world famous startup competition will take place in Lagos in partnership with FBstart...
23 Oct 2018
Growing women's economic empowerment in Africa and creating the number one globally recognised platform for female entrepreneurship in Africa, is what AWIEF is about...
Louise Marsland 15 Oct 2018
The 4th Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) announces opening keynote speakers...
11 Sep 2018
African media entrepreneur represented at annual Essence Festival in New Orleans...
10 Jul 2018
New platform opens for entrepreneurs in West Africa...
2 May 2018
The need for African banks to innovate at a quicker pace and access new customer segments is behind the increasing number of financial institutions partnering with or investing in fintech startups...
Tom Jackson 13 Apr 2018
Africa has developed from a continent once viewed as a lost cause to a land of vibrant opportunity, particularly when it comes to business angel investments...
Tomi Davies 20 Feb 2018
Companies like Google, Facebook, SEC2Africa and Oradian are identifying what could be the missing links in the digital ecosystem: knowledge transfer and face-to-face interaction...
8 Feb 2018
BMCE Bank of Africa, sponsor of the African Entrepreneurship Award 2017, a program to assist innovative African entrepreneurs, has announced the winners...
18 Dec 2017
Facebook gets behind African entrepreneurs in a 'celebration of tech' week as part of its sponsorship of TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield Africa...
9 Oct 2017
One inventor from the DRC believes he has developed a device that can make emailing over 100-times cheaper than it would be via cellular networks...
10 Aug 2017
We need to develop a culture of entrepreneurship if we hope to set the right course for our continent...
Sthe Shabangu 25 Jul 2017
Third batch of Nigerian entrepreneurs graduate from GE Lagos Garage training programme...
5 Jul 2017
Uganda's BarefootLaw, Ghana's Farmerline and Kenya's Kytabu have been named winners of the King Baudouin African Development Prize...
Tom Jackson 21 Jun 2017
Orange Digital Investment launches a new investment initiative of €50m devoted to startups in Africa...
14 Jun 2017
She Leads Africa launches accelerator for women-run businesses with Work in Progress! Alliance...
18 May 2017
African tech startups can thrive by finding solutions that work for informal markets, yet most are continuing to ignore the opportunities in this space...
Tom Jackson 26 Apr 2017
World Bank group launches new program to support Africa's top digital entrepreneurs...
23 Apr 2017
Transportation network company Uber had to tweak its developed-country business practices to align with the local realities in African countries such as South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria...
Jaco Maritz 20 Apr 2017
Lagos has the most valuable startup ecosystem in Africa, with the local entrepreneurship scene worth US$2 billion, according to a new report...
Tom Jackson 20 Apr 2017
Lagos has the most valuable startup ecosystem in Africa, with the local entrepreneurship scene worth US$2 billion, according to a new report...
Tom Jackson 30 Mar 2017
Applications have opened for the Zunde Africa Fund, which identifies, mentors and invests in student-led startups and projects across Africa...
Tom Jackson 29 Mar 2017
African tech startups are increasingly expanding outside of the continent, with firms like Entersekt, IoT.nxt and Custos Media Technologies, leading that charge right now…
Tom Jackson 16 Mar 2017
Johnson & Johnson has named the winners of its first Africa Innovation Challenge at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress…
15 Mar 2017
Advanced manufacturing training program at Lagos Garage launched for Nigerian entrepreneurs…
9 Mar 2017
Smart Procurement World (SPW) and Commonwealth Investment Corporation (CIC) will host the Africa Trade Summit and Expo, 7-8 March 2017…
13 Feb 2017
VC firm LoftyInc Capital Management has announced the close of its Afropreneur Fund 1 and the launch of a new US$25 million Afropreneur Fund II...
Tom Jackson 10 Feb 2017
Next week, Johannesburg will be home to the largest entrepreneurial event in Africa...
9 Feb 2017
A new fund to assist financial service providers across Sub-Saharan Africa has been launched to provide startups and SMEs with access to capital…
Tom Jackson 8 Feb 2017
Africa's largest business incubator, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), is accepting applications for its Entrepreneurship Programme for 2017, until 1 March…
6 Feb 2017
Nigerian company CompexAfrica has launched a free online business valuation tool for startup owners…
Tom Jackson 3 Feb 2017
South African startup Snapplify, an aggregator of digital education materials, is rolling out projects in South Africa, Kenya and Uganda, providing learners with a personalised library of content…
Tom Jackson 30 Jan 2017
Currently, in the governorates of Central, Southern and Northern Tunisia, around 40% of young graduates are unable to find work…
30 Jan 2017
The MasterCard Foundation's Young Africa Works Summit presents youth as drivers of Africa's agricultural transformation and employment…
24 Jan 2017
Mobile and cloud may be global technologies, but African startups have explored their functionalities, shaped their applications and used them to build differentiated business models suited to their markets...
Amrote Abdella 23 Jan 2017
Senditoo, a new mobile airtime startup, has started 2017 with ambitious plans to become one of Africa's fastest growing airtime transfer services…
20 Jan 2017
African tech startups raised funding in excess of US$129 million in 2016, with the number of startups securing funding up by 16.8% compared to the previous year…
19 Jan 2017
Nigerian startup Ajo has launched its location-based discovery app, which allows users to find points of interest and services within their proximity…
Tom Jackson 17 Jan 2017
Disrupt Africa has compiled a list of the top African startups, by region, to watch in 2017…
Gabriella Mulligan 13 Jan 2017
Entrepreneurial support organisation Africa Startup Ecosystem has launched a digital accelerator that will assist startups with product development, marketing and funding…
11 Jan 2017