Blockheader in partnership with Filecoin Orbit Nigeria organized the first web3 hackathon to be hosted in Northern Nigeria. The event held from July 29th -July 31st 2022. The “Northern” hackathon,
According to IEA data, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) more than doubled from the previous year in 2021, reaching a new high of 6.6 million. In 2012, only 120
The South African accelerator, Grindstone, has named 25 startups for its year-long accelerator program. Startups will be participating in cohorts in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Selected startups will go through
UNECA (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa), in collaboration with Betacube, has announced the launch of its first Tech African Women (TAW) program, inviting female-led idea stage startups from Ethiopia,
It was such a buzz when the English Premier League (EPL) kicked off on the 5th of August 2022. The excitement streams out of every man who loves football, you
Africa is not new to fiber-optic networks. According to some estimates, African nations have installed more than 1.389 million kilometers of terrestrial fiber lines, 936,000 of which were
Beacon Power Services (BPS) a Nigerian tech startup has secured a $2.7 million seed round.
BPS is known to provide energy management software and also analytics used by utilities
Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s first decentralized cryptocurrency’s price has risen by more than 20% in the last week, reaching its highest level in more than a month.
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South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has advised that the country establish a formal schedule for the phase-out of 2G and 3G connections to modernize the
The Women Techsters Fellowship (WTF) Technology For Social Change and Development Initiative, class of 2023, taking place in Lagos, Nigeria has selected Sixty-Eight (68) women from Kenya, to be admitted
07 Therapy, an Egyptian health tech startup pioneering access to online mental health services for Arabic-speaking people around the world through technology-enabled and evidence-based therapeutic services delivered by a selected
More startups are beginning to explore for alternative funding sources, like crowdfunding and revenue-based finance, to help them expand. Because of the failure of many enterprises caused by the misalignment
