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Anglo American South Africa Launches Startup Incubator Program Across its Operations’ Communities

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Anglo American South Africa Launches Startup Incubator Program Across its Operations’ Communities

Anglo American South Africa, a diversified miner, has started an incubator program through Zimele, its enterprise development division, with the goal of transforming 500 start-up firms in rural communities into viable businesses. The program will primarily support women- and youth-owned enterprises in the North West, Limpopo, and Northern Cape regions

In Effort to Cut Carbon Emissions, Egypt Introduces E-scooters to its Ambulance Fleet

Egyptian Ambulance Organization

In Effort to Cut Carbon Emissions, Egypt Introduces E-scooters to its Ambulance Fleet

The Egyptian government has today introduced electric scooters to the fleet of the Egyptian Ambulance Organization (EAO) to respond to emergencies and provide first aid to injured people until the arrival of traditional ambulance vehicles, according to the acting Minister of Health, Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, in a statement earlier today. The

myPaddi To Launch E-pharmacy With Koffi Annan Prize Money

myPaddi To Launch E-pharmacy With Koffi Annan Prize Money

One of the recent winners of the International Koffi Annan Awards, myPaddi, a Nigerian-owned Health-tech, plans to launch E-pharmacies with the prize money from the competition. This was revealed during an interview The Ouut had with myPaddi What is myPaddi Mypaddi is a pidgin-generated name that directly means “my pal

ARM Launches Ultramodern Workspace For Nigerian Fintech Startups

ARM Launches Ultramodern Workspace For Nigerian Fintech Startups

Assets and Resource Management Holding company (ARMHoldco) has launched an ultramodern innovation workspace for fintech startups that have been selected by the ARM Labs Innovation Program. The workspace is located at the company’s headquarters in Ikoyi, Lagos state. This is done as the organization fulfils its commitment to provide

Female Founders and Innovators Can Apply for Access Bank’s Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Program

Female Founders and Innovators Can Apply for Access Bank’s Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Program

Leading Nigerian retail bank Access Bank Plc has announced the second iteration of its Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton program as part of its commitment to consistently provide financial and business skills to female entrepreneurs. The Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa 2020 Campaign aims to give female-owned enterprises in Africa access to funding. The campaign

South African Cleantech Startups Can Benefit from the Green Energy Africa Summit

South African Cleantech Startups Can Benefit from the Green Energy Africa Summit

South African Cleantech startups and innovators will have the chance to pitch to a room full of foreign and local investors on October 4 and 5, 2022. This initiative is part of the goals of Green Energy Africa Summit, to promote funding investment opportunities for Cleantech startups. The pitching event

Egypt’s Insurtech Startup, Estafsar Launches Online Platform

Egypt’s Insurtech Startup, Estafsar Launches Online Platform

Estafsar, an Egyptian insurtech startup that provides an online insurance directory that connects clients with the best insurance companies and brokers in Egypt, has today launched its online platform using digital tools. The goal is to integrate all stakeholders in Egypt’s insurance industry into a single digital network to

Uganda's Tripesa Raises Pre-SeedRound For Continental Expansion

Uganda's Tripesa Raises Pre-SeedRound For Continental Expansion

Tripesa, a Ugandan tourism-tech startup has raised a pre-seed round that will help it scale its continental expansion, through a suitable product market. Tripesa which was previously called RoundBob started as an online travel platform, but it was affected during the pandemic which forced tourism to shut down all over

South African VC firm, HAVAÍC, backs FinAccess with $500k Pre-series A Funding

South African VC firm, HAVAÍC, backs FinAccess with $500k Pre-series A Funding

Cape Town-based VCX company, HAVAÍC, just announced an investment of $500k in FinAccess, an East African-based software solutions provider that digitizes local community banks, or SACCOs (Savings & Credit Cooperative Organizations), and farming cooperatives (or “co-ops”) in the area. The pre-series A funding round is intended to expand the company’

Israeli Food Delivery App, Haat Expands into Morocco

Israeli Food Delivery App, Haat Expands into Morocco

Haat, an Israeli food delivery app, has expanded into Morocco as it seeks to expand into the Middle East and North African markets. The food delivery App hopes to serve thousands of towns in the coming years. The Haat is adamant about reaching out to rural areas as well as

South Africa Launches Operation Vala Zonke to Tackle Potholes

South Africa Launches Operation Vala Zonke to Tackle Potholes

In order to help the government quickly fix potholes, the Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, has urged the public to report them via a recently released app for municipal and provincial roads. The Minister announced the commencement of Operation Vala Zonke, a comprehensive campaign to eliminate potholes across all areas of

Egypt’s OneOrder Secures $6.5M Funding from Contact Factoring

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Egypt’s OneOrder Secures $6.5M Funding from Contact Factoring

OneOrder, an Egyptian restaurant tech startup that provides logistical services to restaurants via software and artificial intelligence, has secured a $6.5 million (EGP 125M) working capital facility from Contact Factoring, a subsidiary of Contact Financial Holding, a non-banking financial services company, to help it achieve its goal of assisting

Kenya's Virtual Pay Gets Licence From CBK

Kenya's Virtual Pay Gets Licence From CBK

Virtual Pay International Limited, financial technology and payment firm in Kenya has just announced that it has received a Payment Service Provider (PSP) licence from the Central Bank Of Kenya, to operate Payment Gateway Services in the East African nation. This is as directed by the National Payment System (NPS)

Cointelegraph, Leading Blockchain Media Outlet, Expands in MENA Via Luna Media Corporation

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Cointelegraph, Leading Blockchain Media Outlet, Expands in MENA Via Luna Media Corporation

Cointelegraph, a leading blockchain, and cryptocurrency news outlet is expanding its presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with the help of a new franchise owner, Luna Media Corporation. Luna Media Corporation is a media holding company based in Dubai that aims to promote the web3 industry

BlockHeader Organizes 1st Web3 workshop and hackathon in Northern Nigeria

BlockHeader Organizes 1st Web3 workshop and hackathon in Northern Nigeria

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, is derived from the need to initiate the innovation mentality in Northern Nigeria. The event which is the first hackathon

Egypt Makes Giant Stride in EV Adoption, Establishes a $7.8M Worth EV Charging Stations Company

Egypt Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Company

Egypt Makes Giant Stride in EV Adoption, Establishes a $7.8M Worth EV Charging Stations Company

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 120 000 electric vehicles were sold worldwide. In 2021, nearly 10% of global car sales will be electric; nearly four times

Highlighting the 25 Startups for SA’s Grindstone Accelerator Cape Town and Johannesburg cohorts

Highlighting the 25 Startups for SA’s Grindstone Accelerator Cape Town and Johannesburg cohorts

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 a thorough assessment of their strategy during the program and receive coaching from top international resources, including some of the

UNECA Launches "Tech African Women" Program for Women-led Idea-Stage Startups in Africa

UNECA Launches "Tech African Women" Program for Women-led Idea-Stage Startups in Africa

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, Senegal, Tanzania, and Tunisia to apply. UNECA announced the launch of the TAW (tTech African Women) program last Thursday, to

2022 Q3 Kicks Off With Multiple Training and Fellowship For Women Interested in Tech

2022 Q3 Kicks Off With Multiple Training and Fellowship For Women Interested in Tech

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 see them share posts about it on social media and talk about it in gatherings, now the Tv is theirs

Fiber War: Competition Hurdles in South Africa’s Telecom Industry

Fiber War: Competition Hurdles in South Africa’s Telecom Industry

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 up and running in 2018. What Africa is new to is fiber war, and it might just be a completion

Nigerian Beacon Power Services Secures $2.7 Million Seed Round

Nigerian Beacon Power Services Secures $2.7 Million Seed Round

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 and mini-grid operators. It was revealed that the secured funding will help the company develop its current product, which includes

Bitcoin Witnesses 20% Price Surge, as Ethereum, Rises by 50% to Rekindle Investors' Hope

Bitcoin Witnesses 20% Price Surge, as Ethereum, Rises by 50% to Rekindle Investors' Hope

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. According to The Independent, the cryptocurrency rose above $23,500 on Wednesday after seven straight days of price increases, providing investors

The African National Congress (ANC), move to Schedule the Phase-out of 2G and 3G Connections in South Africa

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The African National Congress (ANC), move to Schedule the Phase-out of 2G and 3G Connections in South Africa

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 mobile networks, according to the country’s ruling party. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, the communications minister for South Africa and an ANC

Women Techsters Selects Over 1,000 Women Across Africa For Concentrated Tech Training

Women Techsters Selects Over 1,000 Women Across Africa For Concentrated Tech Training

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 into the program. The Women Techsters which launched in 2021 is directed at filling the gap between digital and technology

O7 Therapy, Partner with Boubyan Takaful Insurance to Introduce Therapy and Mental Health Services in Kuwait

O7 Therapy, Partner with Boubyan Takaful Insurance to Introduce Therapy and Mental Health Services in Kuwait

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 network of psychiatrists and psychotherapists, has signed a first-of-its-kind partnership agreement with Kuwait’s insurance company, Boubyan Takaful Insurance company,