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Register for the GIST Tech-I Competition before September 24th, 2012
Photo: Team Cyan Girls at the Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals in New York, July 9, 2011. A key of ushering in the new era
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Are Africa’s entrepreneurs an answer to the jobs challenge?
Africa is the world’s second-fastest-growing region. Poverty is falling, and around 90 million of its households have joined the world’s consuming cla…
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mPawa: Mobile job matching for blue-collar recruitment in Africa
On a regular basis we put ventures in the spotlight who have registered on our platform. Today we talk to Ghanaian entrepreneur Maxwell Donkor of
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Study looks at the rise of the Venture Capital industry in Nigeria
With the establishment of the Small and Medium-Scale Industries Equity Investment Scheme (SMEIS) in 2001, and the liberalization of the telecom…
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6 steps for starting as an angel investor in Africa
Not a day goes by that we don’t see an article highlighting various resources entrepreneurs can tap into building their business. On the contrary,
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Understanding VC4Africa – building connections between Entrepreneurs and Investors
In the last year VC4Africa has made many changes to the website, and in our continued quest to build a robust support system for
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Deadline for DEMO Africa applications is August 31st, do it now!
DEMO Africa is shaping up to be a world class event and a welcomed addition to the African tech innovation space. The event builds
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Vivus Limited: A holistic approach to accomplish energy and food security in Ghana
Vivus Limited has developed a rural transportation system that enables the efficient collection of crops and agricultural waste. They then market crop…
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Infographic: Innovation centres in Africa
A lot has been written about the boom of innovation centres in Africa, but recently mHealth Africa published a great infographic that shows all
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Projection of GDP growth in Africa visualized
The Guardian website recently published an African Economic Outlook of 2012. The visualization shows that Africa has emerged as one of the fastest gro…
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Afritickets aims to become the Ticketmaster of Africa
Headquartered in Nigeria’s commercial capital city of Lagos, events promotion and ticketing company Afritickets aims to become a household name for on…
