How to Get Funding for Your Africa-Focused Tech Start-Up
Over the last few years, I have observed quite a few entrepreneurs in Africa trying to raise seed investments for technology start-ups. Two years ago I raised $150 000 for Tanzania’s first e-commerce travel portal. I have also seen start-ups in Silicon Valley raise money as part of my work at i/o ventures. And yes, [...]
Read More“Africa’s Bill Gates” Launches ShopAfrica53, A Continental Enterprise
Tall and well-built, cheerful with an appearance of nonchalance, the man Inc. Magazine described as Africa’s Bill Gates is a man with a few tricks up his sleeve – as you might expect. After making his fortune with an enterprise-software company, Herman Chinery-Hesse reached higher, creating a company with a dual goal: helping the continent’s SMBs sell their products [...]
Read MoreSolar-Powered, Wired School Brings Learning to Rural Africa
With all the technology available in the modern world, it can be hard to believe that there are still places without consistent access to electricity. But fewer than 25 percent of residents of rural African villages have power. For students, that means that sitting in a dark classroom without air conditioning, or under a tree, [...]
Read MoreKenya Lifts Itself Up By Its Tech Bootstraps
As many African countries struggle to achieve widespread economic growth and to escape from just being raw agricultural and mineral producers, change is occurring in Kenya, home to East Africa’s largest economy. There, information technology is being used as a springboard for growth. One aspect of that drive isKonza Technology City. The ground breaking for the [...]
Read MorePost Arab Spring, African Startups Should Be Next in Line for Attention
In Accra, the capital of Ghana, it’s not about who you know, what you know, which member’s club you belong to or even which school you used to go to. It’s all about which church you belong to. Ghana is nearly 70% Christian and on Sundays anybody who is anybody heads off to church, not [...]
Read MoreGoogle Launches Classified Ad Service in Kenya
Google has launched its classified ads service, Google Trader, in Kenya. Google Trader is a free classifieds service that lets internet users trade products and services and search for jobs, real estate listings or just about anything else; very similar to a Craigslist. The ad service will give Kenyan internet users the opportunity to search [...]
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