As the climate crisis intensifies and biodiversity loss accelerates, the work of nature conservation non-governmental organisations is becoming increasingly urgent. To tackle this matter, Impact Hub partnered up with the […]
FT x Cardano Blockchain Challenge in association with Project Catalyst, Seedstars, and FT Talent by Financial Times has a mission to source ventures interested in leveraging the Cardano Blockchain platform […]
AfricArena hosted the AfricArena Media & Partnership Launch Event, which took place online on the 9th of February. At this event, it announced the official launch of its annual AfricArena […]
Beer Garage is one of the global innovation hubs run by AB InBev with the objective of driving innovation by building a strong community of ecosystem stakeholders. The team works […]
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I would not be totally surprised if you have never heard of the Mission Billion Challenge. I myself had not heard of it until yesterday, when Victor Mapunga reached out […]
[Image Source: HiiL] Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) is back with the Innovating Justice Challenge 2020. The competition is open to entrepreneurs and startups from Africa, the Middle […]
Ecobank Group the pan-African banking group, is inviting African fintech entrepreneurs to enter the 3rd edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The Fintech Challenge gives African start-ups the opportunity to […]
Announced back in September, the Challenge of 1.000 is a joint initiative of Digital Africa and the Summit. France will invite 1.000 African entrepreneurs to present their solutions at The City […]
[Image Source: LawBasket – From left to right: Simba Mubvuma & Nyasha Makamba] Earlier this year we were part of the publications that covered LawBasket after their launch. The ‘online […]
Old Mutual has partnered with the British Council in Zimbabwe to launch the Eight2Five Value Creation Challenge which seeks to empower startups by offering office space and seed capital. The […]
Afrimom are one of the only six startups that have received funding from the POTRAZ Innovation fund since the idea of the fund came forth almost 3 years ago. Oh […]
Over the past year, we’ve been seeing ride-hailing apps get launched left, right and centre. We’ve seen Vaya, Emergency Taxi, ImotaCars and SmartGo all came into this field. We have […]
A few days ago we talked about HiiL Justice Accelerator Challenge, a program that looks for entrepreneurs offering innovations in the justice field and helps them establish them with […]
This year, Zimbabwe is one of the countries taking part in the Challenge Cup with its own local competition which will be used to select the best startups. The winners will progress to the regional cup and if successful, battle it out at the Global Challenge Cup.
ZIMALL.co.zw was one of the bright ideas that came through at this year’s ZOL start-up challenge and despite not coming close to the coveted $10,000 prize money, they are […]
This short series of 6 articles will cover the profiles of each of the six finalists that made it into the finals of this year’s ZOL Jumpstart Challenge to be held this […]
This short series of 6 articles will cover the profiles of each of the six finalists that made it into the finals of this year’s ZOL Jumpstart Challenge to be held this […]
This short series of 6 articles will cover the profiles of each of the six finalists that made it into the finals of this year’s ZOL Jumpstart Challenge to be held this […]
This short series of 6 articles will cover the profiles of each of the six finalists that made it into the finals of this year’s ZOL Jumpstart Challenge to be held this […]
Last night, ForgetMeNot Africa launched the eTXT Apps Challenge in Harare at a JumpStart event attended by developers, tech entreprenuers and journalists. While the highlight of the night was the launch of the challenge itself (read more about the challenge here) , we found the presentation by ForgetMeNot Software Founder and Director of Technology, John…
Each year, hundreds of African founders set up Delaware entities to raise funding, gain acceptance into global accelerators like Y Combinator and Techstars, and tap into the US market. Join us for an […]
Entrepreneurship is what will get Zimbabwe out of the economic quagmire it is in. So, it is lovely to see the Value Creation Challenge back targeting startups in: The Value […]
Image Credit: Y Combinator We always talk about how hard it is for Zimbabwean startups to get funding. The truth is it goes beyond funding, our startups have little support […]
For the few that may still not be familiar with Jamboo, it is a “UK based digital bank for African migrants residing in the U.K. and Europe which empowers migrants […]
Here is what we all know – Zimbabwe is ridiculously loaded when it comes to natural resources. Yes, I know there were some exaggerations about our share of the world’s […]
I am one of those people that loves being independent. I hate having to rely on anyone for anything and yet life keeps humbling me, showing me just how much […]
Earlier this year we talked about Jamboo, a digital bank that wants to target the underserved African diaspora. They want to offer basic banking services and also allow diasporans to […]