‘Please don’t be dead,’ is a terrific album by Fantastic Negrito. He must have borrowed the title from Zimbabwean mothers telling their children, ‘Please don’t be sick/ill.’ Not only is […]
Local freelance startup and the first Zimbabwean startup to be selected for US-based incubator, Afriblocks, will be co-hosting the 2021 Black Blockchain Summit. The conference will be held over three […]
The challenge we have in Zimbabwe is that most of the content we consume is foreign. Even for something as basic as business news, you find many watching / reading […]
Old Mutual has announced the Top 25 of its Value Creation Challenge (VCC) for 2021. The challenge is a partnership between Eight2Five Initiative (Old Mutual’s Hub), and The British Council […]
Unconventional Capital (UNCAP) notes that, 6/12 of the fastest growing economies in the world are African 22% of Africa’s working age population are starting new businesses 98% of early-stage enterprises are […]
Eight2Five Innovation Hub, powered by Old Mutual in partnership with British Council wishes to announce the extension of the Value Creation Challenge application submission deadline from the initial 25th of […]
Back in March this year, the Telecel Group under its Africa Startup Initiative Program (ASIP) and Startupbootcamp Afritech announced that they were looking for startups in Africa for an accelerator […]
A local startup called FlexFinTx has been selected by the World Economic Forum to join its Technology Pioneers Cohort 2021. This marks yet another first for Zimbabwe because as far […]
Impacc is a German-based non-profit that helps startups build and scale their business. The non-profit’s main focus are startups that are in unstructured markets and do most of their work […]
Entrepreneurs gather round
And another one…
A chance to pitch your ideas to Venture Capitalists and maybe win a cash prize
looks like a fantastic opportunity.
Congratulations.
Legal aid with vehicle insurance is only the start.
Appliance manufacturer Defy is looking for African startups in finance, sustainable living and health for its online hackathon, Hack The Normal.
JUA Kickstarter, a fund launched by Zimbabwean businessman Adam Molai, has recieved a US$1 million pledge from Simba Global Start-ups bringing the total US$2 million.
Seedstars and Shell Foundation have called on African Startups in mobility, energy and agriculture to apply for their innovation challenge.
Space-Tech Challenge 2020 applications are now open. The challenge is looking to identify and develop innovators, entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses in the space-tech sector across Africa. Space Technology is a […]
In a report by Disrupt Africa, the number of e-health startups has grown by 56.5% over the last 3 years with 180 startups currently in operation. The sector has also […]
Coca-Cola Africa has partnered with Disrupt Africa to launch the Tracking Revolution Challenge. All of this came about because Coca-Cola Africa can’t track its product beyond conventional retailers. Supermarkets and […]
The United Nations Development Program has called for startups tackling challenges in Agriculture to participate in its Cultiv@te initiative. Cultiv@te is bringing together a “coalition of partners and stakeholders that […]
[Image Source: Generation Unlimited] Local software startup, Team Amigo is in Egypt from the 20th-24th of January as part of their incubation program for winning the Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge […]
The co-founder of Andela and Flutterware Iyinoluwa Samuel Aboyeji will be joining hands with other African Entrepreneurs to provide African startups with investor funding annually. The founders felt there was […]
I’m pretty sure 2019 was a pretty eventful year for all of us but through the good and the not so good, there are always lessons we can take. Here […]
Applications are open for the 2nd C40 Women4Climate Tech Challenge 2020. The Challenge will select women-led innovative tech solution for climate with a measurable impact to experiment them in C40 cities. […]
In October, we talked about Lexware, a local start-up that was representing Zimbabwe at the Southern Africa Innovating Justice Challenge Finals in South Africa. The finals took place last week […]
Local start-up, Lexware Inc is representing Zimbabwe at the upcoming Innovating Justice Challenge Finals to be held in Johannesburg. Lexware is the startup behind Lawbasket which allows a client to […]
Douala, Cameroon – August 7th, 2019 – The African Alliance for e-Commerce (AAEC), a framework to promote national and regional single windows in compliance with recommendations of international institutions, and […]
Dear justice innovators, Your justice innovation deserves global attention, right? Then don’t hide, don’t delay, get into gear and make your case. You have just four days left to submit […]