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Quite a bit. The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation (TCCAF) aims to empower over 500,000 marginalized young people across six countries in Africa with $4.5 million investment in a digital platform. The platform will provide business and life training, employment and mentoring for 25, 000 africans for the next three years. In Tanzania, Tigo’s customers are a couple of dollars richer.

Check other news that made the round across Africon Valley today:

African Entrepreneurs Get Mentorship From Coca-Cola
The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation (TCCAF) has launched a digital platform that aims to connect young people to training, mentoring and employment opportunities.

Tigo Shares $1.8 million Profit With its Customers
Tanzania-based telco, Tigo, is sharing the $1.8 million profits off its Mobile Money Trust profit with its customers.

Cheapest Data Bundle at 1GB for $1 by Econet Zimbabwe?
Econet Zimbabwe is now selling 1GB of data for $1 and 3GB for $2; it’s the new prices of the Econet Dream Data Bundles that were introduced last month in the Zimbabwe.

Startups Vie for Chase Foundation’s $50,000 ‘Pitch for Lagos’
Organised in partnership with the Co-Creation Hub, EchoVC, Lagos Startup Week and Africa 2.0, the program is aimed at “celebrating entrepreneurship in Nigeria”.

Tractor-on-Demand Meets Seedstars World Lagos Pitch
10 startups and Hello Tractor, a Uber-like startup that provides smart tractors for smallholding farmers, will all pitch at the Seedstars World series Lagos pitch this Friday.

Ridiculously Awesome Healthcare Entrepreneurs Wanted
Innovations in Healthcare supports the scale and impact of healthcare innovations, and it’s seeking healthcare entrepreneurs with promising models to join its network.

Riversands Opens Application for its Business Accelerator Programme
South Africa-based business incubator, Riversands Incubation Hub, is urging small and micro enterprises (SMEs) to apply for its business accelerator programme.

Ethiopia’s 4th National ICT Conference Holds Tomorrow
The event will have startups pitch before a panel of judges looking for innovations capable of adding to Ethiopia’s socio-economic development

Don’t miss:

Call for Naspers to pony up over apartheid
A support group for victims of apartheid on Tuesday called on Media24 and Naspers to create a fund for victims of gross human rights violations after the media company apologised for its role in apartheid on Saturday.

Cisco Capital launches low-rate financing for SA SMEs
Cisco Capital has launched Easylease, a low-rate financing programme, in South Africa, in a bid to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) invest in next generation technology.

Airtel Africa to Fire Close to 20% of its Headcount to Cut Expenditure
Airtel Africa is set to fire between 15 per cent to 20 per cent of its headcount or about 800 employees in a move to cut expenditure and make a profit from its loss making venture in Africa.

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