French telecom operator, Orange in partnership with HelloAsso, a France-based crowdfunding organization for charity organizations, has announced that it will launch Orange Collecte, a mobile crowdfunding platform in Côte d’Ivoire today.
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Nigeria-based co-working space, CcHub has announced its Maker Club, a continuous programming course for kids and teenagers.
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Facebook has released the second quarter figures of its active users in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria.
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The Corporate Social Investment arm of Safaricom Limited, Safaricom Foundation has announced the launch of a KSH 50 million ($470,000) fund for mobile technology innovators – its Technology for Good Fund. The foundation also opened applications into the program.
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The Cherie Blair Foundation is calling for mentors to join its mentoring program set up for female entrepreneurs in emerging economies.
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Nigeria’s Bank of Industry has announced that it will invest $6 million in small and medium enterprises.
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99U, a consulting service and annual conference organized by Behance, will host its first Nigerian 99U Local event in Lagos, this September.
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Smile Telecoms Holdings, a 4G LTE broadband provider with presence in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, has announced that it has raised $365million of debt and equity financing.
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Zambia-based ecommerce platform, Dot Com Zambia has received investment worth $500,000 from Zambia-based venture finance and private equity firm, Kukula Capital and eVentures Africa Fund.
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440NG, a tech startup investment partnership between L5Lab and 88mph, announced it has invested in online video learning platform, DavtonLearn.
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Hellofood Uganda, an online food ordering and delivery platform, has included the V-work tracker tool to beef up its delivery operations.
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Intel has announced its Intel Developer Zone Championship 2015 for developers in Kenya and Nigeria
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LaunchLab is accepting entries into its bi-annual Idea Programme Pitching Platform tailored for startups in the Western Cape, South Africa.
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Lagos-based co-working space and incubator, Co-Creation Hub is inviting startups to apply for the first edition of its hyperlocal hackathon; BuildForMyCity.
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Informa and Wennovation Hub have announced the five startups selected to participate at the entrepreneurs hub’s pitch event scheduled to hold at NigeriaCom 2015.
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Dubizzle, a classifieds website controlled by Naspers has announced that it had rebranded to OLX in Middle east and North African markets.
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Seedstars World is moving its train to Uganda’s capital, Kampala, where startups will jostle for a chance to win ticket to the global finals where $500,000 can be won in equity investment.
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has called for the regulation of the cryptocurrency, bitcoin, in Nigeria.
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Cape Town-based end-to-end web-based transportation solutions startup, WhereIsMyTransport has completed a funding round worth $900,000.
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African tech-entrepreneurs can now apply for the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards.
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The Global Entrepreneurship Network has announced its Global Entrepreneurship Week scheduled for November and will be releasing $100 million to support innovative entrepreneurs in launching their startups.
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Travelstart has disclosed in a communique to its customers that “it will be available online only from the 25th of August 2015”.
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Wuzzuf, an Egypt-based online recruitment platform, has closed a Series A worth $1.7 million.
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Tritech Media, a South African digital media company, has announced its acquisition of 25% stake in mobile rewards platform, TuYu.
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V&A Waterfront has opened a co-working space called Workshop17 in Cape Town.
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UpEnergy, a Uganda-based clean-energy startup, has closed a new debt investment deal with Global Hearthworks Foundation.
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Abraaj, a private equity investing firm, has closed $375 million in a second round of funding for North Africa.
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PaySpace, a cloud-based Payroll and Human Capital Management software provider , has been awarded the Frost & Sullivan 2015 South African Product Leadership of the Year Award for Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
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Xiaomi has announced plans to launch its range of smartphones in Africa by September.
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Jottr, the South Africa-based content discovery platform, has raised a million dollars in funding along with $100 000 credit from Amazon Web Services.
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A few days ago TechCabal reported that the South Africa-based price comparison platform, Click n Compare (CNC), has extended its service to both Nigeria and Kenya with the launch of CompareGuru. However, there’s more.
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Nigerian Telcos have deactivated about 10.7 million SIM cards and this has led to affected customers picketing telcos’ customer centers across the country.
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Applications have opened for the Seedstars World pitch tour event set for Kampala,Uganda.
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Nest, the Hong Kong-based startup accelerator that began operations in Kenya last month will hold a one-day “Idea to Pitch” bootcamp in Kenya.
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Twenty two year old Kenyan developer, Samson Amenia, has won the African Tech Challenge organised by AVIC International Holding Corporation in conjunction with Gearbox, iHub’s hardware incubator.
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Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has approved the operating licence of RLG Communications Limited to enable it manufacture computers and other similar devices within the country.
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Mintor, a South Africa-based freelancing platform, has cinched $4000 in funding after it emerged winner of the Silicon Cape-organised #PitchVinny event, reports Disrupt Africa.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a multinational professional services network, has named 20 companies that will participate in its Vision to Reality awards, a programme that celebrates emerging companies that employ technological solutions.
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TechQuest has announced the commencement of the second stretch of its two-week technology training camp holding in Victoria Island and Ikeja, Lagos.
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The Sunday Times, a South African weekly news publication, and First National Bank (FNB) have launched a pitch competition for entrepreneurs in KwaZulu-Natal, a coastal South African province.
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