Africa’s tech talent accelerators attract students, VC funding as Big Tech comes calling • TechCrunch
Tech giants are increasingly wanting for tech talent in Africa, wherever the variety of builders achieved 716,000 last yr, up 3.8% from 2020, in accordance to Google. In the last 6 months, Microsoft and Amazon have been on a recruitment travel that came…
3air Plans to Solve Africa’s Internet Access Problems Using Blockchain By CoinQuora
3air Plans to Solve Africa’s Internet Access Problems Using Blockchain 3air is a blockchain-based startup seeking to solve Africa’s persistent internet access problems. The African continent has been struggling with the digital divide for decades. Most…
Startups Look to Tap Into Africa’s Telehealth
African telehealth is looking like it could hit a boom with more mobile connectivity and better innovations to bridge the doctor-patient ratio gap, a report says. MPharma, a Ghanaian startup, is looking to open 100 virtual centers across seven African…
Unicorn Andela Boosts Africa’s Startup Buzz
Six unicorns and counting. The speed at which unicorns are emerging on the African continent is a key indication that its startup scene continues to blossom, helped by booming FinTech and eCommerce sectors and a youthful, tech-savvy population. Read…
What boosting local funding could mean for Africa’s startup ambitions
Photo of person shuffling cash in Senegal bank. The amounts raised by African technology startups over the past year have been eye-popping and headline-grabbing. Flutterwave, a payments processing company, raised $170 million in March as it became…
A mobile money company is Francophone Africa’s first billion-dollar startup
An image of a woman counting bank notes in Abidjan, Ivory Coast Mobile money is making money for companies riding the coat tails of its steady rise in Africa, and the latest beneficiary is Wave, a startup based in Senegal that has raised $200 million in…