Last week, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the Nigerian startup act. The legal instrument will fuel startup growth in Nigeria according to many who were part of the process in Nigeria. Communications volunteer for the Nigeria Startup Bill Project, Stephen Edache, said: “This ground-breaking achievement will usher in a new era and set …
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10 Irish start-ups from sectors such as SaaS, medtech and fintech have been selected for the programme, which will offer mentorship, networking and funding opportunities. Huawei has teamed up with Dublin’s Dogpatch Labs to help a batch of Irish start-ups expand internationally. 10 Irish start-ups have been selected to join a new accelerator, which will …
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The Shoprite Group made its second minority investment in a South African tech startup this year. In the most recent transaction, the retailer is among a group of companies, led by Buffet Investments and KLT, in an undisclosed expansion round in Omnisient, Africa’s first privacy-preserving data collaboration platform provider. “We are excited by local start-ups …
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Nternz, RecruitRoo and FemToFire were all awarded prizes after pitching at the Ignite start-up event hosted by UCC. Social network start-up Nternz won the top prize at the Ignite programme showcase yesterday evening (25 October) at University College Cork (UCC). Led by founder Paddy O’Toole, Nternz has developed a platform designed to allow students to …
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According to billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, it is unrealistic to expect to solve climate change by asking people to live greener lifestyles. Telling people to stop eating meat, drive less, and buy smaller houses is unlikely to be effective, at least not yet. Changing human desires is simply too difficult, and we should …
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Clionadh Martin is building her mobile robots for supermarkets out of the robotics hub of Odense. Clionadh Martin is clear on what sets her business, Coalescent Mobile Robotics, apart from others in this transformative tech sector. “The majority of robotics companies develop a robotics platform and then look for industries to sell their product in,” …
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Based in Dogpatch Labs, Outmin said it will use the latest investment to double its headcount to 48 over the next year. Irish fintech Outmin has raised €1.5m in fresh funding to boost its automated accounting technology and expand into new markets. On a mission to make it easier to start and operate a small …
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Starting a business can be a strenuous activity. Most startups fail in under five years, so you must strategize and research before establishing a business. No entrepreneur plans to start a business that will ultimately fail; it just happens that sometimes the details we overlook end up being our downfall. A study of some of …
The Africa Startup Initiative Accelerator Program (ASIP) is currently looking for its third cohort of startups on the continent. Startupbootcamp AfriTech is assisting in the search, focusing on critical industry verticals. Over the last five years, 50 African startups have completed the Startupbootcamp AfriTech Accelerator. Startupbootcamp AfriTech (SBC) is on the search for the next …
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Led by Irishman and former MD of Techstars London Eamonn Carey, Tera Ventures invested in Superface to help build its API integrating platform. Superface, a Czech software start-up that is helping developers speed up their work, has just raised €2.6m in a seed investment round led by Irishman Eamonn Carey representing Estonian VC firm Tera …
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