Zamokuhle Thwala quit farming in 2017, frustrated by the lack of financial support and access to market. Yet he has turned this negative experience into something positive for him and other South African farmers. “I felt that I could only grow crops, but not myself or an agri-business,” he told Disrupt Africa. “I tried to …
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Ethiopian software development training and jobs startup Gebeya has partnered the IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to implement the Digital Gender-Ethiopia Programme, aimed at increasing the number of female software developers. Disrupt Africa reported in 2016 on the launch of Gebeya, which aims to graduate 5,000 students in Ethiopia over the next …
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Bill Gates did not become the world’s richest man by looking the other way when his money or investments are at stake. It doesn’t appear he will start doing so in Nigeria. Last week, while giving a speech during a visit to the country, Gates delivered some harsh truths to Nigeria’s leaders, including president Muhammadu …
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South African e-health startup Oyi has been awarded ZAR450,000 (US$27,000) in grant funding after taking part in the virtual demo day that marked the end of the AlphaCode Incubate programme. AlphaCode is the Rand Merchant Investment Holding (RMI) incubation, acceleration and investment vehicle that identifies, partners and grows early-stage financial service ventures. Its Incubate programme …
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On Twitter a few days ago, Celestine Omin, Engineering Manager at Paystack shared his dialogue with a young Nigerian developer he’s looking to hire. According to Celestine’s tweet, the junior engineer is simply looking for a place where he can learn for “12-18 months before leaving the country.” Someone referred a junior engineer to me. …
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The Egyptian tech scene continues to develop, with more key launches and funding rounds taking place in 2017. Here, Disrupt Africa takes you through the key moments from Egypt’s tech startup ecosystem over the last year. Algebra puts money where its mouth is There was big news towards the end of the last year, as …
Kenyan agri-tech startup FarmDrive has accessed further financing as it expands operations to provide access to credit for three million smallholder farmers. Founded by Peris Bosire and Rita Kimani, FarmDrive delivers productive digital loans and lay away savings products to smallholder farmers in Kenya, helping them grow their incomes and resilience. Using a combination of …
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Joachim Freyhold was born and grew up in in Tanzania, but left at the age of 12 to attend school in Germany. There, he began working in the technology industry after graduating from university, and launched his business – Tiketi – initially as a side project blog. “The original Tiketi blog was a way to …
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Pictured above (L-R): Kudi co-founders, Pelumi Aboluwarin (CTO); Adeyinka Adewale (CEO) Kudi, a pioneering conversational online payments startup, has raised $5.8m in a funding round led by the Partech Africa Fund. The news was broken by WeeTracker, which discovered a SEC filing submitted by the US-incorporated startup on the 4th of March, 2019. According to the SEC …
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We often don’t get to hear about a startup in Nigeria defeating many others to claim a coveted prize on the international stage. However, this was the case when Chiniki Guard, an AI-based security solution, founded by Abdulhakim Bashir, received the best AI startup award at the GITEX 2019 annual tech event in Dubai this …
