Applications are now open for the 2019 GreenHouse Lab Accelerator! GreenHouse Capital in collaboration with Vibranium Valley and Google Launchpad Africa is now accepting applications for the second cohort of its accelerator program – GreenHouse Lab. GreenHouse Lab, launched in 2018, is Nigeria’s first female focused tech accelerator. GHL is looking for brilliant start-ups that are either female-led or female […]
Five years ago, The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) launched the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) to support African innovators by unlocking their potential and catalyzing the African innovation spirit, promoting home-grown solutions for Africa’s prosperity. Today, IPA is a leading platform on the African innovation landscape; it has a network of 6000+ African innovators spanning 50 countries; 45 of the continent’s […]
What does a tech entrepreneur look like? As with most things in life these days the first “person” I asked was google. The results? Mostly white men. Young African women do not often get to see themselves represented in the tech space and therefore lack visible role models. It’s difficult to aspire to what you cannot see. This is the […]
We recently caught up with Olu Aruike, Event Director of IE Africa Club, and Ejike Izejiobi, Event Coordinator, who kindly provided us with highlights from their IE Africa Day 2017 event in Madrid. The 25th of May of every year has been set aside by the African Union (AU) to celebrate ‘Africa Day’. And so, it was in that same spirit […]
The 6th Cambridge Africa Business Network (CABN) flagship event will be held on 17 June at the University of Cambridge. They promise an interesting and exciting event in which they will explore the opportunities and risks of conducting business in Africa, in sectors such as energy, infrastructure, technology, agriculture and education with a great line-up of speakers and panellists. This […]
The swivelBOX Academy provides an innovative combination of online and offline learning in STEM and entrepreneurship, which has been specifically developed for 14 – 18 year olds in East Africa. Their mission is to nurture young East African talent and provide them with the necessary networks, entrepreneurial and tech-centric skills to thrive on both the domestic and international scale. SwivelBOX is now partnering […]
Africa Day 2017 Digital disruption is unlocking Africa’s economic potential, creating new opportunities and steering a silent revolution from over-dependency on natural resources towards a technology driven economy. With Africa’s demographic advantage, how can stakeholders capitalize on the new wave of digital innovation to transform the continent? Can Africa take the lead in the digital space? These and more far-reaching […]
Africa Together Conference 2017 The African Society of Cambridge University (ASCU) is proud to announce the fourth annual ‘Africa Together’ conference to be held on Saturday, 10th June 2017. The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Africa and a World in Transition’, and will be held at the Cambridge Union Building, University of Cambridge. What is it? ‘Africa Together’ is […]
Africa’s startup scene is growing from strength to strength as African entrepreneurs create solutions at a faster pace than ever before. With so many African opportunities abound, the ‘war for talent’ is fiercer than ever. At the Wharton Africa Business Forum 2016 (#WABF24), the founders of 3 of Africa’s most impactful ventures told their stories on how they mobilise human capital […]
When Kimberly Selden was invited to assist with the setup of a radio and television station in Niger, her idea for the Global Media Project was born. Global Media Project is a non-profit that utilises media and technology to connect people through storytelling, a journey which started in 2012. Originally premised on providing a platform for students to create compelling […]