Sun, December 1st, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
Securing investment for African tech startups is notoriously hard to come by and two entrepreneurs trying to build sustainable businesses, from Ghana and Botswana respectively, were among those who shared their views on the challenges facing them with HumanIPO this week. → Read more
Fri, November 29th, 14:00 · Richard Cutcher
A Botswanan startup is set to begin a queue management pilot with Kenya Posta next year as it looks to roll out an innovative business model which will ultimately provide free services to companies and government departments. → Read more
Mon, November 25th, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher
The high price of internet access is the primary obstacle to increasing web access in Africa, according to the Web Index 2013 report. → Read more
Mon, November 18th, 17:30 · Richard Cutcher
First National Bank (FNB) has expanded its mobile banking app to seven other African countries, after originally launching it exclusively in South Africa in July 2011. → Read more
Wed, November 13th, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Econet Solar International (ESI) launched its “Home Power Stations”, which use solar energy to provide lights and charging stations for homes on the continent, at AfricaCom 2013 today. → Read more
Wed, November 13th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Infrastructure improvement and capacity building is necessary in order to encourage foreign investment into startups and entrepreneurs in Africa, according to panelists speaking at the Entrepreneurs Incubator Hub at AfricaCom 2013. → Read more
Tue, November 12th, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Partnerships are key to advancing internet penetration in rural Africa and achieving profitability, according to panelists at AfricaCom 2013. → Read more
Sun, November 10th, 08:00 · Richard Cutcher
Following the iROKING drama of last week, this one was destined to be a little quieter, but HumanIPO still found time to touch base with startups and programmes in Cameroon, Botswana and Uganda, among others. → Read more
Mon, November 4th, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
The Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) today launched its First Step Venture Centre incubation and acceleration programme, providing business and technical support to selected startups. → Read more
Sun, November 3rd, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
A dramatic week in Africa’s startup scene witnessed what can only be described as an embarrassing airing of dirty laundry by one of the continent’s flagship enterprises in the music streaming sector. → Read more
Fri, November 1st, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
Construction work for the Botswana Innovation Hub’s (BIH) Icon Building was due to begin today (Friday), bringing an end to setbacks which first began with the global financial crisis of 2007. → Read more
Tue, October 29th, 16:30 · Nick Sato
Botswana Fibre Networks (BoFiNET) has announced plans to expand its connectivity services to other countries in the region. → Read more
Fri, October 18th, 07:00 · Kamau Mbote
Huawei has announced its participation at Innovation Africa 2013, to be held in Gaborone, Botswana, where it will give insights on national broadband, data centres and e-learning. → Read more
Wed, September 25th, 14:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Orange Botswana has gone live with its Visa card locally, offering subscribers debit card-based cross-platform financial services. → Read more
Mon, September 9th, 11:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Ministers from six African countries have come to an agreement to accelerate broadband access across Sub-Saharan Africa. → Read more
Wed, August 28th, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
Not a single African government request for Facebook data was accepted by the social network, while the United States had 79 per cent of up to 12,000 requests accepted. → Read more
Thu, August 22nd, 08:00 · Richard Cutcher
South Africa’s Distributor Drive Control Corporation has opened an office in Maputo, Mozambique, as it looks to expand across the continent. → Read more
Sun, August 18th, 08:00 · Richard Cutcher
Africa’s tech startup, accelerator and investor scene continues to see rapid growth, with the last seven days seeing more exciting developments on the continent. → Read more
Wed, August 14th, 09:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Online and mobile electricity service Powertime is looking to expand to Botswana and Kenya, opening the opportunity to local stakeholders. → Read more
Tue, August 13th, 17:30 · Nick Sato
The numbers of mobile phone users and internet subscribers in Botswana have seen significant growth with a 6.3 per cent rise in mobile and 132.2 per cent increase in internet subscriptions during 2011-2012. → Read more
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