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Fri, September 26th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Microsoft’s 4Afrika launches AfriLabs Collaboration Challenge at DEMO 2014
Microsoft 4Afrika has announced a new Collaboration Challenge with AfriLabs that will increase knowledge sharing across the hub network in Africa and spur innovation. → Read more
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Fri, September 26th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
AMPION launches Adopt a startup crowdfunding campaign
AMPION has officially launched this year's crowdfunding campaign tagged "Adopt a startup" as part of efforts aimed at making innovative African startups sustainable. Through the campaign, AMPION said it is breaking new grounds to support African entrepreneurs. → Read more
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Fri, September 26th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
70 startups added to Nigeria’s iDEA incubator
Nigeria's minister of communication technology Omobola Johnson has announced the addition of 70 startups to the government-supported iDEA incubator which produced 10 percent of finalists at this year's DEMO Africa. → Read more
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Thu, September 25th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Experts warn African governments against interfering with startup ecosystem
Industry experts that spoke at VC4Africa's Investor Summit at DEMO Africa 2014 in Lagos, Nigeria have warned Nigerian government and those of other African countries not to upset the nascent ecosystem that is being built for startups. They urged governments to limit their involvements in the industry to promulgating policies and protecting intellectual properties. → Read more
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Thu, September 25th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Oluranti Efunwoye, Chief Administrative Officer, FresHires.com
FresHires is an online socio-academic and socio-professional self-branding platform for college students, university students and fresh graduates with little or no work experience. Efunwoye spoke to HumanIPO on the uniqueness of the platform and how it is filling the vacuum created by LinkedIn and Facebook. → Read more
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Thu, September 25th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Andela Raises Seed Fund to Train African Software Developers
NewYork –based Andela, a talent accelerator has received an undisclosed amount of funding from 7 investors to train web developers from Africa. → Read more
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Wed, September 24th, 16:35 · Paul Adepoju
Don’t invest in something you know nothing about – Nwobi
Chika Nwobi, Managing Partner, L5Lab has advised angel investors not to invest in projects they don't understand. He said this while speaking on lessons learned from investing in Africa at the VC4Africa Investor Summit, DEMO Africa 2014, Lagos, Nigeria. → Read more
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Wed, September 24th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
DEMO Africa Boom Camp preparing startups for pitching
Demo Africa Boom Camp is underway in Lagos Nigeria for startups that will be pitching at DEMO Africa conference. → Read more
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Wed, September 24th, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi
FNB launches regional money transfer app
FNB customers can now make online financial transactions across borders after South Africa’s First National bank (FNB) upgraded its banking app to provide a platform for money transfer to Mozambique and Zimbabwe. → Read more
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Wed, September 24th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Tecno launches Phantom Z in Ghana
Tecno has launched its latest product Phantom Z at an event held at Darkuman in Accra, Ghana. The device has an expandable memory up to 32 GB, a 5.2 AMOLED HD display and Gorilla Glass. → Read more
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Wed, September 24th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Q&A: Mode Mara Co-founder Hellen Langat
E-commerce in Kenya is shaping up and the fashion world has not been left behind. HumanIPO caught up with Hellen Langat the co -founder of Mode Mara a website that provides designers a platform to sell their unique designs, to shed some light on this. → Read more
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Tue, September 23rd, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Technobrain’s Manoj Shanker named Entrepreneur of the year at East Africa AABLA
Manoj Shanker, CEO and Founder of Technobrain Limited in Tanzania, IS All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) Entrepreneur of the Year owing to his successful efforts to build a unique African company that puts Africa first as a Communications Technology Solutions developer. → Read more
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Tue, September 23rd, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
UNICEF launches RapidPro open source app store
The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has launched RapidPro, an open-source platform of apps that can help governments to quickly deliver important information in real time. It can also be used to connect communities to lifesaving services. → Read more
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Tue, September 23rd, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
FresHires.com launched for students and graduates with little or no experience
Online social and professional self branding platform FresHires.com has been launched with the aim of allowing college and university students and fresh graduates with little or no working experience to enjoy exposure, self-branding and showcasing. → Read more
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Tue, September 23rd, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Hisa Play app to help Kenyan youth navigate intense world of NSE
Youth aged 16 to 35 years who find navigating the National Securities Exchange difficult nad intense now have the Hisa Play app which seeks to deepen the players’ understanding of how to invest, why, when to invest and in which stocks one should invest in addition to seeing a profitable return on investment → Read more
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Mon, September 22nd, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Use of Thin SIM technology approved in Kenya
The use of thin SIM technology has been approved in Kenya paving way for new Mobile Virtual Networks Operators (MVNOs) to use them for new services among them mobile money transfer. → Read more
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Mon, September 22nd, 14:06 · Paul Adepoju
South Africa’s national soccer association, teams verified on Twitter
The South Africa Football Association (SAFA) has announced its official Twitter account and those of the male and female national football teams have been verified thus removing the confusion often encountered when seeking official updates from the football association and teams → Read more
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Mon, September 22nd, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
MTN Nigeria loses 1m subscribers in Q2
Telecoms company MTN Nigeria lost about one million subscribers in the second quarter of the year according to the latest figures released by the regulator the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). In the same period, Globacom's subscriber base rose from 23 million in Q1 to 27 million subscribers in Q2 making it Nigeria's second largest telecoms operator after MTN. → Read more
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Fri, September 19th, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Q&A :Nina Werner, Mara Mentor Regional Director East Africa
Entrepreneurship in Kenya is thriving with many businesses coming up everyday. The businesses however encounter problems and close shop eventually. Among these problems is lack of mentorship; a problem that new startup Mara Mentor is trying to solve. Niner Werner, Regional Director East Africa spoke to HumanIPO about Mara Mentor. → Read more
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Fri, September 19th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Mobile internet subscribers in Nigeria to reach 50.4m in 2018 – PwC
A new report released by PwC has predicted that mobile internet subscribers in Nigeria would surge from 7.7 million in 2013 to 50.4 million in 2018. → Read more
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