Startups, Page 14
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Wed, June 4th, 15:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya’s Nailab unveils fourth cohort
Nairobi-based startup incubator Nailab has unveiled its fourth cohort since inception in 2010 and the second under a partnership with the Kenya ICT Authority, from which it expects to have incubated 30 startups by 2016. → Read more
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Wed, June 4th, 15:00 · Chris Udemans
Get in the Ring startup event comes to SA
Silicon Cape and the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Information Technology at North-West University (NWU) are bringing the Get in the Ring (GITR) startup event to South Africa for the first time. → Read more
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Wed, June 4th, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
Zapmedic connects patients to doctors in Uganda
A Ugandan startup has launched Zapmedic, an online medical appointment scheduling service that bids to ease the process of finding a doctor in a country with a low doctor to patient ratio. → Read more
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Wed, June 4th, 10:00 · Chris Udemans
Savannah Fund invests in SA startups
Seed capital firm Savannah Fund has completed its first investment in two South African startups from Cape Town, marking an outward expansion from East and Western Africa. → Read more
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Wed, June 4th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
MoboFree, Ngcareers partner to make job search more social in Nigeria
West African mobile social marketplace MoboFree has announced a strategic content partnership deal with Nigerian job search community Ngcareers, looking to bring the social network and classifieds boards onto one platform. → Read more
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Wed, June 4th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan startup Somo to cater for Rwandan Catholics
Kenyan startup Somo, which seeks to assist Catholic faithfuls by providing daily readings via mobile technology, is looking to extend its services to Rwanda, which records 50 per cent of its population as Catholic. → Read more
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Tue, June 3rd, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
Kenya’s Maramoja broadens taxi app concept through social connections
Kenyan relationship-based transport app Maramoja Transport is seeking to connect customers with safe, reliable transport services through mobile, broadening the Uber-style model to other forms of transport. → Read more
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Tue, June 3rd, 13:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Rwandan startup to launch game-based language teaching app
Rwandan startup Jifunza is set to launch a game-based language teaching app which relies on crowd-sourced content to promote the learning of African languages. → Read more
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Tue, June 3rd, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
Weaverlution to launch platform for community project management
Cape Town startup Weaverlution is set to launch an online marketplace allowing those setting up community projects to source and market their needs, and plans to gain revenue by charging corporates subscription fees. → Read more
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Tue, June 3rd, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Ghana’s Esoko secures $1.5m aggregate equity, debt investment
Esoko Networks Limited, a technology platform that allows farmers in Africa to carry out transactions, has secured a total of US$1.5 million from Acumen and the Lundin Foundation as aggregate equity and debt investment. → Read more
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Mon, June 2nd, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
FEATURE: Does fear of failure hold back SA startups?
Silicon Valley has long tolerated failure, perhaps to the point of it being over-glorified. Yet the consensus of entrepreneurs in South Africa is that the acceptance of failure as a potentially necessary evil has not yet penetrated the mindset of startups in the country, with a fear of failure preventing entrepreneurs from pushing the boundaries as their American counterparts have done. → Read more
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Mon, June 2nd, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Film streaming service launched for African, Latin American content
United States (US)-based MojoCreatives has launched a film streaming platform for African and Latin American content, WuraTV, aimed at making “content of culture” accessible to all without the high fees and administrative burden of pay-TV stations. → Read more
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Sun, June 1st, 08:00 · Chris Udemans
FEATURE: The week in startups 01/06/2014
Along with events from around the continent, Egyptian startups dominated HumanIPO headlines this week, offering products from photograph verification to online fitness platforms. → Read more
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Fri, May 30th, 14:00 · Chris Udemans
Egypt’s Telecosys helps telecoms reduce revenue leakage
Egyptian startup Telecosys has developed a software-based data integrity and consistency system allowing telecom companies to operate efficiently and prevent revenue leakage. → Read more
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Fri, May 30th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Lagos to host Seedstars global startup competition
Seedstars Lagos is to take place next week in partnership with the Co-Creation Hub, offering Nigerian startups less than two years old and with less than US$500,000 the chance to compete at the global competition. → Read more
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Fri, May 30th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Egyptian startup looks to end need for physical addresses
Egyptian startup LocName is set to launch a web and mobile service intended to remove the need for physical addresses and long directions by marking locations with unique usernames. → Read more
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Thu, May 29th, 12:30 · Chris Udemans
Egypt’s Tamreeni providing online fitness platform, community
Egyptian startup Tamreeni provides an online fitness platform and community, allowing those who do not have the time or money for gym memberships to stay fit. → Read more
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Wed, May 28th, 15:30 · Chris Udemans
Johannesburg to host first Startup Grind
Startup networking community Startup Grind will hosting its first event in Johannesburg, South Africa next month, following launches in Cape Town and Nairobi, Kenya. → Read more
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Wed, May 28th, 13:30 · Chris Udemans
PIVOT finalist Beyonic deploys cloud to track mobile money payments
Ugandan startup Beyonic has developed a cloud-based platform allowing businesses to make, track and manage payments to mobile money accounts across numerous providers. → Read more
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Wed, May 28th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
CapitalSquare holding second Demo Day next week
Lagos-based co-working space CapitalSquare has announced its second Demo Day would be held on Tuesday, June 3. → Read more
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