Startups, Page 8
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Mon, September 1st, 11:38 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s CcHUB launches $500,000 seed investment fund
Nigeria’s Co-creation HUB (CcHUB) has launched a US$500,000 seed investment fund to boost its incubation programme, the fund is to support early stage startups over the next two years. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Get your hands dirty, Hersman tells startup CEOs
Ushahidi co-founder Erik Hersman has challenged chief executive officers (CEOs) of startups in Kenya to not be afraid to get their hands dirty and do the hard work of knocking on doors working alongside their sales teams. → Read more
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Wed, August 27th, 14:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kopo Kopo celebrates 4 years in business
Kenyan merchant services company Kopo Kopo is celebrating four years of existence, having managed to register more than 10,000 businesses on the platform. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s Truppr fitness app launches
Social network for fitness enthusiasts Truppr has launched in Nigeria, aimed at connecting sports fans across the world, and promoting and facilitating a fit lifestyle. → Read more
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Fri, August 22nd, 14:45 · Susan Mwenesi
OAM’s Justin Clarke nominated for EY World Entrepreneur Award
One Africa Media (OAM) chief executive officer (CEO) Justin Clarke has been nominated in the emerging category of the southern Africa chapter of the EY World Entrepreneur Award for 2014, in recognition of his founding the Private Property brand, South Africa’s leading real estate portal. → Read more
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Fri, August 22nd, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kigali to host AMPION Venture Bus EA conference
The AMPION Venture Bus East Africa high-engagement conference will be held on October,19 in Kigali, Rwanda, involving East Africa’s ICT stakeholders, investors, entrepreneurs and developers. → Read more
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Fri, August 22nd, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Verve’s in-app payments service launched to support Nigerian app developers – CEO
Nigerian card payment provider, Verve International, launched its in-app payments solution and made the software development kit (SDK) available to app developers to support local developers eager to bring their apps to market and capitalise them, with the market currently hindered by lack of in-app payment options, according to Charles Ifedi, chief executive officer (CEO) of Verve International. → Read more
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Thu, August 21st, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
iWay Africa launches managed service solution in Uganda
African internet service provider (ISP) iWay Africa has launched a managed infrastructure and services solution for the small and medium enterprise (SME) market in Uganda. → Read more
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Thu, August 21st, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
DEMO Africa to feature Angel Network Summit, Swell Innovation Awards
This year’s DEMO Africa conference is set to host the first African Angel Network Summit, as well as the Swell Innovation Awards, the organisers announced. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Kirusa acquires Ghanaian IM firm Saya
Voice messaging company Kirusa has acquired Ghana-based instant messaging (IM) app provider Saya Mobile, which provides services specifically for African consumers. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 13:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
ApexPeak gives Umati Capital $10 million finance line
ApexPeak has handed Kenyan financial tech startup Umati Capital a finance line which will commence at US$300,000 per month, an amount expected to grow to US$5 million to US$7 million per month before the end of the year. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
DEMO Africa organisers not worried about Ebola
The organisers of this year’s DEMO Africa technology startup conference are not worried about reported Ebola cases in host city for this year’s event, Lagos, Nigeria, and said the outbreak of the virus is not affecting planning of the event. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Value of items on MoboFree to reach $1.5bn in 2015
The value of items listed for sale on African social marketplace MoboFree.com will hit US$1.5 billion by 2015, with the current total value of items already surpassing US$526 million, the company said. → Read more
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Tue, August 19th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
Carmudi launches in Congo, Tanzania
Nigerian car classifieds platform Carmudi has launched in the Republic of Congo and Tanzania, bringing the company’s African operations to a total of seven African countries. → Read more
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Tue, August 19th, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Nomanini mobile POS hits one million transactions
South Africa’s electronic payments solution for emerging markets Nomanini has facilitated over one million transactions through its point of sale (POS) terminals across Africa, the company announced. → Read more
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Tue, August 19th, 09:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Bitcoin exchange BitX launches in Kenya
Bitcoin exchange BitX has launched in Kenya, integrating preferred local financial systems such as M-Pesa and bank transfers to enable efficient international payments. → Read more
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Mon, August 18th, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi
AppCircus@Mobile Web Africa applications open
Applications are open for the AppCircus@Mobile Web Africa competition, calling for African app developers to submit their innovative app creations. → Read more
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Fri, August 15th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Q&A: Okeke Emeka, founder of Friendite.com and Frienditeplus.com
Nigerian online dating platform Friendite.com and sister social network Frienditeplus.com intend to become Africa’s biggest dating and social networks within the next three years, and have already gathered over 75,000 and 600,000 users respectively. Founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Okeke Emeka spoke to HumanIPO about the platforms, the online dating space in Africa, and his plans to raise US$500,000 VC funding while also attracting 2.5 million users before the end of the year. → Read more
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Thu, August 14th, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
UNDP, Microsoft, to train 200,000 Ethiopian entrepreneurs
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has signed a partnership with Microsoft East Africa for the company’s assistance in training and mentoring 200,000 entrepreneurs in Ethiopia, under the UNDP’s Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP). → Read more
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Thu, August 14th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Wivela shopping platform to launch in Africa
United Kingdom (UK) based online shopping platform Wivela will launch in Africa in September, with the company saying the continent presents a new set of opportunities for all businesses. → Read more
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