Applications are still open for the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship. The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship is an entrepreneurship acceleration program designed to support promising, African EdTech ventures. Implemented in partnership with innovation hubs and EdTech accelerators across Africa, the Fellowship provides select EdTech companies with critical business and financial support, as well as insight into the science of learning, preparing them for scale, sustainability, and impact. In 2024, 92 EdTech companies from implementing partner tech hubs across Africa showcased their improved solutions to stakeholders in their respective countries. During the Demo Days in South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal, each…
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Calling all African health-tech innovators: there’s still time to apply!The HealthTech Hub Africa cohort is seeking visionary entrepreneurs tackling pressing healthcare challenges across the continent. This is your opportunity to accelerate your journey, connect with industry leaders, and make a difference in healthcare. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this transformative program. HealthTech Hub Africa – a hybrid pan-African health tech accelerator with a physical co-working and community space in Kigali, Rwanda – supports governments, start-ups and scale-ups to collaborate on data and technology-enabled innovations that strengthen health systems in Africa.Submit your application by January 17, 2025: https://lnkd.in/e3hSD2EC
Pascal Weinberger – CEO & Co-Founder at Bardeen.ai, San Francisco [📸PascalWeinberger] Interesting LinkedIn post by Pascal Weinberger, Co-Founder & CEO at Bardeen.ai – providers of AI agents for businesses, automating tasks and removing workflow friction. “I’ve worked with and invested in over 50 startups over the last ten years (a lot of which YC backed). Most, if not all, have suffered from the same 5 problems.Young founders, don’t do this:1. Launching lateThere’s this idea of “perfecting” your product before launch.So then you build and build and build.And when you FINALLY launch, you realize:➜ There’s no product-market fit➜ It had bugs…
Williams Emmanuel Dabo (President & CEO, Williams Dabo Group) Numeris Media, publishers of Bank & Entrepreneur Africa, are proud to announce the appointment of Williams Emmanuel Dabo to its Editorial Board. He will be joining five other Board members – Anne Agbakoba, Debisi Araba (Ph. D), Yemi Owolabi, Elizabeth Shaw (Ph. D), Fela Popoola – whose leadership has been instrumental in shaping the company’s vision and delivering impactful outcomes. Mr. Dabo serves as the President and CEO of the Williams Dabo Group, which operates in Nigeria, Hong Kong, and the UAE. Over the past 15 years, he has established operational…
The “Africa Foodpreneur” edition by Bank & Entrepreneur Africa is a special publication, focusing on African culinary entrepreneurs, particularly those operating in the Atlanta metro area – and headlined by two international chefs: Franco-Congolese, Chef Mick Élysée and Zimbabwe’s Chef Gracia Bvute. Both Élysée and Bvute offer insights not just into culinary expertise and culture, but also on the business of food. They tackle issues such as nutritional value, zero food waste, ease of farm-to-table, sustainable farming and food sourcing, a re-focus on using resilient home-grown grains. View Cover 01 and the full magazine featuring Chef ÉLYSÉE View Cover 02…
Nigerian entrepreneur and innovator, Etimbuk Imuk, recently won a €12,000 prize from the Orange Corners Innovation Fund for her groundbreaking work in mushroom farming. Orange Corners Nigeria is an initiative of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Lagos and implemented by FATE Foundation. Imuk’s business, Mushroom Hangout, focuses on sustainable and eco-friendly farming methods that use agricultural waste like sawdust and rice bran to grow mushrooms vertically, making it space-efficient and accessible to urban farmers. This soil-free and pesticide-free farming method supports environmental conservation and offers a healthier, plant-based protein alternative to animal products. Ms. Imuk’s work has significant social…
Tabi Joda (Founder, Green Aid) Tabi Joda is an environmental advocate, agroforester, and entrepreneur dedicated to forest restoration and sustainable development in Africa. He is the founder and CEO of GreenAid, an organisation promoting forest landscape restoration, and leading the “One Billion Trees for Africa” initiative. Through this project, he has planted over one million trees and restored ecosystems across several countries, including Cameroon, Nigeria, and Burkina Faso. The initiative combines environmental sustainability with economic opportunities, employing youth and women in agroforestry and value-added product creation, such as skincare items and food supplements. [📸 TabiJoda] While working on an Agribusiness…
(R): Co-Founder & CEO at Supplias, Sefa Ikyaator Sefa Ikyaator is one of the co-founders of Suplias, a Nigerian B2B startup aimed at transforming how small mom-and-pop stores restock their inventory. Alongside Michael Adesanya and Stephen Igwue, Ikyaator launched the platform in May 2020 to address challenges faced by these small retailers, such as long travel times, high costs, and lack of access to financing. Recently underscoring the vast potential of empowering African women entrepreneurs, Sefa shares a key finding: Women, especially across Africa, are less likely to access capital although they are more likely to pay back debt statistically.…
The GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition 2025 is coming soon, and now is the perfect time to prepare! 🌱 Are you a university or academic institution with agricultural programs in Central Africa? Is your institution dedicated to empowering future Agripreneurs and transforming the region’s food systems? Here’s an exciting opportunity to connect your programs with Africa’s top agrifood and agritech innovators!This competition fuels and supports young agripreneurs working towards sustainable food systems, technological innovation, and meaningful change across Africa.🌾As an agricultural institution, entrepreneurs and innovators at your institution can benefit from: Investment opportunities Leadership and entrepreneurial growth Mentorship and increased visibility Partnerships…
Recently, Nigerian robotics startup TerraHaptix tested an upgraded flight control for its Archer surveillance drone, entirely operated by ArtemisOS. The Archer surveillance drone, developed by Terrahaptix, is a modular, multi-domain Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) designed for advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations. Powered by the proprietary ArtemisOS, an AI-driven operating system, the Archer offers robust autonomy and requires minimal operator training. Key features include: Modular Design: Adaptable to various operational needs across different industries. Advanced Sensors: Equipped with 4K daytime, infrared, thermal, and LiDAR capabilities for multispectral data collection. Swarming Capability: Enables multiple drones to collaborate and achieve complex…