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Eight innovators from Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria, Guinea and Kenya presented their pioneering solutions, all of which have already been implemented in their respective countries.

WHO, African innovators partner to fight Covid-19

Our Correspondent25 May 2020 9:20 PM IST

World Health Organization (WHO) in the African Region hosted the first in a series of virtual sessions for innovators across the region to showcase...

(L-R): Apollo Agriculture founders Eli Pollak, Benjamin Njenga and Earl St Sauver.

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Kenyan startup Apollo Agriculture secures $6 mn in Series A funding

Our Correspondent25 May 2020 6:44 PM IST

Kenyan agritech startup Apollo Agriculture has raised a $6 million Series A investment round.

The digital strategy team has put out several radio inserts in around 15 local languages and a range of awareness videos and press releases.

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Benin sets up digital platforms to fight against Covid-19 and fake news around it

Our Correspondent13 April 2020 9:42 PM IST

Zindi has an open challenge focused on stemming the spread and havoc of coronavirus and will introduce a hackathon in April. Photo: Zindi

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South African startup Zindi taps 12,000 data scientists to find solutions for Covid-19

Our Correspondent28 March 2020 5:20 PM IST

The South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis will receive funding to update models to track and predict Covid-19’s spread in South Africa. Photo: WHO

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Covid-19: SA announces R42 mn funding for vaccine development, disease modelling

Our Correspondent27 March 2020 10:47 PM IST

John Kamara, founder and CEO of Afya Rekod.

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Kenyan healthcare startup to launch AI, blockchain-driven platform in support of global efforts to...

Our Correspondent26 March 2020 4:28 PM IST

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FROM MAGAZINE: Mobility in Africa

Our Correspondent3 Feb 2020 9:00 PM IST

Members from the 12 startups that made up class four of Google’s Launchpad Accelerator and those from the 10 startup that took part in the latest London immersion programme (Supplied)

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Fourth cohort of Google Launchpad Africa raises $4.3 million

Our Correspondent30 Nov 2019 5:21 PM IST

This financing round will help Wefarm further scale its network of 1.9 million farmers, and it’s newly created Marketplace, to connect farmers in Africa, even those without internet access.

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Digital agro network Wefarm raises $13 mn funding from True Ventures

Our Correspondent6 Nov 2019 7:50 PM IST

By the end of 2019, Volkswagen Mobility Solutions Rwanda will have a fleet of more than 200 vehicles consisting of Polo, Amarok, Teramont, and Passat.

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Rwanda becomes first African country to launch Volkswagen electric car

Our Correspondent30 Oct 2019 6:03 PM IST

The project includes extending the current service agreement for an additional 50,000 operating hours for the seven GE LM6000PC aeroderivative gas turbines installed at the sites.

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Nigeria’s Dangote Cement selects GE to digitise its Obajana, Ibese plants

Our Correspondent25 Oct 2019 4:54 PM IST

The acquisition comes about two months after RiseUp’s acquisition of MENA-focused tech publication Menabytes.

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RiseUp acquires online MENA-based startup StarterHub

Our Correspondent14 Oct 2019 7:19 PM IST