AfriDate: The Dating App for Black People Worldwide
Created in response to a lack of culture-specific matchmaking resources, the Afridate app strives to incorporate an assortment of dating traditions....
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African Tech Conference Makes a Large Splash in Paris
"Marketing, branding, and storytelling are so important especially when branding African brands. We have to own the narrative. We have to tell the story as...
Nigerian Fintech Startup Lands $1.3 Million in Investments
The funds will go to building out Paystack's engineering team in Lagos, Nigeria, expanding business operations, and marketing to new customers....
Germany and African Tech Startups: Partners in Innovation
Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development outlined several initiatives for empowering tech startups and students in Africa....
BE Global: From Cameroon to Germany’s Tech Startup Industry
Germany offers immigrants of color more opportunity and an affordable education than even the United Kingdom and the United States....
Global Tech: Namibian Teen Shines as Inventor of ‘Free-to-Call’ Phone
A teenager in Namibia is gaining a lot of attention from the tech world for a mobile phone he invented. Simon Petrus created a phone...
Startup Applications Now Open for Diaspora Demo Pitch Competition 2016
Diaspora Demo Experience is the largest gathering of African entrepreneurs, startups, VCs, investors, and more. This year, the event will be held as a three-day...
Tech Innovator of the Week: Tammah Founder Nnamdi Ejiogu
“The mainstream media’s portrayal of Africa is mostly myopic,†says Nnamdi Ejiogu. “Well meaning, but often wrongheaded. I’d like to change that.â€Â Ejiogu’s solution for changing...
Mississippi Could be the Next Silicon Valley
"... the state is ideal for creating innovation centers for drone manufacturing and also for business accelerators."...