Startups

Global Founders Capital, the fund ‘by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs’, launched 4 months ago has made its maiden investment of over US$…

OLX India has said it now has 60 percent of the country’s online classified market share with traffic up 55…

Last night,Sim Shagaya, CEO of Konga.com was recognized for his efforts in building online shopping in Nigeria. Shagaya won the prestigious…

  Cape Town-based Paperight, a network of print-on-demand bookstores, with over 200 outlets throughout South Africa has partnered with Riso…

Google co-founder Sergey Brin and his wife of six years and  23andme co-founder Anne Wojcicki have separated. The tech couple,…

A Lagos based startup, Flash Intelligence, has launched a platform for advertisers to reach their customers by tapping into the…

Nigeria’s Jason Njoku has come from far. From failing in business several times, failing to pay his workers in London,…

Nailab (Nairobi Incubation Lab), a startup accelerator that offers a 3 to 12 months entrepreneurship program focusing on growing innovative…

In a bid to foster the growth in the ICT sector in Kenya, fibre optic provider, SEACOM has announced that…

Rocket Internet’s Africa online shopping destination JUMIA, has launched its Android App in Nigeria, Morocco, Ivory Coast and Kenya in…

Switzerland’s TawiPay, has launched to tackle the excessive fees incurred by migrants sending money overseas, ending the excess fees charged…

MovingOut.co.ke has launched with plans it says will revolutionise the way people buy, sell and rent property in the country.…

Rocket Internet is in final moves to launch a real estate classified portal dubbed Vamido in Kenya, months after setting…

The competition dubbed, AfricaConnected aims to recognize businesses and individuals in Africa who have had success using the internet. Google…

Nigeria’s leading job portal, Jobberman turned four August 16 and launched a 30% off promo on CV or Cover letter…

China’s search giant Baidu has said it will buy 59 percent of Nuomi, a top group buying site in China…

Ticketdoug.com, Ghana’s online event ticketing company recently launched in Canada in an expansion move that will see it provide high…

Founded this year by three young Kenyans, Victoria Njirithia (20), Allan Juma (24) and Kageni Wilson (24),  WebDesk is a…

South Africa’s Private Property has partnered with SABC3’s Top Billing to launch a competition as Top Billing celebrates  21 years…

This year’s Anzisha Prize winners will be unveiled on August 30th in Johannesburg South Africa. The finalist aged between 15…

Eric Muli,  Albert Mwangi and Daniel Kimani have launched Zabamba.com, an online, Yelp-like platform that brings together a collection of…

Going.co.za, an online business to business marketplace for wholesalers has launched to enable buyers, small and medium sized businesses, traders…

This Videographic recapping changes in the tech industry in the Middle East for the year 2012 has been prepared by Discover…

Kenya’s first hiring platform Scrobber.com is launching a business to business hiring platform, just days after rebranding to Kuhire.com as…

Africa continues to produce inspirational stories, with the latest being that of  Abasiama Idaresit, an entrepreneur who has been able…

Mandela.is is the latest social networking site created in honour of the ailing former president of South Africa. The network…

Microsoft is set to launch its MSN portal in Nigeria, in a move to expand across Africa. The firm has…

Startup PublicBeta has injected its own $100, 000 according its founder Adii Pienaar. Pienaar who early founded WooThemes, a leading…

A good story never dies, that is what I have grown up to know. I remember, once while still young…

Cairo’s Tabibi 24/7, a healthcare startup launched in February 2011 has been named among ten companies for the Endeavor High-Impact…