Women
Top Female Entrepreneurs In Africa
These women in Africa have defied all odds and managed to emerge as the top female entrepreneurs in Africa. What...
BitPesa raises $5m from Sompo Holdings to revolutionize cross-border payments
Kenya's BitPesa has raised $5m from Japanese insurance group Sompo Holdings in a move expected to revolutionize cross-border payments and insurance services globally....
Meet The Nigerian Woman Who Is A Market Leader In Smart Card Technology
Meet the Nigerian woman who is a market leader in smart card technology. It is usually unheard of when a...
Kenya’s Farm.ink brings home $150,000 after winning USAID’s Future Fall Armyworm Tech Grand Prize
Nairobi-based Farm.ink has won the grand prize of $150,000 after it emerged top in the Feed the Future Fall Armyworm Tech Prize to...
Standard Chartered’s ‘Women in Tech’ accelerator attracts over 180 women-led startups
Standard Chartered's ‘Women in Tech’ accelerator has attracted over 180 women-led startup teams with plans to have the applicants cut down to...
ICT Authority appoints Dr. Katherine Getao as CEO to reclaim its former glory
Dr. Katherine W. Getao has been appointed as the CEO of the ICT Authority in Kenya taking over from acting...
Meet The Woman Who Is Connecting The Nigerian Elderly To Professional Caregivers Using Technology
In Africa getting adequate help for the elderly is quite a challenge. Many people fear to leave their loved ones...
4 Best Online Female Food Bloggers In Kenya
We all know that food is life. Blogging has become a way of life and many people have used it...
Kukua raises $2.5M led by Echo VC to empower the next generation of African children
Kukua, a pan-African education media franchise has raised $2.5m seed round led by Echo VC, alongside Founders Factory, Kima Ventures, Burda Media, First...
Meet Stephanie Cowper A Techpreneur Who Is Helping The Visually Impaired In South Africa With A Mobile App
Meet Stephanie Cowper, the woman who is helping the blind with the power of mobile technology. Her main goal is...
Meet Ugochi Ugbomegh The Nigerian Techpreneur Who Is Improving Nigeria’s Mobility Service
Ugochi Ugbomeh is not your ordinary woman. She started a world-class transport company known as Tranzit in attempt to deal...
Meet the New Visa Senior Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa
Visa has appointed Aida Diarra as Senior Vice President and Group Country Manager for Visa SSA, effective 1 November 2018...
Meet Aggrey Mokaya The Man Who Teaches Kenyan Female Prisoners How To Code
Kenyan female prisoners are often forgotten and treated like they are not part of the society. While they may have...
Solar mini-grids re-energise rural Rwandan economy
The number of enterprises have doubled in the village of Gitaraga, Rwanda, since MeshPower’s solar mini-grid was set up last...
The African Talent Company Hires New Executive to Become the Talent Agency of the Future
ROAM has hired a new executive to drive its specialized recruitment business The African Talent Company” (‘TATC’), a subsidiary of the...
uMashesha, a woman-owned taxi hailing startup launches to take on Uber, Taxify in South Africa
uMashesha is South Africa's first woman-owned taxi hailing app targeting at taking on Uber and other such apps with better...
Money transfer firm Okapi Finance is rolling out in Nigeria, Botswana & DRC
Remittance firm Okapi Finance is also rolling out in Botswana, Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by end of this...
How this university student borrowed $40 to start a kids store & beat everyone on Jumia
While on campus, Mercy Karimi Munene, liked the Jumia story, the convenience of shopping from your phone and having stuff delivered...
PayPal acquires an undisclosed stake in Nairobi-based lending startup Tala
PayPal has acquired an undisclosed stake in Tala, a micro-lending app with operations in Kenya, Tanzania, Philippines and Mexico in...
Botswana’s mAgri & Cameroon’s abcCode accepted into Orange Fab France’s “Women Start” accelerator
Orange Fab France's “Women Start” accelerator, launched on 24 May at Viva Technology, and dedicated to women entrepreneurs across the world...
Meet The Nigerian Woman Whose Mission Is To Save Lives Through LifeBank, A Blood Sourcing Service
Hospitals often struggle finding blood donors. There are often pleas from families and friends asking for blood supplies but it...
Meet Ethiopia’s Youngest Female Tech Genius
Most Ethiopian kids don't have the opportunity or resources to reach their full potential. However 19-year-old Betelhem Dessie became Ethiopia's...
Egypt’s Online Real Estate Marketplace Aqarmap Hires Jumia Exec to Drive Growth
Egypt's online real estate marketplace Aqarmap has Aya Ashraf, the Head of Operations Excellence at Jumia, Rocket Internet’s leading eCommerce marketplace...
Meet Tatenda Ndambakuwa The Woman Helping Farmers Through An App Development
Many people use technology as a way of building corporate companies but most are not driven by a passion to...
Silicon Valley Bank Head of Early Stage Ventures to Deliver Keynote at DEMO Africa
Silicon Valley trailblazer and Head of Early Stage Ventures at Silicon Valley Bank, Ms. Claire Lee will deliver the first keynote...
Meet The Woman Behind One Of The Biggest Computer Software Companies In Kenya
Being a woman in the workplace is already challenging enough but being a woman in the tech industry seems almost...
Meet The Woman Who Brought Digital Platforms To Children In Ghana
Josephine Marie Godwyll knew that young children in Ghana were not getting the education they deserved. Due to the challenges...
BitPesa, SBI Remit Partner for Blockchain Cross-Border Payments Between Japan And Africa
BitPesa, a digital foreign exchange and payment platform that leverages blockchain settlement to significantly lower the cost and increase the speed...
As Uber, Taxify Strike Over Poor Rates, An Nisa Launches to Take Women & Children Home
“What a man can do, a woman can do even better.” Are you in tune with this statement? The...
Medical device startup nabs $1.2m for on-demand access to blood in Africa
Three billion dollars is spent on blood each year across Africa and yet there is a 50% shortage of the...