Seedstars Dakar's winner, MaTontine has announced the official launch of its nationwide pilot with CGAP (the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor - World Bank Group) on Friday, October 13, 2017. According to a press release made available to TechMoran, "the goal of this 6-month program is to pilot innovative ...
Y Combinator start-up Oolu, an off-grid solar companies in Senegal has raised $3.2m led by Persistent Energy Capital (PEC), and was joined by Y Combinator (YC) and other seed investors. Oolu will use the money to further invest in its current operations in Senegal and Mali,and to expand into ...
In most communities that consists of majority of the middle class, you'd never fail to see cooperative societies. This is a type of cooperation where members contribute money in a regular manner. When one member need finances for a particular project, he could take a loan and repay back in ...
Senegal’s MaTontine is the winner of the Seedstars World competition in the country meaning that they will represent the country at the global final in Switzerland next year where they will compete for US$1 million that is up for grabs. The competition took place over the weekend at the Pullman ...
TRINE Team photo by© Emmy Jonsson TRINE, a crowdfunding investment platform which helps investors locate and fund profitable solar energy projects in developing countries is raising 3,500,000 EUROS ($3.7m) to scale its operations in East Africa, in a move expected to enable the spread of solar ...
Wutiko, a professional network for Africa that lets anyone find jobs and jobseekers with their innovative machine learning technology, is Seedstars World winner in Dakar Senegal. Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes brought its Senegal round to a successful close during Seedstars ...
I don't need a hotel room now, as am writing this from my bed and neither does any of my friends at the moment but something took me to Jovago and their new site and logo looks great. This is what happens when a firm listens to and takes in ...
Orange has announced the winners of this year’s Data for Development (D4D) Challenge in Senegal which ran from 2014 to April 2015 in conjunction with Sonatel and Orange under the patronage of the Senegalese Ministry of Higher Education and Research. Sonatel extracted its anonymised data samples and made it available ...
Senegal is the latest country in Africa after Mali, South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, DR Congo and Sudan to get a mobile smart school targeted at creating positive change and providing an advanced and interactive classroom experience for learners. The smart school is an initiative of The Senegal Ministry of Education ...
Rocket Internet-backed Carmudi went live in December in Zambia in move to help people in Zambia get the best selection of cars from dealers throughout the country online and on their smartphones. Carmudi Zambia aims to connect car buyers to both new and used car dealers and the firm says ...
The mobile ecosystem’s economic contribution (% of GDP) is highest in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), contributing 6% of GDP (2012) and poised to reach 8% by 2020 – this is in comparison to 4% and 1.4% of GDP in Latin America and Asia Pacific (2012). SSA accounted for 37% (3.3M people, ...
At least three quarters of the Senegal population raises cattle yet face challenges from cattle rustlers. But according to a report by BBC, cattle herders are now using mobile phones to keep track of cows, reporting amazing benefits. "The problems that the farmers face could be solved by technology," ...
McKinsey’s iGDP measures the internet’s contribution to an economy as a percentage of GDP. In 2012, Africa’s iGDP was estimated to be more than US$18 billion (1.1% of Africa’s GDP) and estimated to increase by 1567% to US$300 billion (10% of Africa’s GDP) by 2025. This assumes that the internet’s ...
The Ministry of Health in partnership with other stakeholders are in a drive to combat diabetes using mobile phones for creating awareness among diabetic patients and in training health professionals. The mDiabetes project is themed “Be Healthy, Be Mobile” will make use of tools such as SMS and other applications, ...
Senegal's Sonatel-Orange, Tigo, a Millicom subsidiary and Expresso, a Sudatel subsidiary have been awarded with test 4G technology licences by the country's telecom regulator ARTP. The temporary licences will allow them to test 4G technology in the country until the end of the year free of charge. After the tests, ...
Google has introduced phone support for AdWords Customers in Kenya, Nigeria, Mauritius, Uganda, Cameroon and Senegal to help publishers earn more from their content easily. The AdWords Support Specialists on the phone helps callers to set up their AdWords account and help with general troubleshooting, campaign optimization and billing issues ...
Online food ordering and delivery platform Hellofood has today revamped its website in a move targeting tens of thousands of customers per day. Launched 8 months ago and backed by Berlin's Rocket Internet, a global business builder, Hellofood newly activated site and dramatically improved user interface was designed to withstand ...
Image:dietitians-online.blogspot.com Launched December 3 in Dakar Senegal, Rocket Internet's Hellofood has already signed up 30 hotels in a move the food ordering website will simplify lives of Senegalese consumers. Boasting of simplified meal ordering process with a range of specialties, Joe Falter, Hellfood's CEO said the ...
