Innovate Ventures has graduated its second cohort of 10 startups from Somaliland and Somalia graduate from their programme. The 12-week accelerator programme saw over 400 applications received and doubled the seed investment from $15,000 last year to $30,000. Four startups from the programme received $30,000 in investment from Innovate Ventures ...
Seven new tech hub members have joined AfriLabs in a move that is expected to increase the AfriLabs footprint in Africa. AfriLabs is a network of 60 plus technology and innovation hubs across Africa. It has grown steadily since launching in 2011 to cover 27 African countries. "We are beyond ...
Ibrahim Said Salah, editor of Allcarmo.com,a Somali political online newspaper which also reports on Kenya was arrested and detained in Nairobi Kenya a fortnight ago after leaving Bossasso, Puntland, where he was reportedly working on stories touching the formation of political parties and Puntland's democratisation process. According to reports, Kenyan ...
The government of Somali has termed the connection of internet fiber optic connections without passing the incomplete communication bill in parliament an illegal activity. “We need to set rules and regulations concerning this issue, the parliament is busy drafting communication bill and once passed will set ground for communication in ...
After launching in Somalia sometime last year, and in Ghana early January, online money remittance service WorldRemit, today closed a $40 million investment round from Accel Partners, it's first ever and largest Series A raised in Europe. The 2009 founded firm, has a partnership with Safaricom's M-PESA, international banks, mobile ...
