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Nigeria's OkHi accelerates push to boost financial inclusion

OkHi intends to on-board large banks and fintechs within the next six months as it ramps up its attempts to be a significant driver of financial inclusion across Africa.
Samuel Mungadze
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AfricArena Summit brought together 100 African start-ups

As the summit came to a close on Wednesday, nine winners from over 40 pitching start-ups were named Africa's most noticeable tech start-ups.
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Founders, VCs gather in Cape Town at AfricArena Summit

The organisers say the event aims to connect capital to tech founders and is focused on being a deal flow platform rather than just an event.
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Tech can solve 80% of Africa’s problems, says French minister

Elisabeth Moreno believes Africans are capable of developing solutions that previously didn’t exist and can benefit not only the continent, but the entire world.
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29 Nov

Cape Town gets ready to host AfricArena Grand Summit

This year's Grand Summit will include more than 50 start-ups from 31 African countries, including regional champions from AfricArena's pre-summit events.
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Nov 19, 2024

Vodacom Group unveils plan to train a million African youths

Together with AWS, Microsoft, Skillsoft and other organisations Vodacom aims to bridge the digital skills gap across Africa and upskill young people.
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Driving AWS partner success with First Distribution

First Distribution plays a pivotal role in helping new partners establish and enhance their AWS practices and resell capabilities.
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Oct 18, 2024

Tunisia's tech sector attracts huge investments

The details emerged during the two-day AfricArena Deep Tech & AI Summit, which organisers say helped Tunisia position itself as Africa's deep tech and AI hub.
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Oct 11, 2024

Tunisia plans to host a deep tech, AI summit next week

The Summit will bring together AI, deep tech start-ups and investors for an event targeted at improving investment processes across Africa.
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Oct 1, 2024

Video: Kenyan climate-tech incubator has big plans for Africa

ITWeb Africa chatted to executives from the Kenya Climate Innovation Centre about the organisation's role in supporting the African tech ecosystem.
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Sep 16, 2024

Video: African investor wants continent to expand climate-tech solutions

ITWeb Africa editor, Samuel Mungadze spoke to Melvyn Lubega, technology entrepreneur and investor, in Nairobi about the importance of amplifying Africa's voice in global climate-tech conversations.
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Sep 6, 2024

Six African start-ups win climate-tech awards

The winning teams, who attended this week’s two-day AfricArena Nairobi Climate Tech Summit, pitched their scalable companies to investors.