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African Women In Tech Launches SheStartup Camp

The SheStartup Camp is an initiative of African Women In Tech, an organization whose goal is to support African women and girls in technology. Currently, the organization is looking to train 20 women and girls interested in starting an e-commerce business. This first edition is dedicated solely to e-commerce businesses. The 3-day boot camp and training sessions …

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Apply: £25,000 – Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

The Royal Academy of Engineering is accepting applications for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation and has called for entries from engineers connected with universities and research institutions in sub-Saharan African countries. The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is Africa’s largest prize devoted to engineering innovation, covering all disciplines from mechanical, civil and computing to …

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Young Entrepreneur at Northeastern University Introduces Healthy Sports Drink Alternative

Innovations in bottle filling technology allowed me to create a beverage that has no need for preservatives. Hylux has less sugar and calories than Gatorade and Vitamin Water, while containing more nutrition in form of vitamins and electrolytes. Hylux is a low-calorie and low-sugar alternative to traditional sports drink. How did you come up with the name …

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African Woman Entrepreneur, Tiyani Majoko Launches Africa\’s First Full-Scale Lawyers on Demand Service

Imani is now recruiting sixty (60) lawyers and is projecting a talent pool of 400 lawyers within 16 months. Its lawyers have global experience at big law firms and education from top African, European and North American universities. Imani is a direct response to the changing legal landscape and the tremendous economic growth opportunities present …

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Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs: Lessons from Building A Global Tech Business

On Twitter, I am best known as a curator of African tech news and in general as someone promoting tech entrepreneurship in Africa. In fact, many think that I am a blogger or a journalist. What many don’t realize is that I am also a successful tech entrepreneur. In 1999, I set up AppsTech to …

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Will Africa be Digitally Relevant in the Next 10 Years?

By 2025, jobs which were common in 2015 will no longer exist. Students graduating in 2016, will have obsolete qualifications for which there will no longer be a profession by 2025. Front-line military personnel will be replaced with robots. Private bankers and wealth managers will be replaced with algorithms. Telemarketers, data entry personnel, tax preparers, …

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Interested in Investing in Africa? This is for YOU!

Rendeavour, Africa\’s largest urban land developer, announces a business matchmaking tour to the United States to attract American exporters and service providers to the company\’s satellite city projects which will house over 500,000 people and major companies in Africa over the next 20 years. With over 30,000 acres of satellite community developments in Kenya, Ghana, …

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Opportunity: ONE Seeks to Hire Agriculture Budget Consultant

ONE is a campaign and advocacy organisation backed by almost 7 million people from around the world who are committed to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. We also work with leaders in Africa to advocate for increased public financial resources towards agriculture and the health sector as key for …

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