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Digital Entrepreneurship Program: Highlights
9 April 2018
In 2011, there were virtually no technology-focused start-up incubators or accelerators in South Africa. Since then, the country...
7 March 2018
Since its launch in 2015, Sendy has quickly grown into one of Africa’s top start-ups to watch and garnered attention from several...
2 February 2018
In Tanzania, over 40 million subscribers have a cell phone, but only 4 million adults have health insurance. This is especially...
10 November 2017
With Slush, the world’s leading start-up and technology event, coming up Nov. 30-Dec. 1 in Helsinki, Finland, two entrepreneurs...
6 September 2017
Companies like Hershey’s – one of the world’s largest chocolate producers – face several challenges when working with smallholder...
7 July 2017
While over 20% of Americans now shop for groceries online, in most of sub-Saharan Africa, the average household still buys...
7 June 2017
If you’ve ever been a student, you might know the feeling of trying to break into an industry without any contacts or access to...
22 May 2017
Afroes began as a small start-up in South Africa with a mission to “gamify” Africa’s 21st-century learning needs. The digital...
7 March 2017
Talking to Charlotte De Ridder and Nastia Gutsol, it's obvious they love what they do. So it seems fitting that they celebrated...
28 February 2017
Senegalese entrepreneur Abdoul Diallo is working to address two needs at once: young people’s need for training and digital start...