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22 February 2016
NAIROBI, Kenya — Global incubator 1776 announced the five winning teams of the Africa Challenge Cup, a regional pitching...
7 February 2014
Fresh off a string of recent successes—being a VentureOut Challenge finalist, presenting at DEMOAfrica, pitching at the 1776...
13 September 2017
Climate change could have a significant impact on Ghana’s economy. Coastal erosion from rising sea levels could result in...
21 July 2017
If you drive west of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the soil turns into a deep russet red, and the terrain unfurls, undulating into...
8 March 2016
Kingston, Jamaica—Ignoring the gusty wind and the pouring rain, a large crowd of young clean-tech entrepreneurs brought their...
10 March 2016
A new company in Kenya is turning all kinds of waste into energy, saving both money and the environment. The new system is...
28 January 2016
Through affordable access to clinically-valid hearing tests, hearScreen aims to improve the lives of the 1.2 billion people who...
22 May 2015
The mLab Southern Africa (SA) is a mobile solutions laboratory and startup accelerator designed to help entrepreneurs and mobile...
28 January 2016
Eyram Tawia and Wesley Kirinya—two friends brought together by their passion for innovation, creativity, and change—founded Leti...
28 January 2016
m:lab East Africa is a consortium of four organizations (eMobilis, World Wide Web Foundation, University of Nairobi, and iHub)...