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1776 Challenge Cup 2017

July 26, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Whether it be Prima-Temp in Denver or MyPeegu in Bangalore, start-ups all across the world are solving or helping to solve some of our world’s most complex challenges. Challenge Cup breaks down the barriers to access, resources and funding that most start-ups experience outside of Silicon Valley. ...

Mobile Money In Africa

July 25, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Launched in 2007 on the 6th of march in Kenya under Safaricom, a mobile operator, M-PESA is a mobile phone system which allows a user to send and receive money without the hassle of having a bank account.The name “M-PESA” means mobile money as the M stands for mobile whilst Pesa is Swahili for m ...

Technology vs Job Creation

July 24, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

The development of robots and artificial intelligence has for the past few years greatly impacted on job security and employee retention as robots are taking over the work that humans have been doing for time immemorial. This replacement becomes more imminent as robots are also branching into other ...

Women in Tertiary Institutions

July 7, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Maud Chifamba, a former student from the University of Zimbabwe, graduated in an Accounting Degree in 2016. The most amazing fact about her and her story is that she is the youngest female student to have graduated with a degree at her age. She was 18.According to the Ministry of Public Service, Lab ...

Bulawayo Innovators take centre stage at Pitch Night

June 30, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Kuda from Forex Trading School, Joel from LPG 4 U and Nkosana from Virtual Tours had come to present their ideas and innovations at Pitch Night at Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel last night.The initiative hosted by TechVillage is an event in which innovators and startups in Zimbabwe get to showcase their inn ...

Women in Engineering in Zimbabwe

June 28, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - 1 Comment

19% of students going to NUST want to do Engineering degrees. In the 2015 enrolment, out of the 8555 who enrolled, 49% were doing sciences and engineering. A third of these students doing sciences and engineering are female. Nozinhle Khumalo, who finished her Electronic Engineering degree this year ...

Zimbabwean inventor nominated for Innovation Prize for Africa 2017

June 27, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Gift Gana, a Zimbabwean app developer and start-up co-founder, is set to travel to Accra, Ghana for the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) awards that are being held on the 18th of July.This comes after the African Innovation Foundation (AIF), which hosts and runs the Innovation Prize for Africa awar ...

Innovation Prize for Africa

June 26, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Innovation Prize for Africa is hosting the 6th edition of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) Awards Ceremony & Innovation Ecosystems Connector from the 17th – 18th of July in Accra, Ghana.IPA, which is an African Innovation Foundation initiative, was started in 2012 so as to nurture African ...

Watching Technology Trends Emerge In Africa (Tech Crunch)

February 28, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

With so much happening in the African tech market these days, it’s hard to keep track. Here’s a handy guide we’ll try to put out every month on the biggest news in one of tech’s most exciting (and earliest) emerging markets.The big story in January was Netflix’s Africa entry. CEO Re ...

The pioneering continent – “Flying Donkeys”

February 28, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

ARE small cargo drones the answer to some of Africa’s most pressing problems? A group of European engineers supported by IBM thinks so. Christened “flying donkeys” and now in development, the drones will carry 10kg (22 pounds) of cargo each over distances of up to 120km (75 miles) to supply me ...

1776 Challenge Cup 2017

Mobile Money In Africa

Technology vs Job Creation

Women in Tertiary Institutions

Bulawayo Innovators take centre stage at Pitch Night

Women in Engineering in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean inventor nominated for Innovation Prize for Africa 2017

Innovation Prize for Africa

Watching Technology Trends Emerge In Africa (Tech Crunch)

The pioneering continent – “Flying Donkeys”

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