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South Africa has for a long time been a frontrunner in the Sub-Saharan Africa startup scene, pioneering business models and startups. StartMe, a website founded by Ben Botes and Lourie[...]
President Jonathan has formally designated Anambra State of Nigeria as an oil producing state. This announcement was made by the President at the commissioning of Orient Petroleum’s Anambra River Production Facility[...]
Season 9 of the Gulder Ultimate Search is here. Check out this year’s theme: “Eons ago an African King of great wealth and influence decided to build a dome around[...]
Globally, the mobile gaming industry is a multi billion dollar industry with companies like Zynga, Playfish and Kabam leading the space. In Africa, the mobile gaming space is still nascent[...]
33 year old Yakubu Adesokan twice broke his own world record this afternoon as he claimed the powerlifting gold medal at the Paralympic Games in London. Adesokan won in the[...]
The Government of Nigeria is set to launch a $15 million venture capital fund to fund high potential businesses in the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) sector. The National Information Development[...]
Nigerian mobile app, Afrinolly recently marked its 1 million app download milestone across the Android, Blackberry, Nokia Symbian, Nokia S40 and Java platforms. Afrinolly which is owned by Lagos based app[...]
The Guardian U.K. recently published a list of Africa’s top 10 fashion blogs. Featuring blogs like Bella Naija (Nigeria), I See a Different You (South Africa), Fashion Notebook (Kenya) and[...]
“I see Dropifi becoming the Salesforce for small businesses” – CP-Africa interviews David Osei of Dropifi.com – 500 Startups’ first African founded companyMay 23, 2013
Ushahidi’s Ory Okolloh joins Omidyar Network as Director, InvestmentsMay 22, 2013
Okonjo Iweala on CNN – “Africans must find African solutions to African problems”May 22, 2013
Millicom International invests an additional €35 million into Jumia, Kaymu, Hellofood & VamidoMay 21, 2013
Chimamanda Adichie – “I laughed a lot writing Americanah” – CNN profiles the celebrated Nigerian authorMay 21, 2013
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