Flat6Labs Cairo Graduates Ten Innovative Startups At Fall 2020 Demo Day
The latest batch of ten technology driven start-ups graduated yesterday from Flat6Labs Cairo’s Fall 2020 cycle, the region’s leading early stage investment company and accelerator announced today. The 10 companies are from diverse sectors including fintech, e-commerce, SaaS, Filming & Media, Artificial Intelligence, and Health Tech. The Flat6Labs Cairo Fall 2020 cycle commenced on November […]
A Patch of Land in Benin Becomes a Canvas for Unity
On a small island surrounded by hundreds of wooden huts on stilts, in the middle of Lake Nokoue in southeast Benin, a giant painting is taking shape. For three hours, in 41 degrees Celsius heat, French artist Saype transformed a playground in the floating village of Ganvie. The 33-year-old says he’s seen paintings before in […]
Kenya’s Savannah Fund has Good News for African Startups
The fund has announced a US$25 million fund that will invest in early-stage startups across Sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on supporting women entrepreneurs and disruptive companies in high-growth sectors. Led by Mbwana Alliy and Paul Bragiel, Savannah Fund is one of the earliest Sub-Saharan Africa-focused tech venture capital firms, starting its investment activities in […]
Nigeria’s Biggest Insurers Merge
Tangerine Life Insurance Limited, (previously known as Metropolitan Life Insurance Nigeria Limited), has, after a meticulous process, concluded its merger with ARM Life PLC. Tangerine is owned by Verod Capital, a leading private equity firm investing in growth companies across Anglophone West Africa. The key objective of the acquisition is to build a stronger, broader […]
The Future of Kenya’s Elephants Hangs In the Balance
Kenyan elephants risk a slow extinction in a bleak, ever-shrinking “ecological island” in one of the country’s most picturesque and photographed landscapes, according to a government report. The animals face a grim future as habitat loss is exacerbated by the pandemic’s impact on tourism, which is pushing landowners to sell off areas for development, and […]
The Road Looks Clear for Motsepe to Head CAF
The president of the Confederation of African Football has a tough job. It includes working with FIFA to run the sport in Africa, and overseeing the continent’s tournaments and leagues. There are also issues of broadcast rights and improving the organisation’s poor reputation. The latest to throw their name into the ring is South African […]
A Spate of Kidnappings Forces Officials to Close Schools
Authorities in Nigeria’s Niger state have shut all public secondary schools for two weeks from Friday. Hajiya Hannatu Jibrin Salihu who heads the education ministry in the state said the two weeks closure was to give security agencies “the time and opportunity to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment”. More than 20 schools in the state […]
Several Days On, Residents of Bata are Still Coming to Grips with the Full Scale of a Tragedy
A munitions blast has killed at least 105 people and injured more than 600 others. Callers seeking the parents of lost children have been regularly dialing in to radio and television programs since a series of explosions leveled much of Equatorial Guinea’s largest city and sent thousands fleeing for the countryside. Drone footage aired on […]
Are we Any Closer to Knowing What Caused the Ethiopian Airlines Crash?
Tensions over how to characterize the findings of a probe into an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash two years ago have prompted U.S. investigators to consider taking the unusual step of issuing separate comments with their own conclusions, according to people familiar with the probe. The Ethiopian Accident Investigation Bureau said Wednesday it plans to […]
One of Cote d’Ivorie’s Unifying Voices Has Died
Ivorians faced shock and uncertainty on Thursday following the death of Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, the West African nation’s second premier to die in office in less than eight months. A close ally of President Alassane Ouattara, Bakayoko, who died of cancer a few days after his 56th birthday, was appointed prime minister in July 2020 […]
