Latest Opportunities for African Scholarships
March Deadline: NFP/MSP (MENA) Scholarship Programme 2020/2021 for Study in the Netherlands (Fully Funded) Women Deliver Young Leaders Program 2020 for young Advocates (Fully Funded to Women Deliver 2022 Conference)…
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Registration opens for world trade promotion organizations event. The International Trade Centre’s biennial World Trade Promotion Organization Conference and Awards are taking place in Accra, Ghana, in May. To register…
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South Africa’s Fintech JUMO has succeeded to gather US$ 55m in its debt and equity round included participation from both new and existing investors, like Goldman Sachs, Odey Asset Management, and Leapfrog…
Read MoreSafaricom Looks at Ethiopia’s Mobile Telecom Business
Safaricom (founder of MPESA) and the major telco in Kenya is putting together a group of investors in order to bid for one of the two Ethiopian mobile telcos next month. Ethiopia also plans to sell a…
Read MoreAfrican Fashion International Acquires Online Marketplace for Art
African Fashion International (AFI) has acquired African art source, Wezart. Started in 2016, the online store aims to assist artists in Africa to sell their artwork online by creating a virtual gallery, make…
Read MoreUganda, the Victim of Cryptocurrency scams
A series of large cryptocurrency scams have hit Uganda, turning the East African nation into an unlikely hub for fraudulent firms claiming to offer digital currencies, while preying on weak governance…
Read MoreThe SA Post Office Wants to control Ecommerce Deliveries in Southern Africa
Continued rumours circulate about SAPO’s plans to dominate ecommerce delivery in Southern Africa. It is said that SAPO will launch an e-platform soon but details of the ecommerce site’s name,…
Read MoreValenture Institute has introduced its online high school curriculum in SA
The global private education institution, Valenture Institute, based in Cape Town and London, has received an unexpectedly high number of registrations for its online high school curriculum in SA. It offers 4 levels of qualifications: Junior…
Read MoreThe launch of the African Women Leadership Fund (AWLF)
South Africa has pledged to support the AWLF which invests in women fund managers and provides technical assistance. Over $20 million has so far been raised for the fund,which was launched this month, with the goal…
Read MoreHeard of The CloudebateTM ?
The University of Johannesburg has designed a new virtual conferencing/debating system which it is calling the CloudebateTM. This takes the traditional debate/panel discussion and reimagined it, placing it within the realm of 4IR, using…
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