What do you think about when you hear the words marketing collateral? Flyers, business cards, websites? If so than you are on the right track. Marketing collateral is all the things you use to get your brand noticed by your audience. What marketing collateral does your small business need? Find out here. Source: Small Business Site...
L'Afrique Excelle looking for 20 scalable technology ventures in the late seed or pre-series A stage, well-positioned for growth and cross-border expansion in the Francophone Africa markets, and looking to raise between $250K and $5M. They would like to help with access to funding, networks, mentoring and a community of like-minded entrepreneurs. They can...
Gauteng is now home to 55% of tech startup founders — ahead of the Western Cape’s 37%. In all, 36% of Western Cape startups report turning a profit or generating significant revenue, compared to 22% in Gauteng. The percentage of black tech startups has risen from 26% in 2015, to 56% this year. Just seven...
This 2-day course is designed for developers, architects and IT Managers wanting to learn and apply blockchain technology to solve real-world business problems and effectively develop secure, full stack DApps on the Ethereum blockchain. It explores blockchain concepts, languages, tools, and frameworks used for the development of these apps and smart contracts. Learn more ...
The IBM Digital - Nation Africa program offers a cloud-based learning and enablement platform, providing digital competency and nurturing innovation in Africa. The platform includes Watson artificial intelligence, which communicates with the user to build a profile, gives an overview of the current job market and suggests multiple learning paths. Learn More ')}
Microsoft South Africa has launched Head Start, an end-to-end program that has been built to help startups grow. The support program will boost tech startups by giving them open access to wide-ranging skills development resources, coaches and mentors, a fully-fledged customer network, and the platform on which to build their products and services. Head Start is...
US-based pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has launched the second edition of its Africa Innovation Challenge and is calling on innovators from across Africa to submit their entries before 16 January. This year’s edition — which was launched last Thursday (8 November) during the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum — aims to address the critical unmet needs of local...
Do you aspire to be a pan-African software entrepreneur? The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has opened applications to its one-year long fully-sponsored entrepreneurial training programme in Accra, Ghana. The training programme is open to aspiring entrepreneurs from across the continent with applications for the class of 2020 closing on 8 February. MEST will provide...
French oil and gas giant Total has launched the second edition of its Total Startupper of the Year Challenge in 37 countries across Africa. The challenge — which was first launched in 2015 across 34 African countries and has now been extended to 55 countries around the world — aims to support ideas and projects that help...
The Global Change Award is one of the world’s leading challenges for early-stage innovation, and the largest initiative of its kind in the fashion industry. It was initiated to accelerate the shift from a linear to a circular fashion industry, to protect the planet and our living conditions. The non-profit H&M Foundation initiated the Global...
