Innovator of the Week

The "Milken-Motsepe Prize in Agritech" has named Tanzanian biotech startup NovFeed as its first-place winner.  The startup won a $1 million reward...

Rebecca Enonchong is a Cameroonian technology entrepreneur, business leader, and advocate for women in technology. She is the founder and...

Africa's leading tech Accelerator, Startupbootcamp AfriTech, together with founding partner and leading telecom giant, Telecel Group has selected the participants...

Kenya's Mukuru Clean Stoves is one of the five 2022 winners of the second-annual Earthshot Prize awards, receiving a £1...

Nelly Cheboi, the CNN Hero of the Year for 2022, reinvents outdated computer devices to provide young Kenyans access to new...

Senegalese digital startup Kwely has been named the winner of the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge (MAC), a pan-African startup pitch...

Africa's Business Heroes (ABH) competition, a flagship philanthropy program launched by the Jack Ma Foundation to highlight and encourage African...

Touch and Pay, a fintech company based in Nigeria has been named the winner of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2022. ...

Ade Ayeyemi, the current Group CEO, will step down in accordance with company policy when he turns 60, according to...

Bruce Nsereko-Lule has joined the team as a General Partner on a full-time basis with a base in Nairobi, according...

Phyllis Migwi will now be responsible for managing Microsoft's operations in Kenya in her new role as Country Manager.  Phyllis...

The UK government's development financing institution (DFI), British International Investment (BII), formerly known as CDC Group, has invested $20 million...