In line with its 4Afrika initiative, Microsoft Corp. has extended its Microsoft Ventures partnership program into Africa, to help startups in key sectors like agriculture, education and healthcare fuel the continent’s economic.
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The number of millionaires springing up from digital ventures has grown tremendously in the past two decades, as the world increasingly embrace the potential of knowledge technologies, information and social.
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic renaissance is fueling an investment drive by fast food joints looking to tap the continent’s growing middle class. The likes of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and Domino’s.
Leading Nigerian online shopping mall Konga.com, today announced it has relocated to a 120,000 sq ft fulfillment centre which is the largest warehouse of any e-commerce firm in Africa, tromping Jumia.
Ashish J. Thakkar, the 32 year-old founder and CEO of Mara Group, has emerged the first African ever to be named in Fortune Magazine’s prestigious annual 40 Under 40 list which.
Angola’s richest woman, Isabel Dos Santos is partnering with Sonae, Portugal’s largest retailer, to launch 5 new food hypermarkets in Angola, Reuters has reported. The first hypermarket is scheduled to open sometime in 2015. Sonae is.
Vconnect with an initial capital of $63,000 amassed a database of 700,000 business listings in a market where naspers’ mocality shutdown Deepankar Rustagi is an entrepreneur of Indian descent, but.
Nigeria’s largest telecommunications network, MTN has partnered with online retail store, Jumia, to enable customers who purchase mobile phones from the store gain free access to the digital world for six.
Lagos-based Internet group, SPARK has raised a $2 million investment from a syndicate of 17 international investors, based on a $10 million valuation for its network of Nigerian internet startups. The investment.
