Tag: africa
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Africa’s Tech Future Needs Its 40+-Year-Olds
There is a quiet contradiction at the heart of Africa’s tech ecosystem funding architecture, and it is worth naming plainly. Somewhere in an office in Lagos Nigeria. A 36-year-old has just closed another Internet tab of yet another fellowship they are a perfect fit for because of the single line “Applicants my be between…
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7 Numbers from FactCheckAfrica’s 2025 Report That Show How Big Africa’s Misinformation Problem Really Is
AFRICAN TECH & MEDIA The Lagos-based fact-checker just published its annual report. The figures inside tell a story that goes far beyond one organisation’s performance. When a fact-checking organisation publishes its annual report, the instinct is to read it as a self-assessment. Outputs. Activities. Reach. But FactCheckAfrica’s 2025 Annual Impact Report is something more…
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Apply for Cyber4Africa Programme for Early Stage AI Startups in Africa
Applications are now open for the Cyber4Africa Programme a joint initiative of the AI Hub for Sustainable Development, CYBER 4.0 – Cybersecurity Competence Center and Cisco Kenya. As Africa’s #AI ecosystems grow, cybersecurity has become foundational — not optional — for building trust, resilience, adoption, and long-term viability. The Cyber4Africa Programme is designed to…
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Be Part of the Organizing Team of Ibadan Startup Fest Forum 2026
On 27th and 28th of November 2026, ICC Ibadan will host 5,000+ founders, investors, policymakers, and ecosystem builders under one roof for the most ambitious edition yet. If you are a passionate, committed, and driven individual who would like to be part of organising a global start-up event, then you should be part…
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State of Digital Infrastructure in Africa 2025
The African Finance Corporation released its State of African Infrastructure Report for 2025. The report analyses the state of infrastructure in four sectors, Energy, Transport and Logistics, Industry and Manufacturing and Digital Infrastructure At Techies Node, our concern is in the Digital Infrastructure and how it impacts on startups and building hardware and software solutions.…
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The Future of Tech in Africa: Building New Markets from the Ground Up
The fact that Moniepoint has become the latest African fintech platform to hit unicorn status is a bit of old news. But the lessons that we can draw from how the startup achieved it will reverbrate for some time yet. Africa’s tech scene is heating up—but the real action isn’t just in the flashy startup…
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Oyo Startup Ecosystem Updates for 08-05-2024
Afrimerge Launches Tech Online Exhibition If you a tech innovator in Africa, and you have a technology solution to provide to the problems in Africa at local, regional or continental level then you should join Afrimerge’s African Tech Virtual contest and have a chance to get support for your ideas. To be a part of…
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