Promoting Africa
Mara Group, a new tech company based in Rwanda, Africa, made history last month, by launching the first manufactured and assembled smartphones in Africa: Mara X & Mara Z. "While smartphones are assembled in other African nations (Egypt, Algeria, and South Africa all have assembly plants), according to Reuters, those companies all import the components." Mara is the first company…
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The largest e-commerce operator in Africa, has officially started trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday April 12 as “JMIA”, with shares beginning trading at $18.95, and closing at $25.46. The company offered 13.5 million shares for purchase and raised $196 million. Jumia’s IPO is now the first major African-focused venture-funded tech company…
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Johnson and Johnson’s Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0 is here! As a result, all African innovators are invited to submit their ideas. Entries opened on Thursday November 8. The Africa Innovation Challenge is designed for the continent’s innovators to showcase new ideas. This extraordinary opportunity is in its second edition (first edition launched in November 2016) .…
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The fourth edition of the yearly event Africa Code Week, kicked-off this year in South Africa, on October 5th, on the occasion of the World Teachers Day. The event will continue until October 31st. Since its inception in 2015, Africa Code Week has introduced over 1.8 million African youth to coding skills in multiple African countries while…
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As one of the largest social media outlets in the world, Instagram is becoming the top social media outlet for Africans that love and breath art. Instagram began to take off in 2010, first only exclusively on iPhones and then eventually opening up their platform to Androids. Instagram created the ability for everyday, regular people…
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Kantanka Automobile Company Limited is a subsidiary of the Kantanka Group of Companies founded by Apostle Dr. Kwadwo Safo Kantanka. He also serves as Founder and Leader of Kristo Asafo Mission of Ghana." Located in Accra, Ghana. Kantanka Auto was founded in 2012 by KOSA group (Ghana) and BIG S&T group (China) to bring innovative…
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Facebook recently unveiled NG_Hub, Lagos, Nigeria – its first hub space in Africa, in partnership with CcHub. The hub space aims to bring together communities to collaborate, learn, and exchange ideas. The American tech company wants to deepen its commitment and investment foothold in Africa. It also announced partnerships with seven other hubs across Nigeria, including…
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