Spearheaded by the Embassy of Ireland in South Africa, the Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct and Technology Innovation Agency, the Irish Tech Challenge programme aims to fuse Irish technology expertise with…
Browsing: Start-Ups
After a low Venture Capital (VC) funding year so far compared to 2023, July saw twenty-eight venture capital (VC) deals across Africa with a value of over $500 Million, and…
Groq, a start-up chip developer that is developing chips specifically for the generative AI hardware industry, are aiming to challenge existing chip producers such as Nvidia, with a new generation…
The recent McKinsey Global Institute report, “A microscope on small businesses”, reveals that micro, small, and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) account for two-thirds of business employment in advanced economies, and almost…
Chipper Cash, a Fintech company that developed a modern mobile money-send app and operates in Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, the UK, South Africa, Australia, Colombia, Tanzania, Canada, hit a hurdle…
The H1 numbers on African VC funding reveal that debt funding has shown an overall decline compared to H1 in 2023 of -56%, with equity funding still the dominant player,…
PressOne Africa, a leading provider of cloud-based phone systems for small businesses, has announced its sponsorship of Lagos Startup Week (LSW) 2024. The annual event taking place in July 2024,…
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is reportedly in discussions to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz, according to a source familiar with the matter. The potential transaction could reach up to $23 billion,…
The startup that specializes in generative AI for searching large documents and answering complex questions, Hebbia has managed to raise $130 million in a Series B funding round. This round,…
In just 6 months, with a team of just 8 staff, the Kyutai research lab developed, from scratch an artificial intelligence (AI) model with unprecedented vocal capabilities called Moshi. The…
