Senet Raises US$16m To Expand LoRaWAN, Signs Deal To Network Road-weather Sensors
By James Blackman US LoRaWAN provider Senet has secured a US$16 million funding round to accelerate the deployment and densification...
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Robots, Drones And Artificial Intelligence For Advanced Decommissioning And Environmental Remediation: Winners Of the IAEA 2020 Crowdsourcing Challenge
By Irena Chatzis, IAEA Department of Nuclear Energy The IAEA crowdsourcing challenge was aimed at encouraging innovation in design and...
COVID-19 Virtual Hackathon: NCC Shortlists 3 Digital Innovation Startups
Set To Award N9m Research Grants To Winners By Angeline Ngbele, Correspondent Abuja Telecommunications sector regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission...
Seed Stage Investing And Why It Matters For Africa’s Startup And Innovation Community
In Africa, the maturity of a startup raising seed funds is arguably higher than in other continents due to the...
Google, Nokia Back HMD Global In Funding Round
Handset manufacturer HMD Global secured US$230 million in funding to help accelerate growth plans, with Reuters naming Google, Qualcomm and...
VC4A, AWS Activate, AfriLabs and ABAN Woo African Start-ups
…Announce 2020 ‘Venture Showcase - Seed’ VC4A with technical partner AWS Activate, and network partners AfriLabs and ABAN is reaching ...
MTN Group Solution Space Announce E-Track Programme 2020/2021
By Ifeoma Asika, Correspondent Campuses Solution Space and the MTN Group have announced a programe aimed at boosting individual and...
VC4A Announces 2020 ‘Venture Showcase Series A’ In Collaboration With AWS Activate
By Josephine Akaerr VC4A is inviting disruptive African scale-ups looking to raise between US$500K and US$10M. In collaboration with technical...
AfDB Announces 100 Finalists For IDEATHON #Africavs Virus Challenge
By Ifeoma Asika The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the 100 finalists from the #AfricaVsVirus Challenge ideathon to find...
EBRD Launches Regional Start-up Initiative
By Axel Reiserer Start-ups across the regions where the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invests will benefit from...
