The World Economic Forum’s search for Africa’s top five female tech innovators has entered it final lap with just three weeks to go before the application process closes. The selected innovators will be invited to take part in the forum’s annual African meeting to be held in Durban in May. The search is open to female entrepreneurs whose business, which …

Reel Gardening an Idea born in  2002 by Claire Reid at the age of 16 is one of the successful agri-startups in south Africa, with such a great history of  Reel gardening, finally, the fruits of the garden are being eaten. Reel Gardening was designed to be the simple solution to gardening – and simple is the best word to describe …

With over 9,000 licensed accounting firms in Nigeria, there is a unique financial problem for SMEs in terms accessing accounting services due to a number of reasons,namely the charges are calculated per hour and are usually high. Most firms cannot afford the use of modern technology and are stuck to using manual methods of operation or  Excel-based. The current accounting …

Nigeria’s leading mobile money payments solution, Paga, has announced it is organizing a career mentoring session for women in celebration of Women’s month availing participants the opportunity of benefiting from ‘real world’ insights in forging a better working world. It is open for women between the ages of 18-26 who are interested in making an impact by developing their career …

“If you educate a man, you simply educate an individual,but, if you educate a woman you educate a nation.”  Those were famous words by Dr James Emmanuel Kwegyir Aggrey as he was speaking on the girl-child education and how much of an improvement is required in Africa for  a brighter future. In Abuja, Nigeria a non-profit  foundation by the name …

Blackbox Connect is a two-week, residential program designed to immerse international startup founders in the Silicon Valley culture. It will give you a foundation of knowledge and access to the expertise you need to expand your vision and scale your company globally. The Programme sets to have 17 or more female founders enroll and get empowered,  The set dates are …

IBM’s Start-Up programme offers ICT focussed start-ups the chance to work with IBM and its partners to create their own disruptive technology solution within a specific industry. IBM South Africa in partnership with Raizcorp a startup incubator based in Johannesburg has launched the programme for the Black female community who own ICT SMMEs that have a ground-breaking technology solution within the …

Honey Ogundeyi , the CEO of Fashpa, where she has been lead of operations for slightly more than three years now, an e-commerce platform for shopping African fashion at very affordable prices, has announced the launch of her new vlog called Side Hustle to Empire . She will be sharing her trials and tribulations and successes of her journey as an …

It is the quintessential media platform of the year. Born in 2009, the 8-year-old Social Media Week has thrived, spreading its wings from one city to being hosted in over 26 cities in five continents. It is the to-go-to annual event for the latest hot topics in education, business, entertainment, technology, art, banking and politics. Now celebrating 5 years in …

Seed Academy, WDB Investment Holdings and Shell Downstream South Africa have partnered to launch AccelerateHer, a three-month business accelerator for female entrepreneurs. The fully-funded AccelerateHer programme will offer 25 female entrepreneurs training, mentorship and business development support as well as in-depth coaching from successful women mentors. Selected entrepreneurs are eligible for access to development opportunities through Shell’s Enterprise and Supplier …