| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.08.2024 | Africa’s wealthiest City: Johannesburg needs $12 Billion to revamp crumbling infrastructure | South Africa’s Johannesburg, ranked as the continent’s richest city due to its concentration of businesses and estimated 12, 300 millionaires, is facing a substantial infrastructure crisis.
The city requires 221 billion rand ($12 billion) t... |
| 02.08.2024 | Nigeria's Digital Future: Universities and Polytechnics Invited to Host Creative Hubs | Nigeria stands at a crossroads. The nation is poised to embrace a digital revolution, fueled by the Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) Programme. This initiative, backed by the African Development Bank and other financia... |
| 01.08.2024 | REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: Invitation to Host Digital and Creative Hubs in Nigerian Universities under the iDICE Programme
Background
Job Summary/Description
Minimum Qualification, Skills an... | Technology and Creative Sector Financing Agreement reference: 2000200005160
Project ID No.: P-NG-K00-009 Background
The Federal Government of Nigeria has received financing from the African Development Bank (AfDB), Agence Française de Dével... |
| 01.08.2024 | REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: Invitation to Host Digital and Creative Hubs in Nigerian Polytechnics under the iDICE Programme | Technology and Creative Sector
Financing Agreement reference: 2000200005160
Project ID No.: P-NG-K00-009
Background
The Federal Government of Nigeria has received financing from the African Development Bank (AfDB), Agence Française de Dével... |
| 31.07.2024 | Johannesburg residents in limbo as politicians dither over mayor position | Johannesburg CBD. Image: Wikimedia Commons
It seems the future of Johannesburg’s mayorship lies at the centre of dealings between ANC Gauteng, Al Jama-ah and Action SA. These three bodies will decide Kabelo Gwamanda’s future as the politica... |
| 19.06.2024 | Mo Ibrahim Foundation launches 2024 Ibrahim Forum report Financing Africa: Where is the Money? | The Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s latest report, “Financing Africa: Where is the Money?” provides a comprehensive analysis of both the financial needs deemed necessary for Africa to meet its development and climate goals and the resources that ar... |
| 03.06.2024 | Climate Finance Programme for Developing Nations is Funnelling Billions Back to Rich Countries | 7 Mins Read Rich countries have been sending climate funds to developing nations via programmes that financially benefit themselves, a new investigation shows.
In 2009, at COP15 in Copenhagen, developed nations pledged to send $100B a year ... |
| 07.05.2024 | Va Tech Wabag secures ₹305-crore order in Tunisia | Va Tech Wabag Ltd. secured a consortium order from ONAS in Tunisia. The order, valued at 11.42 crore Tunisian Dinars (about ₹304.93 crore) is for the design, build and operations of a 36 MLD wastewater treatment plant at Sousse Hamdoun II i... |
| 03.04.2024 | Celebrating 34 Years of Empowering Entrepreneurs: SIDBI Marks Another Milestone | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) proudly commemorates 34 years of fostering entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth in India. Since its inception in 1990, SIDBI has been instrumental in... |
| 28.03.2024 | YouScribe Launches in Ghana in Partnership with Digital Virgo and MTN and Strengthens its Presence in English-Speaking Africa | YouScribe, the largest digital reading library on the African continent with over one million subscribers, announces the launch of its services in Ghana in partnership with mobile payment expert Digital Virgo and MTN. This marks a significa... |
| 26.03.2024 | Tony Elumelu Foundation Announces 10th Cohort of Entrepreneurship Programme – 20,000 Entrepreneurs Funded Across Africa | 10th Cohort of the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme Announced; Over 50 business sectors from farming to technology represented; 20,000 entrepreneurs from 54 countries across Africa funded in 10 years – doubling original ta... |
| 22.06.2023 | From Paris to Vanuatu, plastic pollution is a major global concern | While country representatives from across the world gathered in Paris to negotiate a treaty on plastic pollution, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) through the AFD-funded ‘Committing to Sustainable Waste ... |
| 10.02.2023 | Social housing in South Africa is in trouble | Activists from Reclaim the City, credited by some in the housing sector as helping reignite the City of Cape Town’s commitment to social housing. Archive photo: Mia Arderne via Groundup
Article originally published on GroundUp By Maxwell Ro... |
| 10.02.2023 | Pacific islands supported to better manage disaster waste | Participants from various Pacific countries have benefitted from a virtual Disaster Waste Management workshop designed to allow them to share experiences and lessons learned in disaster waste management.
Held on 8 December 2022, the worksho... |
| 25.01.2023 | Un engagement régional pour lutter contre les déchets marins dans le Pacifique | 24 janvier 2023, Apia, Samoa – L’ampleur et l’augmentation rapide du volume des déchets marins et de la pollution plastique mettent en péril la santé des mers et des océans du monde entier. Malgré les initiatives et les efforts actuels, la ... |
| 24.01.2023 | A regional commitment to address marine litter in the Pacific | 24 January 2023, Apia Samoa - The scale and rapidly increasing volume of marine litter and plastic pollution is putting the health of all the world’s oceans and seas at risk. Despite current initiatives and efforts, the amount of plastics i... |
| 08.12.2021 | The ECOWAS Commission and the French Development Agency (AFD) sign a New Grant Agreement of 8 million to Support the Food Security Storage System in West Africa. | The ECOWAS Commission and the French Development Agency (AFD) sign a New Grant Agreement of €8 million to Support the Food Security Storage System in West Africa. 08/12/2021Harouna MAYAKI
The ECOWAS Commission and the French Development Age... |
| 09.09.2021 | Plentywaka founder Onyeka Akumah on African startups and global expansion | Plentywaka wants to change the way Africans move. It’s starting with one of the busiest cities on the continent.
The startup, a ride-share and bus-booking platform, is based in Lagos, the Nigerian city where 20 million people and 45% of the... |
| 06.05.2021 | International Collaboration of development finance organisations agree new steps to increase the resilience of economies threatened by the climate emergency | The Group of G7 Development Finance Institutions working together under the DFIs+ Adaptation and Resilience Collaborative has put forward a practical plan to the G7 on actions to accelerate investments in adaptation and resilience. |
| 06.05.2021 | International Collaboration of development finance organisations agree new steps to increase the resilience of economies threatened by the climate emergency | The Group of G7 Development Finance Institutions working together under the DFIs+ Adaptation and Resilience Collaborative has put forward a practical plan to the G7 on actions to accelerate investments in adaptation and resilience. |
| 06.05.2021 | International Collaboration of development finance organisations agree new steps to increase the resilience of economies threatened by the climate emergency | The Group of G7 Development Finance Institutions working together under the DFIs+ Adaptation and Resilience Collaborative has put forward a practical plan to the G7 on actions to accelerate investments in adaptation and resilience. |
| 27.11.2020 | New partnership to support sustainable renewable energy in Southeast Asia | The Southeast Asia Energy Transition Partnership aims to help countries in the region transition from using fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy, in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change.
The partnership aims to support sus... |
| 16.09.2020 | SA tech startup partners with French Development Agency | South African tech startup, Kandua has partnered with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD ), the French public development finance body.
The partnership will assist in Kandua’s effort to promote and enable work opportunities for arti... |
| 16.09.2020 | SA tech startup partners with French Development Agency | South African tech startup, Kandua has partnered with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD ), the French public development finance body.
The partnership will assist in Kandua’s effort to promote and enable work opportunities for art... |
| 24.08.2020 | PricePally selected for the Digital Africa Social and Inclusive Business Camp. | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lagos (Nigeria), August 2020. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to report that Pricepally has been accepted into the Agence Francaise de Developpment’s (AFD) Digital Africa Social and Inclusive Business Camp (SIBC). |
| 25.11.2019 | AfriLabs appoints new board at 2019 annual gathering | AfriLabs, a network for technology hubs and innovation centres, has announced that it has appointed a new board.
The announcement was made at its 2019 annual gathering, which was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia last month.
AfriLabs said in a ... |
| 25.11.2019 | AfriLabs appoints new board at 2019 annual gathering | AfriLabs, a network for technology hubs and innovation centres, has announced that it has appointed a new board.
The announcement was made at its 2019 annual gathering, which was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia last month.
AfriLabs said in ... |
| 10.10.2019 | Business support, €20k up for grabs in fourth edition of AFD Digital Challenge | Are you part of a startup, association or research centre that is developing a digital solution that promotes the development of inclusive and sustainable cities in Africa?
The French Development Agency (AFD) said in a statement last week ... |
| 10.10.2019 | Business support, €20k up for grabs in fourth edition of AFD Digital Challenge | Are you part of a startup, association or research centre that is developing a digital solution that promotes the development of inclusive and sustainable cities in Africa?
The French Development Agency (AFD) said in a statement last week t... |
| 29.05.2019 | New Tshimologong partnerships to help link SA creatives with French market | Partnership agreements signed this month between Joburg-based Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct and two French entities will help link French and SA creatives in the digital sector.
Tshimologong signed the agreements with the French ... |
| 29.05.2019 | New Tshimologong partnerships to help link SA creatives with French market | Partnership agreements signed this month between Joburg-based Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct and two French entities will help link French and SA creatives in the digital sector.
Tshimologong signed the agreements with the French... |
| 02.05.2019 | Digital Lab Africa announces winners of its pitch competition | African digital content springboard and incubation platform Digital Lab Africa (DLA) has announced the 10 winning projects of its pitch competition and accelerator programme.
DLA was initiated by the French Embassy and the French Institute ... |
| 02.05.2019 | Digital Lab Africa announces winners of its pitch competition | African digital content springboard and incubation platform Digital Lab Africa (DLA) has announced the 10 winning projects of its pitch competition and accelerator programme.
DLA was initiated by the French Embassy and the French Institute... |
| 11.02.2019 | Everything you need to know about SA’s tech startup ecosystem [updated 2019] | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to t... |
| 11.02.2019 | Everything you need to know about SA’s tech startup ecosystem [updated 2019] | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to t... |
| 10.12.2018 | Sawari Ventures announces $35m first closing of $70m North Africa fund | Egyptian venture capital firm Sawari Ventures yesterday (9 December) announced a $35-million first closing of its $70-million Sawari Ventures North Africa Fund I (SVNFI).
The Cairo-based VC firm made the announcement on the sidelines of th... |
| 10.12.2018 | Sawari Ventures announces $35m first closing of $70m North Africa fund | Egyptian venture capital firm Sawari Ventures yesterday (9 December) announced a $35-million first closing of its $70-million Sawari Ventures North Africa Fund I (SVNFI).
The Cairo-based VC firm made the announcement on the sidelines of the... |
| 19.11.2018 | How French investors are helping grow Senegal’s tech startup ecosystem | Senegal’s tech startup scene may still be small, but a rise in venture capital (VC) investments — led by French investors — suggest that things are beginning to warm up in the West African country.
Rodolphe Rosier — a Frenchman who co-foun... |
| 19.11.2018 | How French investors are helping grow Senegal’s tech startup ecosystem | Senegal’s tech startup scene may still be small, but a rise in venture capital (VC) investments — led by French investors — suggest that things are beginning to warm up in the West African country.
Rodolphe Rosier — a Frenchman who co-found... |
| 16.11.2018 | France’s Proparco to deploy €50m in Africa’s tech ecosystem from 2019 [Updated] | UPDATE: (16 November): An earlier version of this article stated that Proparco will deploy the €50-million in 2019. Proparco communication’s adviser Romain Esperon subsequently clarified to Ventureburn that while Proparco had earmarked €50-... |
| 16.11.2018 | France’s Proparco to deploy €50m in Africa’s tech ecosystem from 2019 [Updated] | UPDATE: (16 November): An earlier version of this article stated that Proparco will deploy the €50-million in 2019. Proparco communication’s adviser Romain Esperon subsequently clarified to Ventureburn that while Proparco had earmarked €50-... |
| 06.11.2018 | Digital Lab Africa to open call to content innovators – from music to animators | African innovators in digital music, web creation, virtual reality (VR), video games and animation better listen up. French backed incubation platform Digital Lab Africa (DLA) will start taking entries for the third edition of its incubatio... |
| 06.11.2018 | Digital Lab Africa to open call to content innovators – from music to animators | African innovators in digital music, web creation, virtual reality (VR), video games and animation better listen up. French backed incubation platform Digital Lab Africa (DLA) will start taking entries for the third edition of its incubatio... |
| 02.11.2018 | AFD seeks startups with solutions that boost women to apply to digital challenge | French development bank AFD and innovation platform Digital Africa are seeking African tech startups that help boost women — be it in the economic, social, cultural or political sphere — to apply to the third edition of the AFD Digital Chal... |
| 02.11.2018 | AFD seeks startups with solutions that boost women to apply to digital challenge | French development bank AFD and innovation platform Digital Africa are seeking African tech startups that help boost women — be it in the economic, social, cultural or political sphere — to apply to the third edition of the AFD Digital Chal... |
| 25.10.2018 | Here are the DEMO Africa 2018 winners | Startup launchpad DEMO Africa has selected five startups that will travel to Silicon Valley as part of the Lions Africa Innovation Tour next year.
The five startups were selected and announced last week Friday (19 October) at the last day ... |
| 25.10.2018 | Here are the DEMO Africa 2018 winners | Startup launchpad DEMO Africa has selected five startups that will travel to Silicon Valley as part of the Lions Africa Innovation Tour next year.
The five startups were selected and announced last week Friday (19 October) at the last day o... |
| 04.09.2018 | AfricArena signs up AFD subsidiary Proparco as strategic partner, sponsor | Tech startup conference AfricArena has signed up Proparco — a development finance institution partly owned by the French Development Agency (AFD) — as a strategic partner and sponsor.
In a statement announcing the partnership last week, Pro... |
| 04.09.2018 | AfricArena signs up AFD subsidiary Proparco as strategic partner, sponsor | Tech startup conference AfricArena has signed up Proparco — a development finance institution partly owned by the French Development Agency (AFD) — as a strategic partner and sponsor.
In a statement announcing the partnership last week, Pr... |
| 05.07.2018 | AFD to invest R14.5m in Tshimologong’s new Digital Content Hub | In its first investment in digital innovation in South Africa, the French Development Agency (AFD) will next week sign a three-year €950 000 (R14.5-million) grant to fund Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct’s new Digital Content Hub se... |
| 05.07.2018 | AFD to invest R14.5m in Tshimologong’s new Digital Content Hub | In its first investment in digital innovation in South Africa, the French Development Agency (AFD) will next week sign a three-year €950 000 (R14.5-million) grant to fund Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct’s new Digital Content Hub se... |
| 17.06.2018 | Breaking down France’s new $76M Africa startup fund | Jake Bright Contributor
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| 08.06.2018 | French President Macron announces $76m fund for Africa startups | Emmanuel Macron via
The president of France, Emmanuel Macron has announced the launch of a 65 million Euro (US$76.14 million) fund dedicated to providing access to small ticket funding for African startups, as part of the unveiling of a “Di... |
| 28.05.2018 | Here’s how African startups can apply for a share of €65m French fund | African startups will be able to apply for seed funding from a new €65-million French development agency (AFD) fund via an innovation competition, when applications for the competition open later this year.
The news was announced by French... |
| 28.05.2018 | Here’s how African startups can apply for a share of €65m French fund | African startups will be able to apply for seed funding from a new €65-million French development agency (AFD) fund via an innovation competition, when applications for the competition open later this year.
The news was announced by French ... |
| 15.09.2016 | French startup Afrimarket secures €10 million to grow its e-commerce platform in Africa | Moroccan entrepreneur Rania Belkahia has raised €10 million in Series B funding for e-commerce platform Afrimarket, which targets the French-speaking countries of West Africa. (source: Les Echos)
The Series B round brings total investment f... |
