Michelle Njuguna

Applications are open for the Google for Startups Accelerator: South Africa, a three-month programme designed to support 15 growth-stage, AI-driven South African startups with equity-free funding, technical mentorship and access to Google’s advanced AI technologies

South African payment performance partner NjiaPay has launched one-click payments for merchants, giving consumers a fast and convenient way to pay without re-entering card details or taking additional payment steps like 3-D Secure verification.

Applications are now open for the Africa Trade Competitiveness and Market Access Programme (ATCMA–ECCAS), an EU-funded initiative supporting businesses operating in the timber, cocoa, and cassava value chains across Central Africa.

Johannesburg is set to host its first-ever exhibition of the Sony World Photography Awards, one of the most prestigious international honours in photography,

Seychelles-based startup Fusepay has launched an AI-native operating and financial system for trade businesses across the Indian Ocean and Africa.

A Launch Base Africa analysis of more than 120 disclosed equity funding rounds shows that the International Finance Corporation (IFC), France’s Proparco, and Morocco’s Azur Innovation Fund emerged as the most active equity investors

Twelve Kenyan education technology start-ups developing solutions for learners with disabilities, refugees and other underserved communities have secured backing under the latest Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship

The Wits School of Public Health SPH, ranked among the top 100 in the world, invites applications for postdoctoral fellows. Research is nested in the SARChI Chair on Human Resources for Health and AFRHiCARE.

Scientists at Wits University say that for Africa to achieve vaccine sovereignty, the continent must build and sustain its own vaccine expertise, intellectual property and manufacturing capacity to reduce its dependence on technologies and supplies from elsewhere

Ghanaian startup Wingxtra has joined FasterCapital’s EquityPilot programme to help it scale its cargo drone service. Wingxtra builds high‑payload, GPS‑navigated delivery drones capable of carrying up to 10kg of cargo with redundant navigation and safety systems.

Pitchwise is a document-sharing and virtual data room platform that enables African founders, dealmakers, and teams to share pitch decks, data rooms, and other sensitive documents through a single link.

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