Boubacar Diallo, Author at AfrikaTech

Seedstars launches a pan-African venture fund to accompany its regional strategy

April 18, 2019

Seedstars is partnering with First Growth Ventures to launch Seedstars Africa Ventures, a sub-Saharan Africa fund targeting $100mn to make early-stage minority investments from USD 250,000 to USD 5 million in t...

WenaData : Facilitating access to data in Africa

Boubacar Diallo

April 5, 2019

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WenaData is an innovative research company, focused on obtaining all kind of statistical data. It´s an instrument that government, private sector and other institutions can use as an educational vehicle, barome...

REMA : Save lives with E-Health

Boubacar Diallo

April 4, 2019

Health

Founded by Sedric Degbo, REMA is an Ivorian startup that aims to improve the quality of medical decisions by connecting all African doctors through a mobile app that allows them to publish, discuss, resolve pat...

Meet with Emerson Paim, the CEO of Kubina

Boubacar Diallo

April 2, 2019

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AfrikaTech went to meet Emerson Pain, Kubina's CEO. Kubina is an Angolan company specializing in transport. The peer to peer carpool service company has won the startup competition for emerging countries, Seeds...

Meeting with Modou NS Njie, founder of Money Farm

Boubacar Diallo

March 28, 2019

Agribusiness, Start a business

AfrikaTech went to meet Modou NS Njie, a young Gambian entrepreneur, founder of Farm Fresh, online food store and online delivery service No. 1 in The Gambia, focused on promoting local products. The entreprene...

Schoolap : Improving education in Africa through digital

Boubacar Diallo

March 26, 2019

Education, Start a business

Despite the marked improvement in recent years, education in Africa is still fraught with difficulties. Between lack of infrastructure, communication and centralization of data education in the African continen...

Tony elumelu foundation announces 3,050 entrepreneurs selected for the 5th cycle of the TEF Entrepreneurship program

Boubacar Diallo

March 25, 2019

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Tony Elumelu Foundation directly funds 1,000 entrepreneurs and an additional 2,050 beneficiaries supported by Foundation’s partners TEF Entrepreneurship Forum – Africa’s largest entrepreneurship convenin...

Diool : Facilitating the management of financial transactions in Africa

Boubacar Diallo

March 23, 2019

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Founded by Serge and Phillipe Boupda, Diool is a financial services platform, where users can make all sorts of transactions with others, using the payment or receiving method of their choice. "Our mission is ...

Meeting with Olivia Zenk, founder of BeneFactors Ltd.

Boubacar Diallo

March 23, 2019

Economy, Start a business

Olivia Zenk is an economist and the founder of a fintech company named BeneFactory Ltd. BeneFactors Ltd. is a factoring company. Factoring is a simple advance against unpaid invoices that a company is waiting f...

Access to electricity in Africa, some guidelines

Boubacar Diallo

February 28, 2019

Energy

The development of Africa is conditioned by access to electricity. This access is unfortunately heterogeneous in the continent. Indeed, North Africa and South Africa have an access rate higher than 75%. However...

Post-harvest losses, an African disease whose remedies are known

Boubacar Diallo

February 19, 2019

Agribusiness

From vegetables to cereals to fruits, the problem of post-harvest losses (PPR) are most acute on the African continent. While the continent's food demand is expected to explode in the coming years, their reduct...

Senegal to host training program for 200 renewable energy technicians

Boubacar Diallo

February 19, 2019

Energy

Senegal hosts a training and research program in Africa that will be dedicated to renewable energies. This initiative was launched by Canada's International Development Research Center (IDRC) and the French com...

Market study on the ICT sector in Ivory Coast

Boubacar Diallo

February 17, 2019

Economy

Investing in the digital sector (ICT) in Côte d'Ivoire Do you want to invest or do business in Africa, but do not know where to find reliable market information or profitable business ideas? At AfrikaTech, ...

Visa Expands Accelerated Fintech Support Program in Africa

Boubacar Diallo

February 14, 2019

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Visa, a company specializing in electronic payment systems, announced on February 13, 2019, the launch of its accelerated financial technology support program - FinTech in Africa. This investment is in line wit...

Nigerian diaspora plans to invest $ 3 billion in the country’s economy

Boubacar Diallo

February 12, 2019

Economy

Nigeria will benefit from a $ 3 billion "investment fund" from its diaspora, announced this week Abike Dabiri-Erewa (photo), presidential adviser for the affairs of the Nigerian diaspora. In an interview wit...

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Seedstars launches a pan-African venture fund to accompany its regional strategy

WenaData : Facilitating access to data in Africa

REMA : Save lives with E-Health

Meet with Emerson Paim, the CEO of Kubina

Meeting with Modou NS Njie, founder of Money Farm

Schoolap : Improving education in Africa through digital

Tony elumelu foundation announces 3,050 entrepreneurs selected for the 5th cycle of the TEF Entrepreneurship program

Diool : Facilitating the management of financial transactions in Africa

Meeting with Olivia Zenk, founder of BeneFactors Ltd.

Access to electricity in Africa, some guidelines

Post-harvest losses, an African disease whose remedies are known

Senegal to host training program for 200 renewable energy technicians

Market study on the ICT sector in Ivory Coast

Visa Expands Accelerated Fintech Support Program in Africa

Nigerian diaspora plans to invest $ 3 billion in the country’s economy

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