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Last year, the landlocked East African country started the construction of the Kigali Innovation City (KIC) which is a $2 billion project aimed at creating the continent’s Silicon Valley on 70 hectares of land that will host among others, world-class universities, technology companies, biotech firms, and commercial and retail real...

For its 7th edition, under the theme "Open Innovation at the service of SMEs in Africa", scheduled for 12 & 13 June 2019 at the Most Events in Casablanca, HUB AFRICA 2019 announces the opening of applications for AWARDS 2019. Should we remind that these Trophies, molded in a golden...

AfricArena and its A-team of startups were present at the fourth edition of VivaTech where the South African agritech startup, Aerobotics, ranked first as the pitch battle winner. Recognising that technology is revolutionising Africa, VivaTech featured, for the second time, a dedicated Afric@Tech section – showcasing 50 African startups from...

An exclusive discussion paper from McKinsey will be published and presented on the main stage the opening day of VivaTechnology. Drawing on a library of around 600 tech applications, the paper, Tech for Good: Smoothing disruption, improving well-being, examines the potential of the new generation of technology to improve lives...

Shortlist reflects diversity of high performing banks on the continent Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on the margins of the African Development Bank Annual Meetings taking place next month in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Nominees for the 2019 African Banker Awards have been announced. The Awards, which are...

On May 15th 2019, Station F, the world’s largest startup campus, will host for the first time Afrobytes, an international marketplace that brings together innovative companies wishing to accelerate their strategy in African markets.  Now in its fourth edition, Afrobytes brings together under the same roof, the best of the...

KKenya-France Business Club (KFBC), a platform set up in 2010 to promote the destination Kenya to the diaspora but also to French investors, invites French investors to evaluate the opportunities offered by the "Africa Hub of Africa". 'East', at the 3rd edition of the Beyond Borders Business Forum (BBB) to...

Three East African nations are among the top dozen fastest growing destinations for tourism worldwide. According to the 2019 annual report from the World Travel and Tourism Council, Ethiopia is the fastest growing travel destination in the world with Rwanda in sixth place and Uganda at 12th. Ethiopia’s tourism sector...

The Board of the African Development Bank has approved the Central Africa Regional Integration Strategy Paper 2019 – 2025, adopting the Bank’s multinational operations in Central Africa over the indicated period. The Central Africa Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) for 2019 – 2025 builds on the lessons learned from the...

En marge du 2ème Forum de l'OMS sur la santé en Afrique, l’Institution a exhorté les États africains à s’engager en faveur de la mise en place de la couverture sanitaire universelle. Selon l’OMS, chaque année les maladies et les épidémies coûtent à l'Afrique 2 400 milliards de dollars. Une perte...