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Ten Kenyan startups have been selected to take part in the Wazo Challenge run by Hindsight Ventures, where they will compete for a cash grant of US$10,000 and other perks.

The largest hackathon in Africa set the stage in Lagos, Nigeria from Friday 10th June to Sunday 12th of June 2022 at the Africa FinTech Foundry, Victoria Islands.

The average African crypto buyer is most likely to be male, spends about $20 USD on the first purchase and holds onto it for about 9 months, according to data from Luno, a crypto platform with over 10 million customers in 40+ countries.

Ghana’s central bank has launched GhanaPay, a mobile wallet for savings and loans companies and banks, including rural and community banks.

The Association of African startups, a leading Pan-African organization focused on equipping African Entrepreneurs with the required skills to create a sustainable business has announced it will be hosting its 2022 Tech Summit.

The 6th edition of Vivatech, a major international event for innovation and digital technology, has just opened in Paris. More than 400 startups from all over the world are here to showcase their latest developments.

Climate change poses serious risks to mental health and well-being, concludes a new WHO policy brief, launched at the Stockholm+50 conference. The Organization is therefore urging countries to include mental health support in their response to the climate crisis

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), together with the Ministry of Innovation and Technology and the Mastercard Foundation launched a digital service that will provide sustainable public health emergency information to the public in five different languages.

Dibbs, a blockchain-powered collectibles marketplace, announced Wednesday (June 15) it had integrated with Circle to let customers make payments using USD Coin.

Despite the lack of documentation, African history is replete with stories of people with inspiring achievements like Warrior Queen Amina. Although historians have conflicting theories about her life, the consensus is that she personified bravery and valiance in war.

Amazon has been quietly recruiting salespeople and engineers in Lagos, hinting at an expansion of its streaming and cloud computing businesses in Africa’s largest economy, Rest of World has learned.

Cisco has launched AppDynamics Cloud, a cloud-native observability platform for modern applications which are based on increasingly complex, distributed architectures and services.