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Africa Business Communities

Funding to two local organizations – AfriLabs and Graça Machel Trust – will build on Visa Foundation’s efforts to support gender diverse and inclusive small and micro businesses.

At the 10th Africa Sankalp Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, Visa Foundation announced a $1 Million grant partnership with two African organizations

NAIROBI, Kenya--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 2, 2023--

The Visa Foundation has made a $1 million gift to two African groups, emphasizing the significance of creating an environment for female entrepreneurs throughout the continent. The financing is part of the Visa Foundation's five-year, $200 million Equitable Access Initiative, which was announced in April 2020 as a strategic commitment to assist gender diverse and

The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) prize competition (https://AfricaBusinessHeroes.org) has expanded its ecosystem of partners and judges for its 4th

AfriLabs with major stakeholders and key players in the African Innovation Ecosystem launch an Academy to support innovations across Africa.

The UAE will take over the chairmanship of the Agile Nations, a network of countries set up to foster cooperation on innovative regulatory practice between governments.

Tech hubs as we know them today in Africa will evolve, says AfriLabs executive director Anna Ekeledo, but will remain valuable.

Anna Ekeledo is the Executive Director of AfriLabs, a network organisation of over 300 technology innovation hubs spread across 49 African countries, which helps develop programmes and build partnerships that support African innovation hubs and other stakeholders...