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Nine startups from across the continent have been selected for the Katapult Africa Accelerator Programme, which provides access to US$150,000 in funding and other support. The Norway-based Katapult Accelerator has invested in a host of African startups, and also launched spin-offs such as Katapult Ocean and a climate-focused programme. As reported in March, it had partnered the Tony Blair
For Jonas Tesfu, a Norwegian with Eritrean roots, for everyone of those start-ups unable to grow, it is a chance foregone to solve real societal problems.
The vision that drives Hira Rizvi, founder of Pakistan’s first carpooling app for women Young tech entrepreneur Hira Batool Rizvi’s carpooling app She'Kab offers women commuters in Pakistan a safe and efficient way to get to college or work. December 26, 2020 / 08:32 AM IST This November, when Vodafone Institute’s Berlin-based F-Lane accelerator programme for businesses using technology to empower women was in progress, an unlikely participant was part of the online conference: a newborn baby. But little Aaleen had been part of her mother Hira Batool Rizvi’s entrepreneurial venture...