Born in 2015, following a call on Facebook by Mike BUTCHER, TechCrunch Europe editor, in response to the photo of young Aylan’s found dead on a beach in Turkey, Techfugees mobilizes a community of digital transformation actors, making digital solutions available for the inclusion of displaced people.

Sinatou SAKA, a journalist specializing in digital entrepreneurship in Africa and Editorial Project Manager of RFI and France 24, founded the Idemi Africa platform to promote and help create digital media in African languages on the web. This is an economic issue, but also a social one according to her.

On the sidelines of French President Emmanuel MACRON’s visit to Kigali that sealed the rapprochement between France and Rwanda through a series of cooperation agreements, a new axis in Franco-Rwandan relations is taking shape. Around digital development.

To support the African startups’ development during what seems to be an investissement market contraction, Proparco, a subsidiary of the French Development Agency dedicated to the private sector, and Digital Africa launched Bridge Fund by Digital Africa.

Invited by the French president Emmanuel Macron, Uhuru KENYATTA, his Kenyan counterpart, joined the 6th edition of Bpifrance Inno Génération, happening in Paris. On this occasion, the French secretary in charge of digital Cédric O and the Kenyan TIC minister Joseph MUCHERU shared a cross interview. They explain their expectations for the future of the France-Kenya relationship concerning digital.

In Senegal, digital technology is taking part in the response against the coronavirus pandemic. Young enthusiasts have created several digital solutions that intervene at different levels of the fight. The Senegalese authorities intend to integrate some of these solutions into the dynamic of the gradual recovery of the economy. Video report.

Algeria confirms progress towards the development of a Startup Act with the creation of a 10million-euro investment fund to support start-up companies.