Women’s innovation movement JFD inaugurated on March 23 its first growth accelerator in Africa, at the heart of Libreville, Gabon, the 6th most connected African country in the world and the future digital hub of Central and West Africa, according to a World Bank report. Delphine REMY-BOUTANG, CEO of JFD, President of the Global Entrepreneurship Network France and Camélia NTOUTOUME LECLERCQ, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology Transfer and JFD Ambassador tell more.

A mechanical engineer, Nneile NKHOLISE, is co-founder & CEO 3DIMO, which automates livestock data analysis to monitor animal health. She is the 2021 winner of the Margaret Entrepreneur Africa Award. Portrait.

In Ethiopia, an app is helping women entrepreneurs during the Covid-19 crisis. The application uses data from selling points to generate information and help those companies improve their operations, maximize their profits, and ease credit access.

On the 2nd of October, Digital Africa organized a round table on the theme: Women, Tech & Inclusion, perspectives from Europe and Africa. Attended by five high-level panelists, the debate focused on gender and digital issues, exploring ways to foster women’s inclusion into the real economy thanks to digital tools.

E- Tontine offers unbanked Senegalese the opportunity to save in order to buy equipment or food products. A platform that revisits the traditional Tontine adapted to the needs of modern times.