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.
The 2021 edition of the VivaTech, once again this year, put African startups in the spotlight. For Resilient Digital Africa, three entrepreneurs from the continental tech scene share their experience of the fair.
At the heart of the current changes, the digital transformation of the African insurance industry is making steady progress driven, in particular, by the arrival of InsurTech players. A promising trend that should not obscure certain constraints.
Honored during the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, African production is becoming more pronounced, while still struggling with funding. This situation could change with the announced arrival of the industry’s global leaders.
Moroccan agriculture, which is already held up as a model on the continent, through the “Plan Maroc Vert”, is in the midst of a technological transformation. Climate hazards, rural exodus, training of young people… New technological tools provide solutions to the issues faced by the sector and contribute to its resilience.
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.
Analysis: while the example of Jumia reveals the difficulty of achieving the same profitability of their model, the future of these delivery platforms is very much at stake in their “local” dimension. Do they help promote Made in Africa products? That’s what is at stake. Part three (final).
Jumia, Glovo, Gozem… Super-Apps are multiplying on the continent. Each one has its own model and range of services. If their ambitions to expand regionally have been slowed down by COVID-19, the pandemic has also revealed their flexibility and their ability to adapt to the new needs of the markets where they are based. Part two.
Delivery platforms that were not rather rooted in customs before the pandemic are booming in Africa, boosted by lockdowns. That business is at the same time diversifying. Part one.
