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Based on a pilot project carried out by Open Startup Tunisia (OST) in partnership with MIT, the BRAIN (Bridging Research and Innovation) program aims to help build the foundations of Deep Tech in Africa through various actions. Digital Africa has joined this initiative to extend it, while adding a pan-African dimension. In this interview, Houda Ghozzi (Brain) and Malek Lagha (DA) give more details.
<strong>Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which form the bulk of Africa’s economic fabric, face major challenges that need to be addressed. This is the challenge facing the Africa SME Champions Forum, which will take place in Lomé on October 5 and 6. We talked to Didier Acouetey, General Commissioner of the Africa SME Champions Forum and President of the recruitment company AfricSearch. </strong>
<strong>Many challenges, a varied career. But always with a clear direction. </strong><strong>Iris Irumva’s odyssey is both charming and inspiring. Her joy, her satisfaction : lifting others up.</strong>
Senegal Numérique (Senum) is a national company created by the Senegalese government to support the digital transformation of public services and providing solutions that meet the needs of Senegal and the Senegalese people. Challenges and goals with Cheikh Bakhoum, Managing Director of Senum.
Six years after launching her platform in the United Kingdom, “Save Your Wardrobe” which gives clothes a second life in a circular journey, Tunisian Hasna Kourda received the prestigious LVMH prize for innovation. She wants to make it the starting point of Tunisia’s influence in the world of fashion. Interview.
Edtech Connections, a French company that uses technology and innovation to serve education and training, particularly in Africa, has created an innovative tool with the support of Digital Africa to help start-ups reach their target market. Interview with Penelope Terranova, Head of Programs, Digital Africa and David Pontalier, co-founder of EdTech.
Designed in South Africa, MellowVans’ ecological and economical electric vehicles are ready to enter the European market. Explanations with Neil du Preez, founder and managing director of Mellowvans.
Maxime is the operating partner of Catalyst Fund, an accelerator and venture capital fund, a pre-seed fund focused on supporting climate-resilient startups in Africa. Co-founder of “Africa: The Big Deal”, he analyzes the latest trends in the sector for RDA.
Tunisia has 11 technoparks, each with its own speciality. In Sousse, Novation City is developing mechatronics, in particular the combination of robotics and AI in the service of Made in Tunisia. Intelligent robots, recognized the world over. Hichem Turki, CEO of Novation City and President of the Tunisian Technoparks Association, tells us more about the challenges.
Washington D.C. hosted the 7th edition of the Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) on April 21. On the occasion, Zekarias Amsalu, co-founder of the event, and also founder and CEO of Ibex Frontier, shares with Resilient Digital Africa his thoughts on the emerging trends shaping fintech in Africa.
