ADDIS ABABA — Addis Ababa generated 143 billion Birr from conference tourism last fiscal year, underlining the capital’s growing role as Africa’s leading hub for international meetings, Mayor Adanech Abiebie said. The mayor made the announcement during the recent consultative session with hotel and tourism service providers on preparations for upcoming global gatherings, including the…
Hosted at the Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking Afrika at UCT, 12 teams made up of students from UCT, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), University of the Western Cape (UWC) and Eduvos took part. All competing not just for a prize, but for the opportunity to work with the Interledger Protocol (ILP) to…
A partnership between The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UVU Africa via UVU Accelerate, the entrepreneurial development and incubation arm, has launched the timbuktoo Creative Hub Ideation Incubation Programme, a virtual incubator designed for early-stage creative entrepreneurs across Africa. The six-week intensive programme will provide structured support to help creative founders validate their business concepts, develop entrepreneurial…
