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Blackbox Connect is a programe that is helping promising non-US startups scale and interface with Silicon Valley. In partnership with Google for Entrepreneurs and global tech hubs, the cohort’s program will run from February 9th – 20th 2015. Fezah Arts is a crowdfunding platform for performing artistes in Africa. It helps them raise money and also build partnerships through which costs for venues or any other kind of arrangement are subsidized....

At only 60MB for the Windows version, the app is easy to install. Upon installation, just like the Web App, it ask you to scan a QR code from your phone Whatsapp and this is where all the excitement dies. Like WhatsApp Web, our desktop app is simply an extension of your phone: the app mirrors conversations and messages from your mobile device. This means the app won’t work if your smartphone doesn’t have an internet connection....

But it’s not uncommmon to hear still-born products or start-ups that don’t live beyond their first year in business either. The high mortality rate among start-ups can be attributed to several factors among which is the lack of seed capital. This capital comes from several sources. Start-up innovators usually turn to their pockets until they are completely burnt. When your product is still in ideation stage or before you reach a market-fit, there’s need for a stable funds just to keep things afloat and that’s where the Angel investor comes in....

Startups will receive mentorship on how to access to regional markets and global finance with set-up links to corporations and investors. XL Africa is World Bank Group’s five-month business acceleration program that offers ground for 20 selected start-ups to attract early stage capital. It is a gear to unlock investment opportunity for promising enterprises. With the African digital sector steadily growing, providing a cohesive ecosystem to amplify their work is a mega-boost to the continental innovation and development....

Pioneering a mobile-first approach to the $600bn a year remittance industry, the move sees WorldRemit bringing together the leading players in mobile payments from Silicon Valley and Sub-Saharan Africa. Launching the global rollout of the service at MoneyConf 2017, WorldRemit will enable Android Pay users to safely and securely send money to +112 million mobile money accounts accessible via its network. The integration will make WorldRemit the only remittance provider offering international payments through Android Pay around the globe....