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The East Africa Climate Innovation Network: accelerating climate technology innovation in East Africa

East Africans have a unique opportunity to harness the vast innovation and business opportunities in the climate change and clean technology sectors, through...

Working With Intellectual Property Rights In East Africa

One challenge that mobile startups have continued to face recently in East Africa lies in the question of whether to spend time, money and other resources...

Study provides new insights on drought predictions in East Africa

Research may also help determine effects of global warming in the region With more than 40 million people living under exceptional drought conditions in East Africa, the ability to make accurate predictions of drought has never been more important. In the aftermath of widespread famine and a humanitarian crisis caused by the 2010-2011 drought in the Horn of Africa—possibly...

East African virtual incubation pilot to launch in Nairobi, Kenya

On January 25, tech entrepreneurs in rural east Africa will have access to next-tier business incubation through a new pilot program by infoDev and a consortium...

Apply Now for TechWomen: a Professional Mentorship and Exchange Program

Harnessing the power of business, technology and innovation, TechWomen brings emerging women leaders in technology sectors from the Middle East and Africa...

East African cassava research gets major funding boost

Research into two deadly cassava diseases affecting crops in East Africa has received US$10.6 million to help develop resistant strains. Go to Source ...

5 Tech Ecosystem Cultural Differences: East Africa vs Silicon Valley

I have now been back in East Africa working in the Tech scene for 3 months after 7 years working in silicon valley. I attended one major conference, hang out at incubators/workspaces in Tanzania and… Go to Source Similar Products: Powered by Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970 (Inside Technology) ::...