Post Archive for July 2012

At least 12 Startup Weekends will occur in Sub-Saharan Africa during a 14-month stretch from September 2011 to November 2012.
A new annual report highlights how undersea fibre optic communication cables (including those reaching African shoes) are important to the global economy.
Think with Google has released findings from a study on Egyptian YouTube audience habits.

The fifth session of its kind, West Africa Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF) 2012 aimed to promote the multi-stakeholder model for further Internet development in Africa.
In June 2012, Google welcomed university students selected as 2012-2013 Google Student Ambassadors.

The first accelerator program in Africa, 88mph, will invest minimum $200,000 in 8-15 startups by Sept. 15th.