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Thu, September 4th 2014, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi

M:lab to host first Africa YouTube & Internet Personalities forum

The first Africa YouTube & Internet Personalities forum/seminar will be held at the m:lab, Bishop Magua Centre, 3rd floor from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm on September 6th 2014 and will tackle issues such ashow to run successful internet personas on online media platforms such as YouTube → Read more
Tue, February 18th 2014, 14:20 · Chris Udemans

m:lab wins grant for job creation

Kenyan business incubator m:lab has won a grant for its contribution in creating jobs within underserved sectors, a move that will provide capital to Kenya’s startup culture. → Read more
Mon, September 9th 2013, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi

m:Lab East Africa partners Microsoft for Windows 8 training

m:Lab East Africa, in partnership with Microsoft, is to conduct a Windows Phone 8 development training programme. → Read more
Mon, August 19th 2013, 19:00 · Susan Mwenesi

M:lab graduates Incubated Startups

Incubates, who have been at m:lab East Africa since 2011, graduated today having received intense and customised entrepreneurship training, hours of coaching and business advisory support, advice and linkage in accessing early stage funding. → Read more
Mon, July 22nd 2013, 14:19 · Nick Sato

m:lab and Intel to host app training on Android and HTML

m:lab East Africa, in partnership with Intel, will be conducting a five week training course on developing apps for Android and HTML5 platforms. → Read more
Fri, July 5th 2013, 10:35 · Nick Sato

Qualcomm partners m:lab for free testing of mobile devices

Qualcomm and m:lab East Africa have announced a yearlong partnership agreement allowing developers to access devices to test their applications at the m:lab for free. → Read more
Thu, March 21st 2013, 13:41 · Kamau Mbote

Microsoft, m:Lab and iHUB enter into partnership

Microsoft has announced a strategic cooperation with Kenyan startup incubators m:Lab East Africa and iHub that will make it easier for developers to access software and capital. → Read more
Sat, April 28th 2012, 12:40 · HumanIPO

USAID and m:Lab rally pushes for phone-based farming apps

USAID and m:Lab East Africa late last February started a focus group dubbed Wireless Wednesdays to bring farmers and IT developers together in a setting that would push for innovation of agricultural-specific phone-based solutions in the country. → Read more
Sun, June 29th 2014, 08:00 · Chris Udemans

FEATURE: The week in startups 29/06/2014

Numerous startup events took place this week, culminating in the announcement of the winners of the PIVOT East mobile startup competition in Nairobi. → Read more
Thu, June 26th 2014, 12:00 · Tom Jackson

Kenyan startups dominate PIVOT East competition

Kenyan startups emerged winners in four out of five categories at the 2014 edition of the mobile startups event PIVOT East, with winning companies receiving US$10,000 each. → Read more
Tue, June 24th 2014, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi

PIVOT East 2014 kicks off in Nairobi

Mobile startups competition PIVOT East 2014 kicked off today in Nairobi, bringing together the best upcoming startups in the region, industry experts and investors for a competition that will see the winning startups walk away with US$50,000. → Read more
Mon, June 23rd 2014, 13:00 · Chris Udemans

PIVOT begins tomorrow, winners to share $50k

The 2014 PIVOT East mobile startup competition begins tomorrow, with 25 startups competing for a combined total of US$50,000 while pitching to a panel of judges and investors. → Read more
Wed, June 18th 2014, 08:00 · Tom Jackson

FEATURE: Kenya’s perceived innovation lead over SA could be all hype

For a good seven years now, it has been fashionable to refer to the coming of Kenya in terms of African innovation, and how the East African nation is outstripping the more economically powerful South Africa when it comes to technological entrepreneurship. → Read more
Wed, June 11th 2014, 13:00 · Chris Udemans

SA has most tech hubs in Africa – World Bank

South Africa is home to the largest number of tech hubs in Africa, according to Tim Kelly, lead ICT policy specialist at the World Bank. → Read more
Sun, May 18th 2014, 08:00 · Chris Udemans

FEATURE: The week in startups 18/05/2014

Startup events dominated HumanIPO headlines this week, with African participants taking part in the international uStart conference and judging beginning for mobile startup competition PIVOT East. → Read more
Thu, May 15th 2014, 18:30 · Chris Udemans

Kenyan startup launches mobile vehicle classifieds platform

Kenyan startup Gari SMS has launched a mobile platform for individuals to find used cars and for owners to list their vehicles for sale, bidding to simplify and secure the process. → Read more
Wed, May 14th 2014, 10:30 · Tom Jackson

PIVOT East judging begins today

Judging begins today to decide the finalists of mobile startup competition PIVOT East, as 25 judges look to narrow down 50 semi-finalists to 25 who will compete at the event in June. → Read more
Sun, May 11th 2014, 08:00 · Chris Udemans

FEATURE: The week in startups 11/05/2014

Kenya dominated the startup headlines this week, with 37 of 50 PIVOT East semi-finalists coming from the East African country and another reporting a major round of funding. → Read more
Wed, May 7th 2014, 11:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Kenyan startups dominant amongst PIVOT East 2014 semi-finalists

Kenyan startups dominate the semi-finalist list for year’s PIVOT East competition with 37 chosen, as well as 13 from Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Ethiopia. → Read more
Sun, May 4th 2014, 12:33 · Chris Udemans

FEATURE: The week in startups 04/05/2014

Although news was slow for startups in Africa this week two events on either side of the continent look set to boost African technology. → Read more