Rwandans call out French paper Le Monde on Racist Cartoon as they commemorate 1994 Genocide Innov8tiv.com April 14, 2019 Social Media The French Paper Le Monde has left a bad taste in the mouths of Rwandans and friends of Rwanda after it published what has been described as a racist cartoon. The newspaper pulled down the publication soon...
Macron announced France’s 2.5 billion Euros pledge to support Entrepreneurship and Innovation across Africa Milicent Atieno March 18, 2019 Funding So French President Emmanuel Macron was on tour to Africa where he visited Kenya. During his meetings with host country government officials, Macron announced France resolve to support entrepreneurship and...
In their scramble to exploit Africa, the West has joined the East in paying a blind eye to Electoral Frauds and Political Injustices on the continent Felix Omondi February 2, 2019 Event Articles, Featured We live in a world where the moral compass seems to be bent each time it stands in the way of economic gains. Morality is taking a back seat while material wealth is firmly cemented onto the driver’s seat....
France could not rank among Top World Economies without exploiting Africa #StopNeoColonisation Milicent Atieno January 22, 2019 Social Media On Monday this week, Italy’s ambassador to France was summoned to visit the French Foreign Ministry over what they (the ministry) termed an “unacceptable and groundless” comments made by the Italian...
The robotics startup Enova from Tunisia secures $1.6m funding Milicent Atieno September 27, 2018 Funding Enova Robotics, a startup dealing with the development of robot-powered security solutions has successfully raised $1.6 million funding round. These funds will go towards branching out the startup and...
CLIP OS the Cybersecurity-hardened OS is now Open Source thanks to French Cybersecurity Agency Felix Omondi September 21, 2018 Apps and Software The National Cybersecurity Agency of France (ANSSI) has open-sourced the CLIP OS, an operating system the agency created for the French government. The in-house built operating system was developed from the...
France pledged $76 million to fund African startups Milicent Atieno June 26, 2018 Start-ups Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the launch of EUR65 million ($76.14 million) funding for African startups. This fund is part of a broader ‘Digital African’ initiative. President...
The ‘Black Spiderman’ from Mali rescues a 4-year-old child dangling from a balcony in Paris Felix Omondi May 28, 2018 Social Media Mamoudou Gassama, a 22-year-old man from Mali, is now the talk of the town in Paris following his brave rescue mission on Sunday of saving a four-year-old child dangling from a balcony in the fourth...
French President Macron losses his cool on Slave Auctions in Libya saying its Africans’ fault Felix Omondi November 30, 2017 Featured, Twitter French President Emmanuel Macro during his four-day trip across some of the former French colonies in Africa gave a public lecture on Tuesday at the Ouagadougou University in Burkina Faso. The French...
The 2nd Edition of Digital Africa Challenge now receiving applications Milicent Atieno September 21, 2017 Funding Building on the success of its inaugural startup competition and digital innovation held in October 2016, the Digital Africa Challenge is now calling for application to the second edition. The first edition...
