It was another busy year of activity in the African tech startup space, with some major global players becoming heavily involved in various ecosystems. After more than 900 applications were received, organisers selected 20 African tech startups to take part in the programme, which ended with a two-week residency in Cape Town. The company has previously focused on digital skills, but is now branching out further into the African tech startup ecosystem. African startups attractive to overseas acceleratorsAfrican tech startups are proving more and more attractive to overseas accelerator programmes, with Printivo, Fyodor Biotechnologies, MailHaven, and Mobile Forms all making it onto 500 Startups programmes in 2017. 2017 also saw Startupbootcamp take its first plunge with the launch of its first African programme.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 28, 2017 06:00 UTC