If things look like they’ve shut down in Africa, it’s because all eyes were on Lagos as DEMO Africa 2015 wrapped up today at the Eko Hotels and Suites. In a few weeks, there’s going to be another demo event in Lagos of sorts, a pitching competition to be precise. It’s Intel’s AppCircus challenge and developers/startups are invited to enter their app for the competition. Remember, winners will be going on an all-expense paid trip to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
So what else happened today?
Local developers have the chance to disrupt the Kenyan financial industry
Barclays Kenya launches an innovation lab where developers are given a comprehensive 10-week training along with access to tools that will increase their productivity by miles.
DEMO Africa 2015 – Of Demos, Investors And Finance
Investors, successful founders, industry experts and the media were all gathered to see and listen to the next set of African entrepreneurs. It was intense, it was exciting, it was captured by TechCabal.
At the DEMO Africa Investor Summit, we got some amazing insight
Investors want stories. Not of the “how the leopard got its spots” variety though. The kind that will get angels and VCs pulling out their cheque books in no time.
Elsewhere in Africa
Facebook notes gets another tweak
It’s sleeker, and more customizable.
Sports streaming may piggyback on the trend of emerging VODs in South Africa {TechCentral}
Streamit360 hopes to attract the interest of the industry’s emerging video-on-demand players as well as the big telecommunications operators with its focus on niche South African sports.
Seedstars partners with another local player to identify the best Angola startup {TechMoran}
Seedstars Angola will hold on October 24th.
