FIWARE4Africa - a capacity development program for Digital Innovation Hubs on FIWARE's open source technologies and standards

Co-Creation Hub announced a new co-funded initiative to support innovation within Higher Education Institutions in Africa with Make-IT in Africa called the UNI:NNOVATORS Startups-in-Residence Program.

Innocent Orikiiriza, Founder and CEO of KaCyper Technologies – an e-mobility tech startup from Uganda – looks back on our delegation trip to the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona.

Make-IT in Africa brings African smart city visionaries to Barcelona – ‘Europe’s smartest city’

The Smart Cities Innovation Programme had a successful online-pitch event, where the participating startups from across the Continent were able to showcase their achievements and investment readiness.

With an interactive two-day workshop facilitated by Endeva and the Rwandan Ministry for ICT and Innovation, the co-creation stage of tThe Rwanda Smart Cities Edition of the ii2030 was commenced.

Throughout the 9 month SCIP acceleration journey the SCIP founders grew their ventures strengthening their organizations, securing strategic partnerships, scaling their products & services.

To co-create systemic solutions in the smart city space, Make-IT supports the “ii2030 Rwanda Smart City Edition” a flagship initiative of Endeva.

The startup Naa Sika Micro Bank and its lead Ralph Menz are on a journey of creating innovative and trendy ways to manage money effectively.