African innovators head for Singapore

Innotribe Startup Challenge attendees have selected the five finalists from the African leg of the Startup Challenge to compete at Sibos Singapore in October. The showcase was held at The Westin Hotel on 6 May, in partnership with SWIFT’s African Regional Conference (ARC). The next steps of the Startup Challenge programme will be the regional showcases in Singapore on 28 May, and New York on 18 June.

Singapore, Africa to boost economic ties

Singapore has emerged the largest investor in Africa among the ASEAN countries, according to the latest United Nations’ World Investment Report 2013. Located strategically in the heart of Southeast Asia, Singapore’s economic ties with Africa have been on the rise. As...