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South African crowd-solving startup Zindi building a community of data scientists and using AI to solve real-world problems
11:00 pm PST • December 2, 2021
Zindi is all about using AI to solve real-world problems for companies and individuals. And the South Africa-based crowd-solving startup has done that over the last three years they have…
Africa Roundup: Africa’s tech ecosystem responds to COVID-19
11:05 pm PDT • March 31, 2020
In March, the virus gripping the world — COVID-19 — started to spread in Africa. In short order, actors across the continent’s tech ecosystem began to step up to stem…
Zindi taps 12,000 African data scientists for solutions to COVID-19
12:01 am PDT • March 26, 2020
Since its inception, Cape Town based crowdsolving startup Zindi has been building a database of data scientists across Africa. It now has 12,000 registered on its its platform that uses…
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Africa Roundup: TLcom closes $71M fund, Jumo raises $55M, AWS partners with Safaricom
11:39 am PST • March 3, 2020
VC firm TLcom Capital closed its Tide Africa Fund at $71 million in February, and announced plans to invest in 12 startups over the next 18 months. The group —…
