Sentences with phrase «of accelerator programmes»

m: lab East Africa and the World Bank Group launched the Traction Camp initiative in 2016, one of a series of accelerator programmes being launched by the World Bank across Africa.

IBM have built Blockchain platforms for more than 400 clients globally and the assets provided to members of the accelerator programme is based on the past experience of IBM in building blockchain platforms.

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This brings the total number of DBS Accelerator participants to over 30 since the DBS Bank (Hong Kong) programme's successful launch in 2015.

The selection of Discover Dollar in the accelerator programme powered by TechStars comes after the global accelerator network and SAP in January 2018 said they would invest in at least 10 artificial intelligence startups every year through SAP.iO Foundry in Berlin.

Besides guidance in the three - month accelerator programme, the company will also get an investment of 120,000 euros ($ 144,988 or Rs 96.8 lakh).

GSF Accelerator has announced the launch of its fifth batch where it will select five startups for a three - month programme.

SBC is a global family of industry - focused accelerators, which last year launched its first - ever Africa - based programme.

The Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) ERA is a key programme within Midlands Innovation — a consortium of research intensive universities (universities of Aston, Birmingham, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham and Warwick), and the British Geological Survey (BGS), which has the overall aim of harnessing the Midlands» combined research excellence and industry expertise to play a critical role in tackling some of the biggest challenges facing the UK.

Entrepreneurial Spark is a non-sector-specific accelerator programme run by the Royal Bank of Scotland group, with hubs in London, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff,...

Wonde's # 1.6 m seed round is the largest Seed investment round to be made by any graduate of Emerge Education, Europe's largest EdTech Accelerator programme.

Career Accelerator tackles the lack of real world careers support in schools through a programme of employer workshops, one - to - one mentoring and work placements.

The driver can use the «S / C / M» mode button in the centre console to select from the «Sport», «Comfort» and «Manual» shift programmes that not only change the transmission characteristics but also the accelerator response and the spring / damper settings of the AMG sports suspension based on Active Body Control.

The «Eco» programme integrates an ECO start / stop function and a sailing function to reduce fuel consumption: when the driver releases the accelerator in a speed range between 60 and 160 km / h, the clutch of the transmission is disengaged and the engine is decoupled from the powertrain.

It is delivered as part of the global Microsoft Ventures initiative, which serves to partner with start - ups numerous ways, including 10 accelerators across the world, of which the London programme is one.

New for 2017 is the Tranzfuser Accelerator, a unique programme where the runner - up teams from the competition receive tailor - made consultancy packages to give them the best chance of successfully applying to the UK Games Fund.

The Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) is a public - private collaboration that turns global expertise into action to accelerate local government implementation of building efficiency policies and programmes.

AI - driven legal contract analysis and compliance start - up, Cognitiv + has joined Winton Labs» accelerator programme as part of its developmental plan.

After ruminating on the meaning of the legal tech ICO, I couldn't help but think back to just the week before when I was at the culmination of MDR LAB's accelerator programme for start - ups.

LexisNexis today announced a call for a new round of legal tech start - ups to join its second legal accelerator programme.

500 Startups, one of the most renowned accelerator programmes in the world, has increasingly opened up to African startups in recent years, with Kenya's CardPlanet — now

500 Startups, one of the most renowned accelerator programmes in the world, has increasingly opened up to African startups in recent years, with Kenya's CardPlanet — now PayKind — and Egypt's ElWafeyat making it into batch 11, and South Africa's SweepSouth and Ghana's Kudobuzz making it into batch 14.

Startups from Nigeria and South Africa have been selected to take part in the fifth class of the Google Launchpad accelerator, a six - month, equity - free mentorship programme.

Beyond having incubator and accelerator programmes in place, there is the huge market available with one of the most advanced online and fintech infrastructures on the continent.

Global accelerator programmes are vitally important in bringing new technologies into the insurance industry's value chain, writes Stanley Gabriel, head of innovation at Old Mutual Personal Finance.

«We are also looking at ways of tackling the gender gap in tech investment by putting together an accelerator programme for female tech founders and connecting them to both local and international investors.»

Part of a global startup support initiative, Microsoft's BizSpark Accelerator programme has partnered with South African government's Jobs Fund to offer support and mentorship to small businesses.

In 2017 the bank revealed the names of the 10 startups from across Africa that would be supported in the second Barclays Accelerator programme, powered by Techstars.

«In Africa our accelerator programmes and events are gaining a lot of traction and so we are starting to see more startups coming through these channels,» Fu said.

accelerator — launched by Silicon Valley veteran Dave McClure — is a four - month long programme, which sees thousands of applicants vying for intake and only two per cent successfully making the cut.

South African on - demand cleaning startup SweepSouth and Ghanaian SME marketing solution Kudobuzz have graduated from the Silicon Valley - based 500 Startups accelerator programme, with the co-founder of the former advising more African startups to apply to the respected incubator.

The 500 Startups accelerator — launched by Silicon Valley veteran Dave McClure — is a four - month long programme, which sees thousands of applicants vying for intake and only two per cent successfully making the cut.

has been accepting an increasing number of African startups onto its Silicon Valley accelerator programmes of late --

Hong Kong - based startup accelerator Nest has announced the opening of an office in Nairobi, Kenya, which the company will use to roll out accelerator programmes and invest in startups across Africa.

500 Startups has been accepting an increasing number of African startups onto its Silicon Valley accelerator programmes of late — South Africa's SweepSouth and Ghana's Kudobuzz were the latest two to take part — and the company has now escalated its activities in Africa — or at least North Africa — with the launch of 500 Falcons.

The accelerator has started a number of initiatives in South Africa, holding mini-bootcamps last year, and there have been suggestions more full - scale programmes are in the offing.

It remains to be seen whether the renowned accelerator will further increase its activities in Africa, or whether they will take the advice of Sandheep Ramluckan, managing director (MD) of Cape Town - based programme StartUp90, who says the Y Combinator approach does not work for African startups.

to run the bank's fintech accelerator programme at the end of last year and will shortly be running its own African accelerator for the first time, in Cape Town.

IBM will select and include Eight blockchain network founders in it's accelerator programme which will be spread across a range of industries such as banking, logistics, manufacturing and retail.

Google's first class of 12 startups for its three - month Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme kicked off on Monday last week (19 March).

Startupbootcamp is now set to launch its first full programme in South Africa, based in Cape Town, signalling the start of a three - year programme of accelerators in the country.

Disrupt Africa reported last year Startupbootcamp was seeking corporate backing to launch a three - year programme of accelerators in South Africa, and it has now obtained that through partnerships with BNP Paribas and PwC.

last year Startupbootcamp was seeking corporate backing to launch a three - year programme of accelerators in South Africa, and it has now obtained that through partnerships with

The new platform is the equivalent of Amazon Web Services for blockchain apps, stated Loom, which recently raised USD 25 million in funding and is backed by accelerator programme TechStars, according to its press release.

The news formed part of an active month for Google on the continent, with the company also partnering Nigerian innovation incubator CcHub to run a European tour aimed at drumming up investment for tech startups, and accepting six African companies into its Launchpad accelerator programme.

All levels of assistance are offered to CCG tenant members, entrepreneurs, and staff: from support for start - ups, and an incubator programme; to an accelerator programme (assisting with growth strategies or fast tracking business growth); to that of private equity for the more established entrepreneurs or businesses looking to enter a new phase.