Apps
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3.5KDHL rolls out e-commerce platform to more African markets
Following the success of the DHL Africa eShop app in 11 countries across Sub Saharan Africa, DHL Express has announced that its mobile...
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3.0KWorldRemit raises $175M Series D to drive growth and diversify offerings
Leading mobile payments company WorldRemit has raised $175 million in a Series D funding round led by returning investors, TCV, Accel and...
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4.4KGokada Secures Series A Funding of $5.3 Million
Gokada, the Lagos-based on-demand motorcycle taxi app, has secured a Series A fundraise of $5.3 million. Led by Rise Capital with participation...
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4.7KWest Africa’s first online vessel chartering platform MVXchange closes funding round
West Africa’s first online vessel chartering platform MVXchange has announced the closing of their pre-seed funding round. The financing round believed to...
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4.9KLeading African FinTechs To Take Center Stage At Africa Tech Summit London
Last year saw increased investment by local and international investors in African FinTech ventures with a total of $284.6 million invested in...
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19.5KDHL Express launches a new online shopping app in partnership with Mall for Africa
DHL Express has launched a new online shopping app, DHL Africa eShop in partnership with Link Commerce – a division of Mall for Africa....
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10.7KMTN South Africa launches airtime purchases over WhatsApp
MTN South Africa has partnered with Clickatell, to launch MTN Chat, enabling its customers to engage and make airtime purchases over WhatsApp....
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18.0KMTN Nigeria rolls out smart feature phone running on KaiOS
MTN has started to roll out its new Smart S 3G phone across all of its African markets and has launched MTN...
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4.6KLiquid Telecom enables fish farmers to monitor ponds and increase production with IoT
Liquid Telecom Kenya, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has deployed an Internet of Things (IoT) network in Western...
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9.0KAfrican Fintech is still the preferred sector for global VCs to invest in
With traditional banks still struggling to reach the 95 million unbanked adults across Sub-Saharan Africa, it comes as no surprise that in...
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6.2KSimbaPay launches instant transfers from Kenya to China via WeChat
SimbaPay and Family Bank Limited have launched an instant money transfer service from Kenya to China through WeChat. Over seven million customers...
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8.3KMTN opens Mobile Money API in Uganda
MTN Uganda has become the first within the MTN Group to grant access to third-parties to its Mobile Money Access Programming Interface...
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7.1KFintech startup FinChatBot secures investment in South Africa
FinChatBot has recieved a co-investment from South African venture capital firm Kalon Venture Partners and Mauritius-based VC Compass. FinChatBot develops chatbots to...
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7.8K5 enterprise solutions in Africa driving business
The AppsAfrica Innovation Awards celebrate innovative ventures and services streamlining, improving and helping business across Africa. We take a look at the best enterprise...
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10.4K5 African Edtech ventures revolutionising learning
From AI to VR, African Edtech is revolutionising learning across the continent, delivered through mobile, tablets and digital games. The AppsAfrica.com Awards celebrate the best in...
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8.5K5 African innovations disrupting traditional sectors
Business models are being disrupted across the continent with African innovations utilising mobile and tech. We take a look at the five...
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17.8KThe Best African App 2018?
The AppsAfrica.com Awards celebrate the in mobile across Africa and we take a look at nominations for the Best African Apps successfully launched...
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27.9KAppsAfrica Awards Finalists Announced
The final shortlist for the 4th AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards have been announced. The Awards celebrate the best in mobile and tech from...
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9.5KWefarm reaches over one million users and plans Tanzania expansion
Wefarm the world’s largest farmer-to-farmer digital network, today announced it has reached over 1.1 million users across Kenya and Uganda, with farmers...
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3.9KKirusa ReachMe Aims To Fill In The WhatsApp Gaps
A recent report by global digital agencies, We Are Social and Hootsuite,found that with the exception of a few countries, WhatsApp was easily the most...
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5.3KHumaniq and Jamii Africa announce mobile micro-insurance partnership
New generation financial services provider Humaniq has announced a new partnership with the Jamii Africa micro-health insurance startup, targeting the low income and informal sector to...
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5.0KEcobank Launches Second African Fintech Challenge
Ecobank, the leading pan-African banking group, is inviting African fintech entrepreneurs to enter its Ecobank Fintech Challenge. Now in its second year,...
