Apps
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5.3KStandard Bank acquires SnapScan maker Firepay
Standard Bank has acquired a majority stake in Firepay – the team behind South Africa’s largest mobile payments product, SnapScan. Firepay was...
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3.7KBattabox crew share their AppsAfrica Award win on the streets of Lagos
Having scooped the News & Entertainment category at the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2016, the Battabox crew took their award to the streets of...
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6.9K2Delivering education through technology in Africa
80% of students in Africa don’t pass secondary school, while 4 out of 5 adults in english speaking Africa don’t finish high...
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9.8KBest African App 2016
The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across the continent and we now preview the Best African...
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5.6KMobile users have data tracked by over 50% of top shopping apps
More than half of the top 60 Android shopping apps collect users’ personal information through trackers, a new privacy risk study on...
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20.1K125 disruptive innovations changing business models in Africa
Business models are being disrupted by technology across Africa and we now take a closer look at the five disruptive innovations shortlisted for...
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6.5KUber driver data to help finance cars in Nigeria
Uber Nigeria today announced that it is now making low-interest, used-vehicle loans available to its top-rated driver-partners using Uber driver data. This means...
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7.9K3Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards Finalists 2016 are revealed
The finalists for the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2016 have been announced with a shortlist featuring the leading mobile and tech companies from...
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7.7KEcobank mobile app launches across 33 countries in Africa
Ecobank has launched the Ecobank Mobile App, an instant and convenient way of banking via the mobile phone. It is the first unified...
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3.6KWutiko wins best start-up at Seedstars Dakar
Seedstars World brought its Senegal round to a successful close during Seedstars Dakar. The event took place at Jokkolabs, and 9 selected...
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4.6K1SweepSouth continues disruption of the South African cleaning industry
Having successfully rolled out South Africa’s leading on-demand home cleaning app in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town, SweepSouth is now expanding to Durban. Since...
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4.2KStart-ups announced to pitch at Seedstars Dakar
Seedstars Dakar is returning to Senegal 14th of October to scout for the best entrepreneurs in technology and has announced the line...
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3.4KTigo Tanzania uses mobile to drive registration of children
Tigo Tanzania has announced a new initiative supporting the Tanzanian government utilising a mobile application that is accelerating provisioning of birth certificate for children...
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3.4K1Mobile is the key driver of economic growth says Digital Afrique Telecom CEO
Mobile phones in Africa are increasingly driving social and economic transformation across the continent, according to Simplice Anoh, Founder and CEO of...
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6.2KFinal call for Appsafrica.com Innovation Award entries
Mobile, tech ventures and leading women in Africa have until midnight tomorrow, Tuesday 20th to submit their entries for the Appsafrica.com Innovation...
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7.1K1Zazu using tech to trade local produce smarter
It’s 3am; gogo (granny) rises from her bed to prepare to catch the bus from her farming village on the Mozambican border...
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3.8KDeadline for the Appsafrica.com Award entries approaching
Mobile, tech ventures and leading women in Africa have just two weeks left to submit their entries for the Appsafrica.com Innovation Award...
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4.2KUberChopper takes to the skies in Kenya
Taxi-hailing app Uber launched flights today with UberChopper Kenya to transport business clients and the well-to-do across parts of Kenya without having to...
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3.3KChalkboard Education Wins Seedstars Accra
Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets brought its Ghana round to a successful close with local company Chalkboard...
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2.9KOpera VPN app rolls out to Android
Opera have announced the launch of a free and unlimited Opera VPN app for Android, enabling mobile users to enhance their online...
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3.5KHealth start-up Kangpe wins Seedstars Lagos
Seedstars Lagos took place last night in Seedspace, where 8 selected startups were invited to present their ideas in front of the...
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3.7KMobile payments to churches helping to create new start-ups
Mobile payments to churches accounted for 4% of mobile money transactions in Nigeria, so it is not surprising that entrepreneurs are seeing this as...
