East Africa
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4.8KTechnology used to aid blind education in Kenya
“A braille dictionary has 26 volumes and each one is quite heavy for most students to carry comfortably. A tablet can hold...
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4.1KSafaricom CEO shares how they are evolving with tech start-ups
In a recent interview CEO of Safaricom Bob Collymore (BC) shared with Andrew Fassnidge (AF) from Appsafrica.com how the mobile network operator...
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4.3KBitPesa gains investment to grow BitCoin business in Africa
BitFury Group, the world’s leading Bitcoin Blockchain infrastructure provider and transaction processing company, has made an investment in BitPesa, one of Africa’s leading bitcoin...
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4.4KTigo Tanzania launches free WhatsApp messaging service
Tanzania’s leading telecommunication company, Tigo, has announced free WhatsApp services for its 10 million users.
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4.6KViber launches public chats in Africa
Viber has announced today that it has opened its latest social channel ‘Public Chats’ to partners in Africa and the Middle East.
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3.9KMpesa enters Uganda with MTN
Ugandan customers can now make mobile money transactions with Kenya following a deal between Safaricom and MTN Uganda.
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2.8KRwanda: SafeMotos celebrated in this year’s Nominet Trust 100
The Nominet Trust, the UK’s leading tech for good funder, has announced that SafeMotos has been named among the 2015 Nominet Trust...
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4.7KTigo launches 4G LTE in Tanzania
Tigo has unveiled a new 4G LTE service which is about five times faster than the 3G technology currently available in the Tanzanian...
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2.5KGoogle launches wi-fi network in Uganda
Google has launched its first wi-fi network in Uganda as part of their plan to deliver affordable high-speed internet across Africa.
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3.7KKopo Kopo to launch in Ghana, Uganda and Zimbabwe
Kopo Kopo the mobile money aggregator and micro-lender is set to launch its GROW Merchant Cash Advance product in Ghana, Uganda and...
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3.4KOrange and ENGIE to bring electricity to rural Africa
An estimated 69% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa and 90% of the rural population in the same region have no access...
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6.4KBest African App 2015?
The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 attracted entries from 21 countries, across 3 continents, we now take a look at the Best App...
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5.7KBest Mobile Innovation Finalists
Hundreds of mobile services from across Africa competed for a place in the final for the Best Mobile Innovation at the Appsafrica.com Innovation...
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2.9KFuture for money remittances in Africa
SimbaPay a fintech finalist in the upcoming Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015, is a digital money transfer provider that enables Africans living abroad to...
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8.3KFinalists announced for Appsafrica Innovation Awards 2015
The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 attracted over 200 entries from 21 countries, across 3 continents. We can now announce the finalists our...
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3.3KHow to sustain Africa’s momentum?
Having started trading from an early age, working 18 hours a day and not taking a holiday for 13 years Aliko Dangote,...
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6.0KMillions of users across Africa read books on mobile
Research has shown that reading for pleasure is positively linked with literacy-related benefits such as writing ability, text comprehension and grammar. It...
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2.3K200 entrepreneurs to launch businesses on buses in Africa
Microsoft and AMPION took Appsafrica.com’s Paul Adepoju on the West African venture bus in Lagos, Nigeria to talk start-ups.
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4.5KDigital fuels growth in Africa’s entertainment and media industries
After more than a decade of digital disruption, the African entertainment and media industry has entered a new landscape – one where...
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10.7KOpera Mini launches new data compression innovation for Android
In the newest version of Opera Mini mobile browser for Android, users can for the first time switch between two different data...
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3.5KVideo: SafeMotos co-founders to improve road safety with innovative app
SafeMotos co-founders Nash and Peter Kariuki are working to help try and reduce the second biggest killer in Africa, road accidents. They...
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6.6KAirtel Uganda starts new mobile wallet service
Airtel Uganda and Centenary Bank have partnered to launch the Mobile Wallet service, a service that enables the bank’s customers to access,...
