East Africa

Africa’s era of tech entrepreneurs

Tech-oriented business incubators and accelerator programmes are opening their doors across Africa. Research by the World Bank has estimated that over 90...

SafeMotos Rwanda, a smartphone application which makes motos safer and more convenient in Rwanda

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SafeMotos long journey to improve road safety in Rwanda

African roads are often not the smoothest, riddled with pot holes and often drivers need to take an alternative route to get...

Want to invest directly in growth stage African companies?

As of today ordinary investors can now invest directly in equity and debt fundraising campaigns by unlisted growth-stage companies in select frontier...

Mobile first approach for Africa

African mobile access is rapidly increasing, with West African households having four devices on average. Banke Alawaye, Head of International Business at...

Affordability is holding back internet penetration in Africa

The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) is the world’s broadest technology sector coalition. They want everyone, everywhere, to be able to access...

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MTN and Vodafone agree mobile money deal

Customers of MTN Mobile Money and M-Pesa in East Africa will be able to transfer money to each other following an agreement...

MTN Nigeria rolls out smart feature phone running on KaiOS

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MTN Uganda facing mobile money investigation

Bank of Uganda (BoU) officials are planning a major mobile money investigation into MTN’s dealings following a local news investigation.

Mobile Money to go cross border in East Africa

East Africa will by the end of 2015, be able to transfer money via mobile phones across borders if full implementation of...

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Facebook identifying new target market in Africa

After what seems like years of neglect, Facebook is making serious moves in Africa. But are the company’s initiatives helpful or rather...

Bboxx monthly pay-as-you-go solar panel systems and solar-powered lights and electronics raises $3M series B funding

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UK start-up BBOXX raises $3M to lead solar revolution in Africa

The brainchild of three Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduates from Imperial College London, BBOXX a UK start-up delivering clean energy supply in the developing world...

Connected East Africa Innovation Awards 2015

The deadline is fast approaching for the innovation awards at the Connected East Africa Summit 2015. Entries must be submitted by March...

Raspberry Pi helps drive education in Tanzania

Masekelo secondary school in Shinyanga, Tanzania has many challenges: there’s no electricity or water, so each pupil needs to collect 5 litres...

Innovative e-health solutions improving healthcare in Africa

Across Africa innovative companies are springing up, leveraging technology to improve healthcare provision on the continent. Given the high number of rural...

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MWC: Orange launches low cost Firefox digital offer across Africa

Orange has launched a new low cost digital offer across its African footprint in a bid to win the battle for data customers...

UK crowdfunding platform opens the door to emerging markets investments

A new UK crowdfunding platform aims to give UK-based investors the chance to invest in some of the most exciting frontier and...

Kenyan start-up Safari Tales to educate kids with new app

When Njeri Wangari’s daughter turned three years old, she realised she was losing interest in all the toys she had bought her....

Applications Open for Village Capital, Lemelson Foundation, DOEN Foundation, VC4Africa and Gearbox Hardware Accelerator

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Applications closing for $50,000 Village Capital FinTech for Agriculture East Africa accelerator

East African startups have one week left to apply for Village Capital’s new accelerator programme, Village Capital FinTech for Agriculture: East Africa...