Innovation
-
4.4KNamibia tops Africa in Global Entrepreneurship Index
The inaugural Ashish J Thakkar Global Entrepreneurship Index measures entrepreneurial environments around the world and assesses each of its 85 countries against...
-
3.1KSA marketing platform delvv.io raises over $450K
Less than a year after launching, South African creative technology startup delvv.io has successfully concluded first-round funding, securing R6.5 million to further...
-
3.0KBarclays Africa and Techstars open applications for new fintech cohort
Applications have opened for the Barclays Accelerator programme, powered by Techstars, an initiative aimed at uncovering the next M-Pesa or Paypal by...
-
3.2KSilicon Valley VC’s invest in Zipline Series B
Silicon Valley venture firms have participated in Zipline’s Series B round which has already launched a commercial drone service in Rwanda. Investors...
-
3.0KRiseUp Summit returns to Cairo
RiseUp Summit a three-day entrepreneurship marathon returns to Cairo on the 9th – 11th of December under the theme of Fusion and is...
-
3.4KSafaricom drive to get more women into tech
Safaricom has announced plans to recruit 62 interns by January 2017 as it progresses its agenda to woo more women to...
-
29.6K1510 Appsafrica.com winners announced at Cape Town Awards final
Ten winners of the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2016 were announced at a pan-African mobile and tech awards party in Cape Town, South...
-
4.5K1Facebook to hold FbStart event in Cape Town
Facebook is having its first FbStart event in Africa on Tuesday, 15 November in Cape Town. FbStart is a global programme designed to...
-
9.5K45Best African fintech solution 2016?
Africa is the birthplace of some of the world’s most innovative fintech solutions and we now profile the finalists from across Africa...
-
7.1K2From AR to VoD, mobile entertainment is flourishing across Africa
Mobile news and entertainment is now a burgeoning industry across Africa from augmented reality (AR) to video on demand (VoD), new and...
-
4.5KOpera reaches 100M users in Africa and releases State of Mobile Web Report
Opera has released its State of the Mobile Web Africa 2016 Report, highlighting mobile internet trends across the continent, including consumer browsing behaviour...
-
7.3K2Delivering 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...
-
4.2K1African Angel Investor Summit 2016
On November 17, the African Business Angel Network (ABAN), Lagos Angels Network (LAN) and VC4Africa will jointly present the 3rd annual African...
-
6.4K15 enterprise solutions accelerating business in Africa
Enterprise solutions are designed to integrate multiple facets of a company’s business through the interchange of information and Africa is home to...
-
3.9KCall for start-ups to pitch to investors at HGAS in Lagos
West African start-ups are invited to apply to pitch investors for the High Growth Africa Summit hosted by Starta and Ingressive. The High Growth Africa Summit 2016...
-
10.3KBest 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...
-
5.8KMobile 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...
-
10.8K2Social and messaging solutions enabling Africans to connect & help each other
Explosive mobile growth means staying in touch on social and messaging solutions has never been easier in Africa. We look at some...
-
20.7K125 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...
-
6.1KSAP Launches Co-Innovation Lab in Africa
SAP announced the opening of Africa’s first ever SAP Co-Innovation Lab (COIL). With a strong focus on collaboration, the lab offers a...
-
6.7KUber 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...
-
8.5K3Appsafrica.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...
