Innovation
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2.5KAfrica Hardware Accelerator 2015 – Call for Applications
Village Capital has announced the launch of their first hardware accelerator in Africa, in partnership with Gearbox, a unique space for inventors...
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2.6KTwo weeks left to enter the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards
Mobile, tech ventures and leading women in Africa have just two weeks left to submit their entries for the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards...
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2.4KMTN and Liquid Telecom partner to extend footprint and offering in Africa
Customers of MTN Group and Liquid Telecom are set to benefit from a larger connectivity footprint across Africa. This follows an announcement...
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2.6KGoogle launches Android One in Africa but cost of data still the big issue
The race to offer cheaper smartphones in Africa has dramatically increased with the launch of the Android One program in Africa, however the price of phones...
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3.5KOpera acquires Bemobi offering “Netflix-style” app subscription
Opera Software recently announced its acquisition of Bemobi, a leading, subscription-based mobile-app-discovery service.
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1.9KDigging for data on Africa’s climate future
Efforts to digitise old records and gather new data will improve local climate modelling explains Lou Del Bello from SciDevNet. The cardboard...
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5.0KAirtel Kenya launches free insurance with MicroEnsure
Airtel Kenya has partnered with Pan Africa Life Assurance Limited and MicroEnsure to launch a free insurance product which will offer Airtel...
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2.9KAirbnb has more than doubled in size in Africa
Airbnb CEO, Brian Chesky attended GES 2015 in Kenya today to meet with entrepreneurs from around the world and explore the sharing...
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2.9KAppsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 open for applications
The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 celebrate the enormous growth in mobile, technology and entrepreneurship in Africa. Innovation knows no borders and Appsafrica.com...
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3.7KReaching the unbanked in Africa through digital currency and blockchain
Africa is seeing a rise in Bitcoin activity, with the continent’s first Bitcoin conference having taken place earlier this year, and startups...
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2.4KCcHUB launches initiative to teach kids new skills
The CcHUB Summer of Code is a 4-week summer programme; and one of the Hub’s initiatives to raise a new generation of...
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2.5KRegulations need relaxing if African hardware is to become reality
Speaking recently Erik Hersman of iHub, Ushahidi and now BRCK renown bemoaned the fact that legacy tax laws made it impossible for...
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4.1KSharing economy driving Nigeria
Disruptive technology is alive and well in Nigeria with transport a key area of focus. We have have previously reported how the taxi...
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2.7KMamalette launches its new web platform in Lagos
Mamalette provides tools and resources that help Nigerian mothers and mothers-to-be connect with others going through similar experiences. Launched in late 2013,...
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2.4KAfrican women need to lead the new era of tech and innovation
Leading online shopping community Kaymu.com.ng has stressed the need for women to occupy leadership positions in the new era of technology and innovation.
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1.9KAfrican kids to learn entrepreneurship through Citrus Saturday
Young people around the world will be starting their very first enterprises on Saturday 4 July as they take part in Citrus...
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5.2KInvestWell platform to bridge FDI gap in Africa
With Sub-Saharan African growing at three times faster than developed markets and anticipated to drive 65% of economic growth by 2020, Africa...
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World’s first international access to M-Pesa PayBill
SimbaPay a leading digital money transfer provider has launched the first product in the world that allows Kenyans living abroad to make M-Pesa...
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Student service Flippy makes Demo Africa final
The Flippy Campus team has been named the most outstanding start-up in the just concluded DEMO Africa pre-pitch event in Accra. Out...
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3.7KMasterCard to bolster banking in Somalia
MasterCard has announced it is to become the first international payments network to enter Somalia following years of war and conflict.
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2.6KAfrica primed to take advantage of the internet opportunity
There has been robust growth in Internet access and usage over the past few years and Africa is now primed to take...
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Data compression cuts cost for African subscribers
Over 80% of mobile users in Africa do not use data which is a huge challenge in bringing mass populations online in...
