Innovation

Zazu 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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Deadline for GSMA Innovation fund today

The first round of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund closes this Friday, 18th September at 11.59pm GMT. As reported the fund...

Africa Tech Summit London announces Erik Hersman as keynote speaker

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Africa Tech Summit London announces Erik Hersman as keynote speaker

Africa Tech Summit London has announced its keynote address and speaker line up for the event bringing together technology leaders from across Africa and Europe, international...

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UberChopper 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...

Zuckerberg meets one of Africa's leading innovators Eric Hersman at iHUB

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Zuckerberg meets one of Africa’s leading innovators Erik Hersman at iHUB

Having visited Nigeria Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrived in Kenya this week on his first trip to Africa, using his time in...

Restoration of Money Transfers to Nigeria

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Restoration of Money Transfers to Nigeria

WorldRemit, the leading digital remittance service has commended the restoration of money transfers to Nigeria, following the decision of the Central Bank...

Zuckerberg makes surprise trip to see Nigerian tech scene

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Zuckerberg makes surprise visit to see Nigerian tech scene

CEO Mark Zuckerberg is visiting Nigeria this week on his first trip to Africa, using his time in the country to with...

aKoma launches Amplify a media and content creation program for Africa

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aKoma launches Amplify a media and content creation program for Africa

aKoma Media, a content platform and storytelling company focused on Africa has launched the inaugural session of Amplify, a media and content...

Chalkboard Education Wins Seedstars Accra

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Chalkboard 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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Opera 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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HiiL Innovating Justice showcase finalists announced

HiiL, in partnership with the Ford Foundation are hosting the HiiL Innovating Justice Boostcamp taking place in Lagos on 29 September 2016! This event will...

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across Africa. Following the success of lasts years Awards which celebrated 10 winners from over 200 entries across 21 countries, applications are now open for 2016.

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Entries Open For The Appsafrica Innovation Awards 2016

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across Africa and following the success of last years Awards which celebrated 10...

Gebaya to launch marketplace and training for developers

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Gebaya to launch developer marketplace and training hub in East Africa

Many years ago Coders4Africa (C4A) took on the challenge to produce more African software developers and have now launched Gebaya a developer...

Health start-up Kangpe wins Seedstars Lagos

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Health 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...

mobile payments used for churches in Africa

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Mobile 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...

GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund

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GSMA Launches Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund

The first round of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund is now open for applications from start-ups in Africa and selected Asian...

Digitalising Rwanda's workforce is key to closing its skills gap

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Digitalising Rwanda’s workforce is key to closing its skills gap

Rwanda boasts an attractive workforce that has helped to push the nation ahead of its neighbours, however, a lack of digital skills...

African startups need to get their hands dirty, move fast and tweak

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African startups need to get their hands dirty, move fast and tweak

A lot of African startups are moving really slow today because the founders are not getting their hands dirty. Building a startup...

Raspberry Pi helps drive education in Tanzanian school. www.appsafrica.com

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4 barriers to digital inclusion across Africa

The Director General of the GSMA, Mats Granryd lauded the impact mobile technology has had across Africa but identified a number...

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Orange completes acquisition of Airtel in Sierra Leone

Orange announces today that, together with its Senegal-based partner Sonatel, it has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel...

Malaik to simplify impact investing across Africa

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Malaik platform to simplify and track impact investing across Africa

Malaik the Hausa, Swahili, and Arabic words for ‘Angel’ is also an impact focused equity crowdfunding platform allowing accredited investors co-invest in high...