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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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Deadline for the Appsafrica.com Award entries approaching

Mobile, tech ventures and leading women in Africa have just two weeks left to submit their entries for the Appsafrica.com Innovation Award...

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Apps

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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Innovation

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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Innovation

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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East Africa

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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Apps

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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Apps

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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Events

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...

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Vodafone, Atlas Mara, Opera & Analyse Africa join Africa Tech Summit London

Africa is now primed to take advantage of the social and economic opportunities that technology is creating across the continent. Over the...

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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East Africa

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...