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4.4KAdvisory NewsAfrica Tech Summit London To Host Tech Leaders & Investors From Across Africa
The Africa Tech Summit London will host technology leaders from across Africa and Europe, international investors, entrepreneurs and leading African start-ups for...
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4.2KInnovationOrange 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...
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7.5K1East AfricaMalaik 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...
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5.8KAppsMessenger chatbot used to deliver maternal health and HIV information
Through the advent of Messenger and bots, messaging platforms have rapidly increased their impact in reaching users with life-changing content. Leading this...
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3.7K1Innovation30 startups will launch at DEMO Africa 2016
Demo Africa, the continent’s premier launch pad for emerging technologies and trends has today released the list of its final 30 startups...
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6.3K1NewsThe North Africa Tech Opportunity
After a tough few years of conflicts and upheaval, North Africa tech is now in focus with most Arab speaking countries under-served in terms of content, tech and...
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6.2K1AppsFirst cohort pass out from Barclays Africa Accelerator
10 companies have showcased their innovative fintech businesses at a ‘Demo Day’ in Cape Town, as the first-ever cohort of the Barclays...
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7.3KEast AfricaCrowd-sourcing is solving logistics challenges across Africa
Crowd-sourcing has fast become a global process that is being used to accomplish everything from getting funds for travel to raising capital for...
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5.1KInnovationLiquid Telecom to acquire Neotel
Liquid Telecom has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire South African communications network operator Neotel. The shareholders of...
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229.0KAppsJongla’s New Social Messenger To Revolutionise How Africans Connect & Save Money
Having officially launched the world’s ‘lightest’ instant messaging service in Africa earlier this year, Jongla Social Messenger has just announced a host of...
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3.5KInnovation10 start-ups announced for Seedstars South Africa final
Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup ecosystems has announced the 10 start-ups for Seedstars South Africa...
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4.4KInnovationHow Can Crowdfunding Scale In Sub-Saharan Africa?
It will have been difficult to ignore the exponential growth in crowdfunding over the past five years. In a relatively short period...
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5.3KAppsGoMetro LIVE assists with bus fleet management
GoMetro, a mobile startup based in Cape Town build the GoTUKS app around their GoMetro Live fleet management platform. They are an...
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3.5KInnovationMTN hire new Group CEO
After conducting an extensive global search MTN Group has appointed Rob Shuter as the new Group President and CEO. Following the resolution...
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4.0K1InnovationAndela raises $24M series B funding led by Zuckerberg initiative
Andela has announced completion of their Series B funding a $24M round led by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. This marks the first time...
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5.1K1AppsSocial app Get Sponty re-connects people in the real world
One of the downsides of the growth of social media is that people are a lot less “social” than they used...
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3.6KApps5 key areas to watch in social networking
Tutlub is an Arabic word meaning “to ask” and is also a social network where Muslims can connect with other Muslims supplicate and...
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3.3KInnovationCyberXchange Hackathon to touch down in Lagos
The first ever CyberXchange Hackathon sponsored by Facebook is to touch down in Nigeria, geared towards finding the best prototypes within programming, cyber security, information...
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3.9KAdvisory NewsIs Transport Tech a Game Changer For the Planet?
As an associate of Appsafrica Advisory, I was asked by the Cape Town pressure group Open Streets to prepare some thoughts for...
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5.3KAppsUber Kampala joins the growing list of African cities to offer the taxi app
Kampala, Uganda joins Uber’s growing African network. Following the success of Uber in many other growing cities such as Lagos, Cape Town and Nairobi,...
