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Ethel Cofie. She is the Founder of Women in Tech Africa, initiator of the 1st Pan African woman in tech meet up and was shortlisted for the United Nations GEM -Tech Award for work supporting women in ICT.

Interview with founder of Women In Tech Africa

In the past few years there has been a flourishing number of self-organisation amongst African women in technology. Many focus on encouraging...

Mamalette provides tools and resources that help Nigerian mothers and mothers-to-be connect with others going through similar experiences

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Innovation

Mamalette 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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Events

Women In Tech Africa launches London Chapter

Women in Technology Africa is launching the inaugural Women in Tech Africa Diaspora event in London which speaks to the spectrum...

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South Africa

MTN SA CEO resigns

MTN Group today announced the resignation of Ahmad Farroukh, CEO of MTN South Africa, which is effective from end of July.

Spark is supporting Entrepreneurs launch 8 businesses in Rwanda

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East Africa

Spark is supporting entrepreneurs launch 8 businesses in Rwanda

Spark and it’s partner Single Spark, both headquartered in the Netherlands, are launching a new program this summer where they plan to...

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Videos

Interview with CEO of Mobofree Nigeria’s biggest social marketplace

MOBOfree.com combines a social network and classifieds board into a single integrated online platform and has more than 4 million registered users,...

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Innovation

African 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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Events

African 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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Social Media

Facebook opens first office in Africa

Facebook’s active user population in Africa has grown 20% to 120 million in June 2015 from 100 million in September 2014. More...

Appsafrica.com caught up with Andrew McHenry from Rorotika mobile who explains how USSD gaming is driving interaction, engagement and revenues.

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Apps

USSD gamification driving interaction and revenues

With an estimated 80% of users not using data, Rorotika Mobile identified the mass market of feature phone users were undeserved in the mobile games...

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East Africa

Four new tech start ups to join think Rwanda

Tech incubator think today announced four new entrants to its incubator as part of a new think Accelerated program. In addition to...

West Africa

5 things to know about e-commerce in Nigeria

E-commerce in Africa is no doubt experiencing a boom with Nigeria occupying the top position as the largest internet market in the...

Apps

Finalists announced for PIVOT East 2015

25 exceptional startups that will participate in PIVOT East 2015 have been announced today. The finalists, 5 from each category were selected from...

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Apps

Social network Eskimi growing in Nigeria

Following the growth of smartphones in Nigeria and other African markets, Eskimi has reacted to the change and launched a new smartphone...

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Innovation

InvestWell 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...

think Welcomes Four New Tech Start Ups To New Accelerated Incubator Incubation hub think expands to meet demand by entrepreneurs for fast-track support

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East Africa

Think Rwanda set to announce new cohort

Millicom had the idea to create a hub where innovative tech solutions could be developed for the African continent. With that, Think Rwanda...

Apps

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...

Innovation

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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Awards

PIVOT East 2015 Semi-finalists Announced

PIVOT East, has unveiled semifinalist for this year’s event. The competition opened the call for applications in April 2015 with startups from...

After the successful launch of Women in Technology Africa in London earlier this year, Africa’s leading ladies are hosting their end of year event in London on December 2nd.

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Events

Empowering women and entrepreneurship drives “Africa Together”

African leaders representing a variety of fields from countries including Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Ghana, Kenya and Senegal convened in Cambridge for the...