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East Africa
Mobile operators emerge as Africa’s latest VC investor
Venture capital (VC) funding is slowly but surely arriving in Africa for in greater quantities. High profile funding rounds in 2014 for...
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Events
Soweto Innovation Week coming soon
Johannesburg’s south western township, Soweto, will host its first ever technology and digital conference this April.
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Nigeria
Eskimi launches new user segmentation in Nigeria
Eskimi the African social network has launched new segmentation tools for advertisers to reach consumers in Nigeria according to segments based on...
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3.7KEthiopiaInteroperable mobile money service goes live in Ethiopia
Another day, another mobile money initiative in Africa in an ever changing landscape. Today Ethiopians have been given access to mobile financial...
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Apps
Lack of trust hampering app downloads
Trust remains the largest single obstacle to growth in the mobile content and commerce industry with 40 per cent of people stating...
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3.0KEast AfricaOrange and Ecobank launch money transfer tie-up
A new pan-African service between Orange and Ecobank will enable users who hold accounts with both companies to transfer money between them...
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Innovation
Consolidation best bet for profitable e-commerce businesses in Africa
The year 2014 for South African e-commerce platform Takealot adequately sums up all that is good and all that is bad for...
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Innovation
Data hungry Africans creating data storage challenges
Data consumption continues to grow at an incredible pace globally. Over 90% of all the data in the world was created in...
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Innovation
MTN launch Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Africa
MTN Group will be the first African company to offer Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect to business customers across multiple countries...
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3.2K2InnovationWant to become a software developer in Lagos?
Andela a new kind of academic experience in Lagos is looking for aspiring developers. It’s sort of like a university, except instead of...
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2.9KAwardsSeedstar World finalists battle for $500K equity prize
After nine months on the road, Seedstars World will be welcoming 36 finalists including seven African startups for the opportunity to claim a...
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East Africa
Local internet hosting is key to internet development in Africa
The development of locally relevant content that is attractive to users has been shown to have a positive impact on internet adoption....
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Innovation
African payments firm achieves rapid growth using Google cloud platform
Nomanini, a Cape Town-based mobile point of sale service that specialises in facilitating cash payments in emerging markets, has successfully scaled into...
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East Africa
Tigo subscribers to enjoy 36m music tracks on their smartphones
Music streaming is the fastest growing area for the global music industry and music content is already the second most popular mobile...
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2.1KEventsCcHub hosts event with leading tech entrepreneurs
The lifecycle of any venture is a learning process for an entrepreneur, so the CcHub in Lagos is hosting an event for...
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East Africa
The first mobile money service to pay profit to its users
Tigo has announced the first of its regular quarterly payments worth 3bn/- (US $ 1.8 million) to Tigo Pesa users in Tanzania
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Innovation
Mobile money to drive financial inclusion in Nigeria
Back in 2012 a survey conducted by Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFINA) indicated that 56.3 million adults, representing 64.1 per cent...
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Innovation
SMS, not apps, key to content distribution in Africa
SMS and audio based distribution methods should be pivotal to content providers’ strategies today, as the time is not yet ripe for...
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Events
Cameroon start-ups competition
Cameroon Angels Network is organizing a pitch competition at GICAM in Douala, Cameroon on November 29th 2014 called #YouCAN. In partnership with...
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Innovation
African online recruitment pushes beyond traditional jobs boards
Online recruitment in Africa has been on an upward curve in the past few years, both for full-time and temporary work, with...
