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Nigeria: DevCon Alpha $300,000 Developer Contest

Mobile Monday Nigeria and local payment providers in Nigeria have launched a developer contest aimed at driving adoption of payment apps with...

Innovation

Samsung launches free music streaming service called Milk Music

The world’s biggest smartphone maker, Samsung, has launched a free music streaming service called Milk Music.The service, currently only available on its...

Awards

Nigeria: LeadPath Accelerator launches in Lagos

LeadPath Accelerator programme opened its doors for business in Lagos last Friday with the aim of investing $100,000 in a range of...

Apps

Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP Goes Mobile

Mirroring the popularity of smartphones and tablets in the workplace, Dynamics AX, Microsoft’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) software platform, is moving into...

Kenya

Afrikstart platform aims to fund African start-ups

Afrikstart launched is 2013, is hoping to help start-ups across Africa grow through it’s crowdfunding platform. It’s a donation-based and peer-to-peer lending...

Events

African blogger awards

Africa’s very first awards programme that measures online and social influencers’ reach and influence through data analysis, are open to bloggers, Instagrammers,...

Innovation

Africa’s booming mobile tower industry

Nigerian based mobile tower company IHS Towers has raised $490 million to fund its expansion across the continent as international investors join...

Awards

Zambia: MTN Appathon competition

MTN Zambia has launched the MTN Appathon, a competition for computer application developers. It is aimed at exposing young developers and gives...

Gadgets

MWC 2014: Nokia’s first android smartphone coming to Africa

The much talked of Nokia X and its other variant X+ have been launched today Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona. The...

Gadgets

MWC 2014: Mozilla plans $25 smartphone

Spreadtrum Communications and Mozilla have joined hands to deliver $25 smartphones making the announcment at Mobile world congress today in Barcelona.

Ghana

Ghana: Google gDays helps local techies

Google Ghana has organized its second g/Days event to help local businesses and tech developers understand how to creatively use internet tools...

Apps

Rwanda: Youth Connekt apps challenge

Rwanda’s Ministry of Youth and ICT, and the UNDP, in close collaboration with Motorola Solutions, will power a Mobile App Challenge that...

Nigeria

Nigerian Governors dubious use of social media

In a rather unprecedented move, the government of Ekiti State in Nigeria invited some bloggers and social media enthusiasts to meet with the state...

Innovation

IBM to invest $100M in African initiative

IBM has launched a 10-year initiative to bring Watson and other cognitive systems to Africa in a bid to fuel development and...

Apps

apeApp launched at Mobile East Africa

The apeAPP, an innovative mobile phone application that offers the public direct access to field projects that protect chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and...

Gadgets