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Finalists announced for Appsafrica Innovation Awards 2015

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 attracted over 200 entries from 21 countries, across 3 continents. We can now announce the finalists our...

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East Africa

How to sustain Africa’s momentum?

Having started trading from an early age, working 18 hours a day and not taking a holiday for 13 years Aliko Dangote,...

Worldreader Mobile (WRM) is improving people’s lives by attracting millions of users across Africa to read books on devices they already own.

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Apps

Millions of users across Africa read books on mobile

Research has shown that reading for pleasure is positively linked with literacy-related benefits such as writing ability, text comprehension and grammar. It...

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South Africa

Startups in South Africa are not hungry enough – mLab

mLab Southern Africa, a mobile solutions laboratory and startup accelerator that provides entrepreneurs and mobile developers with the support they need to...

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East Africa

200 entrepreneurs to launch businesses on buses in Africa

Microsoft and AMPION took Appsafrica.com’s Paul Adepoju on the West African venture bus in Lagos, Nigeria to talk start-ups.

Start-ups Application for DEMO Africa 2015 Opens

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Investors outnumber startups at DEMO Africa 2015

After months of anticipation, preparation and adjudication across the continent, Africa’s biggest startup event DEMO Africa is holding today with a rather...

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Events

DEMO Africa ushered in with ABAN Investor Summit

The 2015 edition of Africa’s biggest startup event DEMO Africa was ushered in on Wednesday with the ABAN Investor Summit presented by...

Appsafrica.com caught up with Evangeline Wiles, Managing Director of Kaymu Nigeria to hear the latest ecommerce growth story and you can watch the full interview below. Backed by Africa Internet Group, Kaymu offers an online market service that enables businesses and individuals to sell items across multiple African markets.

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Innovation

e-Commerce having a positive impact on SME’s in Nigeria

Having launched just two years ago in Nigeria with a few hundred merchants, Kaymu today enables thousands of businesses and individuals to...

Apps

Over 200 African innovators and your brand

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 have attracted over 200 entries from 21 countries, across 3 continents who are battling it out for...

Opportunities abound for tech startups in agriculture

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Opportunities abound for tech startups in agriculture

All stakeholders in the agricultural industry need information and knowledge through each stage of the supply chain, providing great opportunities for tech start-ups to...

Digital fuels growth in Africa’s entertainment and media industry

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East Africa

Digital fuels growth in Africa’s entertainment and media industries

After more than a decade of digital disruption, the African entertainment and media industry has entered a new landscape – one where...

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Apps

Truppr launches the Fit Goals Challenge

Truppr has launched the Fit Goals Challenge, powered by Samsung Nigeria to make fitness easier and fun for individuals that want to...

Over 80% of smartphone users in Africa do not use data which is a huge challenge in bringing mass populations online in Africa. Jo Crawshaw from Opera Software tells Appsafrica.com how data compression products such as Opera Mini and Opera Web Pass are helping “over 60 million users” to use data more affordability.

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East Africa

Opera Mini launches new data compression innovation for Android

In the newest version of Opera Mini mobile browser for Android, users can for the first time switch between two different data...

Nunu Ntshingila, newly appointed Head of Africa at Facebook, said: “At Facebook, we have a saying that we’re only 1% done, and this couldn’t be truer for Facebook in Africa

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Apps

Facebook only 1% done in Africa

Facebook has shared new statistics revealing that 2.2 million Kenyans use Facebook every day and 4.5 million each month, while 7.1 million...

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Apps

Last call for entries for the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 are fast approaching and the deadline for submitting applications is tomorrow, September 10th.

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Apps

eMocha launches app platform for drug resistant TB in South Africa

eMocha, a mobile health platform is launching a new platform to help deliver more effective care to the estimated 16,000 patients diagnosed with...

SafeMotos Rwanda, a smartphone application which makes motos safer and more convenient in Rwanda

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Apps

Video: SafeMotos co-founders to improve road safety with innovative app

SafeMotos co-founders Nash and Peter Kariuki are working to help try and reduce the second biggest killer in Africa, road accidents. They...

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Gadgets

The Internet of Things is upon us

Being up to date with technology is nice and being in touch with the innovation around us is helpful, but like any other...

Airtel Unveils Internet Bundles for Android Devices

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East Africa

Airtel Uganda starts new mobile wallet service

Airtel Uganda and Centenary Bank have partnered to launch the Mobile Wallet service, a service that enables the bank’s customers to access,...

Worldreader, a global nonprofit dedicated to improving literacy in the developing world through digital books, has announced a new partnership with Opera Software that has provided 5 million readers in Africa access to 25,000 free digital book title

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East Africa

5 million readers in Africa to access books via mobile

Worldreader, a global nonprofit dedicated to improving literacy in the developing world through digital books, has announced a new partnership with Opera...