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Google launches $105 Android One smartphone

The first Android One-branded budget-priced “high quality” smartphones have been released in India. The handsets provide a minimum set of features determined...

Kenya’s BRCK providing African solution to rural connectivity issues

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East Africa

Kenya’s BRCK providing African solution to rural connectivity issues

In the last year, the world has woken up to the crucial importance of connectivity in developing nations, with Africa a priority...

Innovation

MTN partners with Skrill to enable global digital payments for mobile money

MTN has announced a partnership agreement focused on helping MTN subscribers to take part in the global digital revolution by being able...

Awards

SEED awards to recognise new eco start-ups

Small, micro and medium-sized enterprises (SMMEs) are the backbone of African society, accounting for about 90 per cent of businesses and more...

Megan Verkuil, founder of Capsule Technologies, a Cape Town-based technology firm who built this innovative tech tells Appsafrica.com in a recent interview how it all began.

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Gadgets

Africa’s first low-power android desk-top

As technology advances many communities are still left out of the global village which is why there is a need for tailor-made...

Apps

Nigerian subscribers to get free Ebola information on mobile

Airtel Nigeria in collaboration with Opera Software, has launched a free service for customers looking for information on the Ebola virus.

Gadgets

Solar panels that charge mobile phones quickly to change lives in Zambia

The arrival of shipping containers in Lusaka might not sound that exciting, however the contents will change rural lives and communities dependent...

Innovation

MTN and Huawei trial the industries fastest and most intelligent optical network in Africa

MTN, Africa’s largest telecommunications operator and Huawei announced the successful live trial of a Transport Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and 2.4Tbit/s wavelength-division multiplexing...

Nigeria

Tech hub to boost social innovation

Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) plans to dramatically increase social innovation in Nigeria with the launch of a $500,000 seed investment fund.

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Innovation

Mobile Web Africa 2014 ready to “rock” Johannesburg

Mobile Web Africa is returning to South Africa on the 10th and 11th of September in Johannesburg. The organisers, All Amber tell...

Innovation

Mxit targeting emerging markets to combat South African decline

User figures for the latest version of South African chat app Mxit were a mixed bag for the company, with Mxit 7...

Gadgets

Mozilla launches Firefox OS smartphone for $33

Mozilla has launched its first Firefox OS smartphone in India and it only costs $33. Dubbed the Cloud FX, the device is...

MySidekick Shopping App: our Super Hero flies around shops and malls to find you great specials, sales and events!

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Apps

New shopping app aims to simplify buying in South Africa

New fun and free shopping app, MySidekick aims to end to end frustrations of finding the best specials in South Africa through its...

Apps

Ugandan student becomes apps “billionaire”

Abdu Ssekalala is a young Ugandan student at the School of Computing and Information Technology, Makerere University, and a billionaire, at least...

Events

Mobile Web Africa 2014 returns to Johannesburg

Mobile Web Africa 2014, the fifth South African edition of the most progressive and interactive mobile focused events in Sub-Saharan Africa, returns...

Apps

Mobile Web Africa to find the best apps in Southern Africa

AppCircus@Mobile Web Africa will be taking place in Johannesburg on 11th September in conjunction with the region’s leading mobile industry event: Mobile...

Apps