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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...

TalkingBookz seeks to disrupt the traditional book publishing market and redefine how Africans consume books

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Nigeria

TalkingBookz to disrupt traditional book publishing in Africa

Nigeria’s first audiobook online store and publisher, TalkingBookz provides users with unlimited downloads to 3000+ audiobooks including many international bestsellers Speaking with...

MasterCard Becomes First International Payments Network to Enter Somalia

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East Africa

MasterCard to bolster banking in Somalia

MasterCard has announced it is to become the first international payments network to enter Somalia following years of war and conflict.

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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North Africa

Opera Software helping to get Africans online

Over 80% of mobile users in Africa do not use data which is a huge challenge in bringing mass populations online in...

internet society mobile internet in Ghana

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Innovation

Africa primed to take advantage of the internet opportunity

There has been robust growth in Internet access and usage over the past few years and Africa is now primed to take...

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Apps

Data compression cuts cost for African subscribers

Over 80% of mobile users in Africa do not use data which is a huge challenge in bringing mass populations online in...

Abi Atawodi, General Manager of Uber in Nigeria shared Uber’s progress since launching in Lagos in 2014 with Appsafrica.co

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Apps

Can Uber really work in Lagos, Nigeria?

As Appsafrica.com previously reported the Uptake of the UberX low-cost taxi hailing app in Cape Town has been “incredible”. So what about Lagos?...

Gadgets

Opera Mini now supports video

It is now possible for users of Opera mobile browser to play videos within the browser, according to Richard Monday, Vice President...

Innovation

The e-payment last mile hurdle for tech companies in Nigeria

Even though Uche (pseudonym) works with a tech company that provides electronic payment services in Nigeria, he is not keen on using...

Apps

SMS service seeks to reduce baby mortality in Africa

Most tech start-ups feel pressure in delivering a good experience for users but none probably as important as this one. “I wish...

Ethiopia

ICTs boosting growth but teachers reluctant to change

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is the key to improving education and thus boosting growth across Africa – but there is still...

Côte d’Ivoire

Innjoo smartphones aiming for growth in West Africa

Having launched in Nigeria, Innjoo smartphones are pushing for growth in Côte d’Ivoire with two smartphones InnJoo I2S and InnJoo I1S.

Apps

Social fitness app to encourage fitness in Africa

Bosun Tijani a fitness enthusiast loved teams sports and keeping fit socially, however having lived in various cities he found that moving...

Innovation

Andela tackling youth unemployment through developer training

Nigeria-based developer training school and digital skills outsourcer Andela claims to be the most selective developer school in Africa, and intends to...

Ghana

Airtel and Verifone to deliver NFC payments in Ghana

Airtel Ghana has partnered with Verifone Mobile Money to launch NFC-enabled devices to Airtel merchants that will act as terminals, allowing more than...

Innovation

Mobile advertising to reach $105 billion globally by 2019

A new study by leading analyst house, Juniper Research has revealed that annual global advertising spend on mobile devices is expected to reach $105...

Afrikstart is a one-stop platform to fund, train, and mentor entrepreneurs in Africa.

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Start-Ups

Founder of crowdfunding platform Afrikstart speaks with Appsafrica

Entrepreneurship-focused crowdfunding platform Afrikstart is empowering African entrepreneurs to start, run and grow businesses. Founded by Stanford University online students, Afrikstart is a...