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Volvo launches used equipment app for Africa

Volvo Construction Equipment this week launched an app designed to give customers instant and easy access to the entire stock of Volvo...

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Facebook testing free internet app with Airtel Zambia

Facebook has created an app to offer free basic internet services to users in emerging markets as part of its push to...

Innovation

New mobile celebrity service launched in Nigeria

Want to connect with to Nigerian celebs? Well now you can. Airtel Nigeria, in partnership with Kirusa has announced the launch of...

Nigeria

Applications closing for Lagos start-up accelerator

Applications are now closing for the 440NG 2014 accelerator program in Lagos with only one day left to submit applications. 440NG invest...

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MTN SA launches mobile location app linking businesses and customers

MTN has launched a Business Directory Services app which aims to put businesses on the map in South Africa. The app is...

Innovation

Airtel Unveils Internet Bundles for Android Devices

Airtel Nigeria announces the introduction of Internet Bundles for Android devices which is first of its kind in Nigeria. The new Android...

Awards

Appwiz 2014 launched for Kenyan developers

Safaricom has launched the Appwiz Challenge for 2014 to identify Kenyan developers and drive new app development across all mobile platforms. The...

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Google to launch sub – $100 smartphone

Going by the name ‘Android One’, Google will launch its latest affordable smartphone that will run on stock version of Android in...

Uptake of the UberX low-cost taxi hailing app in Cape Town has been “incredible”, while drivers “love” the work model as it provides flexibility and removes shift-based work, according to Anthony le Roux, general manager for Uber Cape Town.

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UberX uptake in Cape Town “incredible”

Uptake of the UberX low-cost taxi hailing app in Cape Town has been “incredible”, while drivers “love” the work model according to...

Innovation

MasterCard launches MasterPass in South Africa

Mastercard has just launched MasterPass in South Africa which enables consumers to make convenient, simple, fast and secure digital payments. Digital wallets...

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Microsoft to end Android Nokia X smartphones

Having just announced 18,000 job losses globally, Microsoft is also expected to stop developing Android-powered smartphones beyond those already available in a...

Apps

10 handy apps for a hassle-free holiday

Whether traveling within your country or to the world’s most exotic locations, most travelers will experience some frustrating problems. While technology can’t...

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Nigerian start-ups top entries for Demo Africa 2014

DEMO Africa has released the names of the forty start-ups that have qualified to launch their product on the DEMO Africa stage...

Apps

South Africans can get from A to B with help of new transport app

Millions of people all over Africa depend on public transport to go to work yet there is very little information about how...

Start-ups Application for DEMO Africa 2015 Opens

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DEMO Africa Application Window Closes

The application window for DEMO 2014 has finally closed with VC4Africa confirming that 27 African countries are represented this year.

Gadgets

Airtel offers free finance to drive adoption of iPhones

Airtel Nigeria recently formed a strategic partnership with Apple, to officially unveil the iPhone 5s in Nigeria, becoming the first mobile telecommunications...

Awards

5 startups to win over $50,000 and VC training at PIVOT East

Five startups will win a combined total of over fifty thousand dollars in funding at the PIVOT East finalists conference. The five...

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Events

Seedstars coming to iHUB Nairobi

iHub Nairobi, in partnership with payment solutions company, Ingenico will be hosting Seedstars Nairobi, the Nairobi leg of Seedstars World on the 3rd...

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