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African tech start-up ‘Over’ wins the ‘World’s Best Start-Up’ award

Over – an IOS app that allows users to add artistic text and artwork to user- generated photos -has won the award...

Lean start-up machine commences today in Lagos

Lean Startup Machine (LSM) commences its workshop today and throughout this weekend in Lagos, Nigeria. The aim of this weekend is to...

Nigeria

Gbamm! the mobile social network for football fans

With the World Cup fast approaching, Gbamm! is trying to create the future of football on mobile in Nigeria and beyond. Founder...

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Nigeria

Growing pains for Nigerian tech start-ups

Foreign investment became a lively topic of debate today at Mobile West Africa (#MWA2014), which is being held in Lagos, Nigeria this...

Events

Mobile West Africa starts in Lagos

Mobile West Africa has kicked off in Lagos this morning. This event has brought together some of the leading innovators and thinkers...

Awards

PIVOT East 2014 Semi-finalists Announced

PIVOT East the startups competition geared towards nurturing the growing ICT talent in East Africa, has unveiled semifinalist for this year’s competition....

Apps

Uganda: Mobile app helping to fight one of Africa’s biggest killers

Africa is great at utilising inventions from other parts of the world and harnessing them to make more relevant solutions and products....

Events

How to make money in mobile? Mobile West Africa has the answers

Tomi Ahonen, the man measured by Forbes as the world’s most influential expert in mobile, will be taking to the stage and...

Tanzania

Last chance for East African students to join Intel program

Following the successful launch of the Intel Student Partner Program in Kenya, Intel is now opening up the opportunity for university students...

Nigeria

Nigeria: 2go social network bigger than Facebook

Mobile instant messaging service 2go is Nigeria’s biggest social network with 13 million users in the country, according to ‘africapractice’, in their...

Apps

Kenya: Plantwise app gives farmers help for crop troubles

Plantwise has launched an app in Kenya that helps to improve world food security and the livelihoods of farmers in developing countries...

Innovation

Yahoo aims for growth using USSD data channel

Yahoo has today started a drive into emerging markets by adding low-end channels to its mobile mix. In an effort to push...

Events

Last call for Pivot East entries

Pivot Easts final call for submitting applications for the competition is today, 11th April 2014. East African Startups Application is open to...

Start-Ups

5 Africans win $25,000 courtesy of Google

The Google’s Africa Connected competition winners were announced at an event held in Nairobi. The competition called entrepreneurs, creatives, innovators and web-lovers...

Events