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Nigerian financial app provider gains investment

Business Connexion (BCX) has acquired a 30% strategic interest in AppZone Limited, an information technology solutions provider in Lagos, Nigeria.

Innovation

Africa’s first ‘interoperable’ mobile money deal

Airtel, Tigo and Zantel have announced a pioneering agreement to allow their respective subscribers in Tanzania to send money to each other...

Events

Demo Africa: Start-ups chance to win $500K equity investment

DEMO Africa has teamed up with Seedstars World for the first flagship event in Accra, Ghana in a bid to boost the...

Innovation

Spotify and Vodacom Potential Music Deal in Africa

Spotify is rumoured to be in talks with Vodacom Group Ltd. on a partnership that would mark the music-streaming service’s first foray...

Apps

App uses voice to connect teachers and students in Africa

Delivering education across Africa and rural areas is a major challenge, however mobile entrepreneurs are coming up with new ways to overcome...

Innovation

Wikipedia Zero free on mobile in Nigeria

Airtel Nigeria, has announced a strategic partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia, to offer their consumers across Nigeria...

Events

Terror killing ICT events in Kenya

Hot on the heels of Informa cancelling last weeks East Africa Com event in Nairobi, the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has announced...

Innovation

Every SIM card to become a debit card with Kenyan MVNO

The idea of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO’s) has been in existence in other parts of the world for over 10 years...

Kenya

David Sainsbury Launches East African Investment Company

British retail billionaire Lord David Sainsbury has set up an investment vehicle to invest solely in East African businesses. According to report by Kenyan newspaper Business Daily,...

Events

Pivot East finalists announced

25 exceptional mobile startups from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia have been selected to compete in the final of PIVOT East 2014.

Apps

Mobile start-up Tranzit moving Lagos

Lagos traffic is legendary and booking taxi’s can be a risky business with many unregulated drivers. Tranzit is a new mobility start-up...

Apps

Uganda: Android app launched to help reduce crime

Askari means the police in Swahili, but often if you call in an emergency the overstretched police don’t actually come in Uganda....

Apps

South Africa’s top mobile apps

Mobithinking Global’s mobile statistics predicts that by 2017 there could be 200 billion app downloads. Although African countries have been slow when...

Apps

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...

Events

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