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Awards
Show your African app at MWC 2014 and win EUR 25,000
African Developers, startups and students who have an idea for a great app, here is your opportunity to win, but hurry! You are...
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Innovation
9 in 10 of Middle East and Africa’s Web Users Access Mobile Internet
The Middle East and Africa has the largest share of internet users that go online using a mobile phone, according to eMarketer....
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Apps
Nigerian traffic…there is an app for that
Anyone involved in the mobile and tech scene in Africa has visited Lagos, the new hotbed of the Nigerian tech and home...
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Start-Ups
WeTech seed fund for women in technology in Africa
WeTech is launching a Seed Fund in Africa that will provide small grants to support individuals or civil society organizations to play...
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Start-Ups
African accelerator 88MPH to launch in Nigeria
African accelerator and investment fund 88mph will expand its operations to Nigeria in the first quarter of 2014, adding to the programmes...
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Apps
Kenyan app developer wins Appstar Challenge
Kenyan app Automs.gs has won the 2013 Appstar Challenge – a partnership between Safaricom and Vodafone designed to give support mobile app...
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Apps
Nigeria: NOKIA Nigeria to launch new Eskimi App
Eskimi, one of the largest social media and entertainment platforms counting 14 million members, partnered with NOKIA to launch a new Eskimi...
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Awards
MTN App Developer Challenge Winners
MTN Nigeria recently announced the winners of the App Developer Challenge that ran for 5 months. The Judges selected winners from all 6...
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Gadgets
Apple iPad Air is now for sale in Nigeria
The iPad Air is officially for sale in Nigeria thanks to Core Group Africa. Featuring a stunning 9.7-inch retina display in a...
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Awards
Calling South African Innovators & App Developers
Methys Innovation Challenge Worth R50,000 To support the seeding of innovative start-ups in the Western Cape, the Methys Technology group organizes the...
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Events
AfricaCom 2013: Day 1 Insights
AfricaCom 2013 kicked off in Cape Town today, bringing together African MNO’s, tech companies, vendors and the app community from Africa and...
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Ghana
Ghana: mobile web is killing ISP’s as Ghanians go mobile
An interesting piece written by Leo Mirani at Quartz details how ISP’s in Ghana are now being decimated by mobile as more...
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Innovation
Nigeria: Google needs more user generated content
Upload more please Short on local content Google Nigeria has asked internet users in Nigeria to upload more local content to the...
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Innovation
Airtel gives free Facebook on Nokia Asha 501
East African buyers of the Nokia Asha 501 will receive free Facebook on the Airtel network, as the operator seeks to exploit...
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Innovation
Big Brother Africa – biNu tells us what you really think
Big Brother Africa (BBA) is back 28 housemates entered the house from 14 African countries seeking to win the 300,000 USD on...
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Events
Nigeria: Founder2Be Holds First African Event in Lagos
Founder2Be is the world’s largest co-founder finding service with presence in America, Europe and Asia. Founded in 2011 and now having over...
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Apps
New Hope For HIV/AIDS Orphans In Africa using technology
SAP AG has contributed technology and education-related donations to Young Heroes, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that supports HIV/AIDS orphans. This donation coincides...
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Apps
2go launches Android app for Africa
African mobile social network 2go has launched its long awaited for app for Android on the Google Play Store. The company, which scaled...
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Innovation
Mobile technology in Africa is “the new gold”
Africa is the last big mobile frontier, with an estimated number of 649 million subscribers, mobile innovation has been dubbed “the new...
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Innovation
How mobile technology is transforming Africa
An excellent slideshare by Rudy De Waele on how mobile is transforming Africa by Rudy De Waele. [slideshare id=23843712&style=border:1px solid #CCC;border-width:1px 1px...
