North Africa

Building mobile apps that are relevant to African consumers

According to the latest report from GSMA, almost half the population of Africa subscribed to mobile services in 2015. Africa’s fast growing...

4.3K

Deadline for the Appsafrica.com Award entries approaching

Mobile, tech ventures and leading women in Africa have just two weeks left to submit their entries for the Appsafrica.com Innovation Award...

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across Africa. Following the success of lasts years Awards which celebrated 10 winners from over 200 entries across 21 countries, applications are now open for 2016.

8.6K

42

Entries Open For The Appsafrica Innovation Awards 2016

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across Africa and following the success of last years Awards which celebrated 10...

Malaik to simplify impact investing across Africa

7.2K

1

Malaik platform to simplify and track impact investing across Africa

Malaik the Hausa, Swahili, and Arabic words for ‘Angel’ is also an impact focused equity crowdfunding platform allowing accredited investors co-invest in high...

6.2K

1

The North Africa Tech Opportunity

After a tough few years of conflicts and upheaval, North Africa tech is now in focus with most Arab speaking countries under-served in terms of content, tech and...

Aaron Fu managing partner from Nest VC shares how they have invested in start-ups from 52 countries across the world and are now looking to invest and grow African start-ups globally. Fu shares why Morocco is now a big opportunity on the radar of global investors and Nest VC’s plans for Africa.

5.7K

Nest.VC helping to grow African start-ups globally

Nest.VC launched in Nairobi, Kenya last year bringing together a team of experienced entrepreneurs to help provide hands on mentorship and access...

4.2K

African online travel agent secures $40M investment

Travelstart was founded in Sweden in 1999 by its CEO Stephan Ekbergh. Operating in Africa from its Cape Town headquarters since 2006,...

3.3K

Seedstars Africa bringing top startups, mentors and investors together in Morocco

300 African startups, investors, speakers and mentors from over 20 different countries across Africa and Europe will be at Seedstars Africa along...

3.9K

Orange and ENGIE to bring electricity to rural Africa

An estimated 69% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa and 90% of the rural population in the same region have no access...

4.1K

Appsafrica Innovation Award Winners 2015

Ten winners of the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 supported by Uber, Mobile Monday South Africa, Appsworld and Picup were announced and honoured...

4.1K

How to sustain Africa’s momentum?

Having started trading from an early age, working 18 hours a day and not taking a holiday for 13 years Aliko Dangote,...

Worldreader Mobile (WRM) is improving people’s lives by attracting millions of users across Africa to read books on devices they already own.

6.9K

Millions of users across Africa read books on mobile

Research has shown that reading for pleasure is positively linked with literacy-related benefits such as writing ability, text comprehension and grammar. It...

2.8K

200 entrepreneurs to launch businesses on buses in Africa

Microsoft and AMPION took Appsafrica.com’s Paul Adepoju on the West African venture bus in Lagos, Nigeria to talk start-ups.

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.

15.4K

Opera Mini launches new data compression innovation for Android

In the newest version of Opera Mini mobile browser for Android, users can for the first time switch between two different data...

3.3K

The Internet of Things is upon us

Being up to date with technology is nice and being in touch with the innovation around us is helpful, but like any other...

Worldreader, a global nonprofit dedicated to improving literacy in the developing world through digital books, has announced a new partnership with Opera Software that has provided 5 million readers in Africa access to 25,000 free digital book title

6.1K

5 million readers in Africa to access books via mobile

Worldreader, a global nonprofit dedicated to improving literacy in the developing world through digital books, has announced a new partnership with Opera...

“Android One,” after the company’s mobile operating system Android, and will cost less than $100.

3.2K

Google launches Android One in Africa but cost of data still the big issue

The race to offer cheaper smartphones in Africa has dramatically increased with the launch of the Android One program in Africa, however the price of phones...

7.0K

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

3.3K

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...

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...

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...