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Women in Tech Africa to host London event

After the successful launch of Women in Technology Africa in London earlier this year, Africa’s leading ladies in London are hosting their end...

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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...

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AppsAfrica.com Innovation Award Winners 2015 Announced

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

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Best African App 2015?

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 attracted entries from 21 countries, across 3 continents, we now take a look at the Best App...

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Africa’s Best Fintech Innovation 2015

Africa is the birthplace of some of the world’s most innovative fintech solutions and we now profile the finalists from across Africa...

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Finalists announced for Appsafrica Innovation Awards 2015

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 attracted over 200 entries from 21 countries, across 3 continents. We can now announce the finalists our...

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

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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...

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Over 200 African innovators and your brand

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 have attracted over 200 entries from 21 countries, across 3 continents who are battling it out for...

Digital fuels growth in Africa’s entertainment and media industry

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Digital fuels growth in Africa’s entertainment and media industries

After more than a decade of digital disruption, the African entertainment and media industry has entered a new landscape – one where...

Nunu Ntshingila, newly appointed Head of Africa at Facebook, said: “At Facebook, we have a saying that we’re only 1% done, and this couldn’t be truer for Facebook in Africa

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Facebook only 1% done in Africa

Facebook has shared new statistics revealing that 2.2 million Kenyans use Facebook every day and 4.5 million each month, while 7.1 million...

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Last call for entries for the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 are fast approaching and the deadline for submitting applications is tomorrow, September 10th.

Appsafrica.com delivers the latest news on mobile, tech, innovation and start-ups focused on Africa. We understand that entrepreneurs regardless of where they are located in the world are driving innovation in Africa. The Appsafrica Awards celebrate innovation and entrepreneurship making an impact in Africa.

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Two weeks left to enter the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards

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

MTN Nigeria rolls out smart feature phone running on KaiOS

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MTN and Liquid Telecom partner to extend footprint and offering in Africa

Customers of MTN Group and Liquid Telecom are set to benefit from a larger connectivity footprint across Africa. This follows an announcement...

SMS, not apps, key to content distribution in Africa

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Facebook’s Internet.org Free Basic Services are bringing Africans online

Over the last year, Facebook has worked closely with more than a dozen mobile operators across 17 countries to give people access...

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Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 open for applications

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 celebrate the enormous growth in mobile, technology and entrepreneurship in Africa. Innovation knows no borders and Appsafrica.com...

Kenya’s BRCK providing African solution to rural connectivity issues

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Regulations need relaxing if African hardware is to become reality

Speaking recently Erik Hersman of iHub, Ushahidi and now BRCK renown bemoaned the fact that legacy tax laws made it impossible for...

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Facebook opens first office in Africa

Facebook’s active user population in Africa has grown 20% to 120 million in June 2015 from 100 million in September 2014. More...

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InvestWell platform to bridge FDI gap in Africa

With Sub-Saharan African growing at three times faster than developed markets and anticipated to drive 65% of economic growth by 2020, Africa...

After the successful launch of Women in Technology Africa in London earlier this year, Africa’s leading ladies are hosting their end of year event in London on December 2nd.

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Empowering women and entrepreneurship drives “Africa Together”

African leaders representing a variety of fields from countries including Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Ghana, Kenya and Senegal convened in Cambridge for the...

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Africa’s era of tech entrepreneurs

Tech-oriented business incubators and accelerator programmes are opening their doors across Africa. Research by the World Bank has estimated that over 90...

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Want to invest directly in growth stage African companies?

As of today ordinary investors can now invest directly in equity and debt fundraising campaigns by unlisted growth-stage companies in select frontier...

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