Search results for "East Africa"
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7.2KInnovationOrange launches its first “Orange Digital Centre” in Tunisia to support local start-ups
Orange has launched the “Orange Digital Centre” in Tunis, to provide wide-ranging support for startups. This will include training young people in coding,...
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16.5KAppsMTN Nigeria rolls out smart feature phone running on KaiOS
MTN has started to roll out its new Smart S 3G phone across all of its African markets and has launched MTN...
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4.9KInnovationStandard Chartered introduces digitally-led retail banks in Tanzania and Ghana
Standard Chartered has launched its digitally-led retail banks in Tanzania and Ghana, with Kenya’s rollout scheduled to occur shortly. This follows the...
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3.9KEgyptLiquid Telecom to invest $400M in Egyptian network infrastructure and data centres
Liquid Telecom has announced that it is investing 8 billion Egyptian Pounds ($400m US Dollars) in Egypt over the next three years....
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5.3KInnovationPaystack Raises $8M Series A Round Led By Stripe
Paystack, a Nigeria-based startup providing payments tools to businesses in Africa, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The round was...
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7.5KNewsNigerian FinTech Startup Mines Secures $13M to Grow Digital Credit Platform
Mines, a fintech startup re-inventing credit in emerging markets, has closed a Series A round of $13M led by The Rise Fund,...
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3.6KInnovationPayPal and Safaricom announce Kenyan eCommerce deal
PayPal and Safaricom have announced a collaboration that enables Kenyans to seamlessly move money between their M-PESA and PayPal accounts. Safaricom pioneered commercial mobile...
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4.3K1AppsBitPesa Reaches $10 Million In Total Funding After New Round Led By Greycroft
BitPesa, the first and largest blockchain payments platform for Africa, with offices in Nairobi, Lagos, and London, has announced Greycroft as its lead investor...
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6.1K3Burkina FasoOrange launches in Burkina Faso after Airtel takeover
Less than one year after the closing of the Group’s acquisition of Airtel, Orange has launched in Burkina Faso to pursue development in...
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2.7KEgyptRiseUp Summit returns to Cairo
RiseUp Summit a three-day entrepreneurship marathon returns to Cairo on the 9th – 11th of December under the theme of Fusion and is...
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3.4K1AppsMobile is the key driver of economic growth says Digital Afrique Telecom CEO
Mobile phones in Africa are increasingly driving social and economic transformation across the continent, according to Simplice Anoh, Founder and CEO of...
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7.1K1AppsZazu using tech to trade local produce smarter
It’s 3am; gogo (granny) rises from her bed to prepare to catch the bus from her farming village on the Mozambican border...
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4.1KInnovationDeadline for GSMA Innovation fund today
The first round of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund closes this Friday, 18th September at 11.59pm GMT. As reported the fund...
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3.9KInnovationGSMA Launches Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund
The first round of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund is now open for applications from start-ups in Africa and selected Asian...
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3.1KInnovationOrange completes acquisition of Airtel in Sierra Leone
Orange announces today that, together with its Senegal-based partner Sonatel, it has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel...
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3.6KAdvisory NewsEvaluating The App Opportunity
“There is an app for that” is one of the most common phrases exchanged amongst smartphone owners. From hailing a taxi, to...
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2.8KAdvisory News5 key takeaways from the worlds biggest mobile event
Every year at Mobile World Congress there is a lot of hype, brand noise and people with over 100,000 in Barcelona this...
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Apps
Kenyan start-up Safari Tales to educate kids with new app
When Njeri Wangari’s daughter turned three years old, she realised she was losing interest in all the toys she had bought her....
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3.0K2InnovationWant to become a software developer in Lagos?
Andela a new kind of academic experience in Lagos is looking for aspiring developers. It’s sort of like a university, except instead of...
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Events
BrowseDotCom conference coming to Lagos
BrowseDotCom, has announced the date for the second edition of their annual conference 2014 which will take place on October 18th, 2014 at...
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Awards
SEED awards to recognise new eco start-ups
Small, micro and medium-sized enterprises (SMMEs) are the backbone of African society, accounting for about 90 per cent of businesses and more...
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Apps
Ugandan student becomes apps “billionaire”
Abdu Ssekalala is a young Ugandan student at the School of Computing and Information Technology, Makerere University, and a billionaire, at least...
