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2.8KNewsLagos Start-up Deal Day Invests In Three New Ventures
Lagos Angel Network (LAN) final pitch event for its first Lagos StartUp DealDay event resulted in a total of N50 million has been...
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2.7KInnovationOrange invests €75 million in Africa Internet Group
Africa Internet Group, the largest e-commerce platform in Africa and parent company of Jumia, today announced a partnership with Orange to accelerate...
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4.3KAdvisory NewsSafaricom CEO shares how they are evolving with tech start-ups
In a recent interview CEO of Safaricom Bob Collymore (BC) shared with Andrew Fassnidge (AF) from Appsafrica.com how the mobile network operator...
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2.8KAdvisory NewsMWC: Is Virtual reality the next big thing?
Virtual reality is a major focus at Mobile World Congress 2016 with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg making a surprise appearance at Samsung’s press...
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2.2KGadgetsMWC: Orange launches Google deal for Africa
In the first of many announcements from Mobile World Congress (MWC) Orange has announced a new partnership with Google™ to bring the...
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4.3KInnovationTech boom in Nigeria boosting demand for rooms and creating new businesses
Nigeria’s rapidly expanding tech scene is creating opportunities in other sectors such as hospitality where soaring demand means hotel prices are among the...
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3.6KInnovationAXA to invest $84 million for an 8% stake in Africa Internet Group
Insurance giant AXA plans to invest 75 million euros ($84 million) for an 8 percent stake in Africa Internet Group (AIG), one...
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3.7KAppsAfrican 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,...
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7.1KAppsSliide Airtime app offers free airtime for personalised content
Mobile connectivity in Nigeria now reaches more than 83M subscribers but affordability is a concern for many Nigerians, particularly those with lower...
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4.9KAppsViber launches public chats in Africa
Viber has announced today that it has opened its latest social channel ‘Public Chats’ to partners in Africa and the Middle East.
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3.0KInnovation
Orange announces expansion deals into three markets
Orange has announced a host of new deals, acquiring the leading mobile operator in Liberia and the acquisition of Airtel’s operations in...
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6.0KNigeriaJUMIA Nigeria announces new CEO
Africa Internet Group’s (AIG) biggest company on the continent, Jumia has appointment of Mrs Juliet Anammah at the head of Jumia Nigeria,
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4.2KEast AfricaMpesa enters Uganda with MTN
Ugandan customers can now make mobile money transactions with Kenya following a deal between Safaricom and MTN Uganda.
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2.6KAppsWeChat to invest $3.4M in start-ups in Africa
WeChat is to invest over $3.4 million in tech companies supporting local start-ups and innovations in Africa.
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2.4KAwardsFacebook launches Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa
Facebook is launching the Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa, with the aim of recognising developers and entrepreneurs who are using the internet to improve the...
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3.5KEast AfricaOrange 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...
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4.2KAppsPaga to capitalise on new investment
With the majority of Africans unbanked, mobile money and payments are critical and one of the biggest hurdles for the growth of...
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5.9KAppsBest Mobile Innovation Finalists
Hundreds of mobile services from across Africa competed for a place in the final for the Best Mobile Innovation at the Appsafrica.com Innovation...
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6.0KAppsAfrica’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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8.6KAwardsFinalists 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...
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6.2KAppsMillions 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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2.5KEast Africa200 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.
