Lagos Angel Network (LAN) final pitch event for its first Lagos StartUp DealDay event resulted in a total of N50 million has been...
Africa Internet Group, the largest e-commerce platform in Africa and parent company of Jumia, today announced a partnership with Orange to accelerate...
In a recent interview CEO of Safaricom Bob Collymore (BC) shared with Andrew Fassnidge (AF) from Appsafrica.com how the mobile network operator...
Virtual reality is a major focus at Mobile World Congress 2016 with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg making a surprise appearance at Samsung’s press...
In the first of many announcements from Mobile World Congress (MWC) Orange has announced a new partnership with Google™ to bring the...
Nigeria’s rapidly expanding tech scene is creating opportunities in other sectors such as hospitality where soaring demand means hotel prices are among the...
Insurance giant AXA plans to invest 75 million euros ($84 million) for an 8 percent stake in Africa Internet Group (AIG), one...
Travelstart was founded in Sweden in 1999 by its CEO Stephan Ekbergh. Operating in Africa from its Cape Town headquarters since 2006,...
Mobile connectivity in Nigeria now reaches more than 83M subscribers but affordability is a concern for many Nigerians, particularly those with lower...
Viber has announced today that it has opened its latest social channel ‘Public Chats’ to partners in Africa and the Middle East.
Orange has announced a host of new deals, acquiring the leading mobile operator in Liberia and the acquisition of Airtel’s operations in...
Africa Internet Group’s (AIG) biggest company on the continent, Jumia has appointment of Mrs Juliet Anammah at the head of Jumia Nigeria,
Ugandan customers can now make mobile money transactions with Kenya following a deal between Safaricom and MTN Uganda.
WeChat is to invest over $3.4 million in tech companies supporting local start-ups and innovations 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...
An estimated 69% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa and 90% of the rural population in the same region have no access...
With the majority of Africans unbanked, mobile money and payments are critical and one of the biggest hurdles for the growth of...
Hundreds of mobile services from across Africa competed for a place in the final for the Best Mobile Innovation at the Appsafrica.com Innovation...
Africa is the birthplace of some of the world’s most innovative fintech solutions and we now profile the finalists from across Africa...
The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 attracted over 200 entries from 21 countries, across 3 continents. We can now announce the finalists our...
Research has shown that reading for pleasure is positively linked with literacy-related benefits such as writing ability, text comprehension and grammar. It...
Microsoft and AMPION took Appsafrica.com’s Paul Adepoju on the West African venture bus in Lagos, Nigeria to talk start-ups.