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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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  MasterCard to bolster banking in Somalia

  MasterCard has announced it is to become the first international payments network to enter Somalia following years of war and conflict.

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  Uber partners with Etisalat Nigeria

  Etisalat Nigeria has announced a new partnership with Uber the mobile taxi sharing service in Lagos. The deal helps Uber target Etisalat customers...

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  MEST Incubator & Samsung partner in West Africa

  Recognized as one of Fast Company’s Top 10 “Most Innovative Companies in Africa”, The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has announced...

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  Mobile first approach for Africa

  African mobile access is rapidly increasing, with West African households having four devices on average. Banke Alawaye, Head of International Business at...

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  Big data innovation winners to combat African challenges

  There is a tremendous opportunity in unlocking big data and utilising it alongside traditional data to reveal new insights that can help...

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  Facebook identifying new target market in Africa

  After what seems like years of neglect, Facebook is making serious moves in Africa. But are the company’s initiatives helpful or rather...

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  MWC: Orange launches low cost Firefox digital offer across Africa

  Orange has launched a new low cost digital offer across its African footprint in a bid to win the battle for data customers...

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  MTN Solution Space to boost innovation in Africa

  The MTN Group and the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) have announced a major new partnership to...

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  Applications closing for $50,000 Village Capital FinTech for Agriculture East Africa accelerator

  East  African startups have one week left to apply for Village Capital’s new accelerator programme, Village Capital FinTech for Agriculture: East Africa...

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  Soweto Innovation Week coming soon

  Johannesburg’s south western township, Soweto, will host its first ever technology and digital conference this April.

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  Lack of trust hampering app downloads

  Trust remains the largest single obstacle to growth in the mobile content and commerce industry with 40 per cent of people stating...

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  Orange and Ecobank launch money transfer tie-up

  A new pan-African service between Orange and Ecobank will enable users who hold accounts with both companies to transfer money between them...

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  Seedstar World finalists battle for $500K equity prize

  After nine months on the road, Seedstars World will be welcoming 36 finalists including seven African startups for the opportunity to claim a...

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  Local internet hosting is key to internet development in Africa

  The development of locally relevant content that is attractive to users has been shown to have a positive impact on internet adoption....

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  Tigo subscribers to enjoy 36m music tracks on their smartphones

  Music streaming is the fastest growing area for the global music industry and music content is already the second most popular mobile...

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  Cameroon start-ups competition

  Cameroon Angels Network is organizing a pitch competition at GICAM in Douala, Cameroon on November 29th 2014 called #YouCAN. In partnership with...

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  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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  Transport startup built around social relationships

  There has been a rush to provide technology solutions to Nairobi’s transport sector. Easy Taxi, a company bankrolled by Rocket Internet entered...

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  Tanzanian edu-tainment cartoon Ubongo targets expansion

  Tanzanian social enterprise Ubongo is planning on launching its edu-tainment cartoon Ubongo Kids, which went live on terrestrial television in January, in...

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  Mobile pregnancy tool kit to save African lives

  Each year over eight million babies die during delivery or in the first week of life in developing countries according to UN....

• East Africa

  Tigo debuts m-wallet interest payments in Tanzania

  Tigo claimed a world first after launching an innovative mobile money service in Tanzania which offers users the opportunity to automatically earn...