Search results for "ecom"
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3.5KAppsSocial media boosting m-commerce sales in Nigeria
Nigeria, Africa’s biggest and 26th largest economy in the world is experiencing a boost in online businesses due to the massive surge in...
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2.5KEventsCcHUB launches initiative to teach kids new skills
The CcHUB Summer of Code is a 4-week summer programme; and one of the Hub’s initiatives to raise a new generation of...
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2.5KInnovationAfrican women need to lead the new era of tech and innovation
Leading online shopping community Kaymu.com.ng has stressed the need for women to occupy leadership positions in the new era of technology and innovation.
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4.3KSocial Media
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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West Africa
5 things to know about e-commerce in Nigeria
E-commerce in Africa is no doubt experiencing a boom with Nigeria occupying the top position as the largest internet market in the...
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4.2KEast AfricaMasterCard 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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5.1KAppsData compression cuts cost for African subscribers
Over 80% of mobile users in Africa do not use data which is a huge challenge in bringing mass populations online in...
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Gadgets
Opera Mini now supports video
It is now possible for users of Opera mobile browser to play videos within the browser, according to Richard Monday, Vice President...
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Innovation
The e-payment last mile hurdle for tech companies in Nigeria
Even though Uche (pseudonym) works with a tech company that provides electronic payment services in Nigeria, he is not keen on using...
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Apps
Social fitness app to encourage fitness in Africa
Bosun Tijani a fitness enthusiast loved teams sports and keeping fit socially, however having lived in various cities he found that moving...
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Innovation
Andela tackling youth unemployment through developer training
Nigeria-based developer training school and digital skills outsourcer Andela claims to be the most selective developer school in Africa, and intends to...
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Awards
Crowdfunding platform Afrikstart dedicated to African entrepreneurs
With President Barack Obama attending the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya in July, 2015 is deemed to be the Year Of the...
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2.6KEast AfricaAfrica’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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4.6KAppsSafeMotos long journey to improve road safety in Rwanda
African roads are often not the smoothest, riddled with pot holes and often drivers need to take an alternative route to get...
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Ghana
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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Innovation
e-commerce to grow by 25% annually in Nigeria
What do you get when you combine a social network and a classifieds board in Africa? It’s called MoboFree and its aim...
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3.8KEast AfricaMTN Uganda facing mobile money investigation
Bank of Uganda (BoU) officials are planning a major mobile money investigation into MTN’s dealings following a local news investigation.
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4.1KInnovationAfrica: the new digital skills outsourcing location
With ICT skills beginning to take on a prominent position in education agendas across Africa and the youthful population of Africa increasingly...
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3.8KEthiopiaEthio launches LTE network in Ethiopia
Ethio Telecom is set to launch its 4G network in Ethiopia this weekend.Ethio, the state-run operator partnered with Huawei and ZTE to expand mobile...
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Innovation
Is Africa ready to facilitate large-scale satellite deployments?
With the advent of High Throughput Satellite (HTS) services within Africa’s connected business environment, the question of what happens with the remainder...
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East Africa
Innovative e-health solutions improving healthcare in Africa
Across Africa innovative companies are springing up, leveraging technology to improve healthcare provision on the continent. Given the high number of rural...
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3.1K1East AfricaMWC: 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...
