Mobile phones in Africa are increasingly driving social and economic transformation across the continent, according to Simplice Anoh, Founder and CEO of...
Two South African co-founders have launched Alpha Exchange, a next generation institutional research and knowledge sharing platform and announced over 30 institutional...
The first round of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund closes this Friday, 18th September at 11.59pm GMT. As reported the fund...
aKoma Media, a content platform and storytelling company focused on Africa has launched the inaugural session of Amplify, a media and content...
Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets brought its Ghana round to a successful close with local company Chalkboard...
HiiL, in partnership with the Ford Foundation are hosting the HiiL Innovating Justice Boostcamp taking place in Lagos on 29 September 2016! This event will...
The first round of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund is now open for applications from start-ups in Africa and selected Asian...
A lot of African startups are moving really slow today because the founders are not getting their hands dirty. Building a startup...
10 companies have showcased their innovative fintech businesses at a ‘Demo Day’ in Cape Town, as the first-ever cohort of the Barclays...
Crowd-sourcing has fast become a global process that is being used to accomplish everything from getting funds for travel to raising capital for...
Having already launched Internet.org in smaller markets such as Zambia, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, Seychelles and Rwanda as reported last year, Facebook has finally launched...
Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is returning to South-Africa to find the best...
With African mobile users unlocking devices over 150 times a day, Nomophobia (the fear of being without mobile devices) is sweeping across...
Facebook is now including African developers in its beta testing programme for the launch of new global products and features as it...
African remittances from disapora are a financial lifeline for many communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, one of the fastest growing markets, projected to...
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...