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10.6K2East AfricaCrowdfunding in Africa is gaining momentum
Africa is now home to over 57 active crowdfunding platforms with projects raising over $126.9 million in 2015, reveals the Afrikstart Crowdfunding...
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6.0KInnovationSouth African co-founders launch fintech start-up Alpha Exchange
Two South African co-founders have launched Alpha Exchange, a next generation institutional research and knowledge sharing platform and announced over 30 institutional...
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7.6K1AppsZazu using tech to trade local produce smarter
It’s 3am; gogo (granny) rises from her bed to prepare to catch the bus from her farming village on the Mozambican border...
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3.9KAdvisory NewsAfrica Tech Summit London announces Erik Hersman as keynote speaker
Africa Tech Summit London has announced its keynote address and speaker line up for the event bringing together technology leaders from across Africa and Europe, international...
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4.7K2InnovationZuckerberg makes surprise visit to see Nigerian tech scene
CEO Mark Zuckerberg is visiting Nigeria this week on his first trip to Africa, using his time in the country to with...
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3.6KAppsChalkboard Education Wins Seedstars Accra
Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets brought its Ghana round to a successful close with local company Chalkboard...
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2.8KAdvisory NewsVodafone, Atlas Mara, Opera & Analyse Africa join Africa Tech Summit London
Africa is now primed to take advantage of the social and economic opportunities that technology is creating across the continent. Over the...
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3.8KAppsHealth start-up Kangpe wins Seedstars Lagos
Seedstars Lagos took place last night in Seedspace, where 8 selected startups were invited to present their ideas in front of the...
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6.0KAdvisory News5 reasons why Nigeria is the key mobile market in Africa
African mobile marketing company Twinpine has launched a Nigerian mobile trend report, looking at how users are consuming data and using mobile,...
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4.4KEast AfricaDigitalising Rwanda’s workforce is key to closing its skills gap
Rwanda boasts an attractive workforce that has helped to push the nation ahead of its neighbours, however, a lack of digital skills...
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Africa Tech Summit London To Host Tech Leaders & Investors From Across Africa
The Africa Tech Summit London will host technology leaders from across Africa and Europe, international investors, entrepreneurs and leading African start-ups for...
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3.5KInnovationOrange completes acquisition of Airtel in Sierra Leone
Orange announces today that, together with its Senegal-based partner Sonatel, it has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel...
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6.8K1East AfricaMalaik platform to simplify and track impact investing across Africa
Malaik the Hausa, Swahili, and Arabic words for ‘Angel’ is also an impact focused equity crowdfunding platform allowing accredited investors co-invest in high...
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3.3K1Innovation30 startups will launch at DEMO Africa 2016
Demo Africa, the continent’s premier launch pad for emerging technologies and trends has today released the list of its final 30 startups...
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6.0K1NewsThe North Africa Tech Opportunity
After a tough few years of conflicts and upheaval, North Africa tech is now in focus with most Arab speaking countries under-served in terms of content, tech and...
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5.7K1AppsFirst cohort pass out from Barclays Africa Accelerator
10 companies have showcased their innovative fintech businesses at a ‘Demo Day’ in Cape Town, as the first-ever cohort of the Barclays...
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4.7KInnovationLiquid Telecom to acquire Neotel
Liquid Telecom has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire South African communications network operator Neotel. The shareholders of...
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4.0KInnovationHow Can Crowdfunding Scale In Sub-Saharan Africa?
It will have been difficult to ignore the exponential growth in crowdfunding over the past five years. In a relatively short period...
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4.8KAppsUber Kampala joins the growing list of African cities to offer the taxi app
Kampala, Uganda joins Uber’s growing African network. Following the success of Uber in many other growing cities such as Lagos, Cape Town and Nairobi,...
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5.1K1GadgetsHardware being used to drive entrepreneurship and employment in Ghana
Tackling critical challenges in communities and promoting youth entrepreneurship is a common theme for many tech start-ups across Africa, however very few...
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4.0KEast AfricaRingier Africa merger creates Africa’s largest classifieds group
As millions more Africans come online to connect & conduct commerce, predominantly via mobile Ringier Africa and One Africa Media (OAM) have agreed...
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4.7K1InnovationJason Njoku’s Outstanding Industry Achievement
Jason Njoku’s objective has always been to ‘lead viewers to content they’ll love’ and he has achieved this by opening up Nollywood...
