Search results for "development"
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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
Raspberry Pi helps drive education in Tanzania
Masekelo secondary school in Shinyanga, Tanzania has many challenges: there’s no electricity or water, so each pupil needs to collect 5 litres...
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Innovation
MWC: Google to launch MVNO in U.S.
Sundar Pichai, senior VP at Google and the, has confirmed the long-standing rumors that it was planning to enter the mobile virtual...
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Events
Unlocking opportunities in Africa through business and technology
Africa’s one billion plus population is adopting technology at an unprecedented rate. However many tech startups and entrepreneurs in the UK are not...
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Events
Day 4 of Social Media Week Lagos
Here’s the full schedule of today’s events at Social Media Week in Lagos
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Events
#GetLocal in Lagos this week at Social Media Week
Social Media Week Lagos attendees are encouraged to #GetLocal this Friday 27th and explore Lagos’s tech and creative communities. The city’s most...
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3.6KAppsApplications 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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East Africa
Mobile operators emerge as Africa’s latest VC investor
Venture capital (VC) funding is slowly but surely arriving in Africa for in greater quantities. High profile funding rounds in 2014 for...
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Events
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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3.6K2InnovationWant to become a software developer in Lagos?
Andela a new kind of academic experience in Lagos is looking for aspiring developers. It’s sort of like a university, except instead of...
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Innovation
African online recruitment pushes beyond traditional jobs boards
Online recruitment in Africa has been on an upward curve in the past few years, both for full-time and temporary work, with...
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Awards
Airtel wins best App for Africa at AfricaCom Awards
The winners of the digital and telecoms awards have been announced at AfricaCom Awards 2014 in Cape Town, with Airtel winning best...
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Gadgets
Africa makes resilient payment products for the world
It was back in 2009 that Vahid Monadjem first saw the window of opportunity to reach the millions of underserved people in...
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Innovation
Airtel and Grameen Foundation to launch mobile health services
In an effort to reduce infant and maternal mortality rate in Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria has partnered with Grameen Foundation and VAS2nets Technologies...
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Awards
Calling all African innovators for $150K IPA 2015 award
AIF announces 30-day extension for the US$ 150 000 IPA 2015 award – a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for African innovators to take their...
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Events
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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3.4KEventsDemo Africa lineup announced
DEMO Africa Lagos is fast approaching and the organisers have shared the latest lineup for the event with Appsafrica. On the list...
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Innovation
CcHub: How do Nigerians use mobile?
CcHUB’s Mobile Experience Centre released a 2nd edition of the “How I Use my Phone” series, this time targeted at Nigerian working...
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Gadgets
Wiko mobile to start selling handsets in West Africa
An obscure smartphone maker based in France has done what some feared was impossible following the sale of Nokia’s handset business: created...
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4.0KEast AfricaKenya’s BRCK providing African solution to rural connectivity issues
In the last year, the world has woken up to the crucial importance of connectivity in developing nations, with Africa a priority...
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Awards
SEED awards to recognise new eco start-ups
Small, micro and medium-sized enterprises (SMMEs) are the backbone of African society, accounting for about 90 per cent of businesses and more...
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Nigeria
Tech hub to boost social innovation
Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) plans to dramatically increase social innovation in Nigeria with the launch of a $500,000 seed investment fund.
