Search results for "development"
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Awards
Appwiz 2014 launched for Kenyan developers
Safaricom has launched the Appwiz Challenge for 2014 to identify Kenyan developers and drive new app development across all mobile platforms. The...
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Innovation
MasterCard launches MasterPass in South Africa
Mastercard has just launched MasterPass in South Africa which enables consumers to make convenient, simple, fast and secure digital payments. Digital wallets...
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Apps
South Africans can get from A to B with help of new transport app
Millions of people all over Africa depend on public transport to go to work yet there is very little information about how...
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3.5K1AwardsDEMO Africa Application Window Closes
The application window for DEMO 2014 has finally closed with VC4Africa confirming that 27 African countries are represented this year.
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Apps
App uses voice to connect teachers and students in Africa
Delivering education across Africa and rural areas is a major challenge, however mobile entrepreneurs are coming up with new ways to overcome...
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Innovation
Every SIM card to become a debit card with Kenyan MVNO
The idea of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO’s) has been in existence in other parts of the world for over 10 years...
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Kenya
David Sainsbury Launches East African Investment Company
British retail billionaire Lord David Sainsbury has set up an investment vehicle to invest solely in East African businesses. According to report by Kenyan newspaper Business Daily,...
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Apps
South Africa’s top mobile apps
Mobithinking Global’s mobile statistics predicts that by 2017 there could be 200 billion app downloads. Although African countries have been slow when...
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Events
Lean start-up machine commences today in Lagos
Lean Startup Machine (LSM) commences its workshop today and throughout this weekend in Lagos, Nigeria. The aim of this weekend is to...
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Nigeria
Gbamm! the mobile social network for football fans
With the World Cup fast approaching, Gbamm! is trying to create the future of football on mobile in Nigeria and beyond. Founder...
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Events
Last call for Pivot East entries
Pivot Easts final call for submitting applications for the competition is today, 11th April 2014. East African Startups Application is open to...
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Start-Ups
5 Africans win $25,000 courtesy of Google
The Google’s Africa Connected competition winners were announced at an event held in Nairobi. The competition called entrepreneurs, creatives, innovators and web-lovers...
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Events
ZIMBABWE: Harare to host first Startup Weekend
Zimbabwe will host its first Startup Weekend event from May 16 – 18th at new tech venue, Hypercube Hub in an initiative designed to...
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Apps
KENYA: Road safety app aims to change transport in Africa
For Kamau Nyabwengi and his partner Job Mwaura, the solution to Kenya’s and to some extent, Africa’s challenges in transport, lies in...
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Apps
Rwanda: Youth Connekt apps challenge
Rwanda’s Ministry of Youth and ICT, and the UNDP, in close collaboration with Motorola Solutions, will power a Mobile App Challenge that...
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Nigeria
Nigerian Governors dubious use of social media
In a rather unprecedented move, the government of Ekiti State in Nigeria invited some bloggers and social media enthusiasts to meet with the state...
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Innovation
IBM to invest $100M in African initiative
IBM has launched a 10-year initiative to bring Watson and other cognitive systems to Africa in a bid to fuel development and...
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3.5KAppsGoogle Developer Group Meetup at iHUB Nairobi
Intel plans to help the local app development community in Nairobi to understand the market in which they are operating in, identifying...
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Awards
Kenya: Two days left to enter Techno App Challenge
Kenya’s mobile application development trainer Zalego and phone manufacturer Tecno have come together for the second time to launch the Tecno App...
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Events
Kenya: IBM Master the Mainframe competition
IBM has announced the launch of the Master the Mainframe competition in Nairobi, where Kenyan students will take charge of world-class enterprise...
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Apps
Kenyan app developer wins Appstar Challenge
Kenyan app Automs.gs has won the 2013 Appstar Challenge – a partnership between Safaricom and Vodafone designed to give support mobile app...
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Awards
Calling South African Innovators & App Developers
Methys Innovation Challenge Worth R50,000 To support the seeding of innovative start-ups in the Western Cape, the Methys Technology group organizes the...
