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6.1K1NewsThe 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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5.8K1AppsFirst 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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4.8KInnovationLiquid 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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4.1KInnovationHow 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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4.9KAppsUber 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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5.2K1GadgetsHardware 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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4.1KEast 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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4.8K1InnovationJason 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...
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2.7KInnovationTech London Advocates Africa to launch
As a member of the Tech London Advocates Africa steering group, Appsafrica Advisory is delighted to invite our UK community to the...
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3.1KNewsLagos Start-up Deal Day Invests In Three New Ventures
Lagos Angel Network (LAN) final pitch event for its first Lagos StartUp DealDay event resulted in a total of N50 million has been...
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3.0KInnovationOrange invests €75 million in Africa Internet Group
Africa Internet Group, the largest e-commerce platform in Africa and parent company of Jumia, today announced a partnership with Orange to accelerate...
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4.6KAdvisory NewsSafaricom CEO shares how they are evolving with tech start-ups
In a recent interview CEO of Safaricom Bob Collymore (BC) shared with Andrew Fassnidge (AF) from Appsafrica.com how the mobile network operator...
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4.9KStart-UpsSix key lessons on crowdfunding in Africa
In developing countries, the crowdfunding market is expected to reach $327 million this year—about 2 percent of the global total. Despite this...
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4.7KInnovationTech boom in Nigeria boosting demand for rooms and creating new businesses
Nigeria’s rapidly expanding tech scene is creating opportunities in other sectors such as hospitality where soaring demand means hotel prices are among the...
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3.9KInnovationAXA to invest $84 million for an 8% stake in Africa Internet Group
Insurance giant AXA plans to invest 75 million euros ($84 million) for an 8 percent stake in Africa Internet Group (AIG), one...
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3.5KGhanaMEST shares plans for 2016 including new venture fund for Africa
Accra-based Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has become a major entrepreneurial hub in Africa, training, supporting and incubating startups in Ghana,...
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5.5KAppsTigo Tanzania launches free WhatsApp messaging service
Tanzania’s leading telecommunication company, Tigo, has announced free WhatsApp services for its 10 million users.
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7.7KAppsSliide Airtime app offers free airtime for personalised content
Mobile connectivity in Nigeria now reaches more than 83M subscribers but affordability is a concern for many Nigerians, particularly those with lower...
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3.4KEventsAfrican ventures to scale-up at the Africa Business Angel Forum
“Africa Rising” is the common theme in pitch decks Appsafrica.com receives, however speak with ventures on the ground and it’s cash and...
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3.1KEventsSeedstars Africa bringing top startups, mentors and investors together in Morocco
300 African startups, investors, speakers and mentors from over 20 different countries across Africa and Europe will be at Seedstars Africa along...
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2.9KAppsWeChat to invest $3.4M in start-ups in Africa
WeChat is to invest over $3.4 million in tech companies supporting local start-ups and innovations in Africa.
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4.8KAppsDeveloping the mobile ecosystem in Africa
There has been amazing growth in mobile internet access over the past few years and Africa is now primed to take advantage...
