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Barclays Africa and Techstars open applications for new fintech cohort

Applications have opened for the Barclays Accelerator programme, powered by Techstars, an initiative aimed at uncovering the next M-Pesa or Paypal by...

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Best African App 2016

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across the continent and we now preview the Best African...

Africa Data Centres expands in South Africa with new acquisition

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Uber driver data to help finance cars in Nigeria

Uber Nigeria today announced that it is now making low-interest, used-vehicle loans available to its top-rated driver-partners using Uber driver data. This means...

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@SW7 launches tech co-working space in northern Johannesburg

Sw7 one of Africa’s leading technology accelerators has announced the opening a technology innovation hub in the Johannesburg northern suburbs called @Sw7 Workspace....

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Zazu 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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Crowd-sourcing is solving logistics challenges across Africa

Crowd-sourcing has fast become a global process that is being used to accomplish everything from getting funds for travel to raising capital for...

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Jongla’s New Social Messenger To Revolutionise How Africans Connect & Save Money

Having officially launched the world’s ‘lightest’ instant messaging service in Africa earlier this year, Jongla Social Messenger has just announced a host of...

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Ringier 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...

Jongla has launched the world’s ‘lightest’ instant messaging service in Africa, using less bandwidth while enabling mobile users an opportunity to save on high data costs while still enjoying fun messaging with friends and family.

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Jongla launches the worlds lightest instant messaging service in Africa

Jongla has officially launched the world’s ‘lightest’ instant messaging service in Nigeria, using less bandwidth and enabling millions of mobile users across...

Catching up with Africa’s digital payment revolution

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Catching up with Africa’s digital payment revolution

Although Africa’s digital payment revolution has helped many people enjoy making financial transactions with unprecedented ease, the constantly shifting landscape has also...

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16 African start-ups who are changing the world

More than 3’000 startups from Eastern and Central Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America applied to participate in Seedstars World...

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Events

Ghana: iSpace Foundation hosting Social Impact Week in Accra

The iSpace Foundation in collaboration with their partners at Making All Voices Count, Hivos, The Doen Foundation and Indigo Trust will host...

Worldreader Mobile (WRM) is improving people’s lives by attracting millions of users across Africa to read books on devices they already own.

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Millions of users across Africa read books on mobile

Research has shown that reading for pleasure is positively linked with literacy-related benefits such as writing ability, text comprehension and grammar. It...

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m-Commerce market booming in Nigeria

MOBOfree.com the leading African social marketplace announced a 274% year-on-year increase in the total value of goods on their platform in Nigeria worth 1,97...

Africa seeing a rise in Bitcoin activity.

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Cryptocurrency Africa

Reaching the unbanked in Africa through digital currency and blockchain

Africa is seeing a rise in Bitcoin activity, with the continent’s first Bitcoin conference having taken place earlier this year, and startups...

Jekalo, an online platform where you can share a ride

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Sharing economy driving Nigeria

Disruptive technology is alive and well in Nigeria with transport a key area of focus. We have have previously reported how the taxi...

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Four new tech start ups to join think Rwanda

Tech incubator think today announced four new entrants to its incubator as part of a new think Accelerated program. In addition to...

The e-payment last mile hurdle for tech companies in Nigeria

Even though Uche (pseudonym) works with a tech company that provides electronic payment services in Nigeria, he is not keen on using...

Andela tackling youth unemployment through developer training

Nigeria-based developer training school and digital skills outsourcer Andela claims to be the most selective developer school in Africa, and intends to...