Search results for "west Africa"
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4.5K3East AfricaBitPesa closes a $2.5M round to expand digital payments business beyond Africa
BitPesa, the leading frontier market digital currency payments company, has closed a $2.5 million Series A round to expand its services in...
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3.7KAppsBattabox crew share their AppsAfrica Award win on the streets of Lagos
Having scooped the News & Entertainment category at the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2016, the Battabox crew took their award to the streets of...
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2.9KInnovationAmerican Express expands across Africa through partnership with Societe Generale
Societe Generale has signed a merchant acquiring partnership with American Express in eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa where the Bank operates. The...
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6.7K2InnovationFrom AR to VoD, mobile entertainment is flourishing across Africa
Mobile news and entertainment is now a burgeoning industry across Africa from augmented reality (AR) to video on demand (VoD), new and...
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6.9K2AppsDelivering education through technology in Africa
80% of students in Africa don’t pass secondary school, while 4 out of 5 adults in english speaking Africa don’t finish high...
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9.3K2AwardsSocial and messaging solutions enabling Africans to connect & help each other
Explosive mobile growth means staying in touch on social and messaging solutions has never been easier in Africa. We look at some...
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7.9K3AppsAppsafrica.com Innovation Awards Finalists 2016 are revealed
The finalists for the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2016 have been announced with a shortlist featuring the leading mobile and tech companies from...
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3.6KEast 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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5.1K3Advisory NewsAfrica has moved from mobile first to “mobile only market”
With African mobile users unlocking devices over 150 times a day, Nomophobia (the fear of being without mobile devices) is sweeping across...
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5.6K2AppsJongla 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...
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5.7K1AppsThe future of African remittances
African remittances from disapora are a financial lifeline for many communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, one of the fastest growing markets, projected to...
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4.4KAppsDeveloping 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...
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3.0KAppsFuture for money remittances in Africa
SimbaPay a fintech finalist in the upcoming Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015, is a digital money transfer provider that enables Africans living abroad to...
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2.4KEast Africa200 entrepreneurs to launch businesses on buses in Africa
Microsoft and AMPION took Appsafrica.com’s Paul Adepoju on the West African venture bus in Lagos, Nigeria to talk start-ups.
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4.2KAppsFacebook only 1% done in Africa
Facebook has shared new statistics revealing that 2.2 million Kenyans use Facebook every day and 4.5 million each month, while 7.1 million...
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4.6KAppsBitcoin: a cryptocurrency ideal for Africa?
Bitcoin entrepreneurship is taking hold worldwide. The first quarter of 2015 saw record levels of investment pumped into Bitcoin startups across the...
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2.4KEast AfricaMTN and Liquid Telecom partner to extend footprint and offering in Africa
Customers of MTN Group and Liquid Telecom are set to benefit from a larger connectivity footprint across Africa. This follows an announcement...
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2.6KEast AfricaGoogle launches Android One in Africa but cost of data still the big issue
The race to offer cheaper smartphones in Africa has dramatically increased with the launch of the Android One program in Africa, however the price of phones...
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2.4KInnovationAfrican women need to lead the new era of tech and innovation
Leading online shopping community Kaymu.com.ng has stressed the need for women to occupy leadership positions in the new era of technology and innovation.
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4.0KSocial MediaFacebook opens first office in Africa
Facebook’s active user population in Africa has grown 20% to 120 million in June 2015 from 100 million in September 2014. More...
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Innovation
Student service Flippy makes Demo Africa final
The Flippy Campus team has been named the most outstanding start-up in the just concluded DEMO Africa pre-pitch event in Accra. Out...
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2.8KAppsTalkingBookz to disrupt traditional book publishing in Africa and beyond
Nigeria’s first audiobook online store and publisher, TalkingBookz provides users with unlimited downloads to 3000+ audiobooks including many international bestsellers.
