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AppsAfrica.com Innovation Award Winners 2015 Announced

Ten winners of the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 supported by Uber, Mobile Monday South Africa, Appsworld and Picup were announced and honoured...

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Best African App 2015?

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 attracted entries from 21 countries, across 3 continents, we now take a look at the Best App...

Worldreader, a global nonprofit dedicated to improving literacy in the developing world through digital books, has announced a new partnership with Opera Software that has provided 5 million readers in Africa access to 25,000 free digital book title

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Apps

Best Mobile Innovation Finalists

Hundreds of mobile services from across Africa competed for a place in the final for the Best Mobile Innovation at the Appsafrica.com Innovation...

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Awards

Finalists announced for Appsafrica Innovation Awards 2015

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 attracted over 200 entries from 21 countries, across 3 continents. We can now announce the finalists our...

Opportunities abound for tech startups in agriculture

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Opportunities abound for tech startups in agriculture

All stakeholders in the agricultural industry need information and knowledge through each stage of the supply chain, providing great opportunities for tech start-ups to...

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Gadgets

The Internet of Things is upon us

Being up to date with technology is nice and being in touch with the innovation around us is helpful, but like any other...

Bitcoin entrepreneurship is taking hold worldwide. The first quarter of 2015 saw record levels of investment pumped into Bitcoin startups across the world, with global Bitcoin startups receiving US$299 million – a 51 per cent increase on the end of 2014.

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Bitcoin: 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...

MTN Nigeria rolls out smart feature phone running on KaiOS

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East Africa

MTN 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...

SMS, not apps, key to content distribution in Africa

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Facebook’s Internet.org Free Basic Services are bringing Africans online

Over the last year, Facebook has worked closely with more than a dozen mobile operators across 17 countries to give people access...

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Events

African kids to learn entrepreneurship through Citrus Saturday

Young people around the world will be starting their very first enterprises on Saturday 4 July as they take part in Citrus...

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Social Media

Facebook 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...

Apps

Finalists announced for PIVOT East 2015

25 exceptional startups that will participate in PIVOT East 2015 have been announced today. The finalists, 5 from each category were selected from...

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Awards

PIVOT East 2015 Semi-finalists Announced

PIVOT East, has unveiled semifinalist for this year’s event. The competition opened the call for applications in April 2015 with startups from...

Ethiopia

ICTs boosting growth but teachers reluctant to change

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is the key to improving education and thus boosting growth across Africa – but there is still...

Innovation

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...

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Last chance to register for Tech Pitch LDN tonight

Africa TechPitch supported by Appsafrica.com takes place tonight in London and is aimed at showcasing high-potential, high-impact start-ups and businesses that address a...

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East Africa

MTN and Vodafone agree mobile money deal

Customers of MTN Mobile Money and M-Pesa in East Africa will be able to transfer money to each other following an agreement...

Events

Tech Pitch LDN finalists announced

The Africa Technology Business Network is a growing community of entrepreneurs, innovators and change makers who are passionate about driving business-led economic...

Raspberry Pi helps drive education in Tanzanian school. www.appsafrica.com

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Innovation

Africa: the new digital skills outsourcing location

With ICT skills beginning to take on a prominent position in education agendas across Africa and the youthful population of Africa increasingly...

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Apps

Facebook identifying new target market in Africa

After what seems like years of neglect, Facebook is making serious moves in Africa. But are the company’s initiatives helpful or rather...

East Africa

Innovative e-health solutions improving healthcare in Africa

Across Africa innovative companies are springing up, leveraging technology to improve healthcare provision on the continent. Given the high number of rural...

East Africa