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Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 open for applications

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 celebrate the enormous growth in mobile, technology and entrepreneurship in Africa. Innovation knows no borders and Appsafrica.com...

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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...

West Africa

5 things to know about e-commerce in Nigeria

E-commerce in Africa is no doubt experiencing a boom with Nigeria occupying the top position as the largest internet market in the...

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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...

Over 80% of smartphone users in Africa do not use data which is a huge challenge in bringing mass populations online in Africa. Jo Crawshaw from Opera Software tells Appsafrica.com how data compression products such as Opera Mini and Opera Web Pass are helping “over 60 million users” to use data more affordability.

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Data compression cuts cost for African subscribers

Over 80% of mobile users in Africa do not use data which is a huge challenge in bringing mass populations online in...

Innovation

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...

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...

Awards

Crowdfunding platform Afrikstart dedicated to African entrepreneurs

With President Barack Obama attending the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya in July, 2015 is deemed to be the Year Of the...

Ghana

MEST Incubator & Samsung partner in West Africa

Recognized as one of Fast Company’s Top 10 “Most Innovative Companies in Africa”, The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has announced...

Apps

Ghanian start-up wins the #MWA2015 App Developer Competition

The App Developer pitch final has just finished in Lagos and Suba has been voted the Mobile West Africa, App Developer 2015 winner.

Innovation

CcHub call for entrepreneurs

Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) is a launch pad for start-ups, transforming ideas to sustainable ventures that solve real Nigerian problems. To date CcHub...

Awards

Big data innovation winners to combat African challenges

There is a tremendous opportunity in unlocking big data and utilising it alongside traditional data to reveal new insights that can help...

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

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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...

Events

Start-ups applications for DEMO Africa 2015 now open

The application window for DEMO Africa 2015 has opened wide and entrepreneurs can now enter under 12 different categories. The application process...

Events

Applications now open for the first Africa TechPitch LDN.

Africa TechPitch is an evening pitch event in London aimed at showcasing high-potential, high-impact, Africa-relevant startups, ideas and businesses.

Innovation

MTN Solution Space to boost innovation in Africa

The MTN Group and the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) have announced a major new partnership to...

Apps

Kenyan start-up Safari Tales to educate kids with new app

When Njeri Wangari’s daughter turned three years old, she realised she was losing interest in all the toys she had bought her....

Innovation

Mobile money to drive financial inclusion in Nigeria

Back in 2012 a survey conducted by Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFINA) indicated that 56.3 million adults, representing 64.1 per cent...

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