Search results for "west Africa"

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  Advisory News

  Nigerian techies rise up, export and drink Guinness

  The slump in global oil prices has ensured the Nigerian naira has plummeted against the dollar to a 43 year low forcing...

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  Apps

  Rwanda: SafeMotos celebrated in this year’s Nominet Trust 100

  The Nominet Trust, the UK’s leading tech for good funder, has announced that SafeMotos has been named among the 2015 Nominet Trust...

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  Apps

  Paga to capitalise on new investment

  With the majority of Africans unbanked, mobile money and payments are critical and one of the biggest hurdles for the growth of...

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  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.

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  Vote in Apps Developer Competition Poll

  Four start-ups from Nigeria and one from Ghana will today pitch at  Mobile West Africa in Lagos to win the 2015 App Developer Competition which...

• Innovation

  e-commerce to grow by 25% annually in Nigeria

  What do you get when you combine a social network and a classifieds board in Africa? It’s called MoboFree and its aim...

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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...

• Apps

  Finalists for MWA2015 App Developer Competition announced

  The application window for the MWA 2015 App Developer Competition supported by Appsafrica.com has now closed. There was a great response from...

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  Last chance to enter MWA2015 App Developer Competition

  The deadline is fast approaching for developers to enter  Mobile West Africa’s App Developer Competition. The event takes place next week from...

• 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...

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  MWA 2015: App Developer Competition

  Mobile West Africa is just around the corner from the 21st to 23rd of April in Lagos and Appsafrica.com is delighted to be supporting...

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  Day 3 events at Social Media Week Lagos

  Social Media Week is into its third day here in Lagos. Today see’s Nigerian entertainment industry’s heaviest hitters coming together to talk about...

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  The Great Mobile Debate at Social Media Week Lagos #SMWLagos

  Is all this talk about mobile apps all just hype? A good natured debate presented by Mobile West Africa asks YOU to...

• Gadgets

  Wiko mobile phone brand launches in Nigeria

  After establishing a strong market position in Europe in just three years, Wiko started its operation in West Africa by launching its...

• Apps

  Nigerian subscribers to get free Ebola information on mobile

  Airtel Nigeria in collaboration with Opera Software, has launched a free service for customers looking for information on the Ebola virus.

• Innovation

  Wikipedia Zero free on mobile in Nigeria

  Airtel Nigeria, has announced a strategic partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia, to offer their consumers across Nigeria...

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  Mobile start-up Tranzit moving Lagos

  Lagos traffic is legendary and booking taxi’s can be a risky business with many unregulated drivers. Tranzit is a new mobility start-up...

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  Nigeria

  Growing pains for Nigerian tech start-ups

  Foreign investment became a lively topic of debate today at Mobile West Africa (#MWA2014), which is being held in Lagos, Nigeria this...

• Nigeria

  Nigeria: 2go social network bigger than Facebook

  Mobile instant messaging service 2go is Nigeria’s biggest social network with 13 million users in the country, according to ‘africapractice’, in their...

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  Investors flock to Lagos this week to meet new start-ups

  Angel Fair West Africa (AFWA) is bringing together entrepreneurial businesses and active investors from across Africa to “do deals” in Lagos this...

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  Funding

  d.light Closes New $176M Securitization Facility for Affordable Off-Grid Solar in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

   d.light, the global provider of transformational household products and affordable finance for low-income households, today announced the closing of a new securitization facility that...

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  Innovation

  AWS Announces $230 Million Commitment for Generative AI Startups

  Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced a $230 million commitment for startups around the world to...