South Africa
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35.5K10 AppsAfrica.com Awards Winners Announced In Cape Town
Having received over 300 entries, the AppsAfrica.com Awards Winners 2017 were announced at a pan-African mobile and tech awards party at Shimmy...
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14.3K4Finalists announced for the AppsAfrica.com Awards 2017
The shortlisted finalists for the annual AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2017 celebrating the best in mobile and tech from across Africa have been...
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4.8K1Facebook Developer Circles launched in South Africa
Facebook today announced the roll-out of Facebook Developer Circles in Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria. Launched at F8, Facebook’s Developer Conference held...
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5.2K1Facebook Express Wi-Fi rolls out 600 hotspots in Kenya
Facebook Express Wi-Fi has switched on its low-cost internet in more than 600 hotspots across Kenya since the launch earlier this year....
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4.6Kiflix to launch subscription video on demand service in Africa
iflix the Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD) service has established iflix Africa to bring premium content to sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). iflix Africa will...
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5.5K3BitPesa 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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6.4KStandard Bank acquires SnapScan maker Firepay
Standard Bank has acquired a majority stake in Firepay – the team behind South Africa’s largest mobile payments product, SnapScan. Firepay was...
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3.5KSA marketing platform delvv.io raises over $450K
Less than a year after launching, South African creative technology startup delvv.io has successfully concluded first-round funding, securing R6.5 million to further...
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4.9K1Facebook to hold FbStart event in Cape Town
Facebook is having its first FbStart event in Africa on Tuesday, 15 November in Cape Town. FbStart is a global programme designed to...
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7.9K2Delivering 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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6.4KSAP Launches Co-Innovation Lab in Africa
SAP announced the opening of Africa’s first ever SAP Co-Innovation Lab (COIL). With a strong focus on collaboration, the lab offers a...
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9.1K3Appsafrica.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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5.3K@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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5.7K1SweepSouth continues disruption of the South African cleaning industry
Having successfully rolled out South Africa’s leading on-demand home cleaning app in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town, SweepSouth is now expanding to Durban. Since...
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3.4KAfrican innovators from 25 countries face judgement day
Following a fantastic response from African innovators, over 200 entries from 25 countries are now facing the judges for a place in the...
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6.5KSouth African co-founders launch fintech start-up Alpha Exchange
Two South African co-founders have launched Alpha Exchange, a next generation institutional research and knowledge sharing platform and announced over 30 institutional...
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4.4KAfrica Tech Summit London To Host Tech Leaders & Investors From Across Africa
The Africa Tech Summit London will host technology leaders from across Africa and Europe, international investors, entrepreneurs and leading African start-ups for...
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5.8KMessenger chatbot used to deliver maternal health and HIV information
Through the advent of Messenger and bots, messaging platforms have rapidly increased their impact in reaching users with life-changing content. Leading this...
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3.7K130 startups will launch at DEMO Africa 2016
Demo Africa, the continent’s premier launch pad for emerging technologies and trends has today released the list of its final 30 startups...
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6.2K1First cohort pass out from Barclays Africa Accelerator
10 companies have showcased their innovative fintech businesses at a ‘Demo Day’ in Cape Town, as the first-ever cohort of the Barclays...
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7.3KCrowd-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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5.1KLiquid Telecom to acquire Neotel
Liquid Telecom has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire South African communications network operator Neotel. The shareholders of...
