South Africa

eMocha launches app platform for drug resistant TB in South Africa

eMocha, a mobile health platform is launching a new platform to help deliver more effective care to the estimated 16,000 patients diagnosed with...

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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5 million readers in Africa to access books via mobile

Worldreader, a global nonprofit dedicated to improving literacy in the developing world through digital books, has announced a new partnership with Opera...

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Uber supports the Appsafrica Innovation Awards 2015

Appsafrica.com is delighted to announce that Uber is supporting the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 to be held in Cape Town on November 16th.

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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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...

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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...

Cape Town-based travel company Drive South Africa has developed a web app simplifying the new child visa regulations. Travel Apps South Africa

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South African travel company launches app simplifying travelling with kids

Cape Town-based travel company Drive South Africa has developed a web app simplifying the new child visa regulations that came into play...

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MTN SA CEO resigns

MTN Group today announced the resignation of Ahmad Farroukh, CEO of MTN South Africa, which is effective from end of July.

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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...

Appsafrica.com caught up with Andrew McHenry from Rorotika mobile who explains how USSD gaming is driving interaction, engagement and revenues.

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USSD gamification driving interaction and revenues

With an estimated 80% of users not using data, Rorotika Mobile identified the mass market of feature phone users were undeserved in the mobile games...

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...

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...

Consolidation best bet for profitable e-commerce businesses in Africa

The year 2014 for South African e-commerce platform Takealot adequately sums up all that is good and all that is bad for...

Independent VoD providers the future of video in Africa

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Independent video on demand providers the future of video in Africa

With video on demand (VoD) services and independent VoD providers on the rise in Africa, many believe VoD is the future of...

Megan Verkuil, founder of Capsule Technologies, a Cape Town-based technology firm who built this innovative tech tells Appsafrica.com in a recent interview how it all began.

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Africa’s first low-power android desk-top

As technology advances many communities are still left out of the global village which is why there is a need for tailor-made...

MTN and Huawei trial the industries fastest and most intelligent optical network in Africa

MTN, Africa’s largest telecommunications operator and Huawei announced the successful live trial of a Transport Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and 2.4Tbit/s wavelength-division multiplexing...

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Mobile Web Africa 2014 ready to “rock” Johannesburg

Mobile Web Africa is returning to South Africa on the 10th and 11th of September in Johannesburg. The organisers, All Amber tell...

Mxit targeting emerging markets to combat South African decline

User figures for the latest version of South African chat app Mxit were a mixed bag for the company, with Mxit 7...

MySidekick Shopping App: our Super Hero flies around shops and malls to find you great specials, sales and events!

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New shopping app aims to simplify buying in South Africa

New fun and free shopping app, MySidekick aims to end to end frustrations of finding the best specials in South Africa through its...

Tourism drives new app development in South Africa

South Africa’s natural beauty, sunny climate, cultural diversity and reputation for delivering value for money have made it one of the world’s...

Lean Startup Machine coming to Johannesburg

The Lean Start-up concept created by Eric Ries, provides a scientific approach to creating and managing startups and getting a desired product...

MTN SA launches mobile location app linking businesses and customers

MTN has launched a Business Directory Services app which aims to put businesses on the map in South Africa. The app is...