Start-Ups

MD of Jovago.com shares insight on online travel and hotel bookings in Africa

Marek Zmyslowski, Managing Director of Jovago.com, Africa’s No 1 booking portal explains how online bookings are changing travel in Africa. Jovago is...

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Best Disruptive Innovation Finalists

With only a few weeks to go until the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 in Cape Town, kindly supported by Mobile Monday South Africa, Uber and AppsWorld we...

Worldreader Mobile (WRM) is improving people’s lives by attracting millions of users across Africa to read books on devices they already own.

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Millions of users across Africa read books on mobile

Research has shown that reading for pleasure is positively linked with literacy-related benefits such as writing ability, text comprehension and grammar. It...

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200 entrepreneurs to launch businesses on buses in Africa

Microsoft and AMPION took Appsafrica.com’s Paul Adepoju on the West African venture bus in Lagos, Nigeria to talk start-ups.

Start-ups Application for DEMO Africa 2015 Opens

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Investors outnumber startups at DEMO Africa 2015

After months of anticipation, preparation and adjudication across the continent, Africa’s biggest startup event DEMO Africa is holding today with a rather...

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DEMO Africa ushered in with ABAN Investor Summit

The 2015 edition of Africa’s biggest startup event DEMO Africa was ushered in on Wednesday with the ABAN Investor Summit presented by...

Appsafrica.com caught up with Evangeline Wiles, Managing Director of Kaymu Nigeria to hear the latest ecommerce growth story and you can watch the full interview below. Backed by Africa Internet Group, Kaymu offers an online market service that enables businesses and individuals to sell items across multiple African markets.

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e-Commerce having a positive impact on SME’s in Nigeria

Having launched just two years ago in Nigeria with a few hundred merchants, Kaymu today enables thousands of businesses and individuals to...

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Last call for entries for the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 are fast approaching and the deadline for submitting applications is tomorrow, September 10th.

SafeMotos Rwanda, a smartphone application which makes motos safer and more convenient in Rwanda

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Video: SafeMotos co-founders to improve road safety with innovative app

SafeMotos co-founders Nash and Peter Kariuki are working to help try and reduce the second biggest killer in Africa, road accidents. They...

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SimbaPay announces Instant Deposit Service to Kenya

SimbaPay the digital money transfer provider has announced the expansion of its free instant deposit service to Kenya. SimbaPay has partnered with Choice...

Applications Open for Village Capital, Lemelson Foundation, DOEN Foundation, VC4Africa and Gearbox Hardware Accelerator

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Africa Hardware Accelerator 2015 – Call for Applications

Village Capital has announced the launch of their first hardware accelerator in Africa, in partnership with Gearbox, a unique space for inventors...

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Yuzah app delivers fuel at touch of a button

In a country where fuel supply dominates daily life, Yuzah has developed a mobile app which allows users to request instant delivery of diesel...

Appsafrica.com delivers the latest news on mobile, tech, innovation and start-ups focused on Africa. We understand that entrepreneurs regardless of where they are located in the world are driving innovation in Africa. The Appsafrica Awards celebrate innovation and entrepreneurship making an impact in Africa.

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Two weeks left to enter the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards

Mobile, tech ventures and leading women in Africa have just two weeks left to submit their entries for the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards...

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iDEA call for start-up applications

Information Technology Developers Entrepreneurship Accelerator (iDEA) provides support to Nigerian entrepreneurs to build software skills, solutions and businesses. iDEA is looking for early...

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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DEMO Africa Releases List of Top 30 Technology Start-ups

DEMO Africa has today released a list of the thirty technology start-ups from across Africa that will pitch at the 2015 edition...

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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...

Africa seeing a rise in Bitcoin activity.

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Reaching the unbanked in Africa through digital currency and blockchain

Africa is seeing a rise in Bitcoin activity, with the continent’s first Bitcoin conference having taken place earlier this year, and startups...

Spark is supporting Entrepreneurs launch 8 businesses in Rwanda

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Spark is supporting entrepreneurs launch 8 businesses in Rwanda

Spark and it’s partner Single Spark, both headquartered in the Netherlands, are launching a new program this summer where they plan to...

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African women need to lead the new era of tech and innovation

Leading online shopping community Kaymu.com.ng has stressed the need for women to occupy leadership positions in the new era of technology and innovation.