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Zuckerberg meets one of Africa's leading innovators Eric Hersman at iHUB

African tech offers the most growth potential in the next 5 to 10 years – Erik Hersman

Africa Tech Summit London on April 20th brings together over 30 industry speakers including Etisalat Nigeria, EcoBank, IFC, Draper Dark Flow, Quartz...

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Africa Tech Summit London announces the first 20 speakers

The Africa Tech Summit London brings together 200+ tech leaders, international investors, banks, entrepreneurs, African governments, trade bodies, media and leading ventures...

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Appsafrica Awards Highlights 2016

Ten winners of the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2016 were announced in Cape Town, South Africa. The awards attracted over 200 entries from 25...

Battabox crew share their AppsAfrica Award win on the streets of Lagos

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Battabox crew share their AppsAfrica Award win on the streets of Lagos

Having scooped the News & Entertainment category at the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2016, the Battabox crew took their award to the streets of...

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The North Africa Tech Opportunity

After a tough few years of conflicts and upheaval, North Africa tech is now in focus with most Arab speaking countries under-served in terms of content, tech and...

socially engaging in the real world, an opportunity being addressed by Cape Town start-up, Get Sponty.

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Social app Get Sponty re-connects people in the real world

One of the downsides of the growth of social media is that people are a lot less “social” than they used...

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Hardware being used to drive entrepreneurship and employment in Ghana

Tackling critical challenges in communities and promoting youth entrepreneurship is a common theme for many tech start-ups across Africa, however very few...

Aaron Fu managing partner from Nest VC shares how they have invested in start-ups from 52 countries across the world and are now looking to invest and grow African start-ups globally. Fu shares why Morocco is now a big opportunity on the radar of global investors and Nest VC’s plans for Africa.

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Nest.VC helping to grow African start-ups globally

Nest.VC launched in Nairobi, Kenya last year bringing together a team of experienced entrepreneurs to help provide hands on mentorship and access...

Mobile West Africa the leading technology conference in the West African region is returning to Lagos on a mission to take mobile to the next level

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Mobile West Africa 2016

After 5 groundbreaking events, the leading technology conference in the West African region is returning to Lagos on a mission to take...

SimplePay is Nigeria’s number one payment processing platform founded by Simeon Ononobi. Having had an eCommerce store but unable to accept payments he created a new payment mechanism. He shares thoughts on Nigeria payments landscape and his new venture MyAds with Appsafrica.com.

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Simeon Ononobi on SimplePay, Nigeria and new venture MyAds

SimplePay is Nigeria’s number one payment processing platform founded by Simeon Ononobi. Having had an eCommerce store but unable to accept payments...

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What3Words revolutionising global addressing system

75% of the worlds population have poor or inconsistent address. What3words has built a uniform global location reference system that gives everyone, everything...

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Tuluntulu is making strides across Africa with innovative app

Netflix recent launch in Africa has ensured mobile entertainment and video on demand services are on high alert while Tuluntulu a mobile...

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Ericsson on start-ups, the AHUB and video on demand

Cindy Anne Lewis, Regional Director Marketing & Consumer Lab Sub-Saharan Africa at Ericsson shares with Appsafrica.com how they are supporting the mobile...

Amberflix South African start-up photo sharing app

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South African start-up matching pictures to sound in real-time

Taking photos, selfies and sharing your life with the world is easy but sometimes the context can be lost with no audio,...

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CodeX training talented young brains to build Africa’s digital future

Cape Town-based Project codeX, which runs programming courses with the aim of addressing the lack of developers in Africa is training talented...

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Appsafrica Innovation Award Winners 2015

Ten winners of the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 supported by Uber, Mobile Monday South Africa, Appsworld and Picup were announced and honoured...

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CEO of Eskimi shares his experience of social media in Nigeria

Eskimi first moved into the Nigerian market in 2010 and the landscape has changed considerably since then. At that time “80% of...

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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...

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...

Ethel Cofie. She is the Founder of Women in Tech Africa, initiator of the 1st Pan African woman in tech meet up and was shortlisted for the United Nations GEM -Tech Award for work supporting women in ICT.

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Interview with founder of Women In Tech Africa

In the past few years there has been a flourishing number of self-organisation amongst African women in technology. Many focus on encouraging...

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Interview with CEO of Mobofree Nigeria’s biggest social marketplace

MOBOfree.com combines a social network and classifieds board into a single integrated online platform and has more than 4 million registered users,...

TalkingBookz seeks to disrupt the traditional book publishing market and redefine how Africans consume books

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TalkingBookz to disrupt traditional book publishing in Africa

Nigeria’s first audiobook online store and publisher, TalkingBookz provides users with unlimited downloads to 3000+ audiobooks including many international bestsellers Speaking with...