West Africa

Building mobile apps that are relevant to African consumers

According to the latest report from GSMA, almost half the population of Africa subscribed to mobile services in 2015. Africa’s fast growing...

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Deadline for the Appsafrica.com Award entries approaching

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

Restoration of Money Transfers to Nigeria

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Restoration of Money Transfers to Nigeria

WorldRemit, the leading digital remittance service has commended the restoration of money transfers to Nigeria, following the decision of the Central Bank...

Zuckerberg makes surprise trip to see Nigerian tech scene

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Zuckerberg makes surprise visit to see Nigerian tech scene

CEO Mark Zuckerberg is visiting Nigeria this week on his first trip to Africa, using his time in the country to with...

aKoma launches Amplify a media and content creation program for Africa

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aKoma launches Amplify a media and content creation program for Africa

aKoma Media, a content platform and storytelling company focused on Africa has launched the inaugural session of Amplify, a media and content...

Chalkboard Education Wins Seedstars Accra

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Chalkboard Education Wins Seedstars Accra

Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets brought its Ghana round to a successful close with local company Chalkboard...

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across Africa. Following the success of lasts years Awards which celebrated 10 winners from over 200 entries across 21 countries, applications are now open for 2016.

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Entries Open For The Appsafrica Innovation Awards 2016

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across Africa and following the success of last years Awards which celebrated 10...

Health start-up Kangpe wins Seedstars Lagos

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Health start-up Kangpe wins Seedstars Lagos

Seedstars Lagos took place last night in Seedspace, where 8 selected startups were invited to present their ideas in front of the...

mobile payments used for churches in Africa

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Mobile payments to churches helping to create new start-ups

Mobile payments to churches accounted for 4% of mobile money transactions in Nigeria, so it is not surprising that entrepreneurs are seeing this as...

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5 reasons why Nigeria is the key mobile market in Africa

African mobile marketing company Twinpine has launched a Nigerian mobile trend report, looking at how users are consuming data and using mobile,...

African startups need to get their hands dirty, move fast and tweak

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African startups need to get their hands dirty, move fast and tweak

A lot of African startups are moving really slow today because the founders are not getting their hands dirty. Building a startup...

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Orange completes acquisition of Airtel in Sierra Leone

Orange announces today that, together with its Senegal-based partner Sonatel, it has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel...

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Crowd-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...

The first ever CyberXchange Hackathon sponsored by Facebook is to touch down in Nigeria

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CyberXchange Hackathon to touch down in Lagos

The first ever CyberXchange Hackathon sponsored by Facebook is to touch down in Nigeria, geared towards finding the best prototypes within programming, cyber security, information...

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Ringier Africa merger creates Africa’s largest classifieds group

As millions more Africans come online to connect & conduct commerce, predominantly via mobile Ringier Africa and One Africa Media (OAM) have agreed...

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West Africa Mobile Award Winners 2016 Announced In Lagos

The 10 winners of the inaugural West Africa Mobile Awards, the first truly West African technology awards to recognise the region’s best...

Wall_V1-02 The West Africa Mobile Awards (WAMAS), the first truly West African technology awards to recognise the region’s leading mobile and tech companies, are now only a week away.

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West Africa Mobile Awards

The West Africa Mobile Awards (WAMAS), the first truly West African technology awards to recognise the region’s leading mobile and tech companies, are now...