West Africa

MEST shares plans for 2016 including new venture fund for Africa

Accra-based Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has become a major entrepreneurial hub in Africa, training, supporting and incubating startups in Ghana,...

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Sliide Airtime app offers free airtime for personalised content

Mobile connectivity in Nigeria now reaches more than 83M subscribers but affordability is a concern for many Nigerians, particularly those with lower...

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Nigerian techies rise up, export and drink Guinness

The slump in global oil prices has ensured the Nigerian naira has plummeted against the dollar to a 43 year low forcing...

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Entries now open for inaugural West Africa Mobile Awards

The West Africa Mobile Awards (WAMAS), the first truly West African technology awards targeting the leading mobile and tech companies across the...

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Inscriptions ouvertes pour le lancement du West Africa Mobile Awards

Les inscriptions pour le West Africa Mobile Awards (WAMAS), premier prix réellement Ouest africain pour les technologies ciblant les principales entreprises technologiques...

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JUMIA Nigeria announces new CEO

Africa Internet Group’s (AIG) biggest company on the continent, Jumia has appointment of Mrs Juliet Anammah at the head of Jumia Nigeria,

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Max Nigeria makes final at TechCrunch Disrupt London

TechCrunch hand-picked the 15 greatest companies from Europe and beyond for the Startup Battlefield in London and Max from Nigeria put African innovation...

Airtel and Access Bank Plc launched Access Money Service at Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

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MTN fine battle continues

The debacle around MTN Nigeria’s record fine from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) continues to rumble on with the NCC reversing an...

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iDEA incubator accepting new cohort

iDEA Nigeria has opened up applications to for its next accelerator and incubator programs to find the next cohort of start-ups in Lagos.

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Orange and ENGIE to bring electricity to rural Africa

An estimated 69% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa and 90% of the rural population in the same region have no access...

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Developing the mobile ecosystem in Africa

There has been amazing growth in mobile internet access over the past few years and Africa is now primed to take advantage...

Nigerian payment service provider Paga has launched a new app called Paga for Android to bolster it's growing payment service in Nigeria.

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Paga to capitalise on new investment

With the majority of Africans unbanked, mobile money and payments are critical and one of the biggest hurdles for the growth of...

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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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AppsAfrica.com Innovation Award Winners 2015 Announced

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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Best African App 2015?

The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 attracted entries from 21 countries, across 3 continents, we now take a look at the Best App...

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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Best Mobile Innovation Finalists

Hundreds of mobile services from across Africa competed for a place in the final for the Best Mobile Innovation at the Appsafrica.com Innovation...

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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...

MTN Nigeria rolls out smart feature phone running on KaiOS

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MTN shares dive with massive $5.2B fine in Nigeria

MTN, one of the largest phone providers in Nigeria has been hit with a fine equivalent to $5.2 billion, a record in Nigeria.

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How to sustain Africa’s momentum?

Having started trading from an early age, working 18 hours a day and not taking a holiday for 13 years Aliko Dangote,...

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Startups in South Africa are not hungry enough – mLab

mLab Southern Africa, a mobile solutions laboratory and startup accelerator that provides entrepreneurs and mobile developers with the support they need to...