Africa

YouTube finally launches offline video feature in South Africa

The world’s largest online video platform boasts over a billion users watching hundreds of millions of hours everyday. Countries with limited data connectivity however…

How Africa’s 1bn+ population will transform telecoms sector

Africa has earned itself many titles over the years and one of which is that it is the untapped market, with much potential. During…

10 of Africa’s most innovative apps of 2015 you should know about

Pan-African competition AppsAfrica has concluded earlier this week, announcing the continent’s ten most innovative mobile applications of 2015. With entries stretching from Nigeria to…

How will new technology transform Africa? [AfricaCom]

Technology has already had a massive effect on Africa. So much has been said, and so many words have been written, about how the…

The Ericsson Mobility Report sheds light on Sub-Saharan Africa connectivity

The Ericsson Mobility Report is out, painting a rosy, albeit distant, future of 5G networks in the Sub-Saharan Africa region and other markets. The…

Africa gets its first ever home-grown superhero TV series

Superheroes are everywhere. The world can’t get enough of them. In fact, Africa now has its own superhero TV series. Called Jongo, the series…

What will the African tech landscape look like in 2019?

Over the past 50 years, Internet technology has rapidly and profoundly changed the way people work, live, play and learn. The power of the…

This drone footage shows off Africa’s most incredible landscapes

Relais & Châteaux Africa has uploaded a video made up of drone footage that showcases the true beauty of Africa. The footage was shot…

iHub, Goethe Institut looking for art projects to fund in Kenya

Kenyan innovation and hacker space iHub and Goethe Institut, have formed a partnership to fund creatives who use technology in their works. The programme,…

Smart Villages launches energy challenge to address off-grid settlements

Smart Villages is inviting East African entrepreneurs to form teams and come up with imaginative ways of distributing and implementing new or existing energy…

M-Pesa users can now send money between Kenya and Tanzania

Mobile money service M-Pesa is usually one of the first names mentioned when it comes to revolutionary African mobile products. It has however been…

Nigeria’s mobile lifestyle should absolutely matter to your brand: here’s why

Nigeria, with 125 million mobile subscribers, is not just Africa’s largest mobile market. It is also home to one of the most connected and…

Vodafone’s digital school in a box will benefit 15 000 child refugees

The Vodafone Foundation has announced an initiative called Instant Classroom, a digital school in a box. The concept, which can be set up in…

Yay! Apple selects South Africa as the only African flag to join emoji family

In an effort to broaden its “emoji diversity”, Apple is introducing some 300 new emoji. Developer preview builds include a range of new country flags for iOS…

Citibank to hold $100k Mobile Challenge in Africa, Europe, Middle East

Citi, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, has as part of its Digital Acceleration program announced that its Mobile Challenge is coming…

BBC World Service announce selected teams from its hackathon in Kenya

Two teams have been selected to help the BBC expand its reach through Africa following its hackathon held earlier in Kenya. The BBC World…

Google Science Fair 2015 is officially open for submissions

The difference between you and Ada Lovelace, according to Google, is that she tried things and you did not. Starting today, Google is accepting…

WorldRemit raises $100-million in funding to drive its global growth

WorldRemit, an online money transfer service, is making a vigorous entry into the African mobile money service market. The service has completed a funding…

Liquid Telecom secures $150m funding for Africa-wide fiber network expansion

Independent data, voice and IP provider Liquid Telecom Group has announced it has secured additional funding totalling US$150-million to finance the expansion of its…

Bill Gates is 100% right about mobile banking in Africa: here’s why

In the latest “Gates Notes” annual letter, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates wrote about the impact smart phones and mobile banking will have…

African mobile money could produce $1.5-billion in fees alone by 2019

According to a report released by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the use of mobile financial services in sub-Saharan Africa to perform tasks like…

These 5 South Africans have been shortlisted to go colonise Mars in 2024

South Africans Divashen Govender, Kobus Vermeulen, Adriana Marais, Edwin le Grange and Alexandra Doyle have been shortlisted as part of a group of 100…

SA’s Smallest Businesses Are Job Engines – So Why Can’t They Get Funding

Starlink in South Africa – Regulatory turbulence grounds Elon Musk’s satellite internet plans—for now

ASUS and AMD Launch AI-Driven Expert P Series PCs for South African SMBs

South Africa’s MSMEs Still Locked Out of Funding – New Report Calls for Radical Reform

Africa Bridge Fund seeks to build a thriving Africa tech ecosystem

MortgageMarket and EasyEquities partner to launch EasyMortgages, unlocking a new era in home loan access for South Africans

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Gemini AI to enhance Volvo infotainment

Everest better at exploring than Explorer

Trail Boss badge comes to BEVs