Africa

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…

How are you paving your road to be a digital world leader in Africa?

By 2020, more than seven billion people and businesses, and at least 30 billion devices, will be connected to the Internet.* Predictions on the…

Africa-built digital player goes live on BBC World Service

The BBC World service has announced the launch of a new digital player designed and built by digital innovators from Africa. Called BBC Minute…

5 excellent examples of African corporate blogs

Although social media and content marketing is commanding a lot of buzz and marketing budgets these days, smart businesses are not underestimating the power…

African businesses seriously need to adopt talent management software

Businesses across Africa are starting to focus on the selection, development and retention of skilled employees in the light of increasing competition for skilled…

Everything you need to know about the East African startup landscape [2015/2016 Update]

Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or…

Africa is the new frontier of impact investing

In the endless search for global development opportunities, the supply is limited for the first time in history. Africa is truly the last frontier….

Africa may still have a large feature phone market, but that doesn’t mean you can neglect customer service

Despite having one of the largest telecommunications markets on the continent, only a third of South Africa’s mobile users own smartphones. This means that…

Facebook, WordPress to sponsor West-African hackathon

Facebook’s Internet.org and WordPress are set to sponsor a major Ghanaian hackathon aimed at come up with solutions to some of West Africa’s biggest…

Here’s where Africa’s payments revolution should be happening today

In emerging markets, mobile money services have the power to simplify lives, offering people the convenience of paying from anywhere and at any time,…

Disrupt and dismay: why Cape Town’s metered taxi operators are so upset with Uber

As always, popular car-hailing app Uber is rubbing some people up the wrong way. Over the past few weeks, the San Francisco tech company…

M-pesa dethrones Safaricom as Kenya’s leading Superbrand

M-Pesa, the mobile payment service, has ascended to the throne of Kenya’s leading Superbrand. That’s according to a survey released today. M-Pesa dethroned its…

How EWN used data journalism to give context to Soweto attacks

Xenophobic attacks broke out in Soweto last week spreading to other areas around Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Khayelitsha in the Western Cape. News organisations were quick…

Tigo Music launches its music streaming service in Tanzania this weekend

Tigo Music is launching in Tanzania this coming weekend on the 24 January 2014, expanding its reach in Africa. The market in Tanzania is…

MTN partners with WorldRemit for mobile money payments for Africans

WorldRemit, an online money transfer service, and MTN, the giant telecoms operator, have entered into a global partnership that will enable WorldRemit customers to…

Vodacom to deploy M-Pesa linked prepaid EMV cards

Digital security company Gelmato has announced that it is going to deploy prepaid EMV banking cards to complement Vodacom’s m-pesa mobile wallet service in…

Afrileaks wants to make online whistle-blowing safe in Africa

It would hardly be an exaggeration to say that, at its height, Wikileaks changed the dynamic of global politics. Now a joint project of…

Here’s how tech is changing the way NGOs operate in Africa

Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that provide aid services have a long history of serving the most immediate needs of African communities. Since their inception in…

There are still awesome, transformative prospects for technology in African education

As technology becomes both more ubiquitous and more affordable, it has spawned changes in virtually every economic and social sector, and education is no…

We need to talk about the way Africa is represented in online photography

The way Africa is depicted in mainstream media is constantly criticised – and for good reason. Far too often, the varied and diverse lives…

Are South Africa’s banks really ready for big data ?

In the era of information, the bank with the most actionable insights is the winner. The age of “big data” has begun to slowly…

OpenAI’s new offline AI model could reshape Africa’s app market in 2026

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

Acer brings RTX 50 Series gaming laptops to South Africa with next gen AI performance

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel