Africa

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…

#someonetellsouthafrica: South Africans side with Kenyans in Twitter ‘war’

Yesterday South Africa’s Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula sparked a Twitter tiff when he made some less than savoury comments about Kenya…

Discover Digital VoD service acquires sports content, looks to make internet TV big in SA

Discover Digital is a digital entertainment business planning to launch an alternative Video-on-Demand (VoD) TV service in South Africa later this year. This recent…

The Z3 could benefit from BlackBerry’s African dominance

BlackBerry might not be the cool kid in developed markets, but it sure as hell is in a number of other places. Recent figures…

Joburg, football and Mandela: how Africa tweets [Infographic]

By now, you’re probably familiar with a couple of important stats around Africa, such as the fact that the continent has a population of…

Three huge innovations from CES that could transform Africa [CES2014]

Makerbot’s largest 3D printer yet, the Z18, and the Waka Waka solar charger made their appearance at CES this year — read our review…

Google, non-profit Refugees United join forces for world’s first charity ‘Hangout-a-thon’

If you’ve watched a reasonable amount of TV in your lifetime, chances are you’re familiar with the concept of the charity telethon. Some of…

Is Google’s Project Link the first nail in the African telcos’ coffin?

Google recently announced its first infrastructural project in Africa, called Project Link. This initiative, through the building of a fibre-optic network in Kampala (Uganda),…

iSandlwana: this new app explains how Zulu warriors beat the British

On 22 January 1879, an overwhelming force of Zulu warriors attacked highly trained British troops and colonial forces on the slopes of an isolated…

Google’s South African TV white spaces broadband trial is over — and it works

Those balloons may be getting all the attention, but Google’s got other plans to help connect the next billion users to the internet. The…

#100knaija: Google is documenting Nigeria’s history through photographs

This is pretty cool. As Nigeria’s centenary anniversary approaches, Google Nigeria has kicked off an initiative called 100k Naija, a project that hopes to…

A snapshot of South Africa’s digital landscape [Infographic]

Here at Burn Media we are big on understanding ecosystems. If you are new to the digital space, it’s easy to get lost in…

Ecommerce in Africa: you will lose money for a long time [T4A]

If you are in the ecommerce space in Africa, you should get out of business now or prepare to be poor for a while….

South African Shoppers Tempted With Free Tablets As Windows 10 Deadline Nears

Why Some Apps Feel Like a Digital Comfort Zone

Female tech founders in South Africa can win up to R1.9 million to scale their innovations

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

REdimension Capital closes R250m property tech and sustainability fund

Why the ‘Ego Tax’ is Costing Your Business

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel