Africa

Disrupt everything: 11 Kenyan exciting startups worth your time right now

We love Kenya. So much so we recently headed to the East African country for some fun times with startups. So ahead of the…

Governments take note: SAP public sector innovation roadshow hits Johannesburg

Governments (at least South Africa’s) is perhaps the last place anyone would expect to find an ounce of innovation, but SAP Africa, the enterprise…

SEACOM opens NAPAfrica Remote Peering service on its backbone

SEACOM, an African service provider and cable operator, has today introduced a NAPAfrica Remote Peering service that will allow NAPAfrica memebers to connect with…

See how Nigerians use their mobile phones [Infographic]

The guys at Co-Creation Hub Nigeria have released a second infographic on its “How I use my phone” series. The series of infographics is…

South Africa’s first Bitcoin ATM comes to Johannesburg

If you’re not virtually mining it or relying on the kindness of the internet, the most common way of getting Bitcoin cryptocurrency is to…

Mobicanvas hitting the bottom line with free mobile sites

Creating mobile websites which can be viewed on any feature phone or smartphone has gained traction globally. One South African startup is capitalising by…

Silicon Valley: Will it ever be replicated?

Silicon Valley is the world’s success story in an unprecedented age of technological advancement – not to mention the rapid wealth that has come…

The reason Nairobi’s iHub works

The iHub is Nairobi’s nerve centre for technology; a place where people can grab coffee, create apps, find funders and build businesses. It’s where…

A look at some of Africa’s hottest startup incubators

Although investment in Africa has traditionally focused on commodities rather than technologies, the explosion of mobile usage has opened up opportunities for small-business development….

Mobile may help heal Africa

With the world’s highest rates of HIV and TB, health care provision has to be at the top of most African countries’ agendas —…

Coming soon: A homegrown tech entrepreneurship guide

All rising economies need a helping hand to achieve greatness. Economies that wish to thrive in today’s fast-paced world of changing commerce and enterprising…

Social Media, a non-event at this year’s World Economic Forum on Africa

Social media was certainly officially present, but not fussed over at the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa which was held in Cape…

Exploring Africa’s open data

I recently discovered Afrographique, a site that does data visualisations on African data. It’s done by Ivan Colic, a South African designer, as a…

Fibre to the home: lessons from Kenya

With i3 Africa’s announcement earlier this month that fibre to the home was finally going to be a reality for South Africans, I thought…

Quick hits around the African tech scene

There’s a lot happening in and around the African tech scene. Take a look at some of the most important developments. Umbono: Google’s South…

Africa.com: The domain that launched a startup

Teresa H. Clarke is the chairperson and CEO of Africa.com LLC. In February 2010, she re-launched the high-tech company after resigning from her position…

Michael Joseph and Mpesa: A missed opportunity

Michael Joseph was the CEO of Safaricom, taking the mobile operator from 5 employees to dominating the Kenyan mobile operator market with over 80%…

South African social network receives international recognition

Obami, a locally developed social networking site and learning management system for schools, was one of 10 companies from around the world selected to…

Africa is the fastest growing Facebook continent

Africa may not have the numbers of Facebook users that more developed continents do, but the continent is rising fast. According to Facebook-analysis site,…

Village Telco: Addressing the issue of rural connectivity

In the words of African telecommunications expert Steve Song, Village Telco is “an easy-to-use, scalable, standards-based, wireless, local, do-it-yourself, telephone company toolkit”. He’s just…

Social media: Africa’s new musical frontier

“When people hear about Africans and the internet, they immediately think of 419 scams,” says Ngozi Odita, who runs societyhae.com, a collective of voices…

Broadband Africa Forum 2024

South Africa’s Deskless Workers: A Workforce Under Strain

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German luxury cars require a rethink for China

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