Africa

Microsoft officially rolls out TV White Spaces project in Limpopo, SA

Microsoft South Africa has announced the official implementation phase of the highly anticipated TV White Spaces pilot project at the University of Limpopo, situated…

Is regulation about to stifle Africa’s mobile money boom?

Necessity is the mother of invention and nowhere does this ring more true than across Africa. Access to basic transactional requirement has sparked innovation…

Nigerian graphic novel ‘Akaraka’ puts Africa’s artists online

Akaraka: The Call of Destiny is an online graphic novel that shares the fantasy tale of Nigerian demigods, curses and tempting fate. The graphic…

Spotify possibly coming to Africa with Vodacom partnership

The popular music streaming service, Spotify, is allegedly making its way to the African continent. According to certain sources, the Swedish startup is in…

Going for broke: the Brideprice app just won’t quit it seems

Last week I wrote a piece about a cheeky Nigerian app that allows you or your significant other to calculate your Brideprice value. In…

M&G Africa launches to help Africans share their stories with the world

There’s a new kid on the block and it’s not looking to play about. Mail and Guardian Africa has launched and is set to…

25 of the best bloggers operating in Africa today

The blog is dead. Except it’s not. It’s just become so fundamental to our every day experience of the web, that we tend to…

How SMS is being used in the fight against HIV in Kenya

Using mobile-phone text messages to remind HIV patients to take their dose of life-saving medications can give a major boost to drug adherence, according…

From Nollywood to a President: 10 really big Nigerian Facebook Pages

Worldwide, Facebook has grown to become one of the most popular websites ever, due to its social networking tools and utilities, audience reach and…

Kenya’s Maasai vets and the Android connection

There is much excitement in the developed world over the strides that have been made in the mobile market during the last couple of…

Africa’s tech explosion promises economic growth

Ask web entrepreneur Stefan Magdalinski why he moved from London to Cape Town two years ago, and he points to a map that illustrates…

Why MXit is Africa’s largest social network

While South Africa’s teachers were on strike in September, volunteers used the country’s largest social network to help students prepare for exams. If you…

Research finds Nokia still dominates mobile in Africa

India has sent a clear message that it is watching Africa closely, especially after the impressive US$10.7-billion move by Indian telecoms giant Bharti Airtel to…

Google testing ‘Baraza’, an African Q&A site

There’s a new service coming out from Google, tentatively called “Baraza”, which is the term used for meeting place in Swahili. It’s a service…

Zambian gov’t backs off threat to shut down ISPs

Zambia’s communications authority reversed its decision to shut down five main internet service providers on Wednesday, saying they would be allowed another chance to…

Ethan Zuckerman on why rich nations dominate news

Ever wondered why Nigeria gets so little media coverage and why places like Japan enjoy so much more attention from the world’s press? That’s…

How mobile phones develop economies and save lives: Study

Only three years since the project started, new research conducted at the Millennium Villages by Swedish mobile communications company Ericsson, The Earth Institute and…

Africa expects internet revolution

Businesses across Africa are expecting a revolution in internet access, technology and costs as a result of the rush of new undersea cables connecting…

Kenyan scoops $1m in Nokia mobile app challenge

John Waibochi of Virtual City, from Kenya, on Thursday scooped the Nokia $1,000,000 Growth Economy Venture Challenge at Nokia World. Launched at CES 2010,…

Kenyan startup proposes solution to modern-era information overload

In an age of information abundance, curating meaning is key. Nine months ago that is just what Jon Gosier set out to do as…

How to build global technology companies from Africa

During a relaxed and informal panel discussion at the Tech4Africa conference in Johannesburg entitled “Building for the Global Market. Lessons and learnings from the…

Mesh Potato device could dramatically lower connectivity costs

Steve Song has spent the past two years as a fellow at the Shuttleworth Foundation, looking at ways to lower the costs of communications…

Interview: PesaPal’s Agosta Liko on African mobile payment solutions

Agosta Liko, CEO of PesaPal, relocated to Kenya from the US to start Verviant, a software development company in Nairobi. Three years later, the…

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