Africa

Samsung, @iLab Africa unveil 8 new Kenyan developed apps

Samsung Electronics in partnership with @iLab Africa, a research and incubation facility that supports entrepreneurship programs in apps and software development, unveiled eight Kenyan…

South Atlantic’s first undersea cable will connect Brazil, Angola

Despite a bunch of noble efforts involving satellites, drones, and weather balloons, we still depend pretty heavily on undersea cables for the majority our…

Google will give $2 for every $1 you donate in fight against Ebola

Google has just announced a “public giving” initiative that hopes to raise US$7.5-million in donations in order to support the many international non-profits currently…

4G LTE broadband network set to launch in Rwanda

Rwanda is set to launch a high speed (4G LTE) broadband network on 11 November. The network, has been established through an agreement between…

Sub-Saharan Africa will have half a billion mobile subscribers by 2020

Africa is a mobile continent. It’s something we’ve heard so often that it’s become a cliche. Like many cliches however it’s based in truth….

9 graphs that will give you new insight into Africa’s thriving mobile landscape

We love graphs. They are colourful, digestible and usually provide interesting, insightful data. Below are a couple of charts provided by GSMA’s latest report…

Facebook launches campaign against Ebola, including ‘Donate Now’ button

Together with global NGOs, Facebook has just announced three new ground-breaking initiatives in fight against the deadly Ebola virus that’s been responsible over 13…

AfricaCheck: Africa’s ‘first’ dedicated fact-checking site

Africa’s first website set up exclusively to fact-check public debate launched today. Called Africa Check, the site was developed by the non-profit arm of…

Africa slow to adopt Windows 8

Analysts and Microsoft business have questioned whether Windows 8 could persuade African enterprises to switch over quickly or completely. Some companies have argued that…

Phone tech to enable rural Nigerians to surf the web in local languages

A phone technology called InternetSpeech could allow more than 100 000 illiterate farmers and traders residing in Nigeria’s rural areas to browse the web…

Google’s African affair: An internet giant puts its money where its mouth is

At the start of last year I wrote an article for Memeburn with the only slightly tongue-in-cheek headline: “Instead of smallpox Google is colonising…

8 African mobile money services that aren’t MPesa

No, I’m not going to talk about MPesa, you can read all about the Kenyan grandfather of mobile money here, here and here. Rather,…

What trends will take African tech to the next level?

Three years ago I decided to bring a major tech conference to Africa — Tech4Africa. The incredible personal journey that I have been on…

Online piracy: how African innovators are tackling music’s biggest scourge

Despite a cat’s cradle of challenges around digital rights and payments, not to mention the constant threat of piracy, digital music is seen as…

Mobile payments company offers young African devs place at top conference

Right, by now we should’ve cottoned onto the fact that the future of mobile payments is pretty damn big. Africa’s always had a weighty…

Google Maps gives 44 African countries walking directions

Google Maps is great. Even if you don’t have the app on your smartphone, you can look up your destination on your PC and…

How tech could help Africa develop a knowledge-based economy

According to the World Economic Forum Competitiveness Report 2011 – 2012 there are three stages of economic development by which one can classify the world’s economies:…

Things you might not know about cellphones in Africa [Video]

It’s no secret that mobile is the medium for Africa — millions use mobile-only social networks, young cellphone users are driving the growth of…

MTN introduces cut price BlackBerry service plans

South African mobile operator MTN is launching three new low-tier packages aimed at making the BlackBerry service even more affordable. The news comes hot…

Africa finally pays its own way — with a mobile phone

Mobile is big. Even bigger than you think. No technology in the history of mankind has achieved the reach and penetration globally that rivals…

News 24 gets a dose of internet radio

Before you start tensing up again, relax. This isn’t a new episode in the internet radio stats row that’s been raging over the last…

Maziv’s Fibre Push Brings Rural South Africa Closer to True High-Speed Internet

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

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

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel