Africa

3 very important ways technology is being employed to fight Ebola

Ebola has been causing, especially in West Africa, much heartache and has turned into an epidemic. Apart from Nigeria, the only country that appeared…

IBM to launch mobile health-tracking initiative to track Ebola

By relying on its supercomputers’ brain power, IBM is going on a mission to help track Ebola as well as government-related issues in Sierra…

Airtel partners with Kenya Revenue Authority to allow for tax payments on mobile

Airtel Kenya has partnered with Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). The partnership will make it possible for Kenyan citizens to make tax payments of up…

MTN’s results a mixed bag: subscribers, data up, revenues down

MTN Group, Africa’s largest mobile operator, reported a growth in quarterly subscribers on Thursday. The increase is not huge by any means but it…

Google Street View enables humans to hang out with their blood-related chimpanzees

There is not a place Google has not taken us human beings, be it for education or leisure. It appears that Google wants to…

Airtel partners with UNESCO for IT youth training in Gabon

Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as Airtel — an Indian multinational telecommunications services company with its headquarters in New Delhi — has launched a…

French phone manufacturer Wiko makes a play for Nigeria

Wiko, a French phone manufacturer, is preparing to launch in Nigeria, one of the biggest mobile markets in Africa. On 22 October 20014 the…

A geek at the helm: Memeburn’s interview with Vodacom CEO Pieter Uys

It’s not often that a geek rises to the top of a multi-billion dollar company. These are spots frequently filled by accountants or lawyers….

30 brilliant African tech startups

The methodology behind this list of startups had two simple directives. First, the startup had to have African roots and secondly it had to…

How M-Pesa disrupts entire economies

Back in 2011, I was asked to give my thoughts on what I thought would trend in mobile within between then and 2020. One…

Fabrication and manufacturing: The future of African hardware innovation

Across Africa there is a vibrant culture of people creating things. Hardware products. It’s rarely glamorous as our inventors and micro-entrepreneurs innovate on products…

Why Mpesa is still a financial disruptor

Farhad Manjoo makes a compelling argument for why the real winners of the payments revolution are the same players we already know, the credit…

Young mobile users responsible for most Twitter growth in Africa [Infographic]

New research suggests that Twitter’s growth in Africa is being driven primarily young people using mobile devices and that South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and…

Mocality scandal: How far in the cookie jar was Google’s hand?

Last week, Google got caught with its hand in the cookie jar, allegedly engaged in a range of questionable activities with regard to a…

Mocali-gate: Where is the broken link in Google?

The recent Mocality debacle has brought to light a few concerning issues surrounding Google’s business practices in Africa and the supposed ethical transparency by…

10 African tech startups worth watching

It’s practically a tradition to follow a post like this with a good old-fashioned flame-war where everyone reveals his or her own sense of…

Why 2012 could be the year of the African startup

The past few years have been about building an infrastructure that improves the chances of the technology startups in Africa to succeed. Seeing this…

Four things Africa has to get right to guarantee future innovation

Fail to innovate and you will simply be left behind. As I previously noted, this is especially the case for the African continent. Africa…

Necessity is the mother of invention: Why utility beats ‘cool’ in Africa

It is said that necessity is the mother of invention and indeed that could perfectly describe Africa where it comes to innovation, particularly on…

Undersea cables set to launch African bandwidth explosion

Many years ago, I worked for UUNET Internet Africa in South Africa. I remember sitting in the Operations room and looking at an international…

Africa’s mobile operators need to be more disruptive

Generally speaking, in the 90s, Africa’s mobile network operators (MNOs) were highly disruptive. In this last decade however, they have continued to decrease in…

The subtle condescension of ‘ICT for development’

I have cognitive dissonance over the term “Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D)”. This term, “ICT4D,” is confusing, hypocritical, and has a whiff…

What Africa needs to innovate on a global scale

It’s common knowledge that Africa, as continent, has been a leading innovator when it comes to mobile. Given that mobile phones arrived on a…

MTN and Microsoft Partner to Bring AI Learning Tools to Millions Across Africa

HONOR South Africa – A Year in Review: Reflecting on Innovation, Inclusion, and the Road Ahead

HONOR Showcases Human-Centric Innovation at Africa Tech Festival 2025

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

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