Tech4Africa

Tech4Africa Cape Town to explore ‘rise of the underdog’

Tech4Africa has announced the speaker line-up for its Cape Town event, which takes place on 6 August. Among the speakers are local entrepreneur Nic…

How is the internet improving people’s lives in Africa? [T4A]

There are five key characteristics reflecting how the internet has “greatly improved” people’s lives in Africa, so says research conducted by On Device Research….

Giving it away for free: advertising, content and the paywall debate [T4A]

Mail & Guardian editor-in-chief Chris Roper is standing in front of a graph predicting newspaper circulation figures — and it’s not good. You may…

Senior Google engineer: building innovative products requires team work

When building technologies that can change the course of history and reshape mankind, team work is pretty important. In a place like Google, where…

5 major trends anyone in the African tech space should be aware of

The African tech scene is changing. Some of that change is positive, whilst some of it is negative. However, this is all part of…

Can Mozilla really disrupt mobile like it did the web? [Tech4Africa]

Look at the figures. Android and Apple are completely dominating the smartphone space. Despite the best efforts of its competitors, no seems able to…

Ralph Simon: mobile success lies in being ‘Glocally’ relevant [Tech4Africa]

Success in the mobile space is all about “glocalisation”, says Ralph Simon from mobile strategy company Mobilium. Speaking via Skype from Russia at the…

The challenges of ecommerce in Africa [Tech4Africa]

Building an ecommerce business in Africa is a markedly different process from other, more developed parts of the world as well as other emerging…

IBM taking a seriously big interest in Africa [Tech4Africa]

There are four key trends that are currently disrupting technology around the world says Tom Rosamilia, IBM’s head of global strategy. According to Rosamilia,…

Tech4Africa: How usable is your digital product, really?

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to…

9 Events every tech startup should add to its diary

South Africa’s tech scene is on the rise and tech entrepreneurs from the country are finding their way to Silicon Valley with products worthy…

Five ways Africa can move up technologically [Tech4Africa]

Africa is lagging in technological innovation says TED Fellow, Ndubuisi Ekekwe. The continent’s obsession with consuming technology has left it lagging as a technological…

UX: 5 Pearls of Wisdom from UX Designers [Tech4Africa]

As far back as the days of ENIAC and old-school IBM punch-card computers, users have been trained to adapt their experience to the capabilities…

Social media fatigue, Radiohead and QR Codes: Q&A with Josh Spear

As one of the youngest and most influential marketing strategists in the world, Josh Spear owns Undercurrent, a New York-based consultancy that applies a…

Sketching, prototyping — The key to solving design problems

A leading figure in the British user experience community, Cennydd Bowles is a user experience designer and writer based in Brighton, England. He works…

Eight startups that promise to Ignite

Tech4Africa, a prominent web and emerging technology conference, has announced the eight finalists for its “Samsung Ignite” startup initiative. The startups provide a diverse…

Tech4Africa to reward innovation

Technological innovation will play an important role in solving a number of the problems which are unique to Africa as a continent. In recognition…

Startups to ‘Ignite’ Tech4Africa 2011

Tech4Africa, one of the continent’s most prominent web and emerging technology conferences, has launched an initiative called Ignite, which will provide leading African startups…

‘Bill Gates of Africa’ to speak at local conference

Herman Chinery-Hesse, commonly known as “The Bill Gates of Africa”, is to speak at the upcoming Tech4Africa conference in Johannesburg later this year. He…

Google to host G-South Africa for developers, entrepreneurs

Some of Google’s best engineers, product managers, and business leaders will be speaking about Google’s open web and mobile technologies in Cape Town on…

UX guru Andy Budd warns that websites ignore usability at their peril

At the Tech4Africa conference in Johannesburg, Clearleft’s Andy Budd spoke at length about why, given the choice, users will always pick easier to use…

Former Virgin online marketing head on the future of online advertising

Alex Hunter is an independent digital ninja, brand consultant and angel investor who built a grassroots marketing campaign for Virgin America before heading out…

Lead developers from web giants share their insights at Tech4Africa conference

A Question and Answer session at Johannesburg’s first Tech4Africa conference featured developers from some of the world’s best known tech companies, and revealed insights…

Broadband Africa Forum 2024

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Transforming Healthcare in Africa with Technology

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Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

German luxury cars require a rethink for China

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