Mobile apps

Edtech Ambani wins R1million prize at MTN Business App of the Year Awards

Local language edtech Ambani Africa has walked away with multiple top honours at the 2021 MTN Business App of the Year Awards. The app…

Zoho Invoice available to SMEs for free to help companies rebuild

Internet tech company Zoho has made its Invoice solution available for free to support Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to help them rebuild in…

Here’s how India and China’s best parking apps are tackling parking [Native]

With a combined population of around 2.7 billion people, China and India are the two most populated countries in the world. That translates to…

Struggling with parking? These four apps could get you out of that jam [Native]

Paying for parking is a grudge purchase to most, that is if you are lucky enough to find it in the first place. Just…

MTN Business extends deadline for App of the Year submissions

App developers who may miss the 14 September MTN Business App of the Year submission deadline shouldn’t be despondent — MTN Business has extended the deadline for…

Awethu Project app to provide virtual incubation to informal entrepreneurs

South African business support organisation The Awethu Project has launched an app for entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners, intended as a “business coach in…

Carter: another ‘Tinder for X’ app launches in SA

We’ve seen quite a few ‘Tinder for X’ or ‘Uber of X’ apps launching in the last year or two, with the car buying…

New fund launched for startups in the app space

If you’re an aspiring app-builder, you may want to check this out. Technology accelerator mLab Southern Africa, in partnership with the Technology Innovation Agency,…

This crowdsourced phrasebook app wants to help South Africans understand each other

South Africa, like our ever globalising world, is made up of a really diverse bunch. It’s colourful but often messy. This is where Aweza…

Rush wants to change the way South Africans move their stuff from A to B

Powered by WeChat, Rush is a new platform that’s looking to forever change the way South Africans move stuff their from A to B….

AIG startups in Nigeria get zero data app deal

This week, online marketplace Kaymu becomes the latest member of the Africa Internet Group (AIG) network of companies to get zero data apps on…

ReMe app wants to revolutionise loyalty programmes in South Africa

An app that seeks to help businesses build and retain customer loyalty has launched in South Africa. ReMe, as it’s called, provides users access…

Don’t fancy queuing for petrol? This app’s got you covered

If you’re looking for evidence that South African entreprenurs are embracing the idea of the on-demand economy in a big way, look no further…

On-demand delivery startup WumDrop takes home 2015 MTN App of the Year Award

Last night, major South African telecom MTN announced the winners of the annual App of the Year Awards. Ranging from big business to lean startups, winners…

Zapacab relaunches as white-label solution to save SA taxi companies from Uber

Uber’s disruptive nature in South Africa’s taxi sector is more heated than ever before. So much so that it just prompted the relaunch of…

10 apps that could improve your startup’s day-to-day productivity

Are you still using paper or sticky notes to try to stay organised in your work? You don’t need to do that anymore –…

IBM hopes to catalyse South Africa’s growing app economy

The so-called app economy is expected to create trillions of dollars of opportunities globally over the next few years, including in Africa, where a…

7 productivity apps South African small business should know about

The head of products at MWEB, Rihana Hoosain, gives small business owners the low-down on some of the latest and greatest tech solutions to…

SA’s mobile TV app Tuluntulu part of Foundry50’s top global startups

South African TV and audio streaming app Tuluntulu is named one of Unilever’s Foundry50 top startups from around the globe. Tuluntulu is the first…

Ghana’s student app startup Flippy Campus is going to DEMO Africa 2015

Flippy Campus, a made-in-Ghana product that aims to improve students’ campus experience has become one of the first startups that will be pitching to…

Enter your app into the MTN Business App of the Year Awards

Entries for the annual MTN Business App of the Year Awards are now open. This year the awards will be focusing on categories rather…

Travelstart’s Flapp wants to be the go-to tool for SA’s busiest flight route

Flapp — a portmanteau of Flight App — is online travel booking site Travelstart‘s entry into the app market. The recently released app is…

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