Africa

5 reasons why Africa is fertile ground for blazing ecommerce growth

Do not be surprised if you come across news that says ecommerce is dramatically spreading its wings in Africa. There is no doubt digital…

Meet the Kenyan startup that can turn your airtime back into cash

Data speed, coverage and mobile money transfers are only some of the factors that Kenyans need from their mobile network operators. A single network…

Bagging $100m: how WorldRemit is filling Africa’s remittance market gap

Founded in 2010 by Somali entrepreneur Ismail Ahmed, WorldRemit — a London-based tech startup providing low-cost international money transfers — made headlines a few weeks…

Impact Beyond Innovation: This backpack uses solar power so kids can study at night

Impact Beyond Innovation is an article series that features startups from Africa putting social good at the forefront of their business models. Large parts…

Rocket Internet launches Everjobs career portal, to target Africa, Asia

It’s only been a matter of time before Rocket Internet got onto the online jobs classifieds space. And so, the German startup factory has…

Are elearning startups Nigeria’s best hope for a new wave of innovation?

This week, Lagos will host its third annual Social Media Week. Last year, it featured a Battlefield startup competition that was won by educational…

Africans need to build the continent up says founder of Africa’s Netflix Jason Njoku

Africa’s internet scene is growing, Africans are building killer apps and innovating in amazing ways. One of the pioneers leading Africa into a new…

12 young African entrepreneurs who will blow your mind, seriously

What where you doing at 15? What about at 19? Or 22? If you are one of these 12 entrepreneurs, the answer is: changing…

CBNC announces Africa business and entrepreneurial game changers of 2013

CNBC, which is Africa’s largest business television news network, recently announced the winners of AABLA (Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards) of West Africa….

Here is why you should care more about elearning and green startups

They aren’t as flashy or sexy as providing a new social or music app gimmick, but startups and projects involved in areas such as…

Boost partners with mapIT to further increase mobile marketing in Africa

Norwegian company Boost Communications today announced a partnership with South African mapping company mapIT. The latter claims that, using innovative mapping technologies, Boost will…

VC4Africa offers African entrepreneurs coaching, investor introductions

Getting access to Africa’s investor network has potentially gotten a whole easier with Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa) and its initiative called Cohorts. The…

Zoona: mobile money helping Zambia’s unbanked populace

What is Africa’s biggest problem when it comes to money and banks? Easy: in many parts of the continent there are large portions of…

Uber drives into Johannesburg with secret tests

No more speculating, Uber is coming to Africa with a South African play. According to a press release by the company, secret Ubers were…

miPayslip: latching onto the growing trend of mobile payslip services in Africa

miPayslip claims to offer an affordable and easy way for employees to receive information about there payslips electronically via their phones. This is only…

Nigerian serial entrepreneur’s HopStop acquired by Apple

Last week Apple acquired the Nigerian tech entrepreneur Chinedu Echeruo’s HopStop. The startup is part of a legacy Echeruo is currently building and plays…

OnePixel says we need more ‘apps for Africa’

OnePixel chief operating officer Nicholas Rixon gives us a lowdown of his interpretation on the mobile tech scene in Africa. Focusing on smartphone applications,…

Looking at Africa’s mobile revolution from a human perspective

We hear about Africa’s mobile revolution almost daily, use the stats to support arguments and better understand potential markets. Potential investors and marketeers can…

Dashboard launches Pinpoint for innovative market research in Africa

Market research and strategy company Dashboard has partnered with advertising and media expert Dave Kelly in an effort to launch Pinpoint. Using available technology,…

Africa’s crowdfunding context: starting up startups the African way

“Crowdfunding is the democratization of [funding] for startups,” says founder of Thundafund Patrick Schofield. People get the opportunity to directly vote with their wallets…

Microsoft 4Afrika included in Obama’s Washington Fellowship programme

During US president Barack Obama’s visit to South Africa last weekend, he announced the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. This fellowship is the…

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