Ghana basks in Twitter’s surprise choice as Africa HQ
Ghana basks in Twitter’s surprise choice as Africa HQ Written by Ijeoma Ndukwe He has worked in two of the…
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How Kenya’s Paylend is helping MSMEs better record data and access loans
How Kenya’s Paylend is helping MSMEs better record data and access loans Written by TOM JACKSON Kenyan fintech startup Paylend,…
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More than 300 African tech startups have raised over $1.1bn so far in 2021
More than 300 African tech startups have raised over $1.1bn so far in 2021 Written by TOM JACKSON More than 300…
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Facebook’s undersea Internet cable is coming to South-East Nigeria and 3 other African countries
Facebook’s undersea Internet cable is coming to South-East Nigeria and 3 other African countries The 2Africa project, championed by social…
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Moove raises $23M to create flexible options for drivers to own cars in Africa
Moove raises $23M to create flexible options for drivers to own cars in Africa Africa is home to more than…
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Visa undergoes expansion For Fintech Fast-Track In Africa
American multinational financial services corporation, VISA Inc is currently undergoing expansion of its Fintech Fast-Track Programme in Central and Eastern…
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Why Tech Hubs Are Developing In Africa
Going by the recent report by GSMA, 128 tech hubs have kick-started their operations across Africa since 2016. Comparing with…
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What To Look Out For In South African Fintech This Year
TymeBank, BankZero and Discovery Bank being introduced will definitely rejuvenate the industry and ensure customers have better choices to make….
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Benefits of a Distributed Antenna System(DAS) in Telecommunications-HTN Towers
Distributed Antenna System(DAS) is a network of antennas spaced apart from each other but connected to a common source. A DAS contains all the elements of a cell site and can convey both wireless data and voice signals.
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Botswana to host Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2016
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) in a joint collaborative effort with the Government of Botswana (GoB) represented by the Ministry…
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How to Get a Job At Hotels.ng
Hotels.ng launched its jobs portal a process that formalized its hiring process into some of the most unusual screening questions, and…
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WorldRemit Announces a $45 Million in New Funding
Money transfer service WorldRemit in a recent press statement to us,has raised $45m in financing from TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC…
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16 Million Nigerians Visit Facebook Every Month On Their Mobile Phones
Facebook is gradually deepening its presence in Nigeria and Africa through several initiatives and partnerships.In a recent press release,Facebook announced…
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Travelstart Raises $US40 Million To Capture Africa’s Fast Growing Multibillion Dollar Online Travel Market,Partners with MTN
Travelstart, a leading Internet travel booking company in Africa, has announced an investment of US$40M led by Amadeus Capital Partners (London)….
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Uber Partners Nigeria’s Mobile Payment Platform Paga
Nigeria mobile payment platform, Paga has announced a partnership with technology company, Uber. The global company that has revolutionized the…
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Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI):7 Predictions for Broadband Access in 2016
2015 was an exciting year for broadband access across the world, and one which saw many of our predictions for…
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Report:Impact Investing in West Africa
Am sharing this interesting report on impact investing in West Africa Titled:THE LANDSCAPE FOR IMPACT INVESTING IN WEST AFRICA: Understanding…
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Application for the 2016 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme still on
Budding entrepreneurs across Africa can now apply to join the second annual Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) for start-up businesses…
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MainOne: Nigerian-Cameroun Submarine Cable System (NCSCS) Goes Live
MainOne , a leading telecoms and network services provider in West Africa, has announced that the high capacity Nigerian-Cameroun Submarine Cable…
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Africa Can Now Netflix and Chill
Few days ago I wrote about the opportunities in Africa for African startups to leverage from in 2016.I also mentioned…
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Technology Trends That Will Drive Increased Opportunity For African Start-ups In 2016
As 2016 gradually unfolds, first I would like to wish you a great success this year in all your endeavors…
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U.S. Chamber Launches U.S.-Africa Business Center
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on December 14,2015 announced the formation of the U.S.-Africa Business Center (USABC), launching efforts to…
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Top 3 Predictions for FinTech, Mobile Money and Financial Inclusion in 2016
Editor’s note:This article contributed by Alix Murphy of WorldRemit gives insight into opportunities around Mobile money,FinTech and financial inclusion for…
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TechTrends Top 10 Articles of 2015
As the year 2015 gradually comes to an end we bring you the top 10 articles on our blog.These are…
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Nigeria Becomes African Champions At Global Cyberlympics In Washington DC
Nigerian Team of cyber security professionals “TeamNaija” has been crowned African champions at the just concluded Global Cyberlympics held in…
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Mobility, Cloud, Big Data,IoT drive Nigeria IT spending to $5.3 Billion in 2016
Information Technology spending in Nigeria-the largest economy in Africa- will top $5.3 billion in 2016 as organizations increasingly embrace digital…
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AfricaConnect2:A €26.6m Africa and European Union Internet project to transform African science and education
African research and education network associations WACREN, the UbuntuNet Alliance and ASREN have partnered with their European counterpart GÉANT in…
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Call for Papers-West Africa Com by Informa
West Africa Com is the annual forum for the region’s digital and ICT sector organised by Informa.The event will return…
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Facebook launches Innovation Challenge in Africa
Facebook is launching the Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa, with the aim of recognising developers and entrepreneurs who are using…
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China Emerges the Fastest Growing Market for Wearables-IDC
Image from FitBit A recent report from International Data Corporation (IDC ) has shown that China has quickly emerged as…
