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Tech start up to penetrate the East African mobile airtime transfer market
Mobile airtime transfer service start up, Senditoo has launched an app that allows users to send top-ups to mobile phones across the world in just 15 seconds. According to the company’s CEO and co-founder, Ibrahima Soumano, the app will drive…
Helping small businesses succeed in a mobile world
Facebook has reached the milestone of more than 5 million advertisers, with more small businesses worldwide turning to Facebook and Instagram to help them grow. In addition, Facebook now has more 65 million businesses using Pages and 8 million with…
African team “runner up” in Mozilla’s Equal Rating Challenge
South African team, Afri-Fi: Free Public WiFi has been announced as the “Runner-Up” in Mozilla’s Equal Rating Innovation Challenge receiving a funding award of US$75,000. With this global competition, Mozilla called for creative and scalable ideas to provide affordable access…
Small business back-ups – a critical task made easy thanks to the cloud
Data has become a crucial asset for all types of businesses, ranging from home offices to large enterprises that have multiple locations. Losing this data can be catastrophic to any business. The good news is that effective data protection is…
Voice Banking App Wins Big At Re:Code Nigerian Hackathon
VoiceIt, a Voice banking app, has won the 2017 Re: Code Nigeria hackathon. As the winners VoiceIt will be taking home ₦1.5 million and in addition to the prize money they will also be receiving access to Microsoft Azure and…
Hire Professional Drivers Through Nigerian Transport-Tech Company
Drivers are an integral part of the daily activities of people and businesses whether its in relation to the movement of persons or the movement goods from one place to another. With the demand for drivers being so high there…
Cape Town based start-up selected for silicon valley plug and play accelerator program
Cape Town based start-up, Hepstar, has been selected to participate in the world’s largest start-up accelerator program. Plug and Play is the most active investment organisation in Silicon Valley, with portfolio companies including PayPal, Dropbox and Skytree. Hepstar is a…
Microsoft launches East African #Insiders4Good Fellowship programme
Microsoft has launched East Africa’s first #Insider4Good fellowship programme affording entrepreneurs from Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania the opportunity to showcase their solutions for social challenges in communities. Microsoft partnered with Kenyan-based GrowthAfrica to rollout this programme. The #Insiders4Good…
Durban Startup Launches App for Spaza Stores
Local Durban-based tech company, Spazapp, has launched an innovative “money-saving” app for spaza store owners. Geared at uplifting last mile traders and disadvantage communities, the app works to connect users directly to bulk buying opportunities and business support. Spazapp is…
Tanzania: Tigo awards $40000 to local entrepreneurs
Tigo Tanzania in partnership with Reach for Change, a non-profit organization has given an award of $40 000 to two winners of the 5th edition of the Tigo Digital Changemakers Competition. The Tigo Digital Changemakers Competition is aimed at identifying…
Digicape and Sensor Networks launch an IoT and Apple innovation
South African startups Sensor Networks and Digicape have partnered to launch an Apple Watch App for the Sensor Smart Tracker (“Smart Tracker”) device and integrate the existing Sensor Tracker App directly into Digicape’s online store to enable in-App purchases. “I’m…
Aggressive African expansion for fintech startup Mama Money
The South African fintech startup, Mama Money, announced on Tuesday the expansion of its money transfer service into Nigeria, Ghana and Tanzania. The business will expand into Mozambique, Malawi and Kenya by April. It has also earmarked a country outside…
New app aims to break language barriers
Mundo Chat launched this year by two brothers, Hassaan Shakeel and Usman Shakeel is a global messaging app that imagines a world beyond language barriers. The app is powered by 50+ world languages with integrated translation functionality coupled with innovative…
Electrum to simplify Value Added Services
In a bid to boost revenue by hundreds of millions of Rands, retailers are increasingly selling virtual products and services known as Value Added Services (VAS). However, it is not as simple as selling normal stock as VAS which includes products…
African startup using AI to produce news stories
Tech startup, Controvert Media has implemented the use of artificial intelligence robots to automatically write and post news articles on the internet. Artificial Intelligence robots – or “bots”, as they are also known by, are created by software developers in…
Tips to survive the journey of a startup
The journey from growing a start-up into a successful business is often a long one, requiring hard work and dedication. With a clear vision and a determined entrepreneur at the helm, start-ups can grow from a one-person operation into a…
