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New Bitcoin Remittance Service available in Nigeria, Kenya

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Remitano, a Vietnamese platform that enables international transfers using Bitcoin. Using its current Escrow platform, Remitano users will be able to transfer funds quickly and securely across borders. Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania are the African countries which will be able to take...
Online & Social

New app helps informal retailers boost their buying power

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Informal retailers, or spaza shops, in South Africa represent a significant portion of the market, and there is a great need for social products in low-income communities. But their buying and distribution costs are high. As a result, customers...
Mobile and Telecoms

Senditoo looking to conquer Africa in 2017

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Senditoo, a new mobile airtime startup, has started 2017 with ambitious plans to become of one Africa's fastest growing airtime transfer services. The company buoyed by funding secured in December, has started an aggressive marketing campaign to expand its share...
East Africa

Developing African mobile games that pack a global punch

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It’s a scenario many of us who live in or have visited Africa have experienced: being stopped by a traffic officer and asked for a bribe. Now, imagine playing a game on your mobile phone; instead of cruising through...
Top Stories

Moving beyond the start-up phase

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Building a great business in Africa involves more than just hard work, good networking skills, and a fair degree of luck. Whilst the core of any good business venture in Africa is a business that enables you to satisfy...
Top Stories

Nigeria: Ex-Rocket Internet employees launch dating site

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A new dating site has gone live in Nigeria. Linda.com.ng was launched by two former employees of Rocket Internet in Africa. According to the dating site, the website is intended to be Nigeria's very own Match.com. The Founders ran a...
Startups

New app turns travel book into audio

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A new app released by South African author and journalist Peter Delmar is the first to turn a local travel book into a location-aware audio application. The free Android and iOS Platinum Road app contains over an hour’s storytelling narrated...
East Africa

5 African start-ups receive Microsoft funding

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Microsoft today announced innovation grants for five African start-ups through the 4Afrika Initiative, which aims in part to invest in high performing, African start-ups. In addition to financial backing, these start-ups will receive technical support and mentorship from Microsoft. The...
Lists

10 exciting African gaming start-ups to watch

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There is no doubt that the worldwide gaming industry is huge – so large in fact, that it generates more revenue than Hollywood. While development studios in the rest of the world have been producing mobile, PC and console...
Top Stories

Changing Africa – one conglomerate at a time

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At the tender age of 15, he started his first company. Fast-forward 16 years and self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur Ashish Thakkar has secured a position at the top of the pan-African multi-sector business conglomerate Mara Group. He considers himself a native son...
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How Can AI & Communication Platforms Drive SA’s Business Evolution?

Innovative technology and next-generation communication platforms have the potential to play a critical role in empowering South African businesses. Recent...
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