WeChat puts R50m into startups

WeChat Africa plans to invest 50 million Rand in tech startups in Africa, to support local...

Airtime app tops up innovation

Team Chura from Kenya has been selected as the winner of the Ericsson Innovation Awards (EIA)...

Accra hosts 3rd Angel Fair

On the 5th of November 2015, 50 investors and entrepreneurs from around Africa will come together...

Explore Africa in virtual reality

One of the most innovative virtual reality exhibitions that the African continent has seen is to...

LTE accelerates in Africa

LTE services are now being provided in 24 countries across Africa and it is expected that...

SEACOM targets enterprises

SEACOM has entered the African enterprise market with connectivity and Cloud services that bring business customers...

Mobile can boost health

In order to achieve a greater economic growth, it is important that technology and innovative health...

Facebook booms in Africa

Recent research has shown that African Facebook users has grown to 120 million users in June...

IoT going mainstream in Africa

It is still early days for the Internet of Things (IoT), both here in the Middle...

Mobile money to ring changes at AfricaCom

Mobile money and the way it has enabled African societies to evolve into a wider economic...

Malawi takes payments digital

Malawi has taken a significant step towards creating a digital payment ecosystem in order to address...

GE Garages to build tech, business skills in Kenya

GE Africa and Gearbox have launched a ‘GE Garages’ manufacturing program to help build a skilled...

Facebook open first Africa office

Facebook has opened its first office in Africa “to further the company’s commitment to help businesses...

Big investment pours into telecoms in Africa

The telecoms industry is a vital component to the continent’s economic growth with a 72% expansion...

TomTom gives mapping backing to Trans-Africa Highway

TomTom Africa is moving to support the largest road network project in African history, the Trans-African...

MEA smartphone sales head for 155m in 2015

IDC’s latest research figures have shown that smartphone shipments are set to total 155 million units...

Botswana hub gives SA coverage

Globalstar has announced that its gateway in Gaborone, Botswana has gone live, enabling Globalstar to deliver...

The rise of Africa’s software entrepreneurs

A San Francisco-based tech business leader says Africa has the potential to create a new wave...

Telemedicine goes beyond the old borders

Telemedicine or healing at a distance uses technology to overcome geographical borders and increase health care...

Connectivity biggest hurdle for Africa travel

At the World Trade Market in Cape Town, it was revealed that bad Internet connectivity, service...