The 2014 Gartner Symposium, which is being held at CTICC in Cape Town, recently revealed the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2015. Adding to this, Vodacom’s managing executive of m-Commerce, Hemmanth Singh, has marked Africa as the fastest growing technology market. In his presentation, Singh touched on a great deal of statistics as to why the […]
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Nairobi — Barclays Bank of Kenya (BBK) has invested Sh26 million in “Light up Kenya” an initiative aimed at moving more than 100,000 rural establishments to solar energy. The first phase of this initiative will be implemented in partnership with the Kenya Girl Guides Association. The project is benchmarked on statistics that indicate that only
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As of the second quarter of 2014, Facebook now has 100 million people coming to the platform every month across the African continent, representing half of the 200 million people connected to the Internet in Africa. More than 80% come to Facebook every month on mobile. In addition to this being a significant milestone for Facebook, it
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Innovation is happening all over Africa in all different sectors, from education to energy, banking to agriculture. “It’s the best kind of innovation – the problem-solving innovation born out of necessity,” says Toby Shapshak, editor and publisher of the South African version of Stuff magazine says.
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With desktops living in the shadows of their much cooler friends, mobile phones, continental app developers are responding to the needs of Africans on the move. When it comes to chatting, playing and sharing, more people are doing it with a phone in their hand, so it’s no wonder that mobile applications (apps) are becoming
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The mobile internet sector in Africa is developing rapidly, with smartphones becoming much more affordable and growing in popularity. Jumia has taken advantage of this with a mobile app that allows an increasing number of Africans to access the e-commerce platform wherever they are.
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late 2012, the World Association of Telecom operators said that sub-Saharan Africa has become since 2000, the most growing market in mobile telephony. 40% growth each year. With these data, it is expected one billion mobile subscribers on the continent in 2015, attracted by the strong demand for connectivity and innovative services like mobile money
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Young techies hunched over laptops in small offices across Africa want to create their own versions of California’s Silicon Valley and some are beginning to attract investors prepared to take a risk in the hope of high returns. One such start-up, a South African social photography app called Over, last month beat 19 others from
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By Zerihun Getachew It is disclosed that Ethiopia has planned to launch medium research satellite within the next five years.The Entoto Observatory and Research Center (EORC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Sunday with Finland based Space Technology and Science Group (STSG) to this effect.
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