Fri, October 11th 2013, 16:00 · Richard Cutcher
Zapacab, a mobile taxi hailing startup, has launched its first beta phase outside of South Africa in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, beginning operations with a fleet of 30 cars. → Read more
Wed, October 2nd 2013, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Siemens Stiftung will award KSh11.7 million (US$135,000) to three technological solutions from around the world at an awards ceremony in Nairobi on October 30. → Read more
Mon, September 30th 2013, 10:40 · Kamau Mbote
Safaricom, Kenya’s leading mobile operator, has scooped the Ai140 Company of the Year award at the Africa Investor Index Series awards, due to its role in deepening Africa’s capital markets through vibrancy of its listed equities. → Read more
Tue, September 3rd 2013, 16:00 · Jack Barton
Startup founders need to communicate and share knowledge to be successful both individually and as a community, according to speakers at the HumanIPO Academy launch in Cape Town, on Friday. → Read more
Mon, September 2nd 2013, 17:00 · Jack Barton
Many people underestimate the challenges of transferring a successful business model to African markets, according to Rupert Sully, chief executive officer (CEO) of South Africa taxi calling mobi site Zapacab. → Read more
Sun, September 1st 2013, 09:30 · Richard Cutcher
As ever there has been mixed fortunes for the startup and innovation scene across Africa this week, but there has been no shortage of developments for HumanIPO to sink its teeth into. → Read more
Thu, August 29th 2013, 10:00 · Richard Cutcher
Two months ago South Africa’s cab drivers, control centres and customers were blissfully unaware of the number of marketing gizmos headed their way, but the competition is now fierce with three companies going head to head for clients and rides. → Read more
Sun, August 25th 2013, 08:00 · Richard Cutcher
Nairobi startup ManyattaRent led the African tech news headlines this week with its claim Safaricom “stole” its concept of paying rent through mobile money. → Read more
Thu, August 22nd 2013, 15:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
South African metered taxi app Snappcab is preparing to launch its solution next week, aiming for cross-continental releases after its anticipated success in Johannesburg. → Read more
Wed, July 31st 2013, 13:59 · Nanine Steenkamp
African mobile specialist Every1Mobile (E1M) has released results of the ONE campaign, following the partnership with ONE.org. → Read more
Mon, June 17th 2013, 13:10 · Martin Cheruiyot
Members of parliament began vetting the 26 nominees for principal secretary positions in Kenya today, including Joseph Tiampati, put forward for the Ministry of ICT role. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd 2013, 09:55 · Paul Adepoju
A website that combines the financial power and action of its users in tackling gender inequality across the world has been launched. → Read more
Mon, December 24th 2012, 07:24 · Elly Okutoyi
Increased activity on social networking sites coupled with the dramatic rise in the number of blogs in 2012 made the year an interesting experience for Kenyans and the social media platform a force to reckon with. → Read more
Thu, December 13th 2012, 07:05 · Tefo Mohapi
The winners of the first ever Vodafone App Star Challenge, which included entries from six African and Middle Eastern countries, have been announced. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd 2012, 08:54 · Kamau Mbote
Six Kenyan universities have scooped top ten slots in ICT usage in a survey of ICT use in 100 East African institutions of higher learning, a report released yesterday reveals. → Read more
Tue, October 30th 2012, 13:09 · Gabriella Mulligan
The man dubbed the “Bill Gates of Ghana” promotes technology as the only way for Africa to become prosperous, and professes a strong faith in the ability of African people to tackle their own issues for themselves. In doing so, he has stolen the lion’s share of the Ghanaian software market. → Read more
Tue, September 18th 2012, 09:52 · Vincent Matinde
The third Annual Cloud and Virtualisation Africa Summit, slated for October 10 and 11, will discuss the challenges that businesses face in integrating cloud technology in their operations. → Read more
Fri, September 14th 2012, 07:58 · Jesse Oguntimehin
Two of Africa’s leading online stores, Kasuwa and Sabunta, have merged as Rocket Internet GmbH, the firm behind the two, steps up efforts to consolidate its Nigerian operations into offering unified services across Africa. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd 2012, 09:46 · HumanIPO
Barclays on Monday launched Pingit in Kenya. Pingit is a fee free person-to-person mobile app for international money transfers between UK and Africa, beginning a new era of international money transfer almost six months following its UK launch. → Read more
Wed, June 27th 2012, 05:00 · HumanIPO
A new wireless service is set to make banking in Nigeria cost effective and contactless courtesy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and telephone network operators in the country. → Read more
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