African Technology News, Startups, Mobile and Social Media

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Tue, April 10th, 15:21 · Elly Okutoyi

Ghanaian Startup enabling seamless customer correspondence

A Ghanaian startup has come with a web-messaging platform dubbed Dropifi that will see a shift in the way companies handle their contact page thus allowing, easy communication with prospective customers. → Read more
Mon, April 9th, 14:05 · Vincent Matinde

Hotels.com.ng wants to bring all hotels in Nigeria online

Hotels in Nigeria have gotten a boost. A new company is offering an opportunity for hotels in Nigeria to put their information online. And this trend is catching on quite fast. Hotels.com.ng is the site that wants to bring all hotels in Nigeria, online. → Read more
Mon, April 9th, 10:18 · HumanIPO

Top US graduate school opens diversity gateway for E. A. innovators

East African mobile application and Web developers now have an opportunity to diversify their skills through programs offered by Carnegie Mellon University, a major U.S. higher education institution that launched a campus September last year in Kigali, Rwanda. → Read more
Sun, April 8th, 12:22 · HumanIPO

Delays in patent registration a downer for Kenyan Startups

A number of unsuccessful law suits filed by Kenyan innovators to claim ideas derived by other players show that failure to patent the innovative ideas is a big letdown for would-be startups. → Read more
Fri, April 6th, 14:31 · Vincent Matinde

$55.1 million grant a boost to Kenyan ICT, says World Bank

The World Bank has served Kenya a grant of US$55.1 million (Ksh4 billion) to scale up the sprawling mobile and web development sector. → Read more
Fri, April 6th, 09:31 · HumanIPO

SMSsync Advances Emailing in African Regions with no Internet

Ushahidi’s SMSsync is fast changing the communication trends in Kenya’s thriving workplaces and societies with no Internet access, says Henry Addo. → Read more
Thu, April 5th, 14:32 · HumanIPO

Mobile Application Promises Easy Living for City’s Slum Dwellers

Umande Trust launched a mobile phone-based information system to help Kenyan under-served communities access clean water at competitive prices last week Thursday in Nairobi’s Kibera estate. → Read more
Thu, April 5th, 11:38 · HumanIPO

Google Chips in USD 350,000 to Boost Kenyan ICT

Last week Friday Google donated USD350,000 to two Kenyan organizations, iHub and KENET, to strengthen an independent Internet community in the country. → Read more
Thu, April 5th, 09:01 · HumanIPO

Kenya’s First Ever ‘Who is Who’ Listing to Eclipse Older Social Sites?

Kenya’s Who is Who directory could dominate the region beyond contemporary social sites, according to Stephen Ananda, the Country Manager, Who’s Who Kenya. → Read more
Wed, April 4th, 13:04 · HumanIPO

Budding App Sieves News for Kenyans in Diaspora

Kenyans in the Diaspora could soon find it easier following news in Kenya using Habari News App, a three-week old free iPad application available at iTunes store. → Read more
Tue, April 3rd, 15:51 · HumanIPO

Dot.africa Garners Backing as First Ever African Domain

Africa is set to acquire its own generic top-level domain following a pledge by delegates to back registration of the dotafrica domain during the Innovation Africa Digital (IAD) Summit that ended last week Thursday. → Read more
Tue, April 3rd, 06:39 · HumanIPO

At nearly 40,000 Euros for 100mbs, Dedicated Internet in Kenya is a Dream

Kenya is yet to realize the possibility of affordable Internet despite having gone live on fibre broadband Internet since 2009. → Read more
Mon, April 2nd, 15:19 · Elly Okutoyi

6ix Degrees Sets Stage for Phonebook Dummy

6ix Degrees, a Kenyan start up, has come up with a mobile phone application that allows for phonebook contact backup. The application also allows users to restore the contacts in case of loss. → Read more
Mon, April 2nd, 13:44 · HumanIPO

MafundiKenya to Boost Up Artisan Job Market

MafundiKenya, an online portal, is set to end the hassles typical in finding technicians to repair minor household electrical faults, a common problem facing Kenya’s major urban settings. → Read more
Mon, April 2nd, 10:51 · Vincent Matinde

!WayTag Lets You Share Your Location

Location based services are becoming quite the norm in the IT sector. Services like Foursquare and Facebook Places have picked up in recent years. !WayTag, a South African company has its aim set on being one of the big players in location based service. → Read more
Sat, March 31st, 17:10 · Elly Okutoyi

Pivot25 Second Edition Coming to Nairobi

The second edition of Pivot25 is set to take place on 5th and 6th June 2012, in Nairobi Kenya. → Read more
Fri, March 30th, 11:47 · Gythan Munga

Upcoming African Startup Events, 30 March -15 April

Bringing to you everything you need to know about African startup events and happenings in the upcoming weeks. Have a look which events are shortly taking place in Kenya, Senegal and Nigeria! → Read more
Fri, March 30th, 10:30 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenyan Startup Introducing Fundraising Technology

M-changa, a Kenyan Startup, has come up with a fundraising solution that uses mobile phones to fast-track and make fundraising drives more manageable. → Read more
Thu, March 29th, 08:41 · Vincent Matinde

ForgetMeNot: Bringing Internet to the Data-less

Internet penetration in Africa has not been as fast as expected. In rural Africa, internet connectivity still becomes a dream. Telecommunication companies in Africa including Safaricom and Yu have in the recent past tried to get non-data means of reaching their subscribers. One company behind the successes of dataless internet is Zimbabwe/UK company ForgetMeNot Africa. → Read more
Wed, March 28th, 14:10 · Vincent Matinde

Obami Aims to Make Education Social

The success of social media in Africa has led many to opt to start one. The power that lies beneath engaging users at a social level, still remains the reason why giants like Facebook and Google+ will dominate the social scene. Obami, an educational social network in South Africa, aims to harness the power of social media and deliver much needed relationship between teachers and students, online. → Read more