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Tue, July 8th, 09:00 · Chris Udemans

SA’s Emerge Mobile launches MPOS solution

South African startup Emerge Mobile has announced the commercial launch of its Edge mobile point of sales (MPOS) card acceptance solution. → Read more
Sun, July 6th, 08:00 · Chris Udemans

FEATURE: The week in startups 06/07/2014

This week saw global startup competition Seedstars make headlines, with events taking place all over the continent in the past and coming weeks. → Read more
Fri, July 4th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi

OkHi wins Kenya leg of Seedstars World competition

Kenyan startup OkHi has won the Nairobi leg of the Seedstars World competition with its solution which looks to solve the country’s addressing problem by enabling secure creation and sharing of physical addresses via mobile phones. → Read more
Fri, July 4th, 10:00 · Chris Udemans

Seedstars Cape Town takes place next week

The South African leg of global startup competition Seedstars World will be taking place in Cape Town on Thursday, July 10. → Read more
Thu, July 3rd, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Kenya’s Mafundi aggregates workmen for consumers

Kenyan startup Mafundi has launched an online platform aggregating information and reviews of local workmen, assisting small scale craftsmen with marketing their services and providing consumers with a reliable database of workers. → Read more
Thu, July 3rd, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Seedstars Nairobi kicks off today

The Kenyan leg of global startup competition Seedstars World takes places today, with 18 startups battling it out to represent Kenya at the worldwide event in Geneva, Switzerland in February next year. → Read more
Tue, July 1st, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju

MTN, Jumia partnership will be an explosive cocktail – Martin

The recently announced partnership between MTN and African e-commerce store Jumia will be an explosive cocktail with numerous opportunities to build synergies, according to Nicola Martin, co-chief executive officer (CEO) of Jumia Nigeria. → Read more
Mon, June 30th, 09:00 · Chris Udemans

Kenya’s Totohealth provides pregnancy advice via SMS

Kenyan startup Totohealth aims to provide mothers and fathers with advice and notifications via text message during pregnancy and infancy, providing information to parents-to-be and enabling parents to know when their child needs vaccinations. → Read more
Sun, June 29th, 08:00 · Chris Udemans

FEATURE: The week in startups 29/06/2014

Numerous startup events took place this week, culminating in the announcement of the winners of the PIVOT East mobile startup competition in Nairobi. → Read more
Fri, June 27th, 17:00 · Paul Adepoju

Efiko to use $31k Indigo Trust grant for platform, content development

Efiko, a mobile social quiz platform designed for school students in Nigeria, will use a grant of GBP18,000 (US$31,000) from the Indigo Trust for platform and content development, according to Ade Adebayo, co-founder and team lead. → Read more
Fri, June 27th, 10:30 · Chris Udemans

BT, MEDO hold practice pitching session in Cape Town

British Telecom (BT) and enterprise and development firm MEDO yesterday hosted a rehearsal pitching event at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, allowing local ICT startups to practice their pitches for a place in the MEDO International Trade Programme. → Read more
Thu, June 26th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju

Jovago partners TripAdvisor to ease hotel booking

Online hotel booking platform Jovago has announced a partnership with TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel site, to allow travellers visiting the TripAdvisor site direct access to Jovago’s selection of hotels in Africa. → Read more
Thu, June 26th, 12:00 · Tom Jackson

Kenyan startups dominate PIVOT East competition

Kenyan startups emerged winners in four out of five categories at the 2014 edition of the mobile startups event PIVOT East, with winning companies receiving US$10,000 each. → Read more
Thu, June 26th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi

ThinVoid launches Tambula to help in tracking of assets

Ugandan startup ThinVoid has launched Tambula, a product that seeks to help people keep track of their assets including vehicles and laptops through a tracking system which also helps parents know the whereabouts of their children. → Read more
Wed, June 25th, 19:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Ethiopia’s Online Hisab to officially launch in July

All-female Ethiopian accounting startup Online Hisab will be launching its services to the general public in July, aiming to enhance and facilitate financial management for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). → Read more
Tue, June 24th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi

PIVOT East 2014 kicks off in Nairobi

Mobile startups competition PIVOT East 2014 kicked off today in Nairobi, bringing together the best upcoming startups in the region, industry experts and investors for a competition that will see the winning startups walk away with US$50,000. → Read more
Tue, June 24th, 12:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Judges announced for DEMO Africa as application window closes

DEMO Africa has officially closed applications for this year’s event, confirming it received applications from 27 African countries and announcing the judges. → Read more
Tue, June 24th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Jumia expands operations to northern Nigeria

Leading Nigerian e-commerce store Jumia is to expand its services to Kano in the north of the country, as part of its rapid expansion efforts two years after launching. → Read more
Mon, June 23rd, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Safaricom offers developers platform for mobile app tests

Leading Kenyan operator Safaricom has unveiled a new platform for mobile phone application developers to test their applications by sending texts between a phone and an app programme hosted on the network. → Read more
Mon, June 23rd, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju

She Leads Africa launches $10k pitch competition for West Africa’s female entrepreneurs

She Leads Africa today kicks off a pitch competition for female entrepreneurs in West Africa, offering prize money of USD$10,000 for the winner. → Read more