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Thu, February 7th, 07:39 · Brandon Gregory

Senegalese team wins first place in Ericsson Apps for African City Life competition

Ericsson has announced that Senegalese team Shinsekai scooped first place in their Apps for African City Life competition for its Arclean app. → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 13:11 · Elly Okutoyi

New Nigerian search engine to be launched on Friday

Nintag, a new search engine, will be launched in Nigeria on Friday by three Nigerians living in the Diaspora, dedicated to providing local search results. → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 12:42 · Nanine Steenkamp

UK Culture Shift to host Zimbabwe hack

A two-day Zimbabwe “ideation” and events bringing developers and artists together will be hosted by a collaboration between UK development company Culture Shift and the British Council later this month. → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 08:28 · Nanine Steenkamp

OPINION: A rickety bridge between startups and resources

As the South African market is attempted by various entrepreneurs aspiring to succeed, there is an evident gap between entrepreneurs and investors, accelerators and resource providers. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 15:29 · Brandon Gregory

88mph welcomes nine new startups to accelerator programme

Startup fund and three-month accelerator programme 88mph welcomed nine new startups to its first Cape Town accelerator on Friday (February 1). → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 08:14 · Vincent Matinde

FEATURE: Importance of intellectual property to startups

Africa has seen a surge in technology startups in the past five years, though some entrepreneurs have lost out due to lack of knowledge of intellectual property (IP) rights and how to wade small businesses through legal waters. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 08:06 · Robin Okuthe

Someone stole your phone? There’s an app that lets you catch him

Lookout Security & Antivirus, a world leader in mobile security, has updated its app for Android by integrating a new feature that takes a photo of an individual who has “been snooping in or has stolen your phone" and then sends the phone-owner an email. → Read more
Fri, February 1st, 10:21 · Tefo Mohapi

INTERVIEW: Christo Davel and Carlton Hood speak about 22seven & Old Mutual deal

Last night saw the announcement that Old Mutual Plc had purchased South African tech startup 22seven, “as part of its strategy to develop digital support for its customers.” → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 19:42 · Tefo Mohapi

Confirmed: Old Mutual Plc acquires 100% of 22seven

The rumours surrounding Old Mutual plc have been proved true after the investment group officially acquired 100 percent of South African money management service 22seven “as part of its strategy to develop digital support for its customers”. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 08:19 · Paul Adepoju

ISPON promotes Nigerian software startups with prize for excellence

The Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) has introduced a Prize for Excellence that is dedicated to software startups. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 09:09 · Brandon Gregory

Ericsson to announce Apps for African City Life winners

As part of its 2013 Ericsson Application Awards, the manufacturer launched a competition for startups, application developers and visionaries in sub-saharan Africa and winners will be announced next month. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 20:20 · Gabriella Mulligan

Kenya ICT Board in US$1.6 million partnership with NaiLab

The Kenya ICT Board has launched a US$1.6 million partnership with private tech business incubator NaiLab as part of efforts to support small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and build the country’s economy. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 15:44 · HumanIPO

Lack of support main challenge to SA entrepreneurs, says app developer

Stuart Minnaar, Founder of Studentology and Yappo, believes the lack of support to local entrepreneurs because of a void in contextual understanding is one of the missing keys for potential success stories from South Africa. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 10:50 · Vincent Matinde

Online research repository Hadithi to be launched in Kenya

Kenya’s academic researchers and university students will soon have access to an online tool known as Hadithi, allowing them to access published research papers and reports. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 11:27 · Kamau Mbote

Konza City actualization nears

Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki will tomorrow officially launch the country’s first smart city at a ceremony that will mark the start of a 20-year journey towards making the technopolis concept a reality. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 05:40 · HumanIPO

PRIME students from abroad visit Cape Town tech scene

Fifteen students from Brown University in United States visited the 88mph accelerator offices in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday, as part of their Global Immersion Experience section of the Program in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (PRIME) course. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 08:13 · Vincent Matinde

Virtual incubation programme to be launched in East Africa by InfoDev

InfoDev, a global grant program run by the World Bank to promote ICT, has announced a pilot virtual incubation project to bring up businesses across East Africa. → Read more
Sun, January 20th, 06:38 · Nanine Steenkamp

Q&A: Europe is missing out on Africa, says AfricaHackTrip

A group of eight to 12 European software developers will tour Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania in the second half of 2013 on an African-tech fact finding mission. → Read more
Fri, January 18th, 11:40 · HumanIPO

AfricaHackTrip to visit four African countries

A group of tech-interested developers from abroad, AfricaHackTrip, have scheduled a trip to Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania for October 2013. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 08:59 · Paul Adepoju

New ICT tool introduced to combat Abidjan traffic woes

A new crowdsourcing ICT tool called CivRoute has been developed by four tech-savvy Ivorians to help citizens overcome traffic problems in the capital city. → Read more