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South African based analytics company, Jumo, has received $6 million from Finnish Development Finance Corporation , Finnfund. JUMO is a mobile financial services platform for mobile network operators and banks. The platform facilitates digital financial services such as credit and savings in emerging markets by way of USSD short codes. The…

Having received over 300 entries, the AppsAfrica.com Awards Winners 2017 were announced at a pan-African mobile and tech awards party at Shimmy Beach Club in Cape Town, South Africa last night. The Awards supported by Boomplay Music, Africa Tech Summit Kigali, Basebone, BBM, Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF) and Mobile Monday South Africa (MOMO) celebrate the best…

OPPO is gearing to launch its first ever full screen device, the OPPO F5, on November 20th in Kenya. The device that was launched in other markets recently will sport a ‘full screen design’ with a full-HD+ resolution, which means the OPPO F5 will feature a display with an 18:9…

Following the official release of the new iPhone X globally last week friday, Samsung released a new ad dissing about iPhones over the years. It scoffs at the fact that iPhone customers have to wait in long queues to get the phones; the fact that in 2016, the iPhone wasn’t water-proof…

Edem Dotse is the founder and CEO of Swiftly, a disruptive peer-to-peer platform making shipping affordable for everyone. If you are shipping a container, you can find someone to share your extra space. Sending a package by Air, add it to someone who has extra space or yet still collaborate…

VUBIQUITY, the leading global provider of premium content and marketing services, has signed a three-year deal with South African Cellular Operator Cell C, to provide new and exclusive content and entertainment services throughout South Africa. The deal encompasses a substantial linear channel entertainment bundle provided to Cell C via VUBIQUITY…

In developing markets around the world, it is the informal economies that serve as the quietly humming engines of growth. By way of example, the informal economy accounts for over 70% of total employment in sub-Saharan Africa – an economy that includes street vendors, traders in open-air markets, subsistence farmers…

Some people can swear by it; some people do not simply understand it. But the value of the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is steadily rising. Today, it broke the $7,000 for the very first time. This means that one Bitcoin is equivalent to $7000 On some exchanges, it surged to a high…

Is it a play on the number 2 or it can actually give you you two days of power from a single charge? Well that is the promise from Nokia about the Nokia 2 phone that was launched on Tuesday in Delhi, India. And it could be true based on the…

Innovation Village is giving away an Infinix Hot 5 smartphone. This smartphone was launched on the 29th of August in Lagos, Nigeria and we were there to capture the event. We also have one unit to give away to one lucky reader Otherwise tagged the first mobile cinema smartphone, the Infinix Hot 5’s…

This appointment comes against the backdrop of the company’s recent transition into a data and marketing technology business, its pan-African expansion plans The Board of Directors of Terragon Group recently announced the appointment of Andrew Bing, former Chief Financial Officer of MTN Nigeria, as an independent non-executive director (NED) at…

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will advance off-grid energy solutions in sub-Saharan Africa through several new awards announced today at the Unlocking Solar Capital:  Africa Conference in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.  The awards provide capital to companies engaged in household solar-systems and micro-grids to expand operations, scale innovations, test new…

In collaboration with Africa’s hottest emerging design talent, Lulu Mutuli and Azra Walji, global beer brand, Heineken has launched its first-ever African fashion collection, unveiled on the catwalk of the closing show at Lagos Fashion and Design Week on Saturday 28 October 2017. The initiative is the next chapter in Heineken’s…

The 45th Tokyo Motor Show 2017 is currently taking place at Tokyo Big Sight, in the Ariake district of Tokyo’s Koto-ku. The car show started on Friday October 27  and will continue till Sunday, November 5. The Tokyo Motor Show 2017 is be a comprehensive exhibition that includes passenger cars, commercial vehicles, motorcycles,…

Okechukwu Ofili is the co-founder and CEO of Okadabooks, a book reading and publishing platform that has powered over 14,000 books, 137,000 readers and a million book downloads. They have bootstrapped their startup for the past three years and are now in the process of raising money from investors. Okadabooks…

Akin Jones is is the co-founder and CEO of Aella Credit, a provider of financial employee benefits. Aella credit is working towards eliminating the hassle of standard loan applications and enabling employees to borrow at competitive and fair rates through their employers. Akin Jones is one of the few startup…

Jumia Nigeria has announced the dates and partners for its biggest sales event of the year, Jumia Black Friday 2017! This year’s event is billed as the Jumia Black Friday Festival  and will run for 31 days from November 13th to December 13th2017 on www.Jumia.com.ng. It will be the largest shopping event in Nigeria with up…

myRunner  has emerged the winner of Seedstars Harare for 2017. https://twitter.com/Seedstars/status/923982663639339008 So the startup whose vision is to change the experience of bus travel, will represent Zimbabwe and compete for a chance to win the $1 million equity investment among other prizes. myRunner was conceived in 2015 and launched in September 2017…

Saudi Arabia has become the first country to grant robots citizenship. And Sophia the humanoid robot is the first humanoid robot to get the citizenship. Remember this was the same robot that had a recent interaction with UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed at a UN event themed ‘The future…

The Seedstars event for Zimbabwe is scheduled to take place on the 27th of October 2017 at Impact Hub Harare This is the second time this event is taking place in Zimbabwe. The very first took place in 2016 where Dr CADx emerged as the winner. Here are the ten startups competing…