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The Story Behind 2017 invention, Mother’s Hope Every year in Uganda, around 27,000 children die of pneumonia because many of...

STELLENBOSH UNIVERSITY ANOUNCES SUCCESS FINALLY One of the top research universities in South Africa, Stellenbosch University (SU) has launched a...

WHAT IS ECOACT? A Tanzanian startup by the name of EcoAct has won the 2017 African Finance and Investment Forum...

2017 OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE “.AFRICA” DOMAIN Have you ever seen a website URL that ended with “.Africa” before? Well,...

CHECK OUT OFFLINE SURVEY PRODUCT, “CUSTOMER WALLET” Safaricom and mSurvey in Kenya have collaborated and launched a product they call...

INTRODUCING “MATATU” An IT firm in Lagos looks to create 12,000 jobs in Nigeria by launching a mobile application that...

WHAT’S ALL THE HYPE ABOUT MASTERPASS QR? What is Masterpass QR? It is the brainchild of a collaboration between Africa-based...

BITPESA COLLABORATES WITH GERMAN COMPANY TO INTRODUCE INNOVATIVE NEW SERVICE A German fintech company known as BitBond is joining forces...

SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSPORT APP PLANS TO EXPAND In emerging countries, information on public transport services is often unavailable, incomplete or...

TIGO AND 2CTV PARTNER TO LAUNCH A NEW MOBILE TV SERVICE An interesting new product has been launched into the...

NIGERIA’S “OGA TAXI” LAUNCHES A NEW RIDE-HAILING APP Oga Taxi, a ride-hailing company in Nigeria (think of it as a...

THE 2 STARTUPS PARTICIPATING IN PLUG AND PLAY’S STARTUP CAMP 2017 Among 175 Startups, Nigerian company Flutterwave, and the South...