High costs are a barrier for 34% of small and medium-sized South African merchants when it comes to adopting technology, according to a MasterCard study. The electronic payment company’s ‘Merchant...
You know that giddiness you feel when you’re staying at a hotel that offers free and decent WiFi? Or that feeling when you receive a notification on your device alerting...
Social network for fitness enthusiasts Truppr has launched in Nigeria, aimed at connecting sports fans across the world, and promoting and facilitating a fit lifestyle. The Truppr app was developed...
WHILE many in the mobile industry agonise over whether this country needs a locally built smartphone or tablet, the traditional desktop computer has been reinvented by South Africans. Sandton-based Cloudware,...
AccessKenya has unveiled a mobile service solution for smartphones and tablets featuring a self-service module that allows for speedier resolution of customer queries, including live chat support, one touch dialing...
South African e-commerce platform Takealot has announced the 100 per cent acquisition of online design retailer Superbalist.com. Superbalist is a curated, design and apparel-centered online retailer, focused on the millennial...
New Jersey-based Kirusa, a developer of Voice SMS based Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS) for emerging markets, has acquired Saya, a Ghana-based developer of mobile messaging apps for feature phones. Often described as...
Jumia has officially inked and sealed its partnership with Sony on its Egyptian website. Launched two months ago, Sony’s online store on Jumia has increased as well as boosted its...
It’s September, 13th, 2008. One of the most powerful men in America is about to foresee an earthquake in the financial system, something that will change the world. Jamie Dimon, the...
Funding is a major challenge for African Startups, more specifically Ghanaian Startups. It stems from the lack of financial products for Startups,lack of an understanding of Business Modules by Startups...
Nairobi-based bus ticket aggregator BookNow has closed a USD 75k round from 10 angels investors including local businessmen Mahendra K.D. Shah, Ravi Shah, Ritesh Doshi and four investors from their incubator 88mph. The company will...
Billions have been spent to bring AIDS medicines to patients in Africa, but a technology with just as much lifesaving potential can be had for pennies: the text message. As...
Who are ‘angel investors’? Typically, ‘angels investors’ are high-net worth individuals with considerable business experience. Of course, “high-net worth” is a relative term that varies from country to country. In...
Collins Onuegbu, founder of Lagos based technology investment company Sasware, ICT company Signal Alliance, and a member of the Lagos Angel Network, recently joined VC4Africa’s investor network as aPro member. VC4Africa connects...
Harambee is Swahili for “Let’s pull together.” And the flourishing Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance lives up to its credo. The brainchild of 31-year-old Okendo Lewis-Gayle (second from left)—born in Costa Rica, raised...
Pearson, in collaboration with US accelerator Village Capital, has announced its Edupreneurs programme which seeks to support entrepreneurs across Africa trying to solve pressing education issues. The programme will host 15 chosen edtech...
Though Nigeria is usually touted as the emerging tech hub for Africa, Kenya is also a front-runner. It was the original home of the M-Pesa mobile payment platform and big...
Money whether in its physical form (cash) or electronic form is a major driving force of the economy of any society. The need to move money from place to place...
(This article was originally published on Niti Bhan’s personal blog.) Niti Bhan, founder and principal at the Emerging Futures Lab consultancy, is one of over 100 business mentors at VC4Africa’s Mentorship Marketplace. Below she...
A lack of user experience (UX) research is costing African startups customers and revenues. This is according to Kevin Njoki, a software engineer at East African document management solutions firm...