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This is a guest post by the managing editor at Burn Media Michelle Atagana.
Technology is becoming commonplace and Africa is frequently touted as the next big hub. The continent is heading into an interesting space of tech-savvy consumers and creators.
Africa currently has about 45 innovation hubs and co-creation labs, which are spread out across the continent. With more than 600 million connected mobile devices and a growing working class, entrepreneurship is perceived as a viable profession.
Foreign investors are also beginning to cotton on with big tech corporations making their presence on the continent known, Google, Microsoft, Intel and IBM can attest to the opportunities Africa represents.
These fourteen companies represents just some of the amazing things being developed in Africa and entrepreneurs disrupting industries.
Money management systems are everywhere, if you have ever used Mint then 22Seven will make sense to you. The recently acqui-hired company is helping people manage their finances better. It tracks all your transactions and income and helps you visualize your spend. Compatible with most major banking institutions South Africa, 22Seven’s rocky start seems to be behind as it proves to be a geek favorite.
At its core, Hotels.ng is an online hotel reservation service for the Nigerian market and visitors to the country, with the hopes of expanding to the rest of West Africa. The platform catalogues and verifies all the hotels listed. Users can book their hotels through the site but only pay on arrival and Hotels.ng take a commission from the hotels.
Dubbed the taxi app on steroids, Tranzit is not just about finding a cab and getting from one location to another. The service also offers parcel delivery and also doubles as a discovery network. Users can search for places to go to in their neighborhood and things to do. The startup is hoping to revolutionize transportation and delivery pickup service in Africa and beyond.
Still on transportation, Mellowcabs is pretty cool. Its vehicles are electrically assisted pedal-powered cabs and they are free to use. The service makes its money through advertising. The idea is to bring online advertising offline, by displaying them in in-cab tablets. The tablets have geolocation software that automatically displays ads when a cab is near the advertisers business.
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