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Apply Now: 88mph To Invest In Up to 12 Startups Targeted At the African Market

88mph, a Kenyan startup accelerator that invests in early stage mobile-web companies targeting the African market has opened its applications to local and international tech entrepreneurs. The accelerator invests simultaneously…

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Spinlet To Launch The ‘iTunes of Africa’ By Close of The Year

Spinlet, a startup focused on meeting the needs of music lovers in Africa will officially launch its music service to selected countries in Africa including Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana and…

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Meet 15 of Africa’s Best Technology Startups

The African technology ecosystem is slowly and gradually taking shape. A lot of startups are doing pretty well and have made massive contribution to the world at large. Most of…

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Google Unveils Google Trader In Kenya

Google has officially launched its classifieds service, Google Trader, in Kenya. In a blog post to announce the launch, Elijah Kitaka(Business Development Associate and Dimitris Meretakis, Product Manager) said ”…

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The Future of Mobile Internet In Africa

‘The World Is Flat’ (Thomas L. Friedman) explores globalization. Thomas Friedman examines the influences shaping business and competition in a technology-fueled global environment. Friedman depicts the emergence of a level…

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Zetu, The Groupon Of Kenya Is Gaining Attention

Zetu, an online platform which focuses on the group buying concept is gaining acceptance in Kenya in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu. The app was launched in November 2010. Zetu is…

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Mobile Technologies That Are Changing Lives In Africa

In Africa, mobile technology has followed a different path and approach that are changing lives and contributing to the education of a lot of people. Because computers are so expensive,…

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Entrepreneur Spotlight: John Waibochi, CEO of VirtualCity

# John Waibochi is a Kenyan born technology entrepreneur who has been in the Tech industry for 11 years. # John Waibochi is the CEO at Virtual City, VirtualSat and…

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Google Launches Android Developer Challenge for sub-Saharan Africa

Yesterday Google officially launched the Android Developer Challenge for sub-Saharan Africa. The Android Developer Challenge is designed to encourage the creation of cool and innovative Android mobile apps built by…

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Garage48 To Expand Into 5 African Countries

Garage48 events started in Estonia in April 2010 and have expanded to other countries in Northern Europe and Africa since then. All Garage48 events are held in English and have…

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Africa Overtakes Western Europe In Mobile Connections

The total number of mobile connections in Africa overtook Western Europe during the fourth quarter of 2010, according to figures published by Wireless Intelligence. The new report by the research…

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Mobile Advertising Opportunities In Africa

# By 2015, there will be 265 million mobile broadband subscriptions in Africa # InMobi , an advertising company claims to reach 50 million Africans through nearly three-billion ad impressions…

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Spice Launches Mobile Radio-iDJ For Safaricom Subscribers

India’s premier mobile Value Added Services (VAS) company, Spice, has announced the launch of one of its flagship services, Mobile Radio, in partnership with Safaricom Branded iDJ, the service will…

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Airtel Africa Launches Virtual Payment Card- Airtel 1time Shopping Card

The Mobile phone firm Airtel Africa, the Standard Chartered Bank and the MasterCard Worldwide has announced the launch of its virtual card that operates off a wallet residing on a…

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Craft Silicon of Kenya Wins 2010 Africa Awards For Entrepreneurship

Legatum, a privately owned international investment group and Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm, yesterday announced that Craft Silicon Ltd of Kenya has won the US $100,000 grand prize of…

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Rupu Launches The Groupon Of Kenya

Groupon has been a massive success in the United States. It’s a deal-of-the-day site, with projected revenue of US$500m in just it’s second year of operations. This has attracted a…

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