Africa Proptech Forum is set to be hosted in collaboration with Proptech Africa and the continent’s leading real estate gathering, the 10th annual Africa Property Investment (API) Summit. The event will take place at WeWork’s first African office location, The Link, Johannesburg on the 1st of October 2019 attracting significant attention from private and institutional […]
African countries must act quickly and decisively to become leaders on the global economic stage. Digitalization is providing the continent with the opportunity to accelerate growth and rapidly expand struggling economies – but it’s a small window and decision-makers must get a strategy in place now in order to succeed. Siemens (www.Siemens.com), in conjunction with […]
Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) mobile banking allows Safaricom Mpesa users to send money to their KCB bank account using the KCB paybill number 522522. You need to be a registered KCB Mobi Bank user to send money from your M-Pesa account to KCB account. If you already have a KCB account, you only need to […]
By Mike Smits Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the fastest-growing investment zones for financial technology companies according to new research says, Forbes. The GSM Association says in its Mobile Economy, Sub-Saharan Africa 2019 report that the region will remain the fastest-growing worldwide. Predicting a total subscriber base of over 600 million by 2025, which represents […]
With the region’s first growing tech market Kenya still struggles with cybercrime with limited mechanism to protect itself owing to unlimited skilled personnel to curb the menace. By Brian Yatich Cybercrime still poses a great threat to the Kenyan economy, last year alone, over 10 million hacks were recorded with social media becoming one of […]
GeoPoll is pleased to announce the launch of our SMS API, which will allow companies to leverage GeoPoll’s wide SMS connectivity throughout emerging markets. Over the past 7 years, GeoPoll has built a network of connectivity across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, and is directly connected to over 85 mobile network operators across these regions. These […]
African Women in Technology Conference (AWIT 2019) seeking to connect start-ups to mentors has kicked off in Nairobi, Kenya. Hosted yearly by IBOM LLC, the 3-day conference is themed “Awaken The Techazon Within” focuses on empowering, educating and connecting African women in business and technology. AWIT seeks to provide a platform for advancing the careers […]
Kenya is hosting London based InsurTech conference coming to Africa for the first time this year. The July 2019, conference dubbed Africa 3.O is the first conference outside of London organized by MarketMinds. The event is in partnership with the UK government and will be held on 15th and 16th July, 2019. Local marketing and […]
Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom will implement and operate South Sudan’s first fiber broadband network, connecting the country to the “One Africa” broadband network, which is approaching 70,000km across 13 African countries and to the rest of the world. This breakthrough foreign direct investment by Liquid Telecom has been recognized by President Salva Kiir. Ministers […]
When it comes to software development, Africa is a blind spot for many companies. The continent, however, has great potential, as we can tell from investments by Google and Facebook. The African talent pool could be a solution for companies that struggle to find good software developers. Dutch company Tunga published a report about the […]