Tech

VENTURES AFRICA – New Glasgow online training content and technology company, Velsoft, has officially expand its reach in Africa by opening an office in Johannesburg; reinforcing the focus and momentum seen over the last 18 months. Fitt scouted for locations and employees in South Africa in March. Speaking on the reason for expansion, Founder and [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Silicon chip maker, Intel Corporation has entered into a partnership with the Nigeria and Ghana chapter of the African Women Entrepreneurship Programme (AWEP) for the delivery of digital literacy training to women entrepreneurs. Known as Intel EASY STEPS, the training will be conducted on a ‘Train-the-Trainer’ basis is part of Intel’s educational [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – The much celebrated Ghanaian tech start up Dropifi, has become the first entirely African company to join the silicon valley-based 500 Start Up program. 500 startups was founded in 2007 as a seed accelerator and investment fund by former Mint.com executive, Dave McClure. According to Cp-Africa, the company has invested in over 400 [...]

  VENTURES AFRICA – The International Finance Corporation (IFC), in partnership with the MasterCard Foundation, has assembled financial players to build further momentum for mobile financial services in Ivory Coast. Considering mobile access to financial services a key element in the fight against poverty, the IFC held a seminar yesterday in Abidjan to discuss the [...]

VENTURES AFRICA- African social network site, Yookos, has launched a new Application Programming Interface (API) that will help developers and techpreneurs create applications for the cross-section of social media channels that could be used on both desktop and mobile platforms. Yookos, a social network site which focuses on providing users the platform to connect, share [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Vytas Paukstys, founder of the largest social network in Nigeria Eskimi, has put its success down to the application’s functionality on a wide range of devices and the size of the Nigerian market. Speaking to HumanIPO, Paukstys said prior to the launch of the app in Nigeria three years ago, a technology [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – African accelerator 88mph is accepting applications for its next three month programme in Nairobi, Kenya, with investments of up to $100,000 available. 88mph concluded its first Cape Town programme last month and its return to Kenya will be its second time running the Nairobi accelerator. Successful applicants to the programme will receive an investment offer, access [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – As part of plans to reposition itself in Africa’s Smartphone market, Chinese phone maker Tecno has partnered Qualcomm Incorporated and Etisalat to launch the Tecno P3 smartphone into the Nigerian market. “Our desire is to flood the Nigerian and African mobile phone markets with Tecno smartphones.” Boukali Mounir is the Director, Brands [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan has been appointed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the International Multilateral Partnership against Cyber Threats (IMPACT) to champion the union’s Global Child Online Protection (COP). The Child Online Protection initiative aims to identify risks and vulnerabilities to children in cyberspace, create awareness, develop practical tools to help [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – The Nigerian tech scene is buzzing. No doubt. Its leading incubation centre, Cc-hub, has been featured on CNN, the New York Times, and various international media outlets. The Nigerian government has also set aside $1 billion to develop ICT innovation hubs around the country to support its young tech talents and encourage [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Mobile service providers in Nigeria have been sanctioned to pay a 53.8 million naira ($340,000) fine by the telecoms regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, for breaching the rules on registration of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards in the country. According to the commission’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Reuben Muoka, 269 [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Celebrated Nigerian internet entrepreneur and iROKOtv CEO, Jason Njoku and partner, Bastian Gotter, today announced the official launch of SPARK, a $1m-backed company to support and develop aspiring Nigerian tech and Internet entrepreneurs. The Lagos-based company said in an official statement it “is set to fill the vacuum that currently exists in the country’s angel investment ($30,000 to 75,000 funding level) eco-system.” [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – By breaking down the demographics and behaviour of its users, a survey by an African social network, 2go, has declared Nigerians are more social than South Africans. Marc Herson, director at 2go, revealed this while speaking at the Focus Day at Mobile Web West Africa 2013 holding in Lagos. Herson said in Nigeria [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Chinese technology provider, Huawei has partnered Technology Distributions Limited (TD), a West African ICT distributor, to provide competitive technological solutions and services that will create maximum value for telecommunications carriers, enterprises and consumers. Huawei’s innovative and trusted manufacturing capacities and TD’s massive distribution network in West Africa will be pooled together to provide [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Leading global systems Integrator and business transformation consulting services firm, Tech Mahindra Limited has entered a partnership with business solutions company, Falcorp, to launch a local operation in South Africa – Tech Mahindra South Africa, that will provide job and skill development in its local community. The newly formed company will be [...]