Nigeria’s creative dotcom entrepreneurs
In Nigeria, internet shopping is not all that it might seem. Take Sheffy Bello-Osagie’s recent purchase of a hair product. Instead of punching in her card details online, she emailed the seller for...
View ArticleFacebook courting, Mogadishu-style
A tall figure in a black hijab and face veil strides confidently towards 20-year-old Ahmed Noor’s computer terminal. Only her dark brown eyes and eyelashes, thick with mascara, are visible. On reaching...
View Article10 talented Africans, 10 inspiring stories
In October this year, over 1300 young future leaders from 190 countries will gather in Johannesburg to share their vision and ideas on leadership and development. They’ll be attending the fourth annual...
View ArticleKenya: A smartphone that’s a sight for sore eyes
Simon Kamau (26) has been in almost constant pain since he was a playful three-year-old and accidentally pierced his eye with a sharp object, but smartphone technology now offers hope. His family live...
View ArticleWhat are teens getting up to online in Africa’s innovation hub?
“In boarding school there were a group of girls who were from Nairobi and they were hip and cool, they were computer literate … They would open email accounts for us and show us how to go about the...
View ArticleT2T: Three friends, 24 countries, 165 days and 30 901km
Despite Africa’s impressive economic growth, it’s clear from the way people talk about and do business on the continent that views of Africa have not changed dramatically in the past 20 years. Some...
View ArticleSangomas of the 21st century
As the world embraces the digital era, traditional healers in South Africa are incorporating social media and technology into their age-old practices. The Mail & Guardian interviews two sangomas...
View ArticleRole reversal as African technology expands in Europe
Africans have long used technology developed abroad, but now a Kenyan cash transfer network which bypasses banks is being adopted in Europe. The M-Pesa mobile money transfer system which allows clients...
View ArticleNigeria’s tech-savvy response to Ebola pays off
(Pic: Reuters) When an Internet message announcing a salt water solution for Ebola went viral in July, many Nigerians were quick to take heed. Twenty people were hospitalised and two died, reportedly...
View Article9 great apps out of Africa in 2014
African app developers are getting more creative by the year, and a number of exciting apps emerged in 2014 across a variety of sectors. Major corporations are also increasingly developing their own...
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