ONE DAY IN 2004, in the Kenyan farming village of Engineer—so named because an Englishman once ran a mechanical repair shop there—a slight and nearsighted boy was walking past the only printing shop when his eyes fell on something he had never seen: a computer. The boy watched as the owner stabbed at his keyboard.... Continue Reading →
The winner of our first Apps for Africa competition is FemConnect founded by Asonele Kotu. FemConnect is a women’s health mobile app that allows ladies to purchase contraceptives online, taking the barrier to easy access away. Furthermore, ladies can donate sanitary pads to those in disadvantaged communities and receive access to mental health support online.... Continue Reading →
In June 2019, we launched our first Apps for Africa competition: an online contest where entrepreneurs can submit their app ideas and stand the chance to win an app development package. To be honest, we were expecting about 20 entrants to come through since this was our first time hosting a competition and we didn’t... Continue Reading →
This is about benefits of apps for businesses across Africa markets. It also explains how African entrepreneurs can be able to anticipate and capitalize the opportunities that are available through apps development
While the term “big data” is relatively new - the act of gathering and storing large amounts of information for analysis has been an age-old practice. To be honest... it's not that big and it's not that new (***that's what she said***). One thing that has changed is the ability collect, store, analyse and distribute... Continue Reading →
Whether you are #TeamMoney or wanted to see the MMA world champ disrupt the boxing industry, you most likely stayed up all night to catch the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight. Why did this fight bring in so much publicity? For several reasons: Floyd Mayweather had come out of retirement for this fight. From his record... Continue Reading →
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The rapid spread of 3G mobile broadband networks has meant that 84% of the world’s population can now potentially access the web, and almost half of the world did so by the end of last year, according to the International Telecommunication Union. The other half—predominantly in developing countries—continues to be kept offline by high data costs,... Continue Reading →
Which country in Africa has the fastest internet speed? Hint: the country did not feature at the top five years ago. At the time, from the report in 2012, it was shown that Ghana had the fastest internet speed. The testing authority was Ookla, they tested over 30 000 unique IPs from major cities such... Continue Reading →
The Greco-Roman term for an African queen or "royal woman" is Kandake, kadake or kentake, often Latinised as Candace. Contemporary Greek and Roman sources treat it as a title. Several ruling queens of the ancient Kingdom of Kush, with its capital at Meroë, bore the title, although it may have been a general title for women of... Continue Reading →
