We realise that some of you developers have been struggling to get everything in place for the original ideas deadline, so the Kipokezi Apps Challenge deadlines have been extended. Read the rest of this entry »
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Free Apps can be energy consumers!
Mobile apps that use third party advertising in order to incur less cost to the consumer are taking up more battery life on phones than other apps.
Tags: Apps, Energy Consumption, FMNA
Looking for ideas for the Apps Challenge?
Some of you might be great coders, but perhaps you haven’t entered because you’re struggling with that killer-app idea? Let us try and tempt you….
Tags: Apps, Apps Challenge, FMNA, KIPAPPS
African economies are booming
Ten times faster growth
The GDP growth in African nations is substantial. Ethiopia is now growing nearly ten times faster than the UK and is expected to rise annually 8.1% until 2015. This is the 3rd highest forecast across all nations. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: African economies, Boom, Ghana
Create your own SMS application with ForgetMeNot Africa and launch it on the Econet Zimbabwe network
There’s an amazing opportunity in Zimbabwe to create your own apps business. ForgetMeNot Africa, Jumpstart Community, TechZim and Econet Wireless Zimbabwe are working in partnership to offer the chance for Zimbabwean developers to create new SMS applications. Details of the ForgetMeNot Africa Optimiser Platform can be found here. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Apps Challenge, Econet, FMNA, Jumpstart, TechZim, ZeTXT
Sister Cities Foundation Introduces New Technology Centre in Accra
The Sister Cities Foundation is an organization founded by Microsoft founder Bill Gates (and his wife Melinda) aiming to develop a sister city relationship between developed nations and Africa. The CEO of the Sister Cities Foundation (Mary Kane) has announced the initiation of the Sister Cities Global Technology Centre in Accra, Ghana.
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Crowdsourcing maps Africa’s technology hot-spots
New research reveals 300% growth in African technology entrepreneurship. Crowd sourced research by BongoHive Zambia has revealed that there are at least three times as many technology entrepreneurship hubs in Africa than insiders had previously thought. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Africa, hubs, mapping, technology
There’s still time to enter the Kipokezi Apps competition..
ForgetMeNot Africa’s First Apps Challenge is aiming to create sustainable employment through technology in Kenya and has been officially launched for almost a fortnight now. Read the rest of this entry »
Safaricom to launch aspiring developers’ internet-free mobile apps to 15M subscribers
Safaricom to launch aspiring developers’ internet-free mobile apps to millions
ForgetMeNot Africa app competition encourages technology entrepreneurs in Kenya Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Apps Challenge, FMNA, iHub, Kipokezi, Safaricom
