Standard Bank has joined the banking apps bandwagon, now their customers will now be able to accesses banking services where ever they are using the new banking app.
The app has new features like the ability to manage loyalty points...
JUMIA, Africa’s largest online retailer, kicked off “Black Friday” offering special deals and discounts of up to 75% across its large assortment of products, including best-selling electronic devices, home and living products, groceries, service deals, sport products and toys.
Within 24...
As a teaching assitant at a local private university, Raphael Wanjala has always wanted to dress elegantly but at an affordable cost. But Wanjala has been frustrated moving from boutique to boutique and tailor to tailor in the city...
Zimababwe-based Avelgood Apps reached the 10 million download milestone from all its apps. The company’s most downloaded app Lumina Flashlight Torch had earlier in the month surpassed the 9 million download mark.
Avelgood published its first app, a flashlight app...
African Business magazine, Brand Africa, Brand Finance Africa and TNS have released the full results of their exclusive survey highlighting a full listing of 2014 Africa's most valuable and admired brands.
The list is dominated by electronics (17%), beverages (14%), auto...
Jumia, Nigeria’s number one online retailer will on November 28 set new Nigerian shopping records with its Black Friday mega offer.
Last year, the online retailer in its usual tradition of going the extra mile to bring the best deals and discounts to its customers,...
The Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller plc and Gutsche Family Investments, the majority shareholders in Coca-Cola Sabco have agreed to combine the bottling operations of their non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages businesses in Southern and East Africa.
The new bottler, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, will...
BlackBerry has said it aims to give current iPhone users a BlackBerry Passport in its new BlackBerry trade-up program this holiday season.
The firm has also announced discounts on unlocked BlackBerry Passport and BlackBerry Z30 smartphone devices; and PayPal financing,...
Nearly 5 million smart and basic wearable bands shipped in Q3 2014, with total unit shipments increasing 37 percent quarter on quarter as Android Wear made its mark for the first time.
Motorola Mobility’s Moto 360 was by far the...
eBay-owned South African online classified platform, Gumtree, an OLX competitor has launched a version to capture the country’s feature phone user base who make up to 70 percent of phones used in the country.
Dubbed Gumtree Lite, the version for...
South Africa's Refer2Earn has launched a business referral application for South African citizens in a move that will see them earn money by referring family, friends and associates to insurers thereby creating jobs and as well helping firms hit...
NollyLand Direct Ltd, a start-up based in the US and Nigeria, has launched NollyLand - a new Video Streaming Platform with plans to be biggest Nollywood movie streaming service in Nigeria and Africa at large.
Launching in a very competitive...
Airtel Kenya will be offering a two year insurance cover to all its customers who buy iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in any of its designated outlets in the country.
This insurance will cover the phone over accidental damage...
Airtel has announced that Kenyans can begin to pre-register for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which will soon be available in selected Airtel shops across the country.
The firm promises faster download and upload speeds for browsing the...
Airtel has announced it will offer iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the biggest advancements in iPhone history, beginning 14th November 2014.
Airtel customers in Kenya will get the chance to get their hands on the most sought-after mobile devices of the year,...
Above image show the top 10 mobile apps on Android, each with over 100M download on average means everyone with an android phone has installed at least two of these apps. Personally I have 9/10 of these apps.
As a...
Rocket Internet-backed Hellofood with its affiliated brands Foodpanda,and Delivery Club, has announced today it has hit 5 million downloads of its native mobile applications making it a mobile first compnay after releasing its next-gen apps in July.
According to Joe...
Music streaming service Deezer, which is making inroads in Africa has acquired Stitcher, an Internet talk radio launched 7 years ago and carrying over 35,000 shows from 40 countries.
The acquisition allows Deezer to become a truly global on-demand audio...
By Jacques Coetzee: staff reporter, Ventureburn
South African crowdsource design startup Springleap has just announced that it has secured a seed round of US$400 000 (R4.1-million) from a mix of South African and British Angel Investors including Colenso Capital, Clearwater,...
A new app dubbed BeepTool allows users to video conference, HD calls, text and share files on any devices and aims to be Whatsapp of the emerging markets.
Anytime, anywhere in the world via WiFi or 3G/4G/LTE — without draining...
Rototype International has teamed up with Orange Apple Technologies Limited (OAT) in Nigeria to introduce cashless ATM terminals to enhance a cashless economy.
According to the company, the Rototype Cashless ATM is purposefully built based on a shared ATM concept...
Global Telecoms Business has published The GTB Power100, its annual list of the 100 most powerful and influential people in the telecoms industry. Those listed are senior executives from around the world who the judges feel have the ability...
SAMSUNG, LG, HTC , HUAWEI, NOKIA, TECNO, APPLE et'al have hit the ceiling on what new feature they can offer the current mobile device seeker.
We are back to 2007 again. Where these device manufacturer were competing on the same...
Apple said it has sold over 10 million new iPhone® 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models, a new record, just three days after the launch on September 19.
This sales were made in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong...
LG Electronics’ G3 has made its debut in the Kenyan market as its guns for the top positioning in the smartphone category. The phone which is billed for shoring up the electronics manufacture’s last quarter financial will be retailing...
Households in rural Kenya can now have an exciting TV viewing experience even with an unstable power supply, thanks to innovation by global electronics manufacturer, Samsung Electronics. The Samsung Multi Power TV enables simultaneous connections of both AC (alternating...
Kenya's Able Wireless, an on-demand wireless streaming service provider is set to enter Kenya's voice industry by harnessing VoIP services exclusively for its subscribers.
Speaking to TechMoran about the development, Able Wireless co-founder and CEO Kahenya Kamunyu said, "We are...
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market recorded a 2% quarterly decline in shipments during the second quarter of 2014 to total 3.95 million units, according to the latest results released today by International Data Corporation (IDC).
This is...
Intex will be selling ‘India’s Cheapest’ smartphone at $33. The company hopes to sell over 500,000 devices in the next three months in what it calls a "new era" for the market.
Already, Intex has partnered with Mozilla, the non-profit...
Cell phones have come an extremely long way in South Africa and have become not only a necessity, but a symbol of social status and even a fashion statement - yet the local market around cell phones has hardly...