Cape Town coders share how CodeX is changing their lives

Cape Town-based codeX runs programming courses with the aim of addressing the lack of developers in Africa is training talented young brains to develop the next generation of businesses.

Orange to acquire Millicom’s subsidiary in the DRC

Mobile network operators Orange and Millicom have signed an agreement leading to Orange’s acquisition of Millicom’s operations in the DRC.

African online travel agent secures $40M investment

Travelstart was founded in Sweden in 1999 by its CEO Stephan Ekbergh. Operating in Africa from its Cape Town headquarters since 2006, Mr Ekbergh has built Travelstart into the market leader in South Africa, with over 75% market share.

Building a better Africa one sticky note at a time

Work day and night for several months on a massive coding project for a blue-chip company, produce fantastically engineered code, only to find it never seeing the light of day because it actually was never really needed? – Jeremy George.

Video: South African start-up matching pictures to sound in real-time

Taking photos, selfies and sharing your life with the world is easy but sometimes the context can be lost with no audio, while sharing a video on mobile in Africa incurs high data charges.

Viber launches public chats in Africa

Viber has announced today that it has opened its latest social channel ‘Public Chats’ to partners in Africa and the Middle East.

Video: Training talented young brains to build Africa’s digital future

Cape Town-based Project codeX, which runs programming courses with the aim of addressing the lack of developers in Africa is training talented young brains to build Africa’s digital future.

WeChat to invest $3.4M in start-ups in Africa

WeChat is to invest over $3.4 million in tech companies supporting local start-ups and innovations in Africa.

Orange and ENGIE to bring electricity to rural Africa

An estimated 69% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa and 90% of the rural population in the same region have no access to the electricity grid. 

Developing the mobile ecosystem in Africa

There has been amazing growth in mobile internet access over the past few years and Africa is now primed to take advantage of the social and economic opportunities that mobile can bring to people across the continent. While connectivity is on the rise some challenges still remain for development, adoption and growth of the mobile ecosystem.