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Source: © 123rf In 2024, 258,000 apps for iOS and Android operating systems were downloaded per minute for all types of publishers, with in-app purchase revenue up 12.5% to $150bn

2024 in-app purchase revenue up to $150bn, but app downloads decrease

Source: © LinkedIn In 2025 AI will transform advertising, signalling a fundamental shift in how advertisers approach digital marketing

AI to transform advertising in fundamental shift in digital marketing in 2025

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Source: © The Economic Times President-elect Donald Trump is making a U-turn on banning TikTok in the US

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Ten African startups selected for Disrupt Africa Live Pitch Competition

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Enabling the digitisation of Africa - five strategies

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How African businesses can comply with new EU data laws

How African businesses can comply with new EU data laws

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#AfricaMonth: The digital life expectancy of Africa's youth

#AfricaMonth: The digital life expectancy of Africa's youth

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#AfricaMonth: The power of smart technology in Africa

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Tim Harris, CEO of Wesgro; Rudi Visser, head of innovation acceleration for RCS; Victoria Jackson of Mest; Kerry Petrie of Silicon Cape; Xabiso Lombo, founder of Guardian Gabriel; Alexander Fraser of VC4A; and Christophe Viarnaud, founder of AfricArena.

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Christophe Viarnaud, founder of AfricArena and CEO of French-South African tech company, Methys.

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Satellite TV growth in Ghana

Satellite TV growth in Ghana

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AfricArena World Tour to select startups in top African tech cities

AfricArena World Tour to select startups in top African tech cities

30 Apr 2018

Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia with the GE Digital team on a tour of the company’s San Ramon facility.

Digitisation of Ghanaian economy accelerated

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If the future in Africa is mobile, identity verification is paramount

If the future in Africa is mobile, identity verification is paramount

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12 top young African tech leaders of tomorrow

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#Prisms2018: Out of Africa - an insider's perspective

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How to embrace AI in emerging markets like Africa

How to embrace AI in emerging markets like Africa

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CIOs get AI reality check

CIOs get AI reality check

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Kenya's Twiga Foods partners IBM for blockchain-based microfinancing

Kenya's Twiga Foods partners IBM for blockchain-based microfinancing

Tom Jackson 19 Apr 2018

Jumia identifies five trends in Ghanaian mobile industry

Jumia identifies five trends in Ghanaian mobile industry

17 Apr 2018

Kenya: Mobile commerce deals pass $10bn mark

Kenya: Mobile commerce deals pass $10bn mark

16 Apr 2018

Ghanaian startup crowned 2018 Seedstars Global Winner

Ghanaian startup crowned 2018 Seedstars Global Winner

16 Apr 2018

Classifieds app raises funding to expand in Africa

Classifieds app raises funding to expand in Africa

13 Apr 2018

Smart cities in Africa? It's not just about ICT

Smart cities in Africa? It's not just about ICT

Eckart Zollner 13 Apr 2018

Barclays Accelerator.

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Tom Jackson 13 Apr 2018

Broadband connectivity to expand throughout West Africa

Broadband connectivity to expand throughout West Africa

13 Apr 2018

Google Go now available locally

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Ilse van den Berg 12 Apr 2018

Four African startups make Seedstars final

Four African startups make Seedstars final

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Kenya's MoBar Delivery brings alcohol to your door

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Ten African startups selected for Disrupt Africa Live Pitch Competition

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New data protection guidelines for Africa launched

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Enabling the digitisation of Africa - five strategies

Enabling the digitisation of Africa - five strategies

10 May 2018

How African businesses can comply with new EU data laws

How African businesses can comply with new EU data laws

Pieter Bensch 9 May 2018

#AfricaMonth: The digital life expectancy of Africa's youth

#AfricaMonth: The digital life expectancy of Africa's youth

Louise Marsland 8 May 2018

Kharom Klamphian © –

#AfricaMonth: Pitching for Africa

Leigh Andrews 8 May 2018

#AfricaMonth: The power of smart technology in Africa

#AfricaMonth: The power of smart technology in Africa

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Tim Harris, CEO of Wesgro; Rudi Visser, head of innovation acceleration for RCS; Victoria Jackson of Mest; Kerry Petrie of Silicon Cape; Xabiso Lombo, founder of Guardian Gabriel; Alexander Fraser of VC4A; and Christophe Viarnaud, founder of AfricArena.

#AfricaMonth: "We're not the United States of Africa"

leigh andrews 4 May 2018

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Christophe Viarnaud, founder of AfricArena and CEO of French-South African tech company, Methys.

#AfricaMonth: Feed our startup gazelles and unicorns with funding

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Satellite TV growth in Ghana

Satellite TV growth in Ghana

30 Apr 2018

AfricArena World Tour to select startups in top African tech cities

AfricArena World Tour to select startups in top African tech cities

30 Apr 2018

Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia with the GE Digital team on a tour of the company’s San Ramon facility.

Digitisation of Ghanaian economy accelerated

25 Apr 2018

If the future in Africa is mobile, identity verification is paramount

If the future in Africa is mobile, identity verification is paramount

Sherry Zameer 25 Apr 2018

12 top young African tech leaders of tomorrow

12 top young African tech leaders of tomorrow

Peter Pedroncelli 24 Apr 2018

Sebastian Kaulitzki ©

#Prisms2018: Out of Africa - an insider's perspective

Robyn de Villiers 23 Apr 2018

How to embrace AI in emerging markets like Africa

How to embrace AI in emerging markets like Africa

Tyler Golato and Rob Green 19 Apr 2018

CIOs get AI reality check

CIOs get AI reality check

19 Apr 2018

Kenya's Twiga Foods partners IBM for blockchain-based microfinancing

Kenya's Twiga Foods partners IBM for blockchain-based microfinancing

Tom Jackson 19 Apr 2018

Jumia identifies five trends in Ghanaian mobile industry

Jumia identifies five trends in Ghanaian mobile industry

17 Apr 2018

Kenya: Mobile commerce deals pass $10bn mark

Kenya: Mobile commerce deals pass $10bn mark

16 Apr 2018

Ghanaian startup crowned 2018 Seedstars Global Winner

Ghanaian startup crowned 2018 Seedstars Global Winner

16 Apr 2018

Classifieds app raises funding to expand in Africa

Classifieds app raises funding to expand in Africa

13 Apr 2018

Smart cities in Africa? It's not just about ICT

Smart cities in Africa? It's not just about ICT

Eckart Zollner 13 Apr 2018

Barclays Accelerator.

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Tom Jackson 13 Apr 2018

Broadband connectivity to expand throughout West Africa

Broadband connectivity to expand throughout West Africa

13 Apr 2018

Google Go now available locally

Google Go now available locally

Ilse van den Berg 12 Apr 2018

Four African startups make Seedstars final

Four African startups make Seedstars final

Tom Jackson 12 Apr 2018

Smart cities: Tapping into innovation networks

Smart cities: Tapping into innovation networks

Wayne Hull 12 Apr 2018

Kenya's MoBar Delivery brings alcohol to your door

Kenya's MoBar Delivery brings alcohol to your door

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Mental models for tech entrepreneurs coming to Africa

Mental models for tech entrepreneurs coming to Africa

Alan Knott-Craig 9 Apr 2018

Nominations for Southern Africa Startup Awards now open

Nominations for Southern Africa Startup Awards now open

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Applications for Fall Armyworm Tech Prize open

Applications for Fall Armyworm Tech Prize open

5 Apr 2018

Consumerisation of travel: Millennials changing the face of business travel

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Scaling up game-changing agricultural innovations and technologies in Africa

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Data: The fertiliser that will feed Africa's agricultural transformation

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Tigo managing director, Simon Karikari, (second left), and the general manager of Uber East Africa, Loic Amado, shake hands after announcing the partnership between Tigo and Uber Tanzania in Dar es Salaam. Others are: Uber country manager, Alfred Msemo and Tigo’s head of mobile financial services, Hussein Sayed. Source: Tigo.

Tigo and Uber partner up in East Africa

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Top five robotic systems to watch in agriculture

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Africa CEO Forum.

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22 Mar 2018