Africa Internet/Broadband Pulse Check

It was back in mid 2009 when amidst great excitement and expectation, the SEACOM undersea cable docked at the Kenyan coastline. The promise of fast, reliable internet connectivity was a euphoric moment for Kenyans at large. Since SEACOM, the continent has seen cable after … Read More

Analysis of Google Africa & Wananchi Group's Wazi WiFi: "Pay-per-Device" Freemium Wireless Internet In Nairobi

Google Africa, based out of Nairobi, Kenya along with the Wananchi Group have began a pilot of what could be compared to something akin to Google’s free wifi in Mountain View, California?

Questions of net neutrality aside, it … Read More

Africa Mobile Web Pulse Check

Mobile phone technology has revolutionized the African continent in so many ways. The mobile phone has been for many an African the first real (or at the very least, most sophisticated) computing device they have encountered that has connected them in a significant manner … Read More

6 Cool Nigerian Tech Startups

Nigeria is rising! Which are the startups to watch out for in Nigeria? Who’s doing great stuff? Below is a short expose of 5 really cool startups in Nigeria.

DealDey

Basically: Group buying

About DealDey: Launched in March 2011, … Read More

Making Africa’s Great Broadband Race Worthwhile to Consumers

This really nice post (only greatly summarized here) on broadband in Africa was done by Wayan Vota on Inveneo’s ICTWorks blog. The post is based on an article by Russel Southwood titled ‘Going from shortage to abundance – strategies to … Read More

Web4Africa Ltd. acquires Alireta.com hosting service

Ghana’s premier web hosting company Web4Africa Ltd. is expanding into the Nigerian through the acquisition of the web hosting & domain names services of Alireta Nigeria Limited with effect from 1st May 2011.

Founded in March 2003 under the name … Read More

Analysing The Impact of Safaricom’s New Internet Browsing Tariff & Their Outlook on Data for 2011

Kenyan integrated telecoms firm Safaricom today introduces a new tariff. Far from the confusing days of multiple tariffs, Safaricom recently aggregated all voice-related tariffs to the single “Uwezo” tariff. Today, Safaricom makes a leap forward with the country’s first data-focused tariff, priced at Ksh. 2 per minute. Afrinnovator’s Mark Kaigwa uncovers the impact of this move in the competitive telecommunication landscape.Read More

Africa Programmers Survey Results

It is evident from our writing that tech startups and innovation are central to the growth of Africa and African economies. At the heart of tech and innovation in tech are the actual guys who create the cool apps and … Read More

Connecting the unconnected

A guest post by Jonathan Bhalla Research Manager, Africa Research Institute (@AfricaResearch)

On a recent trip to Nairobi, Kenya, I met up with Tonee Ndungu, co-founder of NAiLAB, an incubation laboratory for ICT businesses and start ups. One of the … Read More

The cans and cants of technology

A guest post by Jonathan Bhalla Research Manager, Africa Research Institute (@AfricaResearch)

In late 2010, I travelled to East Africa to explore the region’s budding technology industry. It was not just the growth of telecommunications that interested me, but the … Read More