9 Cool Smartphone Apps Built in Africa

1. Nigeria Blackberry Constitution App

A blackberry application for the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Created by @zubairabubakar

2. Nigeria: TrueBranches Blackberry app

The TrueBranches mobile app is an extension of their website. … Read More

Google Opens Up Umbono, SA Tech Incubator

The ‘innovation hub’ model seems to be taking more root in Africa, recently we covered Ghana’s MEST.  Google launches a technology innovation and incubation ‘hub’, Umbono, in Cape Town, South Africa. As we wrote recently it appears that Google’s interest in … Read More

[Press Release] SA’s brightest young minds sought to be the turning point in 2010

The tenth annual Brightest Young Minds summit will be held from 7 – 11 September 2010 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape. University students and recent graduates between the ages of 20 – 30 were invited to apply, and from these, 100 … Read More

"Let's Play" – Microsoft Tells SA as Xbox Live Comes to SA

Google has been giving South Africa some serious attention of late with the recent launch of Google Street View. Microsoft doesn’t seem to want to be left behind and has (according to the Bandwidth Blog) announced plans to officially launch … Read More