Whoa! It’s the last day of August. It’s also Monday, and you know what that means. So grab a coffee, some donuts, put away the paper and savor the Monday news roundup. It’s been a busy African monday.
From bank account to mobile wallet, Safaricom makes life easier for Kenyans
Safaricom, the Kenyan mobile network operator is going to launch a new platform that will allow M-PESA users execute bank to mobile wallet transfers.
Enterprise Elevator, the latest healthtech accelerator in Africa is here
Cape Town gets some much needed startup action as a new accelerator programme revs up its engines. Visions2Ventures, Impact Amplifier and Entrepreneur Traction came together to form the blazing sword that is Enterprise Elevator.
Apparently, y’all aren’t buying computers like you used to
It probably has to do with the smartphones that can do 80% of what an average PC can but PC shipments in Africa and the Middle East fell by a massive 25.6 percent from 4.4m units to 3.3m units during Q2 2015.
Simbapay does it again, for free
Hot on the heels of its announcement to transfer funds to Nigeria from the UK at zero charge, Simbapay now allows Kenyans in Diaspora to transfer funds to any Choice Microfinance bank in Kenya.
All roads lead to Hong Kong as AIA accelerator programme revs up
The AIA accelerator, supported by NEST, is a 12-week accelerator programme. African healthtech startups should get their A game on. Applications start… read up.
Bitcoin getting no more love from Ghana’s Beam
Beam, a Ghanaian startup that specializes in international remittances via bitcoins, says no more. Bitcoin, no more.
Suba, the photo streaming app gets some love from a rockstar
Reggie “the rockstar” Rockstone, the influential Ghanaian musician has extended an arm of partnership, full of money of course, to Ghanian developers, Nelson Klutse and Eric Hackman, for their app.
And finally, Today, Airtel is all about love
Airtel Nigeria, has launched MatchUp, a social networking portal that connects users with those who share similar interests and profiles with them. THat’s the official use, but we all know what we use things like these for, right? Right? Uhm, excuse me, I have a friend request…
Not on TechCabal
Nigeria’s OLX competitor Efritin.com signs 128k Listings in 3 Weeks
Launched early last month, Efritin, an online marketplace for used goods where buyers and sellers connect is quickly gaining traction.
