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Ghana-based Photo-Stream App, Suba Won First Place at the MWA2015

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24th April 2015

The recently concluded Mobile West Africa 2015 App Developer Competition that held simultaneously with Mobile West Africa main event, saw the Ghana-based Suba app emerge as winner among five other developer-teams.

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