West Africa technology news
Facebook hits 100 Million users in Africa
As of the second quarter of 2014, Facebook now has 100 million people coming to the platform every month across the African continent, ...
Africa’s mobile boom powers innovation economy
Innovation is happening all over Africa in all different sectors, from education to energy, banking to agriculture.
"It's the best kind...
Technology: African-made apps on the move
With desktops living in the shadows of their much cooler friends, mobile phones, continental app developers are responding to the needs...
Mobile Phones: Africa is the fastest growing market in the world
late 2012, the World Association of Telecom operators said that sub-Saharan Africa has become since 2000, the most growing market in mo...
African tech start-ups dream of Silicon Savannah
Young techies hunched over laptops in small offices across Africa want to create their own versions of California's Silicon Valley and ...
Technology: Robots invade the streets of Kinshasa
The giant robotic policemen are preventing accidents – and racketeering by dishonest officials.
Drivers in gridlocked Kinshasa want th...
Nigeria’s Orwellian Biometric ID Is Brought to You by MasterCard
Imagine an ID card that remembers all of your personal records. This one card serves as your driver's license and a catch-all that incl...
How three students created Nigeria’s online jobs giant
Three students had time on their hands in the summer of 2009 when their university lecturers in Nigeria went on strike.
Instead of sla...
Nigeria: Science Minister Wants Stakeholders to Promote Economy Driven By Innovation
The Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Abdu Bulama, has urged stakeholders in the sector to support the country in the promotion of...