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[STARTUPS]: YARNPAD – A TWITTER CLONE FOUNDED BY DEJI KADRI AND VICTOR SYLVA #SEE WETIN PEOPLE DEY YARN ABOUT

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:45:05 +0000

Yarnpad is a Twitter clone we found out about from Loy Okezie, who stated With so much love for Twitter, yet another Twitter-clone has been launched on the micro-blogging space. This time, YarnPad! has emerged from Nigeria and lets you “see wetin people they yarn about”, that is, what people are talking about. Founded by Deji Kadri and Victor Sylva, [...]

Zuqka is a Kenyan media sharing platform like Vimeo and You Tube #Web Start-up review

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:54:52 +0000

Zuqka is a Kenyan video sharing platform, which works primarily like notable video sharing sites like Vimeo and Youtube. At Zuqka you can watch the collection of videos uploaded by the community or add your own after a quick sign up. Zuqka also offers you the ability to blog, which is a feature not usually [...]

Africa Will Have About 95 Million Broadband Users By 2015, Compared To The Current 40 Million #Pyramid

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:17:55 +0000

According to research by Pyramid Research the number of broadband users in Africa will increase from the current 40 million to 95 million by 2015. The increase is mostly due to the new undersea cables and Wimax connections. Also of note is the increased governemnt participation in technology, starting with the Kenyan governmentwhich invested in the [...]

Izognmovies streams Nollywood films to you, for a fee #Web Startup Review

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:11:55 +0000

Izognmovies is a Nigerian start-up which streams Nollywood movies online. At Izogmovies you can watch one free film after sign up, or pay the membership fee to access their entire database. The start-up claims to have over 3 000 films for people to choose from. Izogmovies is in stiff competition with online piracy, or people [...]

Nigeria’s Paypal: CashEnvoy allows you to send and receive money online

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:51:35 +0000

Cashenvoy can be described as Nigeria’s Paypal. The service allows you to send and receive money as well as make payments to Cashenvoy enabled websites. Cashenvoy seems like a start-up with potential, but for them to succeeed they face tough obstacles. A few amongst these include Low levels of trust with local consumers Competition with [...]

A Few Screenshots Of The New Zoopy iPhone App

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:26:19 +0000

Zoopy, the South African social media platform has created a new iPhone application. The new application allows you to navigate Zoopy and upload and share content from your iPhone. The app gives you all the functionality you need to enjoy Zoopy on the run, from browsing featured items, channels and Zoopy TV shows through to [...]

An Interview On Tech And Barcamp Cameroon 2010 With Entrepreneur Fritz Ekwoge Ekwoge

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:39:47 +0000

We had an informative interview with Mr. Fritz Ekwoge Ekwoge, a serial entrepreneur who co-founded Kerawa and founded Iyam.mobi. This is the second interview we had with Mr. Ekwoge Ekwoge, the first occurred in 2007. In this interview we discussed Cameroonian tech and the recent Barcamp Cameroon 2010. TechMasai: What is Barcamp Cameroon 2010? Mr. Ekwoge Ekwoge: Barcamp [...]

The Naijaborn Founders aim to recreate their success in Nigeria with Camerborn in Cameroon #Naijaborn.com #Camerborn.com

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:51:01 +0000

The Naijaborn founders are making a few interesting moves into the West African technology market. The team which includes Francis Oghuma from Nigeria and Mambe Nanje Churchill from Cameroon made a splash with their Nigerian start-up Naijaborn. Naijaborn has a techie cult following and support for being custom coded and featuring a unique design and approach to [...]

Nigerian Startups to Watch in 2010: #Naijaborn.com

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:21:15 +0000

Naijaborn is a custom coded Nigerian social network founded by Francis Oghuma and Mambe Nanje Churchill in April of 2009. The social network has received considerable praise since its launch for its innovative design -with a lean towards artists- and for being entirely custom coded by the founders. Naijaborn is unique from other social networks [...]

Majibu Is An African Question And Answer Service: Tech Review

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:29:12 +0000

Majibu is an African Question and Answer service. At Majibu you can place a question of any type to the community, and they will hopefully give you a reply with helpful answers. At Question and answer services like Majibu they fill in the gaps left by services like Wikipedia, and Google due to the nature of [...]

You Can Now Buy 2010 World Cup Art Posters Online. Features A Few Notable Artists

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:08:06 +0000

The 2010 world cup is a pride of Africa and not just South Africa. In the hopes of cashing in on the experience and publicity, and to promote art artists are selling their wares around this theme online. The most notable example is the Official Art Poster Edition of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South [...]

Introducing M-Kesho, A New Mobile Banking System From Eastern Africa

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Fri, 21 May 2010 00:55:28 +0000

M-Kesho is a new innovative mobile banking system. M-Kesho is a hot new initiative from popular telecommunication company Safaricom and Equity Bank. M-Kesho is meant to facilitate easier banking transactions like deposits, withdrawals and loan application through the simple application of your mobile phone.

The most influential Nigerian startups

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Wed, 19 May 2010 06:15:20 +0000

Mr Loy Okezie is a blogger who writes about the Nigerian start-up scene. He recently created a slide which showcases what he believes are the most influential and important Nigerian start-ups at this present moment. The slide is worthy of note, as a quality viewpoint of the state of the Nigerian start-up scene at this [...]

Opinion Piece: The Unexplored Opportunity Of Social Bookmarking Platforms

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:53:13 +0000

In the African cyberspace they are many different types of start-ups. The few which rule the start-up arena tend to be social networks and microblogging platforms. They are by no means the desired number of social networks and microblogging platforms as they should be, like personally I am still waiting for a Kenyan microblogging platform. [...]

Interview with CNN 2009 Hero, Betty Makoni on Gender Equality

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Sun, 09 May 2010 03:58:46 +0000

Techmasai: We had the great pleasure to conduct an audio interview with Ms. Betty Makoni. Ms Makoni is an renowned activist who works to enpower the rights of girls and women in her native country of Zimbabwe, and all around the world. She was a CNN hero in 2009, received the Zimbabwe National Contribution Award [...]

Discussion With Jonathan Gosier The Founder Of AppAfrica, The East African Start-up Incubator

Munashe Gumbonzvanda — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:24:26 +0000

We had the pleasure to interview Mr. Jonathan Gosier, an innovative software developer and entreprenuer based in Uganda. He is the the founder of software development firm and start-up incubator Appfrica. TechMasai: What is Appfrica and how did the idea develop? Mr Gosier: Appfrica is a software company that aims to get East African techies [...]