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Africa’s Francophone Countries Launch Mobile Applications Hackathon

It’s no surprise to most Africans that Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria are leading the pack when it comes to developing Africa’s Information, Communication and Technology Sector.  This is especially true in the mobile application sub-sector.  What we haven’t seen much of in the English media are the African Francophone countries participation in this sector [...]

• Industries:
• Technology

• Countries:
• Cote Ivoire,
• Senegal

• Tags:
• Act Dakar,
• Akendewa,
• Appstech,
• Etri Labs,
• Franchophone Technologie,
• Hackathon,
• iHub Senegal,
• jokkolabs,
• MobileHack AF

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Kenya Hosts Banking & Mobile Money Transfer COMESA Conference

Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, will open AITEC’s annual Banking & Mobile Money Conference for the COMESA region, to be held at the Kenyatta International Conference Center from February 24th - 25th.  Also speaking in the opening session will be Professor Njuguna Ndung’u, Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya.
The [...]

• Industries:
• Banking and Finance,
• Technology

• Tags:
• AITEC Africa,
• Banking and Mobile Conference,
• Central Bank,
• CGAP,
• COMESA,
• Kenya Bankers Association,
• Kenya ICT Board,
• micro-finance,
• Njuguna Ndung'u,
• Paynet group,
• Sean Moroney,
• Simba Technology Technology Associates,
• Uhuru Kenyatta,
• USAID

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