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Forbes Africa lists the top 20 African Start Ups of 2012.See who made the list here.
What : MWEA2012 is going to be 2 days of interaction and presentations designed to advance the harnessing of the internet and applications on mobile devices.
Where:Nairobi,Kenya
When : 22-23 February 2012
Who:
Speakers expected to attend include
On the agenda: Click here
Spinlet soon to become the first stop for digital distribution in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African Countries ? At least that what Spinlet COO, Sami Leino hopes.
Spinlet offers an array of multi-national, award winning music and has signed hundreds of artists and labels to the service. Additionally, any music rights holders can upload their music for sale on the Spinlet platform.
Official website: www.spinlet.com
MasterCard Worldwide, a global payments and technology company, today launched its official East African regional headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. This development brings the number of MasterCard offices across the African continent to five, with other offices operational in Cairo, Casablanca, Lagos, Johannesburg and now Nairobi. |Source |
Airtel Uganda recently launched its mobile money platform ,Airtel Money. The service provides to the market convenient, affordable and innovative financial services through the mobile phone. The platform allows consumers to top up their phones with air time, send and receive money, pay their critical utility bills, access their bank accounts and withdraw Airtel money across all interswitch ATMs countrywide.|Source |
Nokia East Africa annouced a new warranty programme, covering Kenya, Uganda or Tanzania, that sees the combination of online, 24-hour care exchange and repair services to customers across East African borders.|Source |
Orange’s intent to increase its customer acquisition and retention by offering relevant and cost effective data services leads them to offer the following in Kenya:
Targets prepaid Mobile and Internet Everywhere 3G modem users
Access to unlimited daily, weekly and monthly bundles
The offer is the most affordable proposition in the data market.
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POST SPONSORED by TICBANK 2012
What : Armed with new media as their tools, Africans on the continent and in the diaspora are charting new paths and opportunities for themselves. Challenging perceptions, they provide the global community with a first hand look at contemporary African art and culture.
PANEL – Meet The Afropolitans: An Introduction
A spirited discussion on the social web, digital media and culture in Africa. Who are the emerging thought leaders? How are they using digital media to re-image African in their own likeness? Who should you follow on twitter to be on the pulse of what’s next in music, art and cutlure from the continent?
PHOTOGRAPHY INSTALLATION… Portraits of emerging African artists and cultural curators by award winning Sierra Leonian photographer Delphine Fawundu
LIVE MIXING… Sounds Provided By DJ Frei of AFRIKA21
Where: Global Society Content Hub at Big Fuel Headquarters
40 W. 23rd Street
New York City , 10010
When: Monday, February 13 at 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Who: Chief Boima Writer / DJ / Producer, Kathleen Bomani Event Manager,Africa Gathering,Yolanda Sangweni Senior Editor Essence,Ngozi Odita Founder / Creative Director Society HAE .
What : The 2012 TICBANK conference will be a platform offering demo sessions, meetings, exchanges and deal making opportunities in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
The Ivory Coast because of political turmoil remained for a long time at the periphery of the technological changes sweeping the African continent.
The conference which will be held during 3 days will allow the various actors of the banking and technological sectors to explain to the end consumers ,how to use their technologies, the relevance as well as the advantages of the various solutions now available on the market.
This conference will be also the occasion to discover the safety measures put in place to guarantee the safe and secure transactions. Finally the conference will highlight the interconnectivity between each and every actors who contribute into making the make the future of capital flow ,faster, safer and more personal.
The participation of international experts who during these 3 days will communicate their knowledge and their experience on the matter will do for a great intellectual experience.
When:
From March 22nd to March 24th
Where:
Caistab,Plateau,Abidjan,Cote d’Ivoire ( Ivory Coast )
Who:
The Agenda
List of sites for more information on:
TICBANK
www.ticbank.net
www.ticbank2012.eventbrite.com

Artist Kudzanai Chiurai explores the aspects of a post conflict African state that has just been ravaged by it .
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Blitz the ambassador second studio album -Native Sun – inspired this short. Terance Nane and Blitz decided to create visuals derived from the pictures painted in the songs.
See movie below
Terrance Nane
The city of Abidjan has benefited from the flair of sponsor Sunu,an insurance company in Abidjan.
They allowed Abidjan to go from ” La Perle des Lagunes ” a “Abidjan Ville Lumiere “.
Photographer Atomic Supertronic and model Emmanuelle Tanoh took advantage of the new dress they city got in.
See below
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