In a world that has gone Virtual, Africa and Africans albeit late to the party are making sure they are not left out. Innovative Africans are everyday developing applications that can help improve the life of the increasing tech savvy Africans.
Some of the Apps that caught our fancy are,

1. Find-a-med – Developed in Nigeria, Emeka Onyekwe’s Find-a-med allows its users find the closest medical centres to them with complete turn by turn directions. It also allows them store and track their basic health information, search based on proximity and filter through specific healthcare providers; pharmacies, eye care centres, dental clinics and the like and, write reviews about any centre they have visited, helping other users identify highly rated health centres in their areas. The app is available on the IOS and Android plaforms at no cost.

2. M-farm – Founded in 2010 by a Kenyan Computer scientist, Jamila Abass after she read up on the ways Kenyan farmers are being cheated by middle men and buyers because of their ignorance on market prices. M-farm is available as a mobile app for internet enabled phones and via text, cutting away the cheating middlemen, and allowing buyers purchase produce from farmers who are aware of the worth directly. Over time because the company discovered that many small scale farmers don’t make enough sales as most buyers purchase in large scale, they developed a platform that allows farmers drop off the little produce when buyers show up and are being paid in mfarm credits that can be cashed or transferred to their bank accounts directly. Mfarm farmers have testified to have doubled their sales with the help of the application


3. Kidsfirstaid – An idea that was born in Capetown, South-Africa by Steve Morris and Paul le Roux. The application provides people and parents with quality first aid tips anywhere and anytime they need it, from step-by-step instructions on how to administer first aid, a voice guided walk-through for CPR, provision of the nearest health care centres with the help of the GPS and also the South-African emergency numbers that can be called directly from the app, this is definitely a life saver.


4. Okadabooks – with over 71,000 users signed up on this platform, Founder Okechukwu Ofilli’s aim, to improve the writing and reading culture of Nigerians, has sure been achieved to an extent. The app provides solutions to the publishing problems faced by African authors as well as piracy, authors can now publish their books on the application and sell for a set price, guaranteeing them returns on each purchase. It also provides readers with Over 10,000 African books and classics.


5. Afrinolly – the innovation behind Afrinolly that earned it the $25,000 cash prize for the Entertainment category of the 2011 Google Android Developers Challenge – Sub-Saharan Africa has also earned it over 4 million downloads in 2015. Founded in Nigeria by Fans Connect Online, a digital marketing agency headed by Chike Maduegbuna, it enables users watch African movie trailers, music videos, online comedy, celebrity gist and gossip, the latest entertainment news and other content. Afrinolly is available on virtually all internet connected platforms.


6. M-Pedigree – Moving from Ghana to over 12 countries including India and Bangladesh, Bright Simons’ M-pedigree was founded with the sole purpose of fighting counterfeit drugs in the market. Manufacturers can now label their products using m-pedigree software’s, which can be verified by final consumers when they purchase by texting the random code that appears under a scratch to a toll free number.


7. IrokoTv – Although Headquartered in London, what has been dubbed The Netflix of Africa allows its users stream paid for Nigeria’s Nollywood movies – the world’s third largest movie producing industry. An idea that came when Founder Jason Njoku found it hard getting Nollywood movies for his mother outside the Country, IrokoTv has so far raised over $25million in investment.


8. Wumdrop – Founded in 2014 when founders, Simon Hartley and Roy Mathieu Borole were looking for a reliable and affordable Courier service for their diaper delivering company. The South-African Uber of delivery uses freelance drivers, who take 70% of the delivery charge, to deliver products to buyers in no time. It’s available on smartphones for both drivers and buyers, allowing buyers pick up the closest drivers to them for speed.

Source : http://www.untoldafrique.com/2016/02/08/apps-for-africans-by-africans/

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