Google Checks in With African Developers [Video]
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A lot has been heating up in the African tech space. As it continues to grow as an emerging market, Africans from various countries are contributing to the growth of a true eco-system. Google decided to do a brief round up of the latest in African technology that included the 2012 Google Apps Developer Challenge. [...]
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