Forbes Africa: Africa's Top Startups - Ushahidi, Pesa Pal, Bongo Live

Forbes Africa recently published a list of the top twenty startups in Africa, in its February 2012 edition.

The list revealed that a whopping nine of Africa’s top twenty startups are to be found in South Africa alone. These startups specialize in communication solutions, website building, mobile software, social networking, mobile platforms, messaging and security products, WIFI solutions, traveling networks and CMS systems for newsrooms...

...East Africa was represented by Kenya and Tanzania. Kenya was second to South Africa, with four startups making the list. Tanzania had one. Kenya’s top startups specialize in payment platforms, online deals, non-profit software development for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping, as well as a mobile social network and IM platform.

These startups include Rupu, Pesa Pal, Sembuse and Ushahidi. Bongo Live, a mobile and SMS services provider, was Tanzania’s top startup...