Since 2008, Appfrica Labs’s work has been rewarded with a reputation for innovative and technologically sophisticated projects in a diverse range of commercial and cultural settings. Our work is often exemplified for it’s ‘hacktivist’ nature, meaning it’s technically compelling motivated by altruism and global change. We work with a surprising range of clients on diverse projects: translation, mobile apps, facebook apps, software development,market research and reports, data analysis and visualization, infographics, graphic design and more.
Our client work and the research projects we pursue present us with a variety of design challenges from a real-time feed of questions from people deep in rural Africa, or visualizing user interaction with social networks, to backend software development. We design systems that scale both technically, and internationally. We specialize in globally aware projects, with work taking us around the world from Africa to Asia. The above map illustrates just where we’ve done work.
Check out what the press is saying about us below:
CNN “Founded in 2008, Appfrica Labs is a unique space in Kampala, offering jobs and startup support to young Ugandan developers with bright ideas.”
PCWorld “…African technology gurus.”
New York Times “…a sort of technology incubator called Appfrica Labs, which provides budding entrepreneurs with investment capital, a stable salary, a structured workplace…”
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Since 2008, Appfrica Labs’s work has been rewarded with a reputation for innovative and technologically sophisticated projects in a diverse range of commercial and cultural settings. Our work is often exemplified for it’s ‘hacktivist’ nature, meaning it’s technically compelling motivated by altruism and global change. We work with a surprising range of clients on diverse projects: translation, mobile apps, facebook apps, software development, market research and reports, data analysis and visualization, infographics, graphic design and more.
Our client work and the research projects we pursue present us with a variety of design challenges from a real-time feed of questions from people deep in rural Africa, or visualizing user interaction with social networks, to backend software development. We design systems that scale both technically, and internationally. We specialize in globally aware projects, with work taking us around the world from Africa to Asia. The above map illustrates just where we’ve done work.
Check out what the press is saying about us below: