Echeruo, a Nigerian former Wall Street analyst, was fortunate enough to have his app included in Time magazine on its list of 50 Best iPhone Apps of 2011.

HopStop founder Chinedu Echeruo created the app to give those who live in metropolitan areas simple and easy directions on how to navigate by using public transit, walking, taking a cab or biking. Each time a Girlfriend request is accepted, the community can follow that user’s hair journey and learn her hair secrets. projects to enterprise-grade e-commerce handling Black Friday surges.

Also, users can follow desired hairstyles by “Girlfriending” other users who post images with that style. developers to build, run, and operate applications entirely in the cloud. Women can upload hairstyles, share beauty tips about styling products, techniques and salons. Find & hire top freelancers, web developers & designers inexpensively. and co-founders Candace Mitchell, Jessica Watson, Chanel Martin and Joy Boulamwini created Myavana, a hair app for African-American women that encourages users to form communities based on hair textures and desired hairstyles. The app won the 2010 AT&T Mobile Campus Challenge with a $10,000 prize.įounders Techturized Inc. The app also has virtual campus tours and integrates social networking with Twitter and Facebook. The company prides itself on helping you build a mobile website in minutes, even if you have no technical knowledge.įounders Jonecia Keels and Jazmine Miller’s app HBCU Buddy provides prospective and current students with information about historically Black colleges and universities on aspects of student life, admissions, alumni, standardized test scores and faculty research. The website allows businesses and individuals across Africa to build fast-loading, mobile-optimized websites in app form in a few easy steps. As a Splunkbase app developer, you will have access to all Splunk development resources and receive a 10GB license to build an app that will help solve use. Here are 20 mobile apps created by Black developers, according to and IT News Africa.Īlthough not strictly an app, Zimbile helps small businesses enter the online world in a flash. As technology and innovation grow throughout the world, Black innovators are playing a big role in the market.

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