6 reasons why Africa’s new free trade area is a global game changer
• AfCFTA, the largest global free trade area by countries participating, could transform the continent’s economic prospects. • It aims…
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GitOps Best Practices: Orchestrating Continuous Delivery with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
From my perspective, GitOps has completely changed how to achieve flawless Continuous Delivery. The infrastructure as code (IaC) approach of…
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Zoho emerges Africa Tech Alliance Alliance Forum (#AfriTECH2021) lead sponsor
Zoho Corporation has been named the lead sponsors of Africa Tech Alliance Forum 2021 (#AfriTECH2021), by the organisers. The hybride event (both online…
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Instagram will warn kids if they consume too much ‘sensitive’ content
After accusations of ignoring mental health impact on teens using Instagram, Facebook will roll out new measures to make amends. These measures…
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Nigeria’s Opay is the only African fintech listed in the 2021 Top 250 by CB Insights
The African tech startup space has continued to be dominated by financial technology companies. These fintech companies have gained more…
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A Community feature for WhatsApp is reportedly in the works
WhatsApp was working on adding lots of new features recently. The most recent improvement the popular messaging app is going…
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Favour Ori’s new fintech startup, Payday raises $1m pre-seed to build Africa’s paypal
Payday, a Pan-African financial technology company has announced a $1m pre-seed fund raise. According to the startup, the raise will help…
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Africa Code Week initiative aims to bridge Africa’s digital divide
Africa’s biggest digital skills initiative, SAP Africa Code Week (ACW), officially launched yesterday with a strong focus on virtual learning as the…
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Aggregators are enabling independent voices in Kenya’s controlled news circuit
Kenya is all about the news. No, literally, “Habari”, a common greeting in Swahili, means “Any news?” in English. Everyone…
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Impact of WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram outage on businesses
Recently, WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook faced a long six-hour outage. Initially, many people blamed it on their internet service provider…
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Digital technology: friend or foe against climate change?
From the energy that goes into making smartphones to the fact that even emails create carbon emissions, the world’s internet…
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Tiger Global backs African fintech Mono in $15M Series A round
Mono, an African startup that helps connect consumers’ bank accounts to financial applications, has raised a $15 million Series A…
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WhatsApp to Add Ability to Pause Recording Voice Messages, Fix for Chat Backup Issue Found
WhatsApp is reportedly working on letting users pause voice recordings while they are being recorded, through a future update. The…
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AB InBev opens applications for Beer Garage Africa Innovation Challenge
The world’s largest beer company, AB InBev, has partnered Hindsight Ventures to launch the Beer Garage Africa Innovation Challenge, which…
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Product Management in ECommerce
Product Management (PM) in general seems to have a different job description depending on the company. Some focus more on…
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VC4A & ABAN bring together the African Early Stage Investor Community at #AESIS2021
Welcoming investors to join the 8th edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit #AESIS2021 online and offline on 4…
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Five emerging cities around the world to launch a startup
America since long has dominated the world of start-ups along with buzzing activities in venture capital. However, now the craze…
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Businesses Need to Be “Data Driven” for True Digital Transformation says Altron
Over and above leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud services; it has been widely acknowledged that the key building block…
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Why is Nigeria So Anti-Tech?
The Nigerian federal government has, within the last 12 months, enacted a series of bans and restrictions across a country…
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Crypto remittances are a lifeline for the world’s most vulnerable
Cryptocurrency remittances are a lifeline for Afghans after the abrupt U.S. withdrawal led to Western Union temporarily ceasing operations and…
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The pandemic put a spotlight on the need to invest in women founders
Without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic created catastrophic effects in our communities, educational systems and, most importantly, our careers and…
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Update : Apply for UCT GSB E-Track Programme Cohort Five
Deadline: 11 October, 2021 The University of Cape Town (UCT) Graduate School of Business (GSB) Solution Space, in partnership with…
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Kenyan retail-tech startup MarketForce expands to Nigeria
MarketForce, the Kenya-based B2B platform for retail distribution of consumer goods and digital financial services, has made Nigeria its first…
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Applications open for 3rd Google Startup Accelerator: Middle East and North Africa
Google has opened applications for the third edition of its Startups Accelerator: Middle East and North Africa programme, which offers…
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Nigeria: Uber launches ride-hailing operation in 2 new cities, Ibadan and Port-Harcourt
Ride-hailing company, Uber has announced the expansion of its services to two new cities in Nigeria, Port Harcourt and Ibadan….
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Flutterwave, Opay named among CB Insights’ Fintech 250 companies
Made up of 250 top private companies leveraging technology to solve challenges in the financial services industry, CB Insights has…
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Ford Foundation appoints Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as regional director W/Africa
A new regional director, in the person of Catherine Chinedum (‘ChiChi’) Aniagolu-Okoye, has been appointed to take charge of the…
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Pacer Ventures announces Pacer Labs, Pan-African software development firm
Sub-Saharan Africa venture firm Pacer Ventures is set to further unlock the power of digital transformation in Africa with the launch of Pacer…
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4 Things You Didn’t Know About Google’s $1-Billion Investment in Africa
US-based tech monolith Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc, has announced its plans to invest $1-billion over 5 years to…
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Onyeka Akumah : A Ride On A Bus That Changed This Entrepreneur’s Journey
Designing websites came naturally to Onyeka Akumah even as a college student, but his greatest epiphany was in a moving…
