Uber unveils its motorbike section, UberMoto in Ibadan
Uber, the ride-hailing business, has announced the addition of an UberMoto motorbike component to its product offering in Nigeria. The…
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5 Anti-Fraud Strategies for Every Financial Institution
The rise of digital banking and e-commerce, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, creates an ideal environment for fraudsters and money…
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South Africa’s leading IT Service Provider, BitCo Telecoms Reveals Exponential Growth in the ISP market
BitCo Telecoms, one of South Africa’s major Telecommunications and Internet Service Providers, announces fiscal and market share growth for 2021,…
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WhatsApp is Developing a ‘Community Home’ Feature for Android Users
WhatsApp is rumored to be working on a new area called “Community Home,” which will list all groups associated with…
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Oracle opens its first African data center in Johannesburg
Oracle, the world’s largest database management firm, launched its first cloud region (a cluster of data centers) in Africa last…
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SA deliveries startup Orderin secures $4.7m pre-Series B funding round
Orderin, a South African business-to-business (B2B) delivery-as-a-service (DaaS) startup, has raised ZAR71 million (US$4.7 million) in pre-Series B funding to…
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Apple TV+ market share increases in the US while Netflix is behind its competitors
Apple has been investing heavily in Apple TV+, its own streaming platform that features original movies and TV shows. While…
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Google Docs adds watermark support feature
Google Docs is my favorite application. It enables me to swiftly draft documents or make changes to existing ones on…
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5 hottest home automation trends for 2022
The internet of things (IoT) is growing in popularity, with forecasts indicating that around 50 billion IoT devices would be…
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Exploring the top Software Outsourcing Country in 2022
The role of software outsourcing organizations is rapidly evolving from “contract software engineers” to strategic business partners. It has been…
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11 Trends that will impact the small business landscape in 2022
Many experts lost their jobs after the Covid-19 epidemic struck in 2020. Others reduced their working hours or began working…
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Fawry, Egyptian fintech startup is poised to raise $51m via right issue, explores US listing
Egyptian fintech Fawry has announced plans to raise 800 million Egyptian rupees (US$51 million) in growth capital through a rights…
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Report: WhatsApp is Testing Two-Step Verification on Desktop, Chat Wallpaper for Voice Calls
WhatsApp is reportedly working to add some new features and functionality. One of the upcoming updates is said to bring…
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Kenyan fintech startup, Zanifu raises $1 million in seed funding
Zanifu, a Kenyan fintech providing micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) access to working capital through short-term equity financing, has…
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Designing for the Future: UX in the Age of AI, AR/VR, and Voice Interfaces
The boundaries of user experience are expanding rapidly. As we move beyond screens into an era dominated by artificial intelligence,…
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Egyptian e-commerce start-up, ExpandCart raises $2.7 million in a Pre-Series B funding round
ExpandCart, an e-commerce platform for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has announced the completion of a new $2.7…
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Entrepreneurs from Lagos, Nairobi, and Kigali can now apply for the Global Urban Innovation Challenge for Emergent Cities
Utopia and the World Economic Forum’s new Centre for Urban Transformation have launched a worldwide Urban Innovation Challenge to engage…
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Nigerian developer-tooling startup Frain Technologies secures $473k pre-seed funding
Frain Technologies, a Nigerian developer-tooling business, has raised US$473,000 in pre-seed capital to further invest in its existing products and…
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PAPS, Senegalese logistics startup raises $4.5m to expand across Francophone Africa
PAPS, a Senegalese startup, has acquired a pre-Series A fundraising round of US$4.5 million from local and international investors to…
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Nigerian FinTech Platform, P2vest, hits 100,000 users
P2vest Technology Limited reported that their peer-to-peer lending application, P2Vest, has reached 100,000 customers who have access to rapid loans….
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Applications are Open for startups to Pitch Live at Africa Startup Summit Nairobi
Applications are now open for the 2022 edition of Pitch Live, which will take place at the fourth Africa Startup…
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WhatsApp is Working on a Feature to Enable iOS Devices Import Chats From Android Devices
WhatsApp for iOS may soon allow users to transfer their chat history from an Android device to an iPhone. At…
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3 trends that will transform African mobile apps in 2022
In 2021, the mobile sector in Sub-Saharan Africa showed extraordinary resilience against the effects of Covid-19 and sustained rapid expansion….
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The Sure-Fire to Have Successful AI Projects
When it comes to selecting the ideal AI project for their firm, business owners frequently rely on having the correct…
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Moroccan B2B e-commerce startup Chari secures bridge round valuing company at $100m
Chari, a Moroccan B2B e-commerce and fintech business, has raised a bridge round of funding valued at US$100 million. Chari,…
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The IFC ScaleX program attempts to close the gender financing gap
IFC and the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) announced a new call for applications for IFC ScaleX, a new program…
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New pan-African payment platform emerges to bolster local currencies and assist SMEs
A new pan-African payment system eliminates historical complexities, such as the cost of cross-border payments, boosts operational efficiencies, and paves…
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How the subscription economy can benefit your business
The subscription economy has come of age. The notion is gaining traction in the United States and Europe for a…
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Cybersecurity: Red Cross Attack Exposes Data of Over 515,000 Vunerable People
According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which is best known for assisting war victims, hackers broke into…
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WhatsApp Now Allow Desktop Users to Test Ability to Pause While Recording Voice Messages
On the desktop version of the program, WhatsApp is working on a feature that will allow users to pause and…
