Adia Sowho, others express optimism about the Future of Nigerian Startups
Adia Sowho, MTN Nigeria’s chief marketing officer, has expressed optimism about the future of the Nigerian startups while discussing the Nigerian…
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Nigeria records 100% rise in investment announcements at $10.1b
The federal government has disclosed that Nigeria’s economy recorded $10.1billiom investment announcement in the first half of this year. Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo,…
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Think Before You Buy these Most Vulnerable IoT Devices This Black Friday
With the shopping season approaching, it’s likely that internet-connected gadgets and toys will be a popular item on many users’…
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What Everyone Should Know About Data
We live in a world that runs on data. From the shows we stream, to the emails we send, to…
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HiiL African Justice Innovation Symposium to bring together African legal-tech innovators
The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) will later this month host the first annual HiiL African Justice Innovation…
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Cameroon’s Agrix Tech uses AI to help farmers prevent crop disease
Cameroonian startup Agrix Tech has developed a mobile app that helps farmers to prevent and treat crop diseases utilising machine…
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Setting standards operating procedure to increase efficiency for your business
What Are Standard Operating Procedures? Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is a detailed and systemized instruction that is expressed in a step-by-step…
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You Can now use WhatsApp on Secondary devices without having to keep your phone online.
WhatsApp has started rolling out its anticipated multi-device support for a large number of users on both Android and iOS…
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Nigeria Fixes December 13 for 5G Spectrum Auctions
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has officially declared that the auction of the 3.5 Gigahertz (3.5 GHz) spectrum for the…
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MTN Nigeria and Airtel Nigeria secure approval to operate Payment Service Bank
MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa Plc have secured approval in principle to operate a Payment Service Bank (PSB) in the…
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Most Americans Quit Low Paying Jobs After Gaining Crypto Wealth, New Survey
Approximately 6 million people in the US workforce have quit their jobs after making more money from cryptocurrency investments than…
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Twitter is rolling out a feature to make it easier to search a user’s tweets
Some Twitter users on iOS are starting to get access to a feature that makes it easy to search an…
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New antitrust suit from Phhhoto alleges Facebook copied and killed the competition
A former upstart Instagram rival is suing Meta, formerly known as Facebook, over allegations that the company violated antitrust laws…
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African startups to play a critical role in taking the planet ‘from Tragedy to Triumph’
This week, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) got underway in Glasgow, turning the world’s attention to the…
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Key takeaways from the 10th China-Africa Think Tanks Forum
In the afternoon of October 20th, 2021, the opening session of the 10th Meeting of China-Africa Think Tanks Forum was held…
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WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Facebook Apps Start Showing ‘Meta’ Branding
WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and other Facebook apps have started showing the company’s new ‘Meta’ branding on both Android and iOS…
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Could Ethiopia Ban Facebook After It Deleted PM Abiy Ahmed’s Post?
Facebook, the social media platform owned by Meta, removed a post on the page of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for…
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Amazon Seeks US Approval to Deploy 4,500 Additional Satellites for Internet Project
Amazon.com is seeking approval from US communications regulators to deploy more than 4,500 additional satellites as part of the company’s…
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Berlin based Beams, to turn collaborative audio clips into a social media biz
More fuel for social audio: Berlin-based social audio startup Beams, which is building a platform for sharing and consuming short-form audio…
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Nigerian bicycle-based delivery service Errand360 raises pre-seed funding
Bicycle community delivery platform Errand360, which was built to serve users with demand for quick and short errands within their…
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Meta planning to open physical stores to showcase its products
The company formerly known as Facebook has been discussing the possibility of opening retail stores way before it rebranded itself as Meta,…
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Bypa-ss,Egyptian e-health startup raises $1m pre-seed round
Egyptian e-health startup Bypa-ss has raised a US$1 million pre-seed funding round to further improve its platform and accelerate its…
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Energy efficiency,key to sustainability of data centres in Africa
Access to affordable, reliable and environmentally sustainable sources of electricity is a pressing issue for the growing number of Data Centre operators…
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Kenyan BasiGo, an E-mobility startup launches with $900k funding
Kenyan startup BasiGo, an electric vehicle technology and financing company working to bring electric bus services to Sub-Saharan Africa, has…
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Revital Healthcare,Kenyan auto-disable syringe manufacturer receives $4m grant funding
Revital Healthcare (EPZ) Limited, a Kenyan medical supply manufacturer, has received nearly $4 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to…
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Google Ads Phishing Scam Stealing From Crypto Wallets
New Google Ads scam is stealing crypto wallets, a new research from Check Point Research (CPR) warns. The new scam…
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Amazon’s First Solar Project in SA Finally Begins Adding Clean Energy to Grid
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, announced that the first operational solar project it has enabled in…
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Why Nigerian Banks shutdown 649 ATMs in 2020
Commercial banks in Nigeria shut down 234 branches and 649 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in 2020, according to reports from…
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AfCFTA has announced winners of the AfCFTA Caravan Prize
The AfCFTA Secretariat and its partners on the 4D, ProPer and Caravan Initiatives, AfroChampions and the Arab Bank for Economic…
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Michanic, a South African Startup helping customers bring qualified mechanics close
South African startup Michanic is connecting customers and fleet owners with trusted, qualified and vetted mechanics in Gauteng and Cape…
