In order to find, qualify, and certify top engineers, Andela, a global network for remote technical talent, has acquired Qualified, the premier technical skills assessment platform. With the acquisition of more than 3.6M engineering users from Codewars, a Qualified-powered online community that allows technical talent to compete and hone their practical coding abilities in gamified…
A new generative AI tool called GrammarlyGo is being added to the artificial intelligence (AI) arsenal of Grammarly, a firm that offers a real-time spelling and grammar checking tool. Starting in April, the majority of Grammarly users will have access to this communication-improving tool. Rahul Roy-Chowdhury, Global Head of Product at Grammarly, claims that ineffective…
Meta will attempt to join any social media trend that starts to gain traction. After observing the success of other platforms, the corporation has been seen to mimic a variety of formats, from Stories to brief videos. The business founded by Mark Zuckerberg is currently developing a decentralized text-based app. In a statement, Meta acknowledged…
The African Energy Chamber created The African Women Business Energy Network project to honor and empower women in the energy sector in honor of International Women’s Day. The African Women Business Energy Network (AWBEN) is a platform established to support women’s career growth in the energy sector by linking them and women-owned businesses in the…
The operating parameters for open banking have been accepted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), launching an open banking system in Nigeria. Nigeria is the first nation in Africa to establish an Open Banking regulation as a result of this regulation. On March 7, 2023, Musa Jimoh, Director of the CBN’s Payments System Management…
Nigeria’s adoption of cryptocurrency is nothing new. Nigeria has actually been a handy location for the cryptocurrency market despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s ban on cryptocurrencies. Despite this, Nigerians keep embracing cryptocurrencies widely. But before I delve into how Nigerian businesses can use crypto as a payment method, I will explore the use of…
Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, co-founders of the business Humane, which was created by the former Apple design and engineering team, have received an additional $100 million to develop what they refer to as an “integrated device and cloud services platform” for AI. Humane’s work is shrouded in obscurity. But its most recent round of…
ALX, a technology training company with a focus on Africa that provides young Africans with technical and professional skills, has collaborated with Mastercard to introduce a fully sponsored Software Engineering training program with a target audience of 50 000 women worldwide. The United Nations International Women’s Day (IWD) theme, “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender…
In honor of International Women’s Day, Google today unveiled three fresh projects focused on empowering and supplying African women business owners with the tools they require for success. Among the initiatives are the Hustle Academy for Women-Led Businesses, the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa: Women Founders Cohort, and a social media campaign honoring influential women…
Over the past seven years, Nairobi-based Villgro Africa, an early-stage investor and business incubator with a focus on health and life sciences, has invested over $1.36 million in 36 Kenyan healthcare startups. As part of its regional expansion, Villgro Africa now plans to open a Biotech Innovation Hub. The annual 2023 Sankalp Summit, which released…
A $4 million Series A fundraising round, led by AK Holding and included Al-Wazzan Educational Group, Rasameel Investment House, and other investors, has been secured by Baims, a prominent edtech firm in the MENA area. The organization works in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, and Turkey with the goal of giving university and high school…
WhatsApp has been seen working on a feature that would allow users to regain valuable smartphone storage space. The instant messaging service is developing a function that will let users specify a time limit for group talks. This future feature is mentioned in the most recent beta of WhatsApp for iOS, but the Meta-owned messaging…
A new workshop has been introduced by Microsoft Africa Development Centre (ADC) and Microsoft Leap that was built especially for university professors who instruct technology-focused courses. With the help of this program, university instructors will have the opportunity to work with other educators, develop their abilities, and discover best practices they may use in their…
An $8 million seed fund dubbed EchoVC Chain has been formed by EchoVC, a Lagos-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in underrepresented founders and underserved industries. EchoVC Chain is targeted at blockchain investments in Africa. The business, which has invested in around 40 businesses in a variety of global areas, made its initial blockchain…
Although while it is debatably still “a man’s world,” particularly in the tech industry, Nigerian women are undoubtedly doing their share and doing it well enough to attract attention from around the world. These are the seven female business founders from Nigeria who have made the Aurora Tech Awards 2023 shortlist. The AURORA Tech Awards…
Samsung has announced the new Galaxy A14 with the latest innovation and technology that has become synonymous with Galaxy smartphones. This latest Galaxy A series comes with a large screen, an awesome camera and all the essentials you need to stay connected. It looks and feels awesome as it delivers a truly special performance from…
Bellafricana has opened its tech-enabled community as a FREE platform to support creative entrepreneurs in the fashion, arts & craft, beauty, home & living, food produce & snacks industry, to gain visibility, increase sales, have the right business support and structure that gives them the capacity to grow their business. Speaking to the press on the…
Rwandan startups are encouraged to submit applications for the ZEP-RE InsurTech Program, which will aid scalable startups in expanding their market reach and increasing productivity. Next month, 25 businesses will be chosen for an insurtech hackathon, which will be hosted by the PTA Reinsurance Company (ZEP-RE) in collaboration with Westerwelle Startup Haus. Five teams will…
The fifth annual edition of the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy-sponsored Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Award Competition has begun, and the continent’s entrepreneurial talent is now encouraged to enter. ABH is a component of the Jack Ma Foundation’s ongoing dedication to promoting an open, robust, and inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem in Africa. Since 2019, ABH…
Today, Meta revealed that it will support Facebook Reels up to 90 seconds long and would also be introducing some new artistic tools. Facebook Reels had a 60-second time limit before. Once Meta introduced support for longer Instagram Reels of up to 90 seconds, the changes were made a few months later. The growth came…
The fact that Nigeria’s debt profile keeps increasing without any corresponding economic growth is very concerning. In January 2023, President Muhammadu Buhari authorized the appropriation bill, which had been originally proposed to be voted into law at a cost of N20.51 trillion, to be increased to N21.83 trillion. The president then announced a planned loan of N1…
Microsoft has unveiled a variety of fresh initiatives with the goal of boosting digital development, skill development, and infrastructure in the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs). By 2025, the IT behemoth will work with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to provide internet access to 20 million more people in Africa. Through this collaboration, Microsoft’s Airband Initiative, which…
In 2022, phishing affected 7% of Nigerian internet users, according to a statement released on Thursday by leading antivirus company Kaspersky. Phishing is the activity of sending emails or messages to people or businesses in an effort to get them to divulge sensitive information that will later be utilized for evil. According to Kaspersky analysts,…
The 9th edition of the Africa Fintech Summit has been scheduled for April 12th. At the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre, the location of the US-Africa Leaders Summit in December 2022, regulators, policymakers, financial and technology industry executives, fintech startups, top innovators, investors, and government representatives from around the world will assemble. The Africa Fintech…
According to The East African, African investors may have experienced the lowest percentage of cryptocurrency investment fraud, which totaled $5.9 billion last year globally. Yet, many investors on the continent fell victim to investment and giveaway scams, indicating the danger of a strong desire to join in the mania. According to a survey by blockchain…
Azur Innovation Fund has invested $960,000 (MAD10 million) in the Moroccan EdTech startup KOOLSKOOLS. The Fund is a public-private seed fund that intends to give innovative entrepreneurs in Morocco equity and quasi-equity financing. KOOLSKOOLS, a joint educational venture founded in 2020 by Mariam Zrii and Nouredine Amrani, addresses pedagogical issues through the digitalization of numerous…
As software development changes, microservices has become the bedrock for developing scalable and resilient systems. As an industry leader with over 5 years’ experience in software development, I built and integrated advanced software solutions. I have utilised methods of attaining fault tolerance and high availability in microservice architectures. Resilience in microservices architecture means system ability…
Google announced today that applications for the third cohort of the Black Founders Fund for Startups are now open in Africa and Europe, in keeping with the company’s commitment to digital transformation and support for black-founded startups. Google has committed $4 million this year to support eligible black-founded startups. Startups based in Africa with a…
Technological progression plays a crucial role in fostering economic growth. A lack of access to technology can hinder local economies, particularly in developing countries such as Kenya and other African nations. Access to technology can be a game changer for businesses in less urban areas, providing a range of benefits that can help them thrive…
Snap announced on Monday that it is testing a chatbot feature based on OpenAI’s GPT technology for some users of its photo messaging app Snapchat. The My AI feature will use the most recent version of OpenAI’s GPT technology, which has been customized for Snapchat. The AI chatbot will first be available to Snapchat+ subscribers…