35 female business owners from nine different African nations made up the first cohort that successfully completed the Ecobank Ellevate Leadership Training Program. This program, which is impact-driven and innovative, is made to provide women entrepreneurs with the leadership skills they need to better themselves, their companies, and their communities. The Commercial Banking Division of…
Analytics leader SAS has joined forces with SingleStore to help organisations remove barriers to data access, maximise performance and scalability, and uncover key data-driven insights. SAS® Viya® with SingleStore enables the use of SAS analytics and AI technology on data stored in SingleStore’s cloud-native real-time database. The integration provides flexible, open access to curated data to help…
Today, the $300 million strategic investment made by the United States International Development Finance Corporation was drawn for by the pan-African data center company Africa Data Centres (ADC) of Cassava Technology (DFC). According to the corporation, the initial $83 million would be used to expand ADC’s data centers in South Africa. According to ADC, subsequent…
An electric bus made by the Kenyan business Roam is aimed at the public transportation system. 90 passengers can board the electric bus, known as Rome Rapid, which provides space for both standing and sitting passengers. The company claims that it wanted to provide a transportation solution that is inclusive, contemporary, effective, and sustainable. According…
Netflix, a supplier of streaming entertainment, has announced the expansion of its Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund (CESF) to students studying cinema and television in West and Central Africa. Students can now submit applications to study at institutions in Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, and Gabon. A $1 million scholarship fund for students from Sub-Saharan Africa is…
Young innovators in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) who are developing climate technology solutions have been invited by the Youth Climate Innovation Labs to participate in a three-day launchpad. The top projects will receive a 6–8 week Climate Innovation Academy Programme to help them develop their businesses. The Youth Climate Innovation Lab is…
The role of a product manager has always been challenging and exciting. A product manager is responsible for managing the entire product lifecycle, from conception to launch, and ensuring that the product satisfies customer and business needs. With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), however, the role of a product manager is undergoing a substantial transformation. With the advent of AI, we will examine the future of product management careers in this op-ed. AI in Product Management Multiple facets of product management already incorporate AI. AI can be used, for…
In Africa’s health system, the dominant narrative is a “weak healthcare system”, and it has always been questioned whether the continent can rise from this. The continent’s health systems suffer from serious irregularities, with disruptions in medical equipment, supply chains, storage, and financing, making it hard for Africans to access responsible and responsive health care…
No doubts, inflation is a barrier to the much a country can do in terms of value and wealth creation as it affects every aspect of its productivity. Tragically, this is currently the state of Nigeria where the purchasing power of the Naira declines day by day. This decline is not without effect on daily living –…
According to people familiar with its strategy, Qualcomm is thinking of entering the server market with a new chip in an effort to lessen its dependency on smartphones, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The price of Qualcomm stock increased by almost 3% in afternoon trading. According to the article, the chipmaker is looking for clients…
To help women-owned African tech enterprises get from the idea stage to operational status, the Tech African Women (TAW) program, located in Ethiopia, has just begun. TAW is an initiative of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with Betacube, and is open to submissions from female-led idea stage firms in Tunisia,…
Hannes Wessels has been named as Binance’s Country Head for South Africa. Binance is one of the top global providers of blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure. The company claims that the new hire will advance its goals of expanding its business operations in the area. According to Finder, South Africa’s adoption rate for cryptocurrencies and the…
Victoria, Seychelles — KuCoin Labs, the investment and incubation arm of the KuCoin ecosystem, has officially announced its proceeding incubation programme with Univers Network, a metaverse infrastructure project designed to empower communities and revolutionize Web-3. As an independent metaverse project designing infrastructure tools to enable interoperability across virtual worlds, Univers Network has over 50+ developers…
For more than half a decade, Olayinka Oladele has been a prominent figure in the technological space playing a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of Micro Frontends, a transformative approach that has significantly shaped the methodologies employed in the design and development of web applications. This spotlight article aims to underscore Olayinka Oladele’s substantial…
In the course of my journey in software development and management, I have had the opportunity to manage large scale enterprise application using different cloud infrastructure technologies (Microsoft Azure cloud service, Amazon Web Services (AWS)). Amongst the many available, I had first-hand experience working with Microsoft Azure Service, which I will refer to as Azure for…
The Chat for Impact Accelerator, which provides social change organizations with access to US$500,000 in financing and extra support to increase their impact on WhatsApp, is now accepting applications. Global social change-oriented businesses are asked to submit an application for the accelerator’s 2022 iteration, which will offer funding, mentoring, and support for the development of…
In accordance with the National Payment System (NPS) Act, 2011, NPS Regulations 2014, Virtual Pay International Limited, a Pan-African, omni-channel payment service provider, has been authorized to perform payment gateway services as a Payment Service Provider (PSP). With the aid of this license, Virtual Pay is able to provide local and international merchants with its…
One of the top six Higher Education players globally, according to a new analysis on the global tertiary e-textbook and multimedia industry, is edtech business Snapplify. The pandemic and, more broadly, the pressure on institutions to adopt digital tools and get ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution have both contributed to Snapplify’s significant growth in…
Most offices operate their days from 9:00 AM to5:00 PM which only lasts during the daytime and because the cost of running a shift by servicing the office at night with an equal number of staff if need be might be cost-intensive, most organizations suffice to the normal routine of running an office by the…
The 25 businesses that will participate in Grindstone’s year-long program, which helps high-growth, innovation-driven tech start-ups become more investable, sustainable, and exit-ready, have been announced. Grindstone is situated in Cape Town. The program has two cohorts, one located in Cape Town and the other in Johannesburg, and it gives companies access to knowledge, networks, money,…
Among the 20 winners of the Migration Entrepreneurship Prize 2022 this year are firms from Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, and Tunisia. The prize is awarded to socially-driven startups whose goal is to improve migrants’ inclusion in the Middle East and Africa. The Migration Entrepreneurship Prize, a public-private collaboration between Seedstars and the Peace and Human Rights…
Cote d’Ivoire and Togo are two new adjacent nations that the Nigerian solar-powered internet service provider Tizeti has stated it plans to operate in addition to expanding its operations within Ghana and Nigeria. Additionally, the corporation is thinking of listing its Nigerian subsidiary. The company is investigating an Initial Public Offer (IPO) in the stock…
The African Women Impact Fund (AWIF), a partnership between Standard Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, has been awarded funding by Visa as of today (UNECA). The award will be used to meet the working capital requirements of 55 women who responded to AWIF’s call to action and have been a part…
The inclusion of coding as a subject in Kenya’s elementary and secondary school curricula was announced by the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, last Friday at the State House in Nairobi. With this new breakthrough, Kenya becomes the first nation in Africa to permit the study of coding in the two early schools. At the event,…
Dolos, a cybersecurity expert located in South Africa (formerly Panda Security Africa), has opened offices in Africa and the Middle East to provide cyber security solutions to its partners there. With a customizable program, a strong and broad product portfolio, and an ecosystem of technological integrations, Dolos offers MSPs and MSSPs a unique value proposition…
In order to encourage and hasten the digital transformation inside the boundaries of Nigeria, the continent’s most populous country, the Lagos State branch of the Global Shapers Community has launched an international cooperation with HP Life. The Project Digiterate program has been run by Global Shapers Community in Lagos for the past four years. The…
Licensed therapists may now be reached quickly and affordably via a platform created by the Nigerian business Blueroomcare. Blueroomcare, which was introduced around the end of last year, enables customers to speak with therapists via voice, video, and in-app messaging. Moses Aiyenuro, the startup’s founder and CEO, told Disrupt Africa, “We have a safe online…
In June 2022, Mdundo.com, a music streaming business with a Kenyan base, reported 20.3 million monthly active users, exceeding the revised monthly target of 19 to 20 million subscribers and increasing by 74% from June 2021. For the fiscal year that ends in June 2025, the company, which unveiled its 2025 strategic direction in June…
Global crypto bank Xend Finance, based in Nigeria, has announced the release of SwitchWallet, a free public wallet infrastructure, and XendBridge, a crypto payment API. A platform that offers everyone access to the global money market so users may save and invest in safe currencies has been developed by Xend Finance, which in 2019 participated…
The second annual bootcamp for aspiring African game developers, GameUp Africa 2, has started. GameUp Africa 2 is a training program for prospective game creators that is run by Maliyo Games, a renowned game development studio. Its goals are to upskill African youth in the fundamental skills needed for Android game creation while supporting the…