Innovation Is Increasingly Becoming Critical to Entrepreneurship
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Why Innovation Is Increasingly Becoming Critical to Entrepreneurship

Why Innovation Is Increasingly Becoming Critical to Entrepreneurship Innovation is a facilitator of entrepreneurship and a way of empowering people to take charge of their lives and economic prosperity. At the same time, entrepreneurship is the answer to innovation both at the individual business level. It also stimulates the general business sector growth of a…

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Facebook’s undersea Internet cable is coming to South-East Nigeria and 3 other African countries

Facebook’s undersea Internet cable is coming to South-East Nigeria and 3 other African countries The 2Africa project, championed by social media giant, Facebook, and seven other companies — China Mobile International, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone, and WIOCC — is adding four new branches to its 37,000km undersea Internet cable. The new branches…

FirstCheck Africa wants to invest $25,000 in your startup
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Are You a Woman In Tech? FirstCheck Africa wants to invest $25,000 in your startup

According to Adeva IT, as of 2018, women held only 25% of all the jobs in the tech industry, despite women making up almost half of the total workforce. It is a known fact that women are under-represented in the African tech ecosystem. More women need to find their way into tech in Africa and…

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In the wake of recent racist attacks, Instagram rolls out more anti-abuse features

Instagram rolls out more anti-abuse features Instagram today is rolling out a set of new features aimed at helping people protect their accounts from abuse, including offensive and unwanted comments and messages. The company will introduce tools for filtering abusive direct message (DM) requests as well as a way for users to limit other people from…

Omnibiz set to digitize Nigeria’s informal B2B supply chain, gets $3M funding
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Omnibiz set to digitize Nigeria’s informal B2B supply chain, gets $3M funding

Omnibiz set to digitize Nigeria’s informal B2B supply chain, gets $3M funding Omnibiz, a Nigerian-based startup has raised a seed round of $3 million to expand into new markets. Omnibiz is a B2B e-commerce platform that connects fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) manufacturers to retailers by digitizing the supply chain stakeholders. The platform offers a mobile…

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Serverless Computing and Event-Driven Architectures

Over a decade, Smith Egharebah has shared valuable insights on solutions such as serverless computing and event-driven architecture. particularly  on subject matter like intricacies of cloud, delivering efficient, scalable technologies that assist organisations to meet up their goals. Serverless computing is a powerhouse empowering software developers to focus solely on writing code without the overhead…

NadiFin Fintech Accelerator Program Announces 2019 Cohort
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NadiFin Fintech Accelerator Program Announces 2019 Cohort

After 100+ applications from around the globe, 10 post-seed and pre-series B stage Fintech companies have been selected and are ready to scale to new heights through the NadiFin Fintech Accelerator program, powered by MiddleGame Ventures and Farvest in partnership with the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT). Program partners for the 2019 NadiFin Fintech…