There’s no denying it; video marketing has been on the rise over the past few years, growing ever more popular and accessible for brands. And while popular sites such as SnapChat, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and even your own website are great places to invest, YouTube remains the giant in the space, with…
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Applications have opened for the Baobab Network’s 2019 accelerator, which offers selected startups the chance to receive US$25,000 in funding and a platform for scaling. Since launching in 2016, the Baobab Network has worked with 27 startups from Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zambia and South Africa.…
The 2019 Zayed Sustainability Prize, which is the UAE’s pioneering global award in sustainability, honoured leaders whose work and spirit of enterprise has resulted in working solutions across communities around the world. With over 2,000 submissions from 130 countries, the highest number of applications came from Africa, which is a…
A Boeing Co. flying car designed to fly passengers over congested city streets and dodge skyscrapers has completed its first test flight, offering a peek into the future of urban transportation the aerospace giant and others are seeking to reshape. A prototype of its autonomous passenger air vehicle completed a controlled takeoff,…
The players and stakeholders in Nigeria’s hospitality industry have been urged to intensify efforts towards branding the image of the hotel and tourism sector as the country continues to gain traction as one of the major tourist destinations in Africa. This was stated by Omolara Adagunodo, the Managing Director of…
The recently launched Africa Power Access Accelerator program is accepting applications for project development support for a variety of technologies, including hydropower and storage. About 600 million people currently lack affordable, reliable electricity in Africa, according to the African Power Platform. But developing power projects and raising finance on the…
Social listening So much information is shared on social media through listening to what potential customers are saying. Businesses can gain insight into new markets and understand how their current products and strategies are working. Keyword or brand name tracking in social media can be performed efficiently through data mining.…
Google has been fined 50 million euros (about $57 million) by a French regulator for not properly disclosing to users how their data is collected and used for targeted advertising. The penalty is the biggest yet imposed under a new European privacy law that went into effect in 2018. The European Union’s…
Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messenger service is globally limiting the number of times a user can forward a message to five, in a bid to fight “misinformation and rumours”, company executives said on Monday. “We’re imposing a limit of five messages all over the world as of today,” Victoria Grand, vice president…
Many of us use multiple accounts for some Android apps. Usually, we have one where we have fun with our friends, and the other, professional account, where we deal with customers. However, some apps support multiple accounts, but most of the social networks like Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, and many others…
In the past, companies may not have immediately decided to expand globally to find new sources for profit. Instead, companies may look to new geographic or demographic segments to expand their company. So why, now, is it so important to internationalize your business to strike new profits? Some of those…
Ten companies from across the continent have been selected to pitch on stage to investors, corporates, media and other stakeholders at the Africa Startup Summit in Kigali, Rwanda next month. The inaugural Africa Startup Summit, one of three summits taking place at Africa Tech Summit Kigali, will bring together stakeholders in…
Airbus and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) have announced the top 10 African tech start-ups that will take part in the latest Airbus Bizlab #Africa4Future accelerator programme. They were selected after an open public pitch event in front of experts, potential investors, the media and other stakeholders in…
Digital money transfer platform, WorldRemit has gained a license that enables it to offer services from South Africa and opened an office in Johannesburg, a move that looks set to drive the further growth of digital finance transaction volumes within sub-Saharan Africa. The move comes as WorldRemit, which has already…
While driving, the main distraction culprit is your phone. This is not good when it comes to your safety. However, with the help of google assistant, you can perfectly handle any kind of distraction without necessarily touching your phone. Here is how. N.B: You can launch Google Assistant by long…
Unearthed and Investing in African Mining Indaba have partnered for Startups Unearthed Africa, which offers four African emerging technology businesses the opportunity to pitch their innovative industry solutions at the world’s largest mining investment conference on Wednesday 6 February 2019 in Cape Town. The four startups with ground-breaking technologies that have been selected to access…
This idea might appear odd to some people but the reality is Apple, as a group of individuals, designs and makes products that they love to use. Unlike other device makers, Apple follows a tightly focused approach than a ‘something for everybody’ approach, which focuses on quality and overall user…
Nigeria Fintech startup, Flutterwave has partnered with Visa to launch a consumer payment product for Africa called GetBarter. The app-based offering is aimed at facilitating personal and small merchant payments within countries and across Africa’s national borders. Existing Visa cardholders can send and receive funds at home or internationally on GetBarter. The product also…
Not only in Nigeria but across the continent of Africa, mobile penetration has significantly increased. The Jumia Mobile Report 2018 found that Nigeria remains Africa’s largest mobile market, with about 162 million subscribers and a penetration rate of 84%. This has been complemented by the fact that mobile phones are…
LinkedIn is a business social network and the place to be if you’re looking for a new job or curious as to what happened to the guy who used to sit next to you in the office. If someone looks at your profile, it’s usually because they are interested in you…