MEST, the Pan-African training programme, seed fund, incubator and hub for tech entrepreneurs in Africa, has opened applications for the 2019 MEST Africa Challenge. Finalists of the pitch competition, which is now in its second year, stand to receive up to $50,000 in equity investment from MEST, space in a MEST incubator…
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The Pwn2Own contest is one of the biggest events in competitive security research, a place where up-and-coming hackers can show off their skills and earn money by finding new vulnerabilities in widely used programs. This year, there will be a new target on the list — a brand-new Tesla Model…
Take part in the ongoing clearance sales The Jumia clearance sales is presently on and it features amazing discounts, flash sales and vouchers. It affords you the opportunity to save a lot of money despite the fact that we just hit the new year. The clearance sales started yesterday and…
Jumia Nigeria has announced the launch of its clearance sales tagged ‘Everything Must Go’, targeted at boosting and encouraging new year shopping among Nigerians as well as help them save money on January shopping. The Head of Engagement Marketing for Jumia Nigeria, Olamide Amosu who made the announcement in a press…
The photo of an egg has become the most liked picture on Instagram beating the previous record set by Kylie Jenner. The photo, posted online to the account @world_record_egg by the “Egg Gang” on Jan. 4, received more than 25 million — breaking Jenner’s 18 million record. https://www.instagram.com/p/BsOGulcndj-/ The post read:…
If you are productivity obsessed and want a more joyful and efficient life; it starts with good habits. You have to prepare a sensible routine for success: plan your day, wash your face, early to bed, early to rise, etc. If you have an iPhone and you’ve updated to iOS 12, you can…
Nigerian fintech startup, Flutterwave has announced through a blogpost that it processed over $1 billion (N365 billion) worth of transactions in 2018. According to the post, the total processed value for 2018 shows a 401% increase when compared to $205 million in 2017. And it took just 46 million transactions for the payment processing…
. Due to these complexities, there is the need to automate the hiring process to make it quicker while guaranteeing that the best candidates are selected. This is exactly what DropQue is doing and it has been receiving accolades so far. A recognition that stands out is emerging winner of Seedstars…
The UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking to make up to 100K equity-free investments to provide early stage (seed) finance to for-profit technology start-ups that have the potential to benefit humanity. If you’ve got a start-up registered in one of UNICEF’s programme countries and have a working, open source prototype (or you are…
Google has announced that Chrome’s built-in ad blocker would roll out to users worldwide starting July 9, this year. Currently, Chrome’s ad blocker is only active for Chrome users in the US, Canada, and Europe, after it was initially rolled out in an initial stage in February 2018. Chrome’s built-in ad blocker…
Nigeria’s digital publishing company, Publiseer, is set to partner with Google Play Books, to support Google’s digital book distribution service in fulfilling the publishing requests it receives in Africa. “We met Phyllis via the Google Ally program, and since then, she has offered invaluable advice to us that has helped…
Apple is cutting down its current production plans for new iPhones by about 10 per cent for the next three months, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Wednesday. The tech giant told its suppliers in December to produce fewer new iPhones than what was initially planned for the March quarter, the Nikkei said,…
Should we be worried about the rate established businesses are shutting down in Nigeria? Just a few days ago, Innovation-village reported that Naspers’ Career24 is shutting down its operations in Nigeria effective 1 March 2019. It is one of the leading job portals in Nigeria, and it started operations in 2014.…
Disruptive technology trends determine the way the new year will be shaped. They will accelerate and transform many industries at a rapid pace throughout the year. They will shape the world and the future and will be present on the horizon of business owners and investors alike. These technologies are worth…
A message from Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has become the most retweeted tweet of all time. Maezawa took to Twitter on Saturday to give 100 randomly selected retweeters the chance to win a share of 100 million Japanese yen ($923,000). Twitter users were given until Monday to follow Maezawa’s account…
Five young Senegalese entrepreneurs have been selected to receive six months of business incubation and $2,000 seed-funding to kick-start their business by the Senegal Start-Up Accelerator, run by Kosmos Innovation Center and Reach for Change. The Senegal Start-Up Accelerator is designed to support innovators in the fishing and agricultural sectors to develop their…
Despite Africa’s rapidly growing middle class and steadily rising spending power, more than half the population in 46 African countries is considered multidimensionally poor, meaning those people experience multiple layers of deprivation such as poor health, lack of education and inadequate living standards, among others. Financial inclusion is steadily rising, but even now, less than 25% of…
In order to grow beyond its minuscule share of the smartphone market in India, Apple will reportedly start having its premium iPhone models being built in the country starting next year. Foxconn, one of Apple’s leading contract manufacturers, will begin building Apple’s line of iPhones, including its premium iPhone X…
Chinese schools are now tracking the exact location of their students using chip-equipped “smart uniforms” in order to encourage better attendance rates, according to a report from the state-run newspaper The Global Times. How does it work? Each uniform has two chips in the shoulders which are used to track when and…
Huawei Technologies is on track to beat Apple in full-year smartphone sales for the first time and take second place in the global market, with more than 200 million units already shipped in 2018. The Chinese telecommunications company has greatly increased sales in China, Europe, and Africa this year, and…