Uber announced Tuesday the launch of UberBus in Egypt, a day after its competitor Careem officially launched Careem Bus in Cairo. Uber also announced it will bring Uber Lite, a new version of the rider app built to work in low connectivity, and with older Android devices, across the Middle East…
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Apple reveals the Best of 2018, a global collection of top charts and selects from editors across every category highlighting all of the amazing things to watch, read, listen to and play across apps, music, podcasts, books, TV and movies. It’s an invariable list of the who’s who and what’s…
On the 1st of January 2019, at 12 am, WAT, the Tony Elumelu Foundation will begin accepting applications for the fifth cycle of its Entrepreneurship Programme. 1,000 selected applicants will join the current 4,470 beneficiaries of the Programme. Since 2015, the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme – the only African-funded entrepreneurial catalyst…
In line with its commitment to growing Africa’s technology start-up ecosystem and its passion for developing diverse, young talent, Facebook is returning as the headline sponsor of TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018. The event, taking place in Lagos, Nigeria — will search for Sub-Saharan Africa’s best innovators, makers and technology…
Preparing for the upcoming holiday is a full-time task, so it’s fair to say that focusing on a few every year is probably a good way to limit the stress and to keep you free to further develop your business. At least until you have enough staff to be able…
In July this year, Injini selected eight startups from five African countries to join their second cohort. These were; eLimu (Kenya), Learning Factory (Zimbabwe), BlueBic (Nigeria), Lightbulb (South Africa), ScholarX (Nigeria), SlateCube (Nigeria) and LangBot (Ethiopia). To mark the end of the five months incubation program, Injini held a demo day this…
Experts have previously predicted that Google not Microsoft is expected to compete with Apple on which tech giant will become the most valuable public company in the world. In a major coup, Microsoft has overtaken Apple as the world’s most valuable publicly-listed company, 16 years after the software giant lost…
The Managing Director of Jumia’s hotel and flight marketplace, Omolara Adagunodo has said that collaboration and innovation will strengthen and improve Nigeria’s travel industry. She stated this at a panel discussion convened to discuss Technology Trends: Tomorrow’s Tech for Today’s Travel at the 2nd edition of the Nigeria Travel Week held…
Online merchants and consumers alike expect online buying and selling to be easy, efficient, and safe. Ecommerce transactions trigger automated processes that involve downstream players: banks and fintechs. New technologies have already simplified and smoothed business-to-business and business-to-customer experiences with mobile payments and e-wallets. As e-payment becomes popular, there are…
Six months ago, the Google Impact Challenge (GIC) asked Kenyan, Nigerian, and South African social innovators for big and bold ideas to drive community impact and more than 5,000 submissions were received across the continent. From the pool of submissions, 36 local nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs across Kenya, Nigeria,…
Taylor Swift has been named the most influential person on Twitter this year, despite only tweeting 13 times. Social media analysis company Brandwatch released its annual list of the top 10 most influential women and top 10 most influential men on Twitter, and with an “influencer score” of 98 points out of a possible…
Every year, thousands of people (from all parts of Nigeria and around the world) head to Calabar – the capital of Cross River State – to experience the hugely popular Calabar Carnival, arguably Africa’s largest street party. The carnival is popular for many things; colourful dancers from around the world,…
Online retail major Amazon has overtaken Flipkart with $7.5 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) as compared to the latter’s $6.2 billion on a standalone basis in the financial year ending on March 31, 2018, according to a report from Barclays. That number excludes the gross merchandise value of Flipkart…
With these painstaking efforts, Jumia has been able to extend the convenience of eCommerce to many offline folks.
British and Dutch regulators fined ride-hailing service Uber $1.2 million for failing to protect customers’ personal information during a 2016 cyber attack involving millions of users. Names, mobile phone numbers and e-mail addresses were compromised in the breach, which involved 57 million users worldwide. That included 2.7 million user accounts…
Disney has finally dropped a first look at the much-anticipated live-action remake of The Lion King. The teaser trailer gives us 90 seconds of footage from the film, depicting the iconic moment that Rafiki (John Kani) introduces the future king, Simba (Donald Glover), to the animals of the African savanna. “Everything the…
Didn’t get all the things you were hoping to buy on Black Friday? Fear not, Cyber Monday offers plenty of more deals. And you don’t have to leave your desk to score the best ones. Here are tips to help you navigate this Cyber Monday. Always check price history The ability to check historical pricing…
Sompo Holdings, Inc. has announced a business alliance with the leading digital foreign exchange platform and treasury solution based in Africa, BitPesa. This collaboration will allow Sompo to leverage BitPesa’s blockchain services to revolutionize the way businesses and individuals make financial transfers across borders. Both firms intend to help increase…
Publiseer took to its Facebook page to announce its third expansion outside its home country Nigeria. This time, the digital publisher expands to South Africa, the country the word ‘Publiseer’ comes from. Before this expansion, Publiseer had expanded into its neighbouring West African country Ghana, and Kenya. With this new…
Uber has launched uberBODA in Nairobi Kenya, five months after it began operations in Kampala, Uganda in a move expected to provide residents of Nairobi a quick commute from one place to another on a Boda-Boda motorcycle by using the Uber app. UberBoda will directly compete with TaxifyBoda which launched in Kenya…