Carlos Ghosn, the now ex-Chairman of Nissan Motors has been ousted after nearly two decades at the helm of Japanese carmaker Nissan, following allegations of financial misconduct. He has been accused by Nissan of under-reporting his salary and using company assets for personal use. But some see it as part…
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The managing director of Jumia’s hotel and flight marketplace, Omolara Adagunodo has urged the federal government through the Nigerian Immigration Service to extend visa on arrival (VOA) to international tourists trooping into the country for leisure. Adagunodo who stated this at a recent tourism conference in Lagos said: “Foreign investors or business…
Three joint winners of the 2018 cycle of Al Sumait Prize for African Development in the field of Health have been endorsed by the award’s Board of Trustees, in recognition of their exemplary work in health improvement on the African continent. Following consideration of the jury and selection committees’ reports, the Board of Trustees has decided to award half of the Prize to Professor Salim S. Abdool Karim, Director of the Centre for the…
LinkedIn is gettings its own Snapchat-style stories feature. As reported by TechCrunch, it’s currently being tested for U.S.-based students and recent graduates using the LinkedIn app, hence the name: “Student Voices.” The feature lets you post short videos — but not photos — as a collection for others to enjoy. The post vanishes…
A business does not fail overnight. In fact, if you look closely, there are a few key signs that can help you identify a failing business months before it happens. Some of these signs include a halt in growth, poor cash-flow management, and a glaring lack of innovation or differentiation.…
The 2019 shortlist for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation was announced today in Cape Town, South Africa, recognising the most promising entrepreneurial engineers from across sub-Saharan Africa. Included in this year’s shortlist are the innovators behind a smart glove that translates sign language to speech in real time, a secure currency…
The idea of having something of your own is always thrilling. The same very much applies to the entrepreneurial minds of the modern time. Most of the youth in the current times prefer to live on the edge because they do not want to answer to anyone! As such many…
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s digital agriculture platform has announced the launch of Nigeria’s first annual National Digital Agriculture Day; as part of celebrations marking the startup’s second year of operations. This comes on the back of the startup winning Best Agritech Solution for 2018 at the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards held in Cape Town, South Africa earlier…
A multi-billion dollar project for the production and development of technology inspired by the U.S.’s Silicon Valley will be built in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. The project will be co-financed by the Rwandan government and Africa50, an infrastructure investment platform founded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and African states. It…
Twiga Foods has announced a $10 million investment led by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme. The investment was co-led by TLcom, a pan-African venture capital (VC) firm with participation from previous investors DOB Equity, 1776, Adolph H.Lundin and Wamda Capital.…
Passionate about the African startup scene, Abimbola Adebola left a lucrative position as the COO of the Tony Elumelu Foundation to establish Advantage Health Africa whose flagship health tech venture is my-medicines.com. Innovation-village had an exclusive interview with Abimbola Adebola. She told us about my-medicines.com, shared her experience as the…
The Nigerian financial sector has significantly grown in leaps and bounds; thanks largely to technology. Currently, the services of banks have been automated. Customers are no longer required to visit their brick and mortar branches to perform any transaction. With their smartphones, they can process local and international transactions. These…
In July, Google’s Alphabet announced that it would launch internet-powered balloons tagged Project Loon in Kenya. The service, which targets to avail internet access to remote areas via high-flying balloons, secured a partnership with Kenya’s third largest mobile operator Telkom. However, Telkom announced that the project could only proceed after…
The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), Africa’s global forum for science has launched the search for its third Class of NEF Fellows. Once selected, the new class will join 35 of Africa’s top scientists from all fields of science, Fellows from the two previous cohorts. The selected NEF Fellows will present…
Despite its troubles with the Nigerian government, MTN Group has disclosed that it will apply for a mobile banking licence in the country and plans to launch a service next year according to Chief Executive Officer Rob Shuter. This further embeds the South African telecoms company in its biggest but…
The Managing Director of Jumia’s Hotel & Flight Marketplace, Omolara Adagunodo has applauded the Lagos State House of Assembly for passing the bill to establish the Lagos State Tourism Promotion Agency. Adagunodo stated this while speaking to some stakeholders within the industry at a tourism roundtable in Lagos. “Lagos is…
Stan Lee, the former editor-in-chief, publisher, and chairman of Marvel Comics has died at age 95. Lee was best known for co-creating much of Marvel’s superheroes: Spider-Man, The X-Men, The Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Daredevil, Black Panther, and Doctor Strange, among others. Lee’s comics career began in 1939…
The World Health Organization (WHO) in the African Region has launched the first WHO Africa Innovation Challenge calling for health innovations with the potential for having a significant social impact and addressing the unmet health needs on the continent. “This Innovation Challenge recognizes the critical need for innovations to address the continent’s challenges…
Ghanaian Agritech startup, Cowtribe has secured $300,000 investment from Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. Launched in 2016, Cowtribe acquires and aggregates affordable vaccines from larger suppliers and delivers them to farmers through a network of qualified agents. It also came to ease the procurement of livestock medicines by enabling people to order animal…
We are sure Netflix is already gearing up for competition in 2019. Disney’s new streaming service will be called Disney+ and launch in late 2019, CEO Bob Iger has announced. The company announced in August 2017 it would pull all its movies from Netflix in 2019, and start its own streaming offering for its past titles. Disney…