Two engineering students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Taofeek Olalekan Afeez and Alayande Abdulwaheed Abiola, have been declared winners of the 2018 Imagine Cup national finals in Nigeria. The undergraduates of Physics Electronics & Electrical Electronics who jointly formed Team TREP invented an Internet of Things (IoT)…
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7kemma, an on-demand home nursing service, has won Seedstar’s first African pitch event at Seedstars Cairo ahead of five other startups. The pitch event was at Seedspace Cairo and kicked off Seedstars World’s tour of startup scenes in emerging markets in Africa. A jury comprised of Seedstars World MENA regional manager Meghan Warner,…
In March, a 49-year-old woman was hit and killed by an Uber self-driving car as she crossed a street in Tempe, Arizona. Consequently, the ride-sharing company announced that it was suspending self-driving car tests in all North American cities due to the ghastly accident. This suspension will soon end as…
Benin’s Regulatory Authority of Electronic Communications (ARCEP) has announced a new competition for start-ups named “Best Start-up 2018”. Hervé Guedegbe, Executive Secretary of ARCEP says the competition aims to recognise local start-ups that have made a positive impact on the country and its people. His words, “The Best Start-up 2018…
Customers will always remain kings & queens. Successful businesses today are those that are customer-focused. Having utter disregard for customers’ preference, such as cancelling ‘Payment on Delivery’ and compelling customers to pay before an item is delivered, or subtly restricting the customers when it is time to return an item…
The world’s largest startup competition focused on women and technology is back bigger and better! The She Loves Tech 2018 Global Startup Competition will be held in 14 locations across Canada, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa and the UAE. With local rounds held from…
From gaming apps to start-ups, and augmented and virtual reality experiences, Google scours the Play Store every year to find the gems you need on your smartphone. The Google Play Award ceremony recognises the best apps and games on Google Play over the past year. These apps and games battled it out across…
Walmart has announced a deal worth about $16bn to take a majority stake in Flipkart, India’s largest online retailer. If the deal goes through, Walmart will buy about three-quarters of Flipkart’s shares at a valuation of just under $20bn and will set up a fight with its US rival Amazon. It is…
Healthcare in Nigeria is difficult to access. This is a situation that we have grappled with for years. But we need a solution. With technology-internet-now a major part of our daily lives. It is offering tools to this dearth of healthcare in the country. One of such companies exploring tech…
Nokia has announced that it has acquired SpaceTime Insight to expand its Internet of Things (IoT) business and IoT analytics capabilities. SpaceTime Insight provides machine learning-powered analytics and IoT applications for some of the world’s largest transportation, energy and utility organisations. Designed specifically for asset-intensive industries, the machine learning models and other advanced analytics…
Diamond Bank is partnering with major players in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry in launching TechFest, a platform for technology entrepreneurs, to showcase their innovations. TechFest is an open invitation to anyone who wants to explore, debate and celebrate homegrown start-ups who are using technology to change the…
Free delivery only applies to orders from N10,000 and above Large items such as Air Conditioning, Dishwasher, Fridge/Freezer etc. do not apply In response to customers’ unrelenting demands for free delivery service to be replicated in other cities within the country, Nigeria’s leading eCommerce company, Jumia has announced the…
Amidst Facebook’s crises, it has added a dating feature to its platform to allow users meet and chat with non-friends. Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg said: “There are 200 million people on Facebook that list themselves as single, so clearly there’s something to do here.” If you are looking for love…
The investor of Nigeria’s Car45, Frontier Car Group, a Berlin startup that has built a used car marketplace targeted specifically at countries outside of Western Europe and North America, has just raised $58 million in funding — $41 million in equity and $17 million in debt funding — to continue…
Iran has followed in Russia’s footsteps by banning Telegram, the app almost half of the country’s population use for public groups and encrypted personal messaging. According to reports, over 40 million people use Telegram in Iran. The move came just weeks after Iran’s rulers started telling people to instead use…
Online accounting startup, Accounteer has been declared the winner of the Lagos edition of the MEST Africa Challenge. The startup faced stiff competition from seven other non-MEST startups to emerge the winner. For as low as $10 per month (3600 Naira), Accounteer allows small business owners create invoices, track expenses, and…
Kenya based startup, Africa’s Talking has raised a new $8.6 million funding led by IFC Venture Capital, with participation from Orange Digital Ventures and Social Capital. According to reports, the funds from will be used to hire and build capacity at the company’s Nairobi headquarters; expand its presence in other geographies around Africa;…
Amazon and Tesla facilities have been named amongst the most unsafe and dangerous places to work in the United States. This is according to a new report by The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health which put both companies on a “dirty dozen” list that ranks companies by their factory conditions. Specifically,…
Nigerian Startup TradeDepot has received $3-million in series A funding from Partech, an investment platform for tech and digital companies. It’s the global investment firm’s first commitment from its €100-million Africa fund launched earlier this year. The Lagos-based company’s platform helps retailers in the fast-moving consumer goods sector to distribute goods in Africa.…
Facebook’s internet.org has now connected more than 100 million people to the internet. Commenting on the milestone, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement: “We continue to work on connectivity, and our Internet.org efforts have now helped almost 100 million people get access to the internet who may not…