Uber may be negotiating its way back to London, may stop operations in Quebec, Canada due to tough regulations and may still recovering from management crises. Despite this, its acceptance in Africa seems to be waxing stronger according to data from the ride-hailing app. The data showed that there 1.8 million active…
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It is now a recurring trend that whenever there is crisis or unrest in Southern Cameroon, the first thing the government do is to shut down the internet. Of course, they are aware that the internet is a viable and powerful tool for rallying and gathering support for the reported marginalisation of the…
In Africa, Ethiopian Airlines is a force to be reckoned with. It is the biggest airline in the continent and surprisingly it is owned and managed by the Ethiopian government. This is quite an irony because, in Africa, it is widely believed that the government cannot successfully run enterprise. No thanks…
Twitter recently announced that it is increasing the 140 character limit to 280 characters because of languages impacted by cramming. This means two tweets can now be tweeted in one swoop. As the news went viral, users have either welcomed or condemned the move while another set of users urged Twitter…
Video sharing website, Vimeo has announced the acquisition of Livestream and at the same time added a live streaming feature to its platform named Vimeo Live. The details of the deal were not disclosed by parties. With Vimeo Live, users will now be able to stream live from anywhere and videos will…
Seedstars World Competition was recently held in Senegal and nine startups battled it out for a chance to represent the country at the global final in Switzerland next year. Fintech startup, MaTontine was named the winner and joins the long list of winners from Mozambique, Tunisia, Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Ghana. MaTontine emerged the overall winner for…
In April, Apple announced that it would stop using Imagination’s graphics technology in the iPhone and other new products by 2019. This sent the shares of the graphics chipmaker to plunge as much as 70%. Interestingly, Apple has used Imagination’s chip technology under a licensing agreement for many years and…
eCommerce giant, Jumia Nigeria has launched an entrepreneurship competition targeted at startups and entrepreneurs who are developing a unique digital application, smart solution or much-needed service that helps to solve tangible consumer or business problems Nigeria. Entrepreneurs with great ideas or new businesses can pitch their ideas via social media…
There so many Edtech startups springing in different parts of Africa. But, unlike Fintech and Health, you can count the number of Edtech Incubators in the continent. This was what perhaps prompted Africa’s oldest incubator & ecosystem builder, Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) to launch Injini, Africa’s First EdTech Incubator for startups dedicated…
Alphabet is considering investing up to $1 billion in the ride-sharing app, Lyft. The parent company of Google has previously invested in Uber but that relationship recently nosedived as Alphabet’s self-driving car unit, Waymo, is suing the biggest ride-hailing company in the world claiming that an engineer who left Waymo…
We all complain about the notorious Lagos traffic. A reason, why the gridlock is so terrible, is that there are so many cars on the road. Whoever owns a car in the city wants to drive it to work. This is about to change as Staffbus.ng is here with a…
Google has launched a new digital payment app named Google Tez for the Indian market. The app supports English and seven Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu. It is available for both Android and iOS platforms. Google Tez links user’s bank account to Apple Pay, Android…
iPhone X is an amazing gadget almost everyone will love to have in their hands. It is sleek, stylish and it cost $1,000 (N359498.86). Truth be told, there are other phones that can function and perform as well as the iPhone X which you probably do not know about. Importantly, it does not…
Spotify is set to launch in South Africa. This is according to a job Advert which has created speculations that its services will soon be available to the South African market. While a launch date and prices for Spotify in South Africa have not been set, the service is expected to offer its…
The seventh season of Game of Thrones has been illegally downloaded or streamed more than 1 billion times. This is according to a report by anti-piracy firm MUSO, which discovered that as of 3 September, Game of Thrones season seven episodes had been pirated 1,029,787,668. Of the 1.03 billion total piracy instances for the season,…
Well, it seems the days of petrol and diesel cars are numbered as one of the biggest transport company in the world, Uber, has announced that it will make all its London UberX cars either electric or hybrid by 2019 and all of them fully electric by 2025. In addition,…
More than 8000 of the continent’s and world’s biggest brands, businesses and individuals have registered for this exciting new Internet address according to Lucky Masilela, CEO of the ZACR, the non-profit company tasked with administering the new .africa domain name on behalf of the continent. Masilela said: “Leading continental and…
Jumia is cementing its dominance in Nigeria’s eCommerce space as it has made its entry into online grocery delivery by partnering with Supermart.ng. You already know that you can purchase fashion and electronics, book hotels, and order food among others in the Jumia ecosystem. The partnership is powered by Supermart.ng, which…
Facebook, the biggest social media network in the world is planning to monetise WhatsApp which it bought for $22 billion in 2014 WhatsApp with 1 billion daily users, will charge companies to use some future features in the two free business tools it is testing. The tools, already available in…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has declared that Nigeria is officially out recession according to the 2nd quarter (Q2) 2017 Gross Domestic Product figures. This news was announced by the Head of the NBS, Dr Yemi Kale. According to the figures from the NBS showed that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product…