Instagram has over 1 billion users worldwide which makes it a viable tool to market your business and reach potential customers. As a business owner, you will need an Instagram business account to take full advantage of the social media app’s business/marketing features. This is completely different from your personal…
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Fifteen startups from across Africa have been selected to participate in the sixth cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa. Nigeria dominates the class with 6 startups and joined by three from South Africa, two from Kenya, and one startup each from Ethiopia, Ghana, Tunisia, and Rwanda. This year,…
Bitcoin continued its dramatic plunge to $32,281, down 17.65% from a week earlier as some of China’s largest bitcoin mining farms were shut down over the weekend. The bitcoin mining facilities of Sichuan Province received an order on Friday to stop doing business by Sunday, according to Chinese state media outlet the Global…
Startups spend so much on printing physical business cards despite the paucity of funds. In the end, the cards are under-utilised or misplaced which a loss to the organisation. So, won’t it be a good idea if as a founder or salesperson, you are able to automate your business card?…
Despite the fact that a large number of Nigerians now deal in cryptocurrency, there are even more of the country’s citizens who do not know how to deal in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin among others. This is in part due to the imposition of a ban by the Central Bank…
Zimbabwean language app, Bhala has launched a mobile virtual keyboard that uses machine learning and state-of-the-art deep learning models to improve the experience of writing in African languages. Rolled out in January, Bhala currently supports word auto-complete, spellcheck, and word prediction in ChiShona, IsiNdebele, IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, KiSwahili, Sepedi, Sesotho and…
Spotify has acquired Podz, a startup whose technology generates preview clips of podcasts, the streaming service has announced. Unlike other services podcasters can use to manually create clips, Podz automates the process of finding key moments from episodes using machine learning trained on over 100,000 hours of audio. The acquisition is…
Helium Health, the largest Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Hospital Management Information (HMI) Systems provider in West Africa has launched its services in Kenya. In May 2020, the startup closed a $10 million Series A funding round to expand its services in both new and existing markets launching operations in East, North,…
Spotify has launched a live audio app called Greenroom, the Swedish online music streaming giant’s answer to the popular platform Clubhouse. Greenroom allows users to join live discussions or host their own. Spotify launched Greenroom after acquiring Betty Labs, the company behind the popular sports-focused audio platform Locker Room. Along with…
Fatura, an Egyptian B2B marketplace that connects wholesalers and manufacturers with retailers across different industries, has closed a US$3 million pre-Series A funding round to allow it to offer new services and expand to new markets. Founded in 2019 by Hossam Ali, Ahmed Anwar and Abdallah Mohebeldin, who were later…
Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA global, formally announced its Circle of Corporate Innovators. Sterling Bank, Ecobank, Fidelity Bank, Access Bank, and the VFD Group are the pioneer members. This network of prominent corporate innovators is prominent in emerging markets and has managed to partner with tens of startups in creating new digital…
Bitcoin has received a major boost after Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu urged the country to prepare to adopt the cryptocurrency. This comes a few days after El Salvador announced it had adopted Bitcoin as legal tender. A number of South and Central American nations have also signaled their readiness to…
One thousand three hundred and twenty (1,320) students from one hundred and thirty two (132) teams including students from all 104 Unity Schools in Nigeria are among 500,000+ children around the world who participated in the 2020/2021 FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge RePLAY session Challenge. Highlights of the season include –Amazing, custom-built robots came to life in…
DeliverASAP, a Nigerian logistics startup that provides last-mile fulfillment for importers, has recorded a milestone of fulfilling over 450 orders, worth over ₦40 million, weighing over 1,700kg all within the pilot year. The company which was launched during the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020 has joined the list of businesses birthed…
Crowwe application owned by Adamu Garba has been removed from Google play store. The Crowwe app, which has been described as an instant messaging and financial transaction app that comes with a digital wallet that helps to transfer and receive money while chatting, has received the worst reviews. Following the…
If you are about to sell or replace your Android smartphone, you might be thinking about all the data (including images, videos, music, and all other things) stored in it. Certainly, you can’t hand over the smartphone to another person before removing the data stored in it. However, many users…
Tesla will resume accepting bitcoin payments for its cars once miners of the cryptocurrency can prove that they are using roughly 50% clean energy, CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet. “When there’s confirmation of reasonable (~50%) clean energy usage by miners with positive future trend, Tesla will resume allowing Bitcoin…
An anonymous bidder has paid a mouthwatering sum of $28,000,000 for a trip into space with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The anonymous bidder will get to fly with Bezos and his younger brother Mark on his rocket company Blue Origin’s maiden voyage next month. The identity of the buyer will be revealed…
SonoCare Healthcare Inc., a leading HealthTech company offering comprehensive virtual/remote and on-site care solutions has today announced the launch of its latest innovation, the Telehealth Mobile Application in an attempt to enable underserved communities to access quality, inclusive and affordable healthcare. Available to users through both Google Play and Apple…
Gebeya Inc. has announced the launch of its revamped marketplace, the first of its kind in terms of reach in Africa. Prior to investment, Gebeya operated mostly a manual non-scalable marketplace model. Gebeya raised a $2M seed investment in Feb 2020, co-led by Partech and Orange Ventures and followed by…