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An employee is one of the essential parts of any company or business. They are the ones that do the heavy lifting, providing a base for a solid and successful organization. For that reason, it might be vital for your company to create a healthy working environment that ensures your…

Nigeria’s CredPal announced that it has secured $15 million in equity and debt in a recent bridge funding round to scale its consumer credit offerings across Africa. The debt was provided by some unnamed financial institutions while the equity was provided by an existing investor, Greenhouse Capital and new investors…

Eksab, an Egyptian fantasy football platform, announced that it has raised $3million in a funding round led by 4DX Ventures with participation from Darwazah Capital, Golden Palm Investments, P1 Ventures and some other angel investors. Eksab was founded in 2018 by CEO Aly Mahmoud to make football more exciting and interactive for football fans…

Whether you are new to Mac or an avid user, exploring it to the fullest is quite a strenuous task. Even if you think that you know enough commands and shortcuts, you will find new things each day that will help you discover new functionalities. In this article, you will…

A non-fungible token (NFT) created from Late President Nelson Mandela’s original arrest warrant has been sold at an auction for 1.9million rand ($130,000). The proceeds will be used to fund the Liliesheaf Museum heritage site that documents South Africa’s struggle for democracy. An NFT, or non-fungible token, is a digital…

Elon Musk, one of the richest men alive, says he is seriously thinking of building a new social media platform, possibly to rival Twitter. Ironically the SpaceX CEO started the conversation with a poll asking whether Twitter algorithm should be open source. At the end of the voting period, 82.7%…

According to a Bloomberg report, a 16-year old living in the United Kingdom is suspected of being the mastermind behind the Lapsus$ hacking group. In case, you don’t know or have not heard about Lapsus$, this is the hacking group behind the recent data hacks of Samsung and Nvidia, as…

Instagram has now introduced two new features – Favorites and Following – which allow you control what you see on your Instagram feed. A couple of days ago, the Meta-owned photo-sharing platform introduced parental controls for its Instagram app to allow parents to supervise their children’s activities on the site.…

This week started on an interesting note for Startup CEOs that had caused ex-employees and even current employees heartaches and the #Horriblebosses trended for quite a while. The main offender cited was Ebun Okubanjo, the CEO of Bento Africa, a payroll startup with operations in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda…

Famous TikTok Star Khaby Lame has been chosen by Pepsico to promote its new Nitrogen-infused cola, Nitro Pepsi. According to Marketing Dive, the silent Senegalese-Italian star with over 135 million TikTok followers has been recruited for the print, billboard, and TV ad campaign that will use the tagline “a smoother…

MTN Group is pleased to announce senior leadership appointments to operating companies in Nigeria, Iran and Sudan, all of them internal candidates, as we focus on executing on our strategy to drive growth, de-leverage faster and reveal value in our fintech and fibre businesses. The appointments are effective 1 April…

Nigerian-based agro-processing company, Tomato Jos, has launched the first wholly made in Nigeria Tomato Mix. The tomato paste, packaged in a 65gm sachet, is the first consumer product from the company’s multi-billion Naira factory based in Kaduna, in the Northern part of Nigeria. The company raised EUR 3.9 million in…

Technology giant Microsoft confirmed that it was hacked by a group called DEV-0537, also known as Lapsus$. The company made this statement in a blog post on Tuesday this week. The group had earlier claimed to have hacked Microsoft and posted a file it claimed contains partial source code for…

Can You Learn Basic Russian in One Year? Whether it’s for work, school, or personal reasons like traveling, you may have a need to learn Russian. Perhaps you have a specific timeline and need to learn Russian relatively quickly. If you need to learn basic Russian in just a year,…

Today, President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned Dangote Fertilizer plant, Africa’s largest granulated fertilizer complex at the Lekki free trade zone, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos state. Other dignitaries that were present at the event include Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo, Minister of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar,…

Payments and tech giant Visa, has entered into a collaboration agreement with Bantu Blockchain Foundation to facilitate fast and secure transactions on the Bantu Blockchain. This integration is expected to directly boost Africa’s gig economy by significantly reducing the current friction and interoperability challenges when making payments within the continent.…

Powered by People, a Kenyan e-commerce platform announced that it has raised $5million in a funding round led by Susa Ventures and Golden Ventures. Other participants in the round include Flexport Ventures, J Ventures, and the founders of DraftKings, Fabric. The same company raised $1.5 million in seed funding about…

Klas, an online tech company that allows anyone to set up an online school and deliver live classes, announced that it has raised $130k in an angel funded round led by a host of investors including Tola Adesanmi (Spleet), Odunayo Eweniyi (Piggyvest), Nadayar Enegesi (Eden life), Njoku Emmanuel (Lazerpay), Leonard…

Burkina Faso’s African architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has emerged the winner of the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize. He becomes the first African and first black person to receive this distinguished prize in four decades of the prestigious award. The Pritzker Architecture Prize was created to honor a living architect or…

Kenyan based agri-tech, Apollo Agriculture, announced that it has raised $40 million in a funding round led by SoftBank Investment. Other participants include Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Yara Growth Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, CDC, and existing investors including Anthemis Exponential Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Leaps by Bayer, SBI, Breyer Capital, and TO Ventures…