The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up different perspectives about work and how it affects our lives. This forced regime has helped us to realise that indeed you don’t have to report to a physical location and work for a certain number of hours to be effective. Companies have come up…
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Applications for the 12th annual SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards and 7th annual Disability Empowerment Awards are open for entry. Entrepreneurs and innovators who have developed products and services that assist the country’s most vulnerable communities including women, youth, people living with disabilities and those living in rural areas are…
Zoom and DocuSign have announced an integration which allows you review and sign documents within a Zoom meeting. This is surely one of the outcomes of the COVID pandemic when people could not meet physically and most activities were done virtually. If people can hold meetings virtually, why can’t they…
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic will commence sale of tickets to the edge of space today February 16, 2022. The space tourism company says it is giving the general public the opportunity to purchase one of the initial spaceflight reservations and secure membership in the unique community of Future Astronauts. This…
With the COVID lockdown experienced in many countries in 2020, a lot of people had to discover creative ways to make money online, like checking the best stocks to buy, as dividend stocks are one of the most straightforward paths for individuals to generate second income.. Making money online has been…
MoneyHash, an Egyptian Fintech startup, announced that it has raised $3 million in pre-seed funding to build a super-API for payment operations in Middle East and Africa (MEA). This is in fact an extension of an undisclosed pre-seed investment announced in June 2021 led by Amir Farha’s COTU Ventures. COTU Ventures…
Stitch announced that it has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round. This comes after the South African API fintech startup raised $4 million early last year and a further $2 million seed extension in the same year. This new raise brings total to date to $27 million…
Meta announced that it will be shutting down the Express Wi-Fi operations this year. Though no official reason was given for winding down the operations, it might be connected with the recent report that customers were being charged using some of the company’s so-called free data services. Launched in 2016,…
A lot of Startup founders come up with ideas that they feel, would make millions. They believe that speaking passionately about the ideas, investors would open their purses and dole out the much-needed cash for the businesses. Ideas come a dime a dozen, but investors want to know why they…
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced that it has invested $200 million in Forbes, a global media company, focusing on business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, and lifestyle. The funds will help Forbes execute on its plan to merge with a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, in the first…
Electronics giant Samsung unveiled Galaxy S22 smartphones – Galaxy S22 Ultra, Galaxy S22 and S22+ at the Samsung Unpacked event today. The company also unveiled Galaxy Tab S8, Tab S8+ and Tab S8 Ultra in addition. Here’s everything the company announced at Unpacked event. Galaxy S22 Ultra You could say…
Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) has announced the acquisition of Investment One Funds Management and Investment One Pensions Managers Limited subsidiaries from Investment One Financial Services Group. According to GTCO, this is in a bid to actualize its vision of being a Holding company providing one-stop shop for financial services…
Meta (formerly known as Facebook) has introduced a new tool called “Personal Boundary” to guard against harassment in its Horizon Worlds and Horizon Venues virtual reality spaces. According to Meta in a statement, Personal Boundary prevents avatars from coming within a set distance of each other, creating more personal space for people and…
South African API fintech startup, Stitch, is launching an early-stage startup showcase, in partnership with Paystack and DisruptAfrica, to help businesses access funding + support, to build the solution of their dreams. Founded by Kiaan Pillay, Priyen Pillay and Natalie Cuthbert, Stitch offers API access to bank accounts in Africa with a lightweight…
Bell Equipment, South Africa’s leading heavy equipment manufacturer and distributor announced the global and domestic release of its first autonomous vehicles (AV) in 2022. Their ADT was first exhibited at the MINexpo 2021 in Las Vegas. Pronto AI, the safety and automation technology developer, is the partner of Bell in its quest to produce the…
There may be light at the end of the tunnel for HIV/AIDs as Moderna has started human trials for its HIV vaccine. This was announced in a statement by IAVI, the nonprofit scientific research organization, and biotechnology company Moderna. They said recently that the first doses have been administered in…
The New York Times announced that it has acquired popular puzzle game, Wordle from its creator, Josh Wardle, a software engineer in Brooklyn, for a price “in the low seven figures.” Created by Josh Wardle in October 2021, Wordle is a puzzle where players get six chances to guess a…
AltSchool Africa announced that it has secured $1 million in a pre-seed funding round to scale its efforts. Investors include Olugbenga “GB” Agboola, Flutterwave co-founder and CEO; Shola Akinlade, Paystack co-founder and CEO; Folarin Falana, a Nigerian artist popularly known as Falzthebahdguy; and Akitoye Balogun, a Nigerian artist known as Ajebutter22. The VCs in…
This is sadly the end of Naspers’ horizontal Classifieds business in Sub-Saharan Africa as it shuts down its OLX South Africa operations. Visiting the OLX South Africa website, you get a banner stating that “OLX South Africa is no longer available. But not to worry, We can still help you…
Over the years, the market for e-commerce goods has changed drastically. The change has made it easier for people to conduct shopping activities from the comfort of their homes or offices. This has led to the increased demand for product packaging solutions to handle shipping and logistics and create a…