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As the European Union (EU) launches its Digital COVID Certificate today 1st July, many Nigerians and indeed Africans may face challenges travelling to the EU under this new “Green Pass” regime This is due to the fact that the EU has not approved the AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum…

Following the addition of the UEFA Euro 2020 earlier this year, Showmax Pro subscribers across the continent will soon be able to live stream hundreds of Olympic events on the streaming service from 23 July – 8 August 2021. The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 were postponed to 2021 as result of the Covid pandemic. While World War I and II led to…

Ghanaian Fintech startup, Zeepay has completed a US$7.9 million Series A funding round to help it further expand across Africa. The funding round is a hybrid of equity and balance sheet funding to support its operations and was led by I&P, an impact investing group with over USD250m in assets…

Nigerian healthcare startup, MDaaS Global announced that it has raised $2.3 million in seed extension led by Newtown Partners via the Imperial Venture Fund, with participation from CRI Foundation, FINCA Ventures, Techstars, and Future Africa, among others. The company is using this new funding to launch ‘SentinelX’, a digital health membership that champions preventive, personalized, and continuous…

Jetstream, a cross-border trade logistics startup, announced that it has raised $3 million seed round which involved the following local and foreign investors – Alitheia IDF, Golden Palm Investments, 4DX Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Asia Pacific Land, Breyer Labs, and MSA Capital. Launched in 2018 by by Miishe Addy and Solomon Torgbor, Jetstream…

Social media giant, Facebook, hit the $1 trillion market cap for the first time ever on Monday during trading. It becomes the fifth US company after Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet to achieve this feat. Apple and Amazon accomplished the feat in the summer of 2018, while Microsoft hit $1 trillion for…

Pan-African digital bank, Carbon, has entered into a five-year partnership with tech giant Visa to issue virtual and physical debit cards to its customers across Africa. Carbon intends to start issuing debit cards in the the third quarter of 2021 and this partnership see the digital bank leveraging Visa’s payment…

Horizontal Classifieds general marketplace, Jiji, has acquired vertical marketplace Cars45 for an undisclosed amount. Jiji is currently growing to become a major global Classifieds marketplace through acquisitions. In 2019, the Ukranian Genesis classified ads company entered an agreement to transfer all OLX assets in Sub-Saharan Africa to Jiji. In 2018,…

Tech giant, Microsoft, officially unveiled Windows 11, ushering in the next generation of Windows. It had been taunting the Internet for some time now and it finally revealed the new platform on Thursday, 24th of June The new Windows 11 has arrived with new exciting features and we would like…

Yippee!! Instagram is testing a feature which enables a user to post from a desktop. Hitherto, you could only post directly on the gram via your mobile phone. Some reports state that some people have noticed the new feature and now have the ability to now upload photos and videos…

The world’s first 3D-printed school has been built in Malawi by 14Trees, a CDC joint venture with construction company Holcim. 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. A material is deposited, joined or solidified under computer control to…

First impressions are so powerful that they can override what we subsequently learn about a person – as found in a study published by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. That is, people are more likely to trust their own perceptions than facts shared with them by people with factual knowledge…

Kenyan Agritech startup, Apollo Agriculture, has raised $1 million to scale its agritech solution. This is by way of a credit facility from Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund). Apollo will use the proceeds to continue scaling its high impact ag-tech solution to reach more smallholder farmers who are unable to…

Social media giant, Facebook, has officially launched its Clubhouse clone – live audio rooms. It started testing the feature with public figures and creators based in Taiwan in May 2021 and is now officially rolling out in the US. The Social Media giant had earlier given this announcement in April saying, “We’re…

South Korean automaker, Hyundai, has completed the acquisition of Boston Dynamics by acquiring the remaining 20% from Softbank. Last year, Hyundai acquired 80% interest in Boston Dynamics in a deal that valued the mobile robot firm at $1.1 billion while Softbank retained an approximately 20% stake. Boston Dynamics is the established leader in…

Trella, an Egyptian digital freight marketplace startup, announced that it has completed the successful completion of a $42 million funding round, comprising $30 million new equity and $12 million debt facilities. Participants in this funding round include the leaders, Maersk Growth – the corporate venture arm of global multinational A.P.…

Babajide Duroshola has announced that he is stepping down from the helm of affairs as the Country Director of Safeboda in Nigeria. He made the announcement via a medium post today Babajide joined the ride-hailing startup in May 2019 after leaving Andela as the Community Manager, Technical Talent. He led…

Paysatck and WooCommerce have announced a new partnership that makes integration easier a lot easier and faster. WooCommerce is one of the biggest ecommerce solution in Africa. Launched on September 27, 2011, it is an open-source e-commerce plugin designed for small to large-sized online merchants using WordPress. This new partnership…

Kune, a Kenyan food-tech startup involved in the delivery of freshly made, ready-to-eat meals at arguably affordable prices, announced that it raised $1 million in a pre-seed funding round to launch its on-demand food service in August. The funding round was led by Launch Africa Ventures, with other investors like Century Oak Capital GmbH, Consonance…

After announcing plans to Launch the vivo V21 in the Kenyan market a few days ago, now the device has been placed for pre-order both online and offline to enable Kenyans to acquire the device locally before its official launch date. On pre-order, vivo will be offering several free UEFA™ Euro…