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On Friday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that it would be donating over $800 million to support small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), health organizations and governments, and health workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are the details of the company’s commitment below: $250 million in ad grants…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has raised an exceptional $3 billion in a three-year bond to help alleviate the economic and social impact the Covid-19 pandemic will have on livelihoods and Africa’s economies.   The Fight Covid-19 Social bond, with a three-year maturity, garnered interest from central banks and official…

Redbird (formerly Redbird Health Tech), a medical diagnostics distributor providing access to healthcare in Ghana through community pharmacies, has today announced the launch of latest innovation – the COVID-19 Daily Check-in App and Symptom Tracker in its bid to counter the spread of Cornonavirus in the African continent. Accessible as a…

There is a shortage of ventilators globally and many countries are working round the clock to provide these machines during this COVID-19 pandemic period. A ventilator is a machine designed to provide mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a patient…

Ghana announced that it has launched a Universal Quick Response (QR) Code and Proxy Pay system. QR Code payment systems have been implemented in many countries however very few countries have successfully implemented a Universal QR CODE. With this launch, Ghana has become the first African country to implement a…

Chinese tech company, Huawei, launched a new series of smartphones, the Huawei P40 series. This was done in an online event due to the ongoing ban on public gathering because of the coronavirus pandemic. The series which include Huawei P40 Pro+, Huawei P40 Pro and Huawei P40 feature cutting-edge designs…

United Bank for Africa (UBA) has announced a donation of N5billion (U$14 million) to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response to the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. The donation was done through the bank’s foundation, UBA Foundation The donation will provide significant and much needed support to Nigeria and…

Transitioning from employee to employer can be a daunting. As the Nigerian economy continues to grow, more business startups are appearing on the scene, mainly thanks to young Nigerians pursuing entrepreneurship. For these budding entrepreneurs, a key decision they must make at some point in their business life is when to make…

Video sharing giant, YouTube, is set to reduce video quality globally to ease the internet traffic during the coronavirus pandemic. The Alphabet company is extending the policy it first instituted in Europe where regulators have asked major streaming services, such as Netflix to reduce their bandwidth usage. Hitherto YouTube automatically adjusts…

BUA Group, one of Africa’s largest infrastructure companies announced that it has acquired majority shareholding in P.W.  Nigeria Limited – one of Nigeria’s largest construction, engineering and mining companies. According to BUA, this was necessary to further deepen its investments in the infrastructure business in sub-saharan Africa. Speaking on the…

The consignment of protective and medical equipment donated by Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma to help fight the coronavirus – COVID-19 have started arriving in African countries. The medical kits are being distributed in conjunction with Ethiopian Airlines. Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation had earlier stated that…

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) announced that it has suspended all enrolment activities effective today, 24th March 2020. The commission said this was in line with the recent directive issued by the Federal Government of Nigeria for all Officers on Grade Level 12 and below to stay off work.…

Following the increase in the number of the coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, the Nigerian Stock Exchange announced that effective Wednesday, March 25 , 2020 all its trading floors will be temporarily closed. The exchange however said that remote trading will continue and its staff would be available through all our digital…

The World Health Organisation last weekend, launched a Health Alert service on WhatsApp to ensure people around the world get official, trusted health information and advice about the coronavirus (COVID-19). The new service, which is free to use, has been designed to answer questions from the public about Coronavirus, and…

The Africa Tech and Creative Group (ATCG) is announcing the launch of ten MyAfCFTA nodes located across Africa in CcHUB (Nigeria/Rwanda), Afrinolly (Nigeria), iSpace (Ghana), iHUB (Kenya), BongoHive (Zambia), HYBR Group (South Africa/Kenya/Nigeria), Sylabs (Algeria), The Tech Village Innovation Hub (Zimbabwe), Bliss Executives (The Gambia), The Innovation Village (Uganda). The…

French ride-hailing startup, Heetch, has suspended its operations in Cameroon. The company which started operations in the West African country in September last year, blames the coronavirus in France for the suspension of services in the country. According to the company in a statement: “French company Heetch started operations in…

Video streaming giant, Netflix will be switching from high definition streaming to standard definition to manage the increased usage of Internet by people staying at home because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) Netflix is acting on the request from EU Commissioner Thierry Breton. Netflix traffic accounts for a significant portion of the…

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Google has replaced its homepage logo with a doodle of Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, to honour the Hungarian physician and scientist known as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures and a pioneer in hand washing. In the 19th century, Semmelweis found out that the incidence of puerperal…

GT Bank Plc. one of the foremost banks in Nigeria has launched Beta Health, a low-cost health financing product that offers instant access to health insurance for Nigerians. Beta Health provides coverage for basic and essential health services such as; general consultations, treatment for malaria, Ante-natal care, amongst others, for…

Apple has unveiled a new MacBook Air which features the new Magic Keyboard, delivers up to two times faster performance and starts at a new lower price of $999. Starting with 256GB of storage, the new MacBook Air allows customers to store even more movies, photos and files.  And for…