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Seedstars World [SSW], the largest startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup ecosystems, is hosting the sixth edition of the annual Seedstars Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland on April 2-5. This year, the summit will undertake a new format, focusing primarily on five key industries – finance, healthcare, education, agriculture…

Samsung also unveiled a new line of wearables at the Samsung Unpacked 2019 event on the 20th of February which include the Galaxy Watch Active, Galaxy Fit and Galaxy Buds. The line of wearables are made for a range of lifestyles According to DJ Koh, President and CEO of IT & Mobile Communications…

Samsung unveiled the new Galaxy S10 line of smartphones at its Unpacked event held in San Francisco, USA today. The phones are dubbed S10, S10+, S10e and S10 5G. According to Samsung CEO, DJ Koh, “Galaxy S10 is designed for those who want a premium smartphone with powerful performance and…

Samsung has just launched its first foldable phone called the Galaxy Fold. The phone was unveiled at the Samsung Unpacked event taking place in San Francisco, California. The foldable phone has a 4.6 inch display when folded as a handset which unfolds into a 7.3 inch tablet. The device has…

Chinese Smartphone maker, Xiaomi, has just unveiled a new flagship phone – the MI 9 ahead of the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2019 event. Wonder if the company is also not trying to take the shine off the Samsung S10 and S10 Plus. The Xiaomi MI 9 runs the leading Qualcomm…

Do you know that Facebook’s own Donate buttons have raised $1 billion for nonprofits since its launch in 2013? Can you now imagine if Instagram launches a similar feature to its 1 billion users? Well you don’t have to imagine anymore. It seems that Instagram will soon launch its fundraising feature.…

Today is the day for Samsung aficionados and fans. It is the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2019. We will be expecting the unveiling of new Samsung devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S10, S10 Plus, Samsung’s first “foldable” device called the Fold, a new set of wireless earbuds, and more. The event will…

KaiOS Technologies today announced that six new partners in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania will launch mobile phones running on its operating system for smart feature phones, KaiOS. These devices form a new category of phones that combine the affordability of a feature phone with the essential features of a…

Amazon has launched a new service where you can now pay cash for orders made on the platform in  Kenya. This is made possible using a new service known as Amazon Paycode. Amazon PayCode is a new payment option that enables you to pay for Amazon orders with cash. You…

Alibaba’s Ant Financial has bought London-based payments company WorldFirst in a deal said to be valued around $700 million. The world’s most valuable unicorn (start-up) company, with a valuation of US$150 billion, was denied a chance to buy MoneyGram fro $1.2 billion by the US government. WorldFirst CEO Jonathan Quin said…

As promised last year by CEO ‘Bosun Tijani, Co-Creation Hub has launched a design laboratory in Kigali, Rwanda. The launch took place early this week and was streamed on the organisation’s Facebook page. It was officially declared open by Rwanda Minister of ICT and Innovation, Paula Ingabire. The design lab is…

Nigerians woke up this morning to the news that the Presidential elections has been postponed. The announcement was made by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu at about 3.00a.m. on the 16th of February 2019. According to him, “Following a careful review of the implementation of…

Micro-blogging platform, Twitter, has suspended accounts of some social media influencers ahead of the 2019 elections in Nigeria. Some of these Nigerian Twitter influencers’ accounts suspended include Badmus Hakeem (Tweets@Bhadoosky), Jokunle (@Jokunle), Ani Nomso (@ani_nomso), Shawnife (@Shawnife_), Official Bmax (@OfficialBmax), Uche Kush (@UcheKush_),  Lazy Writa (@LazyWrita),  Rouvafe (@Rouvafe), Abdulaxis (@iam_abdulaxis), Switchme, Enekem Greg (@EnekemGreg). The suspension was confirmed by Twitter…

As we wait for Samsung to unveil its new devices at the Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event taking place on February 20, there has been a leak on the Samsung Galaxy Wearable app for Android, formerly known as Samsung Gear. The leak was due to an update on the app and it revealed…

JP Morgan, the largest bank in America and sixth largest in the world, is launching its own cryptocurrency. And it will be called JPM coin This is interesting since the CEO of this same bank, Jamie Dimon, said sometime ago that he doesn’t “really give a shit” about bitcoin. So it seems…

Google has partnered with United Bank for Africa (UBA) and 21st Century Technologies to provide free WiFi across 11 locations in Lagos State, Nigeria. This is an extension of the Google Station initiative launched at the #GoogleforNigeria held last year. Google said it will roll out the initiative in 200…

Have you noticed if the number of Instagram followers has suddenly decreased? Apparently some Instagram users have noticed and are wondering if Instagram is cleaning up its database and wiping off fake accounts. Alas! Instagram says there is truly an issue causing a change in account follower numbers for some people…

A new report has listed Jumia Group, Cell C and Promasidor as part of 315 private companies around the world valued over $1 billion (as at 11 February 2019). The CB Insights report states that all 315 unicorns have a total cumulative valuation of about $1058 billion A unicorn startup or…

A seed stage Venture Capital institution, Ingressive Capital, has announced the opening of applications for $50K-$100K investments in tech enabled startups based in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ingressive Capital will provide follow-on funding with its own investor base, who run some of the leading funds in the world. The company looks for post-launch founders…