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Techpoint and CcHub, in collaboration with DEMO Africa, kickstarted the Western African Tour seeing Lagos tripling the number of winning startup teams. Accounteer, E-pump and Termii emerged top of the pool other country champs in the semi-final battles for regional representatives. Accounteer is a smart cloud accounting platform that allows SMEs to…

Nigeria’s popular digital content distribution platform, Publiseer, gets into MIT Solve Global Challenges. MIT Solve is a business incubator from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that advances solutions from tech entrepreneurs to address pressing global issues by connecting innovators with resources such as expertise, human capital, technology, and funding. Since…

The South African innovation tour held by DEMO Africa in partnership with Legazy saw a surprising turn of events having two teams qualify for the second round to compete for South Africa’s national spot. The amicably start-ups Get Hosted and Loyall came first in an event that took place at…

The features of modern unpacking programs are amazed by a set of all kinds of functions. Conventional WinZip is able to set passwords for any archive files, and the procedure itself is not characterized by excessive complexity. You can get WinZip for Windows 10 for free. How to set up…

Naspers’ two separate online fashion businesses, Spree and Superbalist will be merging to create a “larger, more focused and economically sustainable platform on which to build a substantial online retail, footware and apparel business” This announcement was made by Media24 and Takelot. The new venture will be held 51% by Media24,…

Techcrunch has announced that its Startup Battlefield Africa will be in Lagos Nigeria. Last year, its first event in Sub-Saharan Africa took place in Nairobi, Kenya where Lori Systems won the competition. Techcrunch is once again teaming up with Facebook to make this event happen. Early-stage startups are welcome to…

Tech giant Google has announced that it will invest $550 million in Chinese e-commerce company, JD.com, as part of a strategic partnership. Google and JD plan to collaborate on a range of strategic initiatives, including joint development of retail solutions in a range of regions around the world, including Southeast Asia, the…

Startup Grind Lagos is set to host the Founder of SmartBcamp and Business Coach, John Obidi later this month. SmartBCamp is a community dedicated to closing the knowledge gap among working professionals in Nigeria. This event will also feature a Startup Clinic to help entrepreneurs and founders find solutions to…

Ant Financial, an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group, has raised $14billion in its latest funding round. The Series C funding is to accelerate the global expansion of Alipay and the development of new technology to further enhance the Company’s ability to deliver inclusive financial services to unbanked and underbanked…

AfriLabs; The largest network of technology and innovation hubs across Africa has admitted 40 new hubs; its largest hub admission to date into its network making it a total of 100 hubs across 30 African countries. This also extends our reach to 6 new countries; Morocco, Algeria, Somali Land, Cote…

Uber, the taxi hailing company has opened its food delivery service, Uber Eats, in East Africa, Nairobi Kenya to be precise. This is Uber Eats fourth city in Africa. It opened its first African shop in Johannesburg, South Africa in September 2016. According to Uber Eats Kenya general manager Amal Devani, “We are…

In a bid to improve local food trade within and across Africa, Charles Ogbaoku has founded a company called Peatuce to develop intelligent solutions designed to achieve maximum efficiency, quality and profitability for farmers, wholesalers and distributors in the continent. For more than decades, numerous challenges have consistently plagued the operations of…

“True success is not about buying a house in Banana Island but rather the impact that you make,” Linda Ikeji  In this episode of Forbes Woman Africa’s Against The Odds with Peace Hyde, Linda Ikeji shares how she went from the fashion runway to the digital space and in the…

President Trump has tweeted that the Chinese company ZTE will have to pay a $1.3 billion fine and purchase US parts before it reopens for business in America. The President also said that the Chinese company will have to give high level security guarantees and change its management and board…

In preparation of the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, FIFA has released the official song – “Live it Up” This song is rendered by Nicky Jam, featuring Will Smith and Era Isterefi. Produced by Diplo, it follows in the footsteps of ‘We Are One (Ole Ola)’ performed by Pitbull and Shakira’s ‘Waka Waka…

South Africa’s retail giant, Shoprite, has launched its own mobile money service called Shoprite Money. The company partnered with Standard Bank, Google and global financial technology company Celbux to launch this service. According to the company in a statement, “The service, called Shoprite Money, is a mobile transactional banking service available…

As part of its mission to improve the lives of the communities in which the United Bank for Africa operates, UBA Foundation continues to encourage African youths to adopt the culture of reading through its ‘Read Africa’ initiative. Read Africa aims to rekindle the reading culture amongst young Africans. Designed…

CompareInsurance.com.ng, an Insurance comparison site, has won $150,000 in the VentureClash Global Venture Challenge competition held recently in Lagos, Nigeria. It now has a chance to win the investment award of $1.5 million in the finals holding in Connecticut in October this year. The company founded by Alex Aquereburu and…

If you subscribed to websites such as Facebook, Twitter, etc., you would have been recently receiving emails like “We’re Ready for GDPR: Updated Privacy Policy & Terms And Conditions” or “Updates To Our Privacy Policy (GDPR)”. This is because the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force today, 25th of May.…

Heartland Incubation Hub, a venture of Oluaka Institute has partnered with Slush Global Impact Accelerator. Slush Global Impact Accelerator is an international program designed for entrepreneurs from selected emerging markets in partnership with the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and multiple partners globally. The purpose is to support impact-driven start-ups…