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You may not have known his name before his simple act but Ghanaian teacher Richard Appiah Akoto’s drawing of Microsoft Word on a chalkboard made him go viral some months ago. And this got him noticed by many people around the world including Rebecca Enonchong, Cameroonian born technology entrepreneur and also the founder…

Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s Digital Agriculture Platform, is calling on people who want to sponsor maize farms that an opportunity will be open as from to  4th April. Farmcrowdy gives people the opportunity to invest in Agriculture by connecting farm sponsors with real farmers. So the company is making 5,000+ units of Maize Farms available for sponsorship…

Mastercard is calling for applications from Nigerian fintech startups for its Start Path 2018 programme, the company’s initiative that supports innovative later-stage start-ups that are reshaping the future of commerce. The programme is open to startups from Nigeria who are rethinking banking and payments and have raised a significant seed…

Digital content distribution company, Publiseer, and music production and beat distribution company, Caketunes, has today concluded a partnership that will see more African musical contents around the world. Publiseer will distribute beats and songs uploaded on the Caketunes platform to hundreds of well-established music platforms like iTunes, Spotify, Google Play…

Startupbootcamp (SBC), a global family of industry-focused accelerators, last year launched its first-ever Africa-based programme. Building on the rapid success of its inaugural 2017 Cape Town tech venture accelerator programme that catapulted Nigerian startup MOBicure and their flagship application UMOMi into the spotlight, Startupbootcamp Africa will be hosting a FastTrack…

Nigerian based data analytics firm, Terragon Group led by founder and CEO, Elo Umeh, has received a $5million investment from African venture capital firm, TLcom Capital. This is the VC’s second commitment from its $40 million TIDE Africa Fund for early and growth-stage digital companies. According to TLcom Capital Partner, Ido Sum,  “We liked…that…

Zinox Technologies, the new owner of Konga, has announced the appointment of Nick Imudia as the new CEO of the e-commerce company. He replaces the former CEO, Shola Adekoya  who resumes at the Zinox Group headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria as Head of Future Business. According to the press release, Imudia…

SimbaPay a London based digital money transfer provider – today announced the launch of an AI (Artificial Intelligence) powered chatbot service which now makes International Money Transfer (remittance) possible with only an SMS. The SimbaPay chatbot will also enable 24/7 instant customer service for its customers across Africa and Europe. “We’re…

Until the turn of the last century, banks and high street brokers accounted for a very large percentage of funds crossing borders, but that is no longer the case. With the widespread usage of the Internet came a slew of predominantly online companies, giving individuals and businesses quick, easy, and…

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. introduces the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+, the smartphones that reimagine the way people communicate, share and experience the world. Made for an age in which consumers increasingly communicate and express themselves more with images, videos and emojis, the Galaxy S9 and S9+ drive innovation with…

The preferred bidder for 9mobile, Teleology, has paid the non-refundable $50 million deposit for the acquisition of the telecoms company. It is reported that the $50m payment was made to the Trustee for the bank syndicate presently holding ownership of 9Mobile as a sign of Teleology’s financial capability and readiness…

The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in partnership with the Robert Bosch Stiftung, today announces the top 16 finalists for its second edition of the Challenge of Invention to Innovation (Ci2i) innovation competition to be held at the NEF Global Gathering…

Over 10,000 Smartphones bought Within 1-hour of Launch Xiaomi Redmi 5A Prime Gold Remains Highest Selling Smartphone 1 Million Deals Available All Week Long Over 200,000 Vouchers Available on Wheel of Fortune Payment on Delivery on Orders Below N200,000 Barely an hour after Jumia.com.ng launched its biggest phone sale of the year…

Always focus on doing the right thing and cutting out the Noise! Watch Uche Pedro’s Interview with Peace Hyde on Forbes Woman Africa Against The Odds As one of the pioneers of the new media movement, Uche Pedro has always been a strong advocator of the tech sector in Nigeria…

Paystack has partnered with Truecaller to allow more merchants across Africa accept payments online in a frictionless and secure manner by leveraging Truecaller’s mobile identity product, Truecaller SDK. The partnership will also provide powerful tools that businesses and startups across Africa can use to verify the mobile identity of their customers, and…

As part of the Google Developers Launchpad kick-off early in the week, Google announced a partnership with Andela & Udacity to provide 15,000 ‘single-course’ scholarships and 500 nanodegree scholarships to aspiring developers in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa! This is an encouraging sign that Google is committed to the development…

Marvel has released a new trailer for the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War. So awesome to see so many superheroes in one movie…against the Almighty Thanos. It is the culmination of all the single superhero movies across the 18-film franchise that began 10 years ago with the release of Iron Man in 2008.…

Fitbit has introduced a new female health tracking feature to help women track their menstrual cycle, view holistic health data in one place, and better understand connections to their overall health. Fitbit says “According to a recent Fitbit survey, 80% of women did not know how many phases are in…

Diamond Bank – Nigeria’s fastest growing retail bank – has launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbot, leveraging pioneering technology to reach more customers with an enhanced service in Nigeria. The Chatbot named ‘Ada’ uses AI technology to provide a human-like interaction and personalized experience for Diamond Bank customers. As Ada…

Kenyan based Off-grid energy provider, M-KOPA, has received new funds – $10 million from FinDev Canada, Canada’s newly launched development finance institution. “M-KOPA is about upgrading our customers’ lives with high-quality and affordable energy solutions,” said Jesse Moore, chief executive of M-KOPA. “This investment will help us to bring power to another one million…