Author: Staff Writer

I am a staff at Innovation Village.

According to a recent research report ‘VC4A Venture Finance in Africa’ released by Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A), a strong team of founders is the key driver of startup success in Africa. VC4A is a network-building organisation with 50,000+ member community in 159 countries, including 1.000+ investors. The 2017 research sought to…

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Ex-Starta General Manager, Yele Bademosi, has announced the launch of Microtraction, an investment platform that provides seed capital to technical entrepreneurs at the very earliest stages of their venture. Microtraction will invest $65,000 in two stages. The first investment is $15,000 for 7.5% equity stake, followed by an additional $50,000 convertible note…

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In the recent financial report published by Netflix, total membership now stands at 103.95 million. Curiously the international market (outside US) accounts for more subscribers, with 52.03 million. Netflix says its streaming membership grew more than expected, from 99m to 104m, due to its amazing content. International revenue also rose…

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Creative Media Works, operating as BBM, has launched Football365 inside Discover in partnership with Planet Sport Publishing, a global, independent publisher of quality sports news and information. Football365, now available in the BBM Discover menu, serves up the latest information covering all the leagues, teams, and goals worldwide. Football fans…

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Google has just introduced a new recruiting tool called “Hire”. We had reported sometime in April this year that Google was working on this project. We can officially now say that the new product is called “Hire”. According to Brett Johnson Senior Product Manager, Google Cloud,  in a blog post,…

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Huawei and WorldRemit have partnered to increase the availability of money transfer service across Africa. WorldRemit’s service will now be available to all partners of Huawei’s mobile money service platform across Africa. WorldRemit, a leading provider of remittances, currently processes 74% of all international transfers to mobile money accounts coming from money…

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