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In honour of the Day of the African Child, Reach for Change Africa has launched its annual innovation contest that asks youth to pitch innovative ideas that could improve African children’s lives while working towards the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The contest, named Youth Innovate for SDGs, will…

Startup Grind Lagos will host Oluyomi Ojo, the CEO of Printivo, at her monthly Meetup holding on Saturday, 24th of June. Oluyomi founded Printivo alongside two cofounders to make printing suck less for Nigerian SMEs, Corporations and the general public. Printivo is a platform that puts the power to design…

Foremost financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, has launched GTPATRIOT, a unique Salary Account Package which offers Nigeria’s servicemen and servicewomen subsidized banking products and dedicated value added services. The GTPatriot Account allows serving members of the Military and Paramilitary institutions to open accounts with zero minimum balance whilst offering…

The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has announced the top 10 nominees who will be contending for the 2017 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA), to be awarded in Accra, Ghana on 18th July 2017. Innovators from nine African countries including Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda…

In celebrating 30 years of the GIF, social media giant, Facebook, had decided to join in the fun by making GIFs in comments available to everyone on Facebook. Just tap the GIF button when you go to make a comment, type in what you’re looking to say, and add the GIF that…

Have you noticed a new news service site in Nigeria? It is called Bounce.ng. The South African media giant, Naspers, silently launched this site in Nigeria. According to the site, “Bounce is your personal news service – as you read, it learns what you like and recommends better stories every…

People unlock their phone and, increasingly, shop and pay with the touch of their finger. They don’t get locked out when they forget a password because it has been replaced with a simpler, more secure option – mobile biometrics.  Whether using a fingerprint, an iris scan or a “selfie” to confirm identity,…

The Africa Leadership Initiative – West Africa (ALIWA) in partnership with the Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN) has announced the graduation of her 5th class in ten years. The Africa Leadership Initiative West Africa is a program aimed at raising a new breed of community spirited leaders who have achieved notable success…

Ethiopia has introduced the first smart parking facility in Africa. This facility was built to address the lack of parking space for cars in the capital, Addis Ababa. Built using Chinese technology, it uses a modern automated lifting system to park cars on a in a steel structured building This…

Youtap, a global provider of contactless mobile money payments and financial services software, has announced a partnership with MatchMove that will provide Youtap’s customers in Africa and Asia with an off-the-shelf open-loop payment acceptance solution for closed-loop wallets. Youtap has worked closely with MatchMove to provide integration to Youtap Pay, Youtap’s…

Join the conversation about opportunities for social mobility in Africa This year’s Social change Summit seeks to understand how we might expose and connect more people in Africa to opportunities that help them move up the social ladder to a higher socio-economic class. We plan to explore how to expand…

Mobile Telecoms company, Orange, has announced the creation of a new Africa section in its flagship programme for investment in start-ups, Orange Digital Ventures As part of this initiative, the Group is committing 50 million euros corresponding to half of the direct investments made via its new Orange Digital Ventures Africa…

On the 9th of June, 2017, Nigeria officially joined the league of countries with their own Twitter account. The official handle is @Nigeria and the first tweet posted reads: https://twitter.com/Nigeria/status/873302799735558144 Other countries with their verified Twitter accounts include Canada, Israel, Ireland, Sweden and Great Britain. As at the time of writing…

This June, 1000 of Africa’s most promising young leaders from 49 sub-sharan countries will be flying to the United States for the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders Successful professionals and leaders, the 2017 Fellows represent the full diversity of Africa, including equal numbers of women and men, individuals…

The first Black Panther trailer is out.  It was first aired during game four of the NBA Finals. We see Chadwick Boseman star as T’Challa, the Black Panther and the newly crowned king of Wakanda. Other major actors and actresses include Michael B. Jordan and Lupita Nyong’o It is due for release…

These two men have done a lot for themselves and their generation. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet recently took a tour of Nebraska Furniture Mart, a super-successful megastore owned by Berkshire. They had some important things to say about business and being successful. Warren Buffett: “Being successful at almost anything means…

As usual, Mary Meeker released the Internet Trends Report for 2017. The Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner released the 355 page report of where the internet stands in 2017 and what to expect in the near- to mid-term at the recently concluded Code Conference  in California. Here are some of the…

Taxify, the fastest growing e-hailing and ridesharing app in Lagos announced a unique insurance policy that is designed to increase driver and rider safety as well as improve the confidence of their user base in their commitment to safe and affordable rides in the city. “Taxify Cover” was launched in…

Smart, one of the mobile communication companies in East Africa has partnered with Kirusa, a global leader in providing telecom and social media solutions, to launch the unique InstaVoice service in Tanzania. With the deployment of the InstaVoice service, Smart subscribers can now send and receive voicemails and voice messages seamlessly…

Apple has just unveiled its answer to the Amazon Echo and Google Home. It is called the HomePod. The Siri-powered device was revealed at the keynote address at the ongoing 2017 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. According to CEO Tim Cook, it will reinvent the way we listen to music in…