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A new report from Oxfam says that eight richest men in the world own the same wealth as the poorest 3.6 billion people. The report was published by Oxfam to mark the World Economic Forum annual meeting of political and business leaders in Davos taking place from today, the 17th of January…

The one thing people are scared of is that you could lose the new Apple Airpods. You might to constantly keep a spare set as the airpods might even slip off while doing something crazy, like dancing or running. Well Apple has released a new ad which seems to state…

Mastercard today launched 2KUZE, a digital platform that connects smallholder farmers, agents, buyers and banks in East Africa. 2KUZE, which in Swahili means “Let’s grow together,” enables farmers to buy, sell and receive payments for agricultural goods via their feature phones. The platform brings the benefits and security of mobile…

One has to be careful with these personal assistants and your little children. Watch what happens when a little child asks Amazon’s Personal Assistant, Alexa, to “play Digger Digger”. Guess Alexa heard differently and started to reel out the name of an album of dirty-prank ringtones with a laundry list of porn…

South African based smartphone maker, AGmobile, has been liquidated. This was confirmed in a Gearburn telephone interview with the CEO Anthony Goodman. “AG has been liquidated,” Goodman told Gearburn. The news comes as shock largely because the firm launched some of its smartphones in Nigeria in February 2016 and has…

Controversial ponzi scheme, Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox, also known as MMM, is back with new payback rules but subscribers are happy that it is back. In December, the operators of the scheme in Nigeria froze all accounts, saying that “the one month Freezing of Confirmed Mavros is a step to ensure the…

With the turn of events in this country, it is evident that your grind is your ticket to financial freedom, which is why Startup Grind Lagos will continue their mission of inspiring, educating, and connecting entrepreneurs. To this end, the next Startup Grind will host Audu Maikori, founder of The…

After series of speculations, rumors and unconfirmed reports, regarding claims that Efritin.com had closed shop in Nigeria, owners of the company, Saltside Technologies, today confirmed the development and dealt with several assumptions regarding the fate of the online classifieds company. Nils Hammer, CEO of Saltside Technologies, in an interview described as untrue…

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has issued a press statement to announce that it has reverted to its old data tariff prices. This was in reaction to cries on social media about the increase in data tariff prices effected after the directive from the telecoms regulator, POTRAZ, on the new floor pricing…

NexTech Africa is a 2-day event created by a group of passionate Africans at Microsoft designed to engage, empower and inspire Africans. It is an opportunity to collaborate with technology leaders from Microsoft and across the continent; to explore local innovations that are making a global impact, and advance the discussion…

If you are in Nigeria, you would notice today’s Google doodle celebrating Flora Nwapa’s 86th birthday. Flora Nwapa (full name – Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa) was a Nigerian Igbo author who has been called the mother of modern African literature. Born in  Oguta, in south-eastern Nigeria on the 13th of January 1931 , she…

Naspers Ventures has helped raise $22 million in a Series C round of funding for Michigan-based FarmLogs to invest in technology that will help farmers manage their farm activities effectively, efficiently and profitably. With this inflow, it will also increase its staff strength to cater for its increasing operations Drive Capital, Huron…

Nigeria’s payments company and operator of Remita, SystemSpecs, has appointed Mr. David Arome Okeme as its new Chief Marketing Officer. According to the company, “Okeme is joining us to lead the much desired transformation of our marketing function especially as we get into the retail space. Before taking up this job, he spent…

Six African SMEs have been nominated as finalists for the AFIF Entrepreneurship Award 2017, supported by the Rabobank Foundation. Out of the 51 projects from around the continent and following a few rounds of selection, the jury has selected these innovative projects from Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania for their…

There are reports online that the online Classifieds company, Efritin.com, has shut down operations in Nigeria. Muyiwa Matuluko of Techpoint.ng first reported the closure, stating that it got tipped off by an unexpected comment posted on an outdated article about Efritin.  He went further to say that upon further investigation,…

Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, announced that a strategic partnership has been signed with Interswitch Nigeria Limited, the leading transaction switching and electronic payment processing company in Nigeria. Since 2002, Interswitch has been promoting the seamless circulation of electronic money by building the payments infrastructure and bringing…

With fiercer competition than ever before, business owners in all industries are working harder than ever to improve their marketing strategies and gain an edge over the competition. This is especially important now as marketing is mainly done online, with millions of different companies and websites fighting for the top…

Yahoo has disclosed that after the completion of its acquisition by Verizon, it will change its name to “Altaba” and Marissa Mayer will step down from the board as the CEO. These changes are contained in a report from the US securities and exchange commission: In connection with the previously announced pending…

Kenyans have taken to Twitter to mock their President over his perceived enthusiasm  for launching projects with great fanfare. His critics say that some of the projects “launched” by President Uhuru Kenyatta had already been commissioned. Some others think that these projects do not merit the presidential publicity. Last week, the President…

Facebook will soon start testing in “mid-roll” ads in people’s video clips  and will share revenue with the publishers. These video clips will be inserted in the middle of a video instead of at the beginning or at this end. According to Recode, Facebook is ready to split the ad sales…