Author: Staff Writer

Agility today announced the winners of its Africa 2016 Photo Competition, a series of photographs that show how quickly Africa is modernizing, growing and even leading the way in new technology. The annual contest, now in its second year, is a pan-Africa photography competition focusing on Africa’s rapid modernization. This…

eLearnAfrica today launched its new online marketplace for education, making it easier for students throughout Africa to search for and enrol in hundreds of online courses, online degrees, and professional certifications from some of the best universities in the world. eLearnAfrica is a social enterprise committed to increasing and expanding…

Interswitch Limited, Africa’s leading digital payments and commerce company has successfully completed a 100% acquisition of Value Added Network Solutions Limited (VANSO). VANSO is a market leading mobile and security-focused financial technology provider, delivering cutting edge and innovative solutions in Africa. The transaction has received all relevant regulatory and shareholder approvals,…

UberEATS formally commences operations today in Johannesburg, South Africa. The taxi hailing company announced that it was launching its first food delivery service in Johannesburg before expanding in the rest of the country and into the continent. We had been expecting UberEATS before the end of the year since the company published…

Andela is developing a community of high-quality technology talent across the African continent that will drive the current and future phases of tech-enabled growth around the world. The company has created a program to assist with this initiative in the university communities. The program is called Andela Student Ambassador program (ASAP)…

Nigerian based financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc,  has launched a Virtual Arts Gallery, named ART635, to reignite interest in African art and drive the growth and development of the local art industry. The virtual arts gallery is the first online repository of African artworks and is set to serve as a…

The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) driver of The Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) is pleased to announce today the launch of the sixth edition of the IPA awards by calling for applications to the prestigious competition. The competition once again offers Africa’s top crop of innovators a share in a grand prize…

To celebrate the World Tourism Day, Africa’s leading online hotel booking company Jumia Travel, has announced the launch of its first holiday packages in Nigeria. The package rates are inclusive of hotel stays, spa treatment, meals, transport and a tour guide where applicable. This initiative will focus on popular destinations…

Serena Gomez has emerged as the first person to reach the 100 million follower mark on Instagram. Imagine in a world of over 7.5 billion people and over 500 million active users on the Facebook owned platform, and one person has access to 100 million people. This person is influential…

Olayinka Oluwakuse, the brain behind Balogunmarket.ng, has come up with a new app called BuyChat. BuyChat is a chat-commerce app that has evolved from Olayinka’s interactions with traders in West Africa’s biggest Market, Balogun Market, Lagos Island. According to him, “We listened to the traders in the market and pivoted from e-commerce…

Oracle is partnering with Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) to drive Cloud  Adoption in Africa. In line with this, they are organising a four day event which will involve in-depth sessions with experts on Oracle Public Cloud Services, a developers day, hands-on demo sessions and a hackathon challenge to test knowledge gained. The Developers day…

Officially Google is now an adult, with the celebration of its 18th birthday. It really has come a long way to affect the lives of earthlings since it was given its life by Larry Page and Sergey Brin on the 4th of September. Don’t ask whether September 27th is the…

Econet Media has launched its 24 hour, free-to-air all-sport channel in Rwanda, which joins Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana to have the full 24 hour channel. A further five countries are currently planned for this year and the company has already licensed more than 10 other countries to receive Kwese content…

Starting from the 26th to the 30th of of September, stakeholders will gather together to support the growth of women in technology and leadership at the Women in Tech week. It is the first and largest Women in Tech event on the African continent. It includes curated user generated events with event…

d.light has secured $22.5 million to grow its PayGo business globally and support its mission of providing solar energy solutions for households and small businesses around the world. The company raised the funds in the following manner: $15 million in Series D equity from KawiSafi Ventures Fund, Energy Access Ventures, Omidyar…

Marriott is now the World’s Largest and Best Hotel Company with the acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Marriott now offers the most comprehensive portfolio of brands including leading lifestyle brands, a significant global footprint, and leadership in the luxury and select-service tiers as well as the convention and resort…

Twitter shares rose by more than 20% to $22.46 per share today on the report of sales talks. And it seems that Google and Salesforce are in the forefront of many technology companies that are interested in buying the social media company. Twitter has been the subject of takeover talks for some…

From Australia to India, abstract statues and billboards have been taken over by Google ahead of its #madebygoogle event coming up in a couple of days – October 4, 2016. Earlier in the week, Google sent invitations for an event in San Francisco on Oct. 4 where it is expected to…

Over the next two weeks Nigeria will play host to a series of official train-the-trainer (TTT) sessions as the country takes on a leading role in the build up to SAP Africa Code Week (ACW) 2016. Founded in 2015, ACW seeks to empower African youth with coding skills through hands-on…

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, announced that they will be investing $3 billion over 10 years to build tools to advance health care – cure, prevent and manage all diseases by the end of the century. The evening started with Priscilla Chan talking about how…