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Billionaire Elon Musk has said he would be holding off on Twitter Blue Verified relaunch until there is high confidence of stopping impersonation. The Twitter Blue verification feature was scheduled for relaunch on the 29th of November after its suspension due to a rise in fake impostor accounts. The Twitter…

Becoming an entrepreneur is one of the best ways to create value for your community, achieve financial independence, and gain the freedom to work only on things that matter to you. It is no wonder that society idealizes entrepreneurs. They put forward daring ideas, provide jobs, support the economy, and…

Over the weekend in Johannesburg, South Africa, Africa Business Heroes (ABH) announced the top three winners in the 2022 ABH competition. In October, the philanthropic initiative unveiled this year’s top 10 finalists. The winners are: 1st Prize winner ($300,000): Elia Timotheo, East Africa Fruits Co., Tanzania1st Runner-up ($250,000): Tesh Mbaabu, MarketForce Technologies,…

Helios Investment Partners, an Africa-focused private investment firm, announced that it has signed agreements to acquire majority stakes in two African data centres – Maroc Datacenter (MDC), a carrier neutral data center in Morocco, and IXAfrica Data Centre Limited, a leading developer and operator of hyperscale-ready data centres in Kenya. MDC operates in the Rabat metro area of Morocco. Since…

Goodwell Investments, a Netherlands- based investment firm has launched a €150m fund – uMunthu II to fuel the next wave of African innovation. Goodwell is raising the fund to finance innovative, scalable, small and medium-sized businesses that improve the access and affordability of basic goods and services for un(der)served consumers…

Innovation and creativity go hand in hand. They are more bilateral. Creativity is the act of generating ideas through critical thinking. Innovation involves putting these ideas into practice. Many books have been written with regard to the benefits of the two. These novels often share experiences, foresight, and ideas on…

It would seem that many Twitter employees are opting to take severance rather commit to “hardcore” Twitter. On Wednesday, Elon Musk issued an ultimatum to Twitter employees to sign a pledge to work harder for a new “hardcore” Twitter or leave the company with 3 months severance pay. According to…

Have you ever imagined who is better? 2006’s Ronaldinho or 2022’s Mbappe? Well Nike’s new ad titled “Footballverse” has given us a peak into what would have happened. In fact it has done more than that, it has brought football stars in their prime such as Edgar Davids, to compete…

We reported in October 2022 that Nigeria is set to auction two additional 5G licences. Now the top two mobile telcos have come up with interesting requests. Airtel says it wants the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to grant it the licence without going through the process of auctioning. MTN on…

Have you ever been handed a phone number by a friend or relative and didn’t know who the caller was? Have you been receiving odd calls or harassing texts and wanted to know who is responsible? You can figure it out using a reverse phone lookup. Well, there are various…

Football star Cristiano Ronaldo is launching his first NFT collection on Friday, November 18 as part of an exclusive, multi-year partnership with Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider. The Portuguese star signed a multi-year NFT partnership with Binance in June 2022 which includes a global promotion aiming to give Ronaldo’s…

Are you looking for ways to manage your company documents effectively? If so, you’re not alone. Many business owners are always looking for ways to streamline their document management processes and make them more efficient. However, most fail to develop a robust approach due to a lack of information or…

Registration is Now Open for the January 2023 class of the Learning4Living Career & Life Acceleration Programme. What is the Learning4Living Career & Life Acceleration Programme (CLAP)? The Learning4Living Career & Life Acceleration Programme is designed to help young adults become indispensable in life and career. The programme helps young…

Topicals, a Los Angeles, CA-based skincare company announced that it has raised $10 million in a series A funding round. The round was led by CAVU Consumer Partners with participation from Gabrielle Union, Kelly Rowland, Hannah Bronfman, Bozoma Saint John, Yvonne Orji, and Marcy Venture Partners. Co-founded in 2018 by CEO Olamide Olowe,…

Tech giant Amazon is set to lay off 10,000 employees, according to a new report from the New York Times. The report states that the layoffs would come predominantly from the company’s devices organization, retail division and human resources. The reported layoffs would affect about 3% of Amazon’s corporate employees and…

Nestcoin, a Nigerian based crypto startup, announced that it has laid off some of its employees due to FTX demise. FTX filed for bankruptcy when its acquisition agreement with Binance fell through and the CEO Sam Bankman-Fried resigned. According to Nestcoin CEO Yele Bademosi, who made this announcement in a…

Construction is a risky and complex industry. When a construction site is running multiple projects at once, there are several potential pitfalls that can delay project completion and put workers at risk. Construction project managers must be able to keep projects on track while staying within the allocated budget and…

Kenyan e-commerce startup, Sky.Garden will no longer shut down after the CEO, Martin Majlund, announced that the company will continue with new owners and new management. According to Majlund in a LinkedIn statement, Last month management saw no other options than to file for insolvency in the Danish Holding Company Sky.Garden ApS.…

After a very traumatic week, FTX has filed for bankruptcy. The once-third largest crypto exchange announced that West Realm Shires Services Inc. (d.b.a FTX US, Alameda Research Ltd. and approximately 130 additional affiliated companies (together, the “FTX Group”), have commenced voluntary proceedings under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy…

Twitter seems to have suspended its $8 paid verification service after a rise in fake impostor accounts. iOS users say the option to sign up for the verification service has disappeared from the app. Elon Musk instituted this monthly $8 subscription service after he took over the company some days…