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Tech giant, Meta, has announced that it is shutting down Jobs on Facebook on 22 February 2023. This means that the feature will no longer be available on the Facebook app, Facebook mobile website (m.facebook.com/jobs) or Facebook desktop site for both employers and seekers. It was shut down everywhere except…

Lionel Messi, the world cup winning captain of the Argentine national team, has added another feather to his cap by posting the most liked post on Instagram ever. His Instagram post showing him lifting the world cup in celebration has become the most popular post on social media with over…

Many people think of the festive season as being the happiest time of the year. And while that may be true, there’s no denying that it’s also a time during which many people feel stressed out. This is often because buying gifts for people can be overwhelming. However, it doesn’t…

There is always something new brewing at Twitter and that is why the recent engagement has been on the high. The Elon Musk owned social media platform has commenced the rollout of a new program called “Twitter Blue for Business” to assist businesses distinguish their brands and key employees on…

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Aiphabet and Google revealed in a tweet that the Google Search engine recorded the highest ever traffic in 25 years during the final match of 2022 FIFA World cup that took place in Qatar between Argentina and France. According to him, “it was like the entire…

Having one revenue stream may prove a business is unreliable, insufficient, and risky. While it’s pretty tough to create one successful income stream, the benefits of developing and making more are worth the try. Multiple and diversified revenue streams are considered the elixir of any business. A company with more…

MyHealth Africa, a Kenyan Healthtech startup has raised $1 million in a seed funding round led by GIIG Africa fund, with participation from existing investors and a new investor, Japanese-based Samurai VC. The company intends to expand in Africa and enter in Middle East and Asia next year. Launched in…

(Update: After the criticism of this new policy, Twitter has silently deleted the tweets announcing the policy that stopped the promotion of specific social media links and handles on its platform. It has also deleted the policy altogether.) Elon Musk has now tweeted that the “policy will be adjusted to…

Sun King, one of the leading providers of solar energy products for off-grid homes in Africa and Asia, announced that it has received $70 million in equity investment from Leapfrog Investments to extend its Series D funding round to $330 million. In April 2022, the solar energy company announced that…

Twitter suspended @ElonJet, the bot account created by a student, Jack Sweeney, tracking Elon Musk’s flights in the early hours of Wednesday morning. So this student called Jack Sweeney created a Twitter account, named @ElonJet that uses publicly available data to track the whereabouts of Elon Musk’s private jet. The University of…

Tech giant, Visa, announced that it is going to investing $1 billion in Africa over the next five years to advance resilient, innovative, and inclusive economies across the continent. This announcement was made by Visa Chairman and CEO Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. at the U.S-Africa Business Forum alongside the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC Visa’s increased investments…

If you’re running a new real estate brokerage, it can feel a little daunting to be in the same industry as your more established competition. It’s certainly difficult to compete with decades-long legacies or millions of dollars worth of capital. There’s also the fact that all startups get confronted with…

Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), the advertising regulatory body of Nigeria has issued a press release advising brand owners, digital bodies and secondary digital owners such as bloggers, skit makers, comedians, influencers, vloggers to obtain pre-approval of all advertisements or else face sanctions. ARCON through its director-general, Olalekan Fadolapo,…

Kenyan Nelly Cheboi has emerged CNN’s Hero of the year for 2022. The founder of TechLit Africa, a non-profit that provides students across rural Kenya with access to donated, upcycled computers, beat ten other heroes to cart away the much coveted prize at an event held at the American Museum…

Aruwa Capital Management has invested $2.5 million in Taeillo, a Direct-to-consumer (D2C) tech-enabled furniture manufacturer and retailer. Founded in 2018 by Jumoke Dada, Founder & CEO, Taeillo is a technology-enabled furniture company that locally manufactures and retails mass market and premium Afrocentric furniture and lifestyle products across various product categories,…

Twitter announced that Twitter Blue, its paid subscription service, will relaunch today, 12th December 2022. However it will be at a higher price for Apple users. The relaunch announcement was tweeted by Esther Crawford, twitter’s director of product management. According to her, the paid subscription service will be $8 per…

Over the weekend, ThriveAgric emerged the global winner of #VisaEverywhereInitiative 2022. The Nigerian Agritech startup also won emerged the Visa Direct winner at the event which took place at the Black Box Theatre, in Education City, Qatar. In total, ThriveAgric took home $120,000 in prize money – $100,000 as the…

Distributed Power Africa (DPA), a market leader in innovative solar energy solutions in Africa, announced that it has secured $2.7 million debt facility with Mirova SunFunder to deploy solar energy solutions to commercial and industrial (C&I) customers in Kenya. Mirova SunFunder is a leading impact investor, solving energy access and…

Technology giant Apple has introduced a new feature called Apple Music Sing which allows you sing along to your favourite songs with adjustable vocals and real-time lyrics; more like your very own Karaoke. Apple Music Sing gives users multiple lyric views to help them take the lead, perform duets, sing backup,…

In just five months, Telegram Premium has surpassed one million subscribers, so says CEO and founder Pavel Durov on his Telegram channel. Telegram Premium is a subscription plan (priced at $4.99) that allows anyone to acquire additional features, speed and resources. It also allow users to support Telegram and join…