Youtube has outlined plans to make its video site more kid-friendly and safer for children. Recently there have been growing concerns raised against a growing trend of content on YouTube that pretends to be kid-friendly, but are not. However, after recent criticism that YouTube is not doing enough to crack…
Author: Oluwasegun Olukotun
Nigerian Startup Farmties has won the She Leads Africa Accelerator Demo Day. The agricultural commodity trading platform took home the NGN2 million (US$5,540) investment prize. This year over 200 startups applied across Nigeria from which 20 startups across different sectors were selected in September to take part in the Lagos-based…
Ride hailing company Uber announced on Monday that it plans to buy up to 24,000 self-driving cars from Volvo. Volvo said in a statement that it would provide the San Francisco-based ride-sharing company with its XC90 premium SUVs complete with autonomous driving technologies, from 2019 until 2021. The framework deal…
A female-oriented angel investment fund has launched in Africa with the aim of connecting female investors with innovative startups run by women across the continent. Rising Tide Africa functions as part of a Global movement of The Rising Tide Program for Africa. It constitutes a group of women angel investors…
Twitter is reportedly working on a feature that will allow its users to easily create chains of individual tweets that exceed Twitter’s 280-character limit for messages. According to tech blog Android Police, “Back in September, a developer discovered a hidden feature in Android’s Twitter app that would allow you to…
Nigerian Piggybank and three other startups in Africa have been selected to join the 20th cohort of Silicon Valley-based incubator Blackbox Connect. The Nigerian online automated savings platform, Pezesha – the Kenya-based micro-lending place for Africa, South African tradesman review and booking platform Kandua and FitFeet – a footwear manufacturing…
JostPay has launched a new feature jostKYC (Know Your Customer), a screening solutions platform that helps businesses verify identities of customers. The Nigerian payment startup launched in 2014 offers APIs to businesses allowing them to accept payment via a variety of means. Jostpay is a Digital Payment Solutions Company that…
Install.com.ng has launched its on-demand electrician service. The Nigerian Startup offers quick and easy access to installation and repair services. The startup launched at the beginning of November also offers six months warranty in course of service rendered and a 24hours service support. Interestingly, Install.com.ng currently boasts of a listing…
In a welcome development, the Sokoto State Government is partnering with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to make ICT largely accessible and increase its usage in schools across the state. The partnership was announced when Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal visited NITDA’s Director General, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, in…
Web Mapping Service Google Map is getting a fresh look to adapt to users’ travel methods and what they are looking for. The company announced it has updated driving, navigation, transit and explore maps to better highlight information that the company thinks will be most relevant. That means gas stations…
KiaKia has launched Mr.K, an artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning powered alternative credit scoring customer service. The Nigerian fintech startup makes direct and peer-to-peer consumer and SME loans accessible and obtainable for underbanked and unbanked Nigerians through its online proprietary credit scoring and risk assessment algorithm. KiaKia which was…
BigBooster in its third edition kicks off this week in Lyon, France, with 19 African startups selected to join the 100-strong cohort. The international non-profit accelerator, launched in 2015, sees startups participate in “Booster Camps” in France, the US, China, and Morocco; with the aim of introducing and immersing the…
Is there a video game lover who has never played Nintendo’s platform video game Super Mario? According to reports on Tuesday , the mustachioed video-game character and his brother Luigi could soon star in an animated movie from the Universal-backed studio Illumination Entertainment behind the Despicable Me series which also…
Google owned Youtube has entered into a partnership with Ticketmaster in a move which will make it easy for users to find and purchase concert tickets. The new feature also connects fans with tour information directly on artists’ YouTube video pages. Also, the new feature will include information about the…
Application is currently on for this year’s edition of the Ericsson Innovation Awards, which will see the winning innovation walk away with EUR25, 000 (US$29,000) in cash. The Ericsson Innovation Awards is a global, annual competition that gives students around the world the opportunity to develop new, innovative ideas in…
M-Shule has been crowned winner of the Kenya leg of the Seedstars World competition, earning the Ed-tech startup the opportunity to pitch for around US$1 million in equity investment at the global final in Switzerland next April .. This year global early-stage startups competition Seedstars World has been hosting a…
Lagos-based startup fintech company, Amplify in collaboration with leading local banks is set to launch a new payment solution called mtransfers . The solution will enable users transfer funds and perform other banking services via Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Blackberry Messenger, Twitter and other social media platforms without leaving the platform or…
Twitter on Thursday suspended its verification process following widespread backlash for giving the known blue-and-white badge to the account of a noted white supremacist. The social media company was criticized after Jason Kessler, who organized the Unite the Right rally that sparked violence in the US town of Charlottesville in…
Microsoft word has just introduced a new feature Resume Assistant that uses LinkedIn data to help users write exceptional resumes. Resume Assistant lets you import information about yourself and the companies that you have worked for from LinkedIn data into your Word document, tapping into some algorithms and artificial intelligence…
Apple, the world’s most valuable company just broke a new record. Largely powered by strong earnings and optimism surrounding the iPhone X, the market value of the tech giant has closed above $900 billion at the end of a day of trading for the first time: $904 billion as of…