As it closes on to a massive billion users Instagram is providing more tools for users to protect themselves and others from online abuse by allowing them to remove comments and filter out certain followers. The latest development was announced on Tuesday and will take effect within a few weeks…
Author: Oluwasegun Olukotun
Ahead of its Communist Party meeting next month the Chinese Government has blocked Whatspp in mainland China with text messaging as well as photo and video sharing not currently functional. It is reported that users have faced problems with the app for more than a week with services dropping in…
Nigeria will be displaying 10 Startups through the National Information Technology Development Agency at this year’s GITEX technology expo and conference holding in Dubai October 8-12. This was made known in a statement issued by the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isah Ibrahim Pantami. According to Pantami,…
The blossoming African Fintech Market has received a further boost as South African Bank Standard Bank partners with United States based Accelerator INV Fintech. INV Fintech was formed in 2015 by a partnership between financial services firm Fiserv and financial technologies news platform Bank Innovation. It is an accelerator for…
Employing the services of big time consultants could be a big challenge for entrepreneurs planning to launch startups considering the reluctance of many consultancy firms to help these fledgling businesses due to their low budgets. However, Nigerian startup TBCA.ng is looking to serve as a link between well sort after…
Rwandan Startup EarthEnable has won EUR500, 000 (US$600,000) in prize money in the 2017 edition of the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge. EarthEnable, alongside fellow Rwandan startup ARED, was one of five finalists selected for the annual Postcode Lottery Green Challenge, one of the largest annual international competitions in the field…
Consumers can now connect with professionals with ease has Nigerian startup Requana launches its online service marketplace. With over 300 types of professionals, Requana which launched in July in Port Harcourt matches consumers with professionals in categories such as home, beauty and wellness, events, transportation and tutoring. Chief executive officer…
Innovate Finance, a UK based membership organisation is currently calling for nominations as it compiles a powerlist of women shaping the future of Fintech around the world. Innovate Finance is an independent not-for-profit membership association representing the UK’s global Fintech community. Founded in 2014 with the support of the City…
In a bid to expand its Smartphone business, Alphabet’s Google has signed a deal worth $1.1bn with Taiwanese Mobile Phone Giants HTC. The deal which is expected to be closed early next year as soon as clearance is secured from regulators will see some HTC staff join the Silicon Valley…
Amidst escalating tensions in the Middle East, Snap Inc., owner of Snapchat, has removed Qatar-based news service Al Jazeera from its platform in Saudi Arabia. According to the Saudi government, Al Jazeera’s Snapchat channel was breaking local laws related to published material and cyber crime. Snap also revealed that officials…
If you are a filmmaker in Nigeria, the days of tedious hunts for locations are over as Nigerian startup Filmlocations.com.ng has launched to connect filmmakers to suitable locations for their projects. Filmlocations is an online marketplace that connect filmmakers to suitable locations for TV, commercial, movies, music video and photography…
Ethiopian startup Meda Messenger rolls out cross-platform social app that allows users to chat and make payments. The social app which was launched as a side project in 2015, but recently launched to the public, aims to help Ethiopians to connect, buy and sell goods, and transfer money from a…
Agri-tech startup AgroCenta has won a place in the grand final of Seedstars World Global startups competition coming up in Switzerland next year. The event which took place recently in Accra saw Agrocenta win the Ghana round of the competition to stand a chance of winning up to US$1 million…
As Venture Capital Funding increases in Africa, multi lingual bots are now being deployed to break down language barriers in a bid to simplify funding process for start ups. According to the result of a poll conducted by Gallup, one in five African youths plan to start their own business,…
Differentiating between an authentic and counterfeit product might be a game of luck. However a New York Start up Entrupy has come up with a technology that can spot counterfeits without the guesswork. Entrupy’s solution is a handheld microscope camera that lets anyone with a smartphone check a luxury accessory…
Music lovers can now keep track of their favourite and trending Nigerian songs and videos online as music Website NaijaMusic has launched in Nigeria to connect users with the latest songs and videos from their favourite artists. John Kilsi, founder of the site told Disrupt Africa that NaijaMusic.com.ng, which went…
Nigerian payment start up Wallet.ng has secured partnership boost with big time financial players such as Interswitch, Flutterwave, Microsoft and System Specs with the of increasing productivity and lower costs in the payments space. Unveiled late last year, Wallet.ng is a digital payments platform that aids transactions by allowing people…
Are you African? Do you have a financial tech start-up? Then this information might give your business a great boost. Applications are currently on for the P2 “Prototype to Product” Accelerator Program 2018 organised by Switzerland-based F10 accelerator. F10 Incubator and accelerator is a non-profit organization dedicated to FinTech, RegTech, and InsurTech.…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Ibrahim Mustapha Magu and the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have teamed up in a bid to draw out strategies in combating corruption in IT procurement rampant in the public sector. Consequently, any Federal…
Three female former employees of Google have filed a law suit against the technology giant alleging it pays women less than men for comparable work and denies promotion and career opportunities to qualified women. The complaint, filed on Thursday in a San Francisco Court , on behalf of all women…