Following requests from members of its community, Clubhouse has released a few updates. The social audio app on Thursday announced the Share on Clubhouse and Web listening features to enable members of its community to enjoy more benefits on its platform. The Share on Clubhouse (plus Clip +Share Counts) is…
Author: Oluwasegun Olukotun
CNIL, France’s data privacy watchdog has hit Google with a record fine of 150 million euros ($169 million) for making it hard for internet users to decline cookies. Last year Google was hit with all sorts of fines by some European regulatory bodies for several infringements. The last for that…
The World Bank Group and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) on Wednesday announced winners of The Global Women’s HealthTech Awards. The award recognizes innovative startups that leverage tech to improve women’s health and safety in emerging markets. The winning startups selected by a panel of industry experts are Antiva Biosciences, InnAccel,…
The Federal Government has announced plans to enlist an additional 400,000 youths under the N-power programme. This was made known by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq. The Minister represented by her Deputy Director, Finance and Account, Muhammad Sambo stated this during the closing…
The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) has announced that the Federal Government has extended the deadline for the National Identification Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to the 31st of March, 2022. In May, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) had announced…
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has opened applications for the 2022 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. African entrepreneurs with business ideas or existing businesses under 5 years are encouraged to apply now for $5000 seed capital, mentorship, business management training and more on the 2022 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme Since 2015,…
Santander Bank has accidentally paid £130 million to 75,000 accounts belonging to individuals and businesses on Christmas day. The bank attributed the blunder to payments duplication. The Guardian reported that about 75,000 people and companies who received one-off or regular payments from 2,000 businesses with accounts at the bank were…
Intel today announced it has sold its NAND and SSD business to Seoul-based SK hynix in a deal worth an initial $7 billion. The deal will include the transfer of certain NAND SSD-associated intellectual properties (IP) and employees) and the Dalian NAND memory manufacturing facility in China to SK hynix.…
The latest installment of the web-spinning Spiderman franchise, Spider-Man: No Way Home has earned over $1 billion breaking a worldwide box office record for 2021. The movie is a 2021 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios and distributed by…
Ferrari has signed a deal with Swiss tech firm Velas Network AG to produce digital content for its fans. Velas which has its base in Switzerland is renowned for the creation and integration of cutting-edge digital products and services and is led by a diverse team of engineers, cryptographers, researchers,…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has trained over 3000 youths in Osun state on mobile Apps and other skills to make them self-reliant. The beneficiaries also received tools of the trade which included Laptop Computers and Workstations after undergoing three months of intensive coaching at the Osun State College of…
Nigerian Edtech startup, Teesas, has raised $1.6 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Haresh Aswani, Tolaram Group’s Africa managing director, with the participation of Olivegreen Advisory Partners, an Africa-focused venture studio, and other angel investors. The company will deploy the fund to expand its operations into new markets…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has partnered with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) to establish an SME Digital Academy. The SME Digital Academy is a public-private partnership initiative being driven by the NCC, SMEDAN, and Sapphital Learning Limited, a leading digital learning platform, essentially to…
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has partnered with Nigeria’s Fidson Healthcare Plc to develop Nigeria’s capacity to produce active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). As part of the partnership, IFC and Fidson will conduct a feasibility study to assess the level of investment, skills, and regulatory protocols required to develop Nigeria’s manufacturing…
AT&T Inc. has agreed to sell its global programmatic advertising marketplace, Xandr Inc., to Microsoft. The agreement builds on a decade-long relationship between Xandr, including its predecessor companies, and Microsoft for delivering global digital media solutions for advertisers. As the digital landscape evolves in a post-cookie world, Microsoft and Xandr…
World’s leader in digital payments, Visa, has completed the acquisition of Currencycloud, a global platform that enables banks and fintechs to provide innovative foreign exchange solutions for cross-border payments. Currencycloud gives businesses the capability to move money across borders, and transact globally in multiple currencies, fast. Experts at what they…
Kenyan FinTech startup, Paylend, focused on providing access to finance and digitizing MSMEs in Kenya has today announced that it has raised $2 million seed investment from Next Chymia Consulting HK Limited, an Asian-based company that provides blockchain applications, consultancy services, and training to global entities. Founded in September 2019,…
African messaging app, ayoba, has reached an exciting milestone of over 10 million monthly active users. 2021 has been a fast-paced year so far for ayoba, who celebrated its second year in operation in May 2021. The ayoba platform aims to harness growth in the African digital economy by breaking…
Opera has announced it is giving out free data to its users as it marks its 15th anniversary in Africa. To celebrate their 15th anniversary, Opera is launching a data giveaway. Opera is asking its users to share experiences of how Opera Mini has helped them to reach new levels…
Pipit Global, an international cash payment platform has extended its partnership with Cellulant to now include eighteen countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The partnership will see the companies providing both B2B and B2C payments services to existing and emergent financial institutions, eCommerce merchants, billers and billing platforms, mobile money providers and…