Nigeria-based e-commerce fulfillment platform for merchants in Africa, Sendbox, has today announced the completion of a $1.8 million seed round from investors including 4DX Ventures, Enza Capital, FJLabs, and Golden Palm Investments. With participation from Flexportand YC Combinator as part of its 2021 winter cohort, Sendbox’s total investment raised has…
Author: Oluwasegun Olukotun
As part of its pan-African expansion mission, the Automotive technology company, Autochek, has officially launched in Kenya. Bilhah Muriithi has also been appointed as the Country Manager to lead the Kenya operations. Having recently acquired automotive marketplaces Cheki Kenya and Cheki Uganda from ROAM Africa (Ringier One Africa Media), the…
Orange has launched two Orange Digital Centers in Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroon to make digital technology accessible to young people and women. The Orange Digital Center is a unique concept, bringing together four of its programs in the same location to encourage the development of a real digital ecosystem in…
Kuda Technologies has partnered Network International to drive independent payment card offerings. Kuda’s propositions of free debit cards, no charges on account maintenance and transfers as well as its low-interest credit offering served conveniently through smartphones and the web has made it particularly attractive to millennials, and the bank now…
Showmax has released the official trailer for its first comedy-drama series in West Africa, Ghana Jollof, which debuts on the African streaming service on Friday, 22 October 2021. Executive produced by Basketmouth (Bright Okpocha), Ghana Jollof serves off up an ensemble cast from Nigeria and Ghana. It tells the story…
Audiomack is collaborating with independent record label and music distributor, Amuse, to offer an easier way for artists to get their music to their fans. The partnership will allow creators to connect their Audiomack and Amuse profiles to easily distribute their music to the platform via account linking. Also, Amuse…
Microsoft has announced it is shutting down its professional networking and career development platform, LinkedIn, in China owing to the Chinese government’s regulatory policies that are becoming difficult to comply with. The decision was triggered by the questionings the career-networking platform was subjected to after the profiles of some journalists…
IBM today announced a global landmark initiative with plan to furnish 30 million people of all age groups with innovative skills necessary to secure jobs of tomorrow by 2030. In executing this plan, IBM will engage more than 170 new academic and industry partnerships. The effort will leverage IBM’s existing programs and career-building…
Netflix and UNESCO are collaborating to launch an innovative short film competition on ‘African Folktales, Reimagined’ across Sub-Saharan Africa. The winners will have access to training and mentorship by seasoned industry professionals and also take home a US$75,000 production budget to create short films that will premiere on Netflix in…
William Shatner at the age of 90 has become the oldest person to go to space. Famous for playing the role of James T. Kirk, captain of the Starship Enterprise in the Star Trek universe, Shatner blasted into space onboard Blue Origin New Shepard rocket on Wednesday with an all-civilian…
China has lost its spot as the biggest bitcoin mining center in the world to the United States following its clampdown on the activities of miners in the country. This was revealed on in a data published on Wednesday the UK’s Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance. China earlier this year…
Universal Music Africa (UMA) and Senegalese singer, songwriter, and composer, Youssou NDour, on Tuesday, announced an exclusive multi-year partnership agreement with the Grammy award-winning singer and his company, Youssou Ndour & TBI Publishing S.A. Youssou is an African music icon with a distinguished global career that has made him one…
General Electric (GE) today announced a $2.5 million five-year investment in Johannesburg to launch a global initiative, Next Engineers, aimed at increasing the diversity of young people in engineering. Johannesburg is one of the first four locations selected by GE with the focus to inspire over 3,500 local students aged…
Africa’s first home services app for scheduling food, laundry, and cleaning services, Eden Life has completed a $1.4m Seed round, led by UK-based LocalGlobe, along with participation from Samurai Incubate, Future Africa, Village Global, Rising Tide Africa, and Enza Capital. This brings Eden Life’s total investment to date to $2m…
Liquid Intelligent has announced it is launching three online courses on legal technology aimed at supporting career development amongst students, burgeoning entrepreneurs, and lawyers. The initiative is driven by Liquid’s innovation and partnerships arm Liquid Labs and also made possible through a partnership with Africa Legal, an organisation that connects…
As part of plans to enhance its digital payment offering, Fintech startup and digital bank, Carbon has teamed up with Network International, the leading enabler of digital commerce across Africa and the Middle East. As part of the agreement, Network International will issue and process physical Visa debit cards on…
Vodacom Financial and Digital Services announced on Tuesday that its VodaPay super app has now gone live and users can access it on both Google and Apple app stores. VodaPay is available to customers on any network and launches with significant partners and discounts including exclusive R1 deals on multiple…
Mobile Operator Africell has selected Angola Cables to provide wholesale IP transit and connectivity solutions for its network. The collaboration will see Africell customers enjoy high speed data, low latency and nationwide internet access through the advanced Angola Cables infrastructure. This robust network currently connects to Angola’s primary IXP, Angonix, and…
Adobe has completed the acquisition of the leading cloud-based video collaboration platform, Frame.io, after announcing it was acquiring the platform for $1.275 billion in September. The combination of Adobe’s leading video editing offerings—including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Adobe After Effects—with Frame.io’s cloud-based review and approval functionality will…
Ericsson and AT&T today announced a five-year agreement to speed up the expansion of AT&T 5G. The deal comes off the strength of more than two decades of collaboration between the two companies. The deal will aid in the deployment of AT&T’s recently acquired C-band spectrum and the commissioning of…