Google is inviting Series A technology startups located in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region to apply for its three-month accelerator programme, Google for Startups Accelerator: MENA. The programme was launched in early October as part of the Grow Stronger with Google regional program. The Google for Startups…
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Streaming service, Spotify is testing the Snapchat-style Stories feature with some of its playlists. For its Christmas playlist, Spotify has a series of artists including Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Lopez use a series of short video clips to share personal stories about the Christmas season and their songwriting drills and…
Ezekiel Chibeze, a Ghanaian environmental champion has been announced as the recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize 2020, citing his commitment to pushing for good governance in Ghana’s environmental sector and his climate leadership in Ghana, across Africa, and globally. The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world’s foremost award honoring…
African Financial Company and NGO, Ogooue Labs has signed a 250 million CFA francs agreement to run a StartX241 Incubator program in Gabon. Ogooue Labs will team up with Pan-African Microfinance house, Cofina, in the project. The programme will kick off in December with 10 tech startups involved, it will…
Digital freight platform, Saloodo! (Saloodo.com) has launched operations globally. The platform which connects shippers and carriers in international markets is on 4 continents and in more than 50 countries. The logistics start-up Saloodo! remains on course for expansion. The digital platform is now ready to be used globally for road…
The African Development Bank (AfDB.org) has approved a $120 million loan to fund the construction of a 50 MW hydropower plant in Western Tanzania that will provide reliable renewable energy to households, schools, clinics, and small and medium-sized enterprises in the Kigoma Region. The Malagarasi Hydropower project has several components:…
Applications are currently on for the DFS Lab virtual hackathon scheduled to hold from January 11 to 15. The DFS Lab is a digital commerce investor and accelerator that collaborates with early-stage startups in Sub-Saharan Africa. The hackathon which is backed by the Gates Foundation will offer participants an in-depth…
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development has launched a portal that will enable Exited N-Power Beneficiaries to apply for Central Bank of Nigeria Empowerment Options. Developed by the Ministry in collaboration with the CBN, the platform will enable Exited N-Power Beneficiaries to log on and apply…
The Federal Government has launched a Special Cash Grant for Rural Women Programme in Akure, Ondo State. The programme was flagged off by the Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq on Thursday, along with the Executive Governor of Ondo State, His Excellency, Arakunmi…
The US has extended the deadline given to TikTok to sell off its US operations to avoid a ban. For some months, ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company has been in negotiations with Walmart and Oracle about shifting TikTok’s US assets into their hands. It follows an August directive from President Trump…
The Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports has announced it is offering a one-time grant of $5,000 to young Nigerians within the age bracket of 25 and 35 and who also run businesses and have 6 months of financial records. The ministry is doing this in partnership with Tiimafrica, a…
The African Development Bank (AFDB) has set aside $25 billion for investment in the development of agriculture in five African countries namely: Nigeria, Gabon, Mali, Sudan, and Senegal. The AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina made this known in a statement on Wednesday. He stated that the funds would be shared among…
The Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, began the recruitment of eligible and interested candidates for the Batches 4, 5 and 6 of its Lagos Agripreneurship Programme (LAP) under its Agriculture-based Youth Empowerment Scheme (Agric-YES). The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, who disclosed this in Lagos today, noted that…
Kenyan Energy firm, Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has announced a sophisticated renewable energy project focused on boosting the Government’s economic growth agenda. The company’s Managing Director & CEO, Rebecca Miano said that KenGen’s focus in the next 12 months will be to deliver the Olkaria I Unit 6…
CEO at Sony Interactive Entertainment, Jim Ryan has said that the Sony PlayStation which finally went on sale last week after months of anticipation has sold completely sold out. Fans in excitement stormed stores to buy the console with retailers across the UK quickly seeling out. Ryan while speaking to…
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in May this year partnered with the Mastercard Foundation to start the Young Africa Works-IITA Project. This project was developed in consultation with young people, policymakers, educators, and entrepreneurs as part of the Mastercard Foundation’s strategy to enable 30 million young people in…
Personal finance platform Wealth.ng has launched an Artificial-Intelligence powered Personal Wealth Advisor-Ola, according to reports by Nairametrics. Ola is a dialogue investment chatbot created to optimize Investment service delivery through one of the most popular and most used social media platforms WhatsApp. Ola aims to make it easy for Wealth.…
Western Union, one of the world’s largest transfer firm, has acquired a 15% stake in the digital payment unit of Saudi Arabia’s STC Group for $200 million. The Saudi Telecom Company on Saturday said that the acquisition of STC pay, which values the company at 5 billion riyals ($1.3 billion),…
A report from Politico has said that President-elect Joe Biden will be given the login for the “POTUS” (aka President of the United States) Twitter account the day he is sworn into office whether President Donald Trump concedes or not. Twitter in an emailed statement to CNET said, “Twitter is…
Epic Games’ Fortnite might be making a return to iPhones but this time through Nvidia’s cloud gaming service. Apple evicted Fortnite from its App Store due to a running legal dispute with the game’s owner, Epic Games. Nvidia’s GeForce Now service is now available through the Safari web browser -…