Snapchat today announced that iOS users around the world will be able to add popular music in their snaps and strories. The company had already rolled out ‘Sounds’ in countries like New Zealand and Australia and said in August it’d bring music to more regions this fall. Snap doesn’t mention…
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The Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) has slapped Econet Telecom Lesotho (ETL) with M1, 5 million ( U.S.$91,000) fine for the late submission of its licence renewal application. Renewal applications are supposed to be filed at least two years before the expiry of a licence. ETL’s licence was supposed to have…
Videoconferencing service Zoom has announced it is adding end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to its platform. The company made this known today in a blog post on its website. The company will begin to roll out the new feature from Oct. 19 and will add features created by a company it acquired…
AppsFlyer, the global attribution leader, today released the 11th edition of its Performance Index. While Facebook took the #1 spot, both Google and Facebook continued to dominate mobile advertising with a significant majority of the non-organic install market. The search and social giants hold the #1 power ranking position in…
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced a plan to equip 350,000 persons displaced by the insurgency in the North East with skills and small businesses. The NCFRMI on Monday began a verification exercise of IDPs who…
The World Bank on Tuesday approved the sum of $12 billion for developing countries to finance the purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments for their citizens. The financing, which aims to support vaccination of up to a billion people, is part of an overall World Bank Group…
Cameroon’s Minister of Finance, Louis-Paul Motaze, has announced that the country’s tax management software suffered a major cyberattack. According to the minister, the attack set the system in disorder for about ten days. He revealed that the incident occurred on 25 September 2020 and the platform remained out of use…
CFS Group Plc, a subsidiary of CITITRUST Holdings Plc, a Pan African Investment Holding Company, has launched a wholly-owned and new Investment/ Asset Management Company subsidiary, CITITRUST Asset Management following the receipt of approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the firm to provide Portfolio Management to corporations…
The world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, the Founder Institute has announced that applications are now opened for its South Africa Virtual 2020 programme. This year’s programme will be held online to ensure the health and safety of the program’s participants, partners, and mentors. The online edition will also allow anyone…
A Rwandan education technology company, Eneza Education has launched an SMS based platform for learning in the country. In the first phase of its launch last week, students were given the privilege to ask a pool of teachers questions and receive answers. In the second phase of the launch which…
TLcom Capital, the Africa-focussed venture capital firm, has officially announced the launch of its second Africa Tech Female Founder Summit, which will be held virtually on Tuesday 27th October 2020. Building on the success of its inaugural event in 2019, TLcom has launched a call for applications for female tech…
The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the United Nation’s World Food Program for its efforts to combat hunger in regions hit with conflicts and hardship around the world. The Rome-based organization has been at the forefront in the fight against hunger getting aids to some of the…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have agreed to set up a six-man joint committee that will foster their collaboration in the development of local content in information and communications technology, oil and gas industry, and related sectors. The Executive…
Subscriptions to broadband or high-speed Internet services in Nigeria have increased significantly to a peak of 82.7 million as of the end of August 2020, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, disclosed this while speaking at a two-day first…
SaaS mobile marketing analytics and attribution platform, AppsFlyer on Tuesday announced that its work with Nigeria’s leading classified marketplace, Jiji has led to an increase in the installation of its Android and iOS apps from 7,000 a day at the start of 2019 to 22,000 app installs in 2020. Jiji…
Plentywaka, the first bus-hailing app in Nigeria, has announced the latest move of its ambitious plan to revolutionize Nigerian travel with the new, home-grown partnership with Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM). As part of a first-of-its-kind collaboration for both companies, IVM, Nigeria’s first indigenous automotive manufacturer, is set to bolster Plentywaka’s…
The Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) announced a partnership with the Mastercard Foundation to launch the Transforming Nigerian Youths program. Recognizing that employment is a pathway out of poverty, the program seeks to create a network of entrepreneurial and managerial change-makers, particularly young people and women across the Micro, Small, and…
AB InBev and One Young World today launched the first Lead2030 Challenge for SDG 5. The launch marks the start of a global search for the most impactful female-led enterprises that are paving the way for a sustainable future. Formed by One Young World and powered by some of the…
The Government of Japan has given grant assistance of 1 billion Yen ( approximately $9.4 million) to the Nigerian government for the procurement of medical equipment. This was made known at the signing of an agreement between the Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Kikuta Yutaka, and the Minister of State…
American multinational technology company, Google on Thursday announced the launch of a new initiative to pay publishers $1 billion over the next three years for news content. The payment package will be rewards for news content that will feature on the new app, Google News Showcase. The CEO of Google…