Digital Explorers has launched applications for the second cohort of the program. This time, it is a female-only track that will select up to 15 female Data Analysts and Data Scientists at entry-level who will undergo up to 6 months paid traineeship in Lithuania. The program will consist of an…
Author: Oluwasegun Olukotun
LinkedIn has announced that it is rolling out a new design for the business and employment-oriented online service. The new design will feature more messaging features with plans to offer Stories, which lets users post photos and videos that vanish in a day, globally. LinkedIn for a while has been…
Seychelles based global P2P crypto exchange Remitano has launched Mission, a new online job market. Launched in 2014, Remitano is a global cryptocurrency exchange serving international markets, such as Malaysia, China, Nigeria, Vietnam, Australia, Cambodia, and Indonesia. Mission is Remitano’s latest effort towards the realization of its full potential and…
Short video platform, TikTok in the first 6 months of 2020 removed more than 104 million videos from its platform. The company made this known in the latest edition of its published transparency report released on Tuesday. According to TikTok, the figure represents less than 1% of all videos uploaded…
Pan-African Software company, AirSmat has received funding of $100,000 from Zetogon, a UK-based company, as pre-seeding investment to help the organization on the journey to deliver world-class service in the African continent. The Nigerian-based firm will use the funds to get the flagship product, SmatCrows, to customers in Nigeria and…
Entrepreneurs, early-stage businesses, and new innovators across Africa are invited to apply for the Space-Tech Innovation Challenge 2020 which seeks to identify and develop the most promising innovators on the continent. The challenge is targeting downstream space-tech applications across agriculture, insurance, retail, sustainability, and conservation. Space tech is the set…
Nigeria’s pioneering and leading information, communications and technology (ICT) company ipNX has entered into partnership with the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to boost the development of Nigeria’s ICT and broadband infrastructure and help ipNX expand its fibre-optic network to more than 200,000 residences in Lagos and other…
South African Digital Communications and Solutions provider, Striata has been acquired by Doxim, a Canadian customer communication management company. Striata which was founded in 1999 in South Africa by Michael Wright offers advanced technologies and industry expertise that help organizations digitally transform complex customer communication streams. With multifactor authentication and…
The Founder and CEO of health technology company, 54gene, Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong has been selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur. Ene-Obong joins eight other entrepreneurs from six markets selected from the high-impact entrepreneurship movement’s Seventh Virtual International Selection Panel (ISP) 54gene is a health technology company whose mission is to advance…
Plentywaka, the innovative tech-driven start-up revolutionizing transport in Nigeria, has marked its first year in operation with over 190,000+ completed trips by more than 40,000 riders. Since launching in September 2019, Nigeria’s first bus-hailing app – Plentywaka, quickly became a favored choice for travelers with a strong focus on convenience,…
Tech Entrepreneurs are invited to apply for the Hub One Epic Ideas initiative aimed at supporting visionaries and building the next ideas that can scale globally. The initiative, which is powered by FCMB Hub One in partnership with Enye and Passion Incubator, will help Tech Entrepreneurs and self-driven founders to…
YouTube is launching its version of social media video-platform TikTok called YouTube Shorts, powered within its video-sharing platform. Shorts is a new short-form video experience for creators and artists who want to shoot short, catchy videos using nothing but their mobile phones. Shorts will be tested first in India over…
Ekiti State Government has partnered Microsoft Nigeria to train thousands of unemployed and underemployed youths across the state on new digital skills through the Global Skilling Initiative. The State Government has also committed to pay for certification examinations of up to 2000 residents in various skills of their choice through…
NVIDIA announced on Sunday it has reached an agreement with SoftBank Group Corp. to acquire Arm Limited in a transaction valued at $40 billion. The transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to NVIDIA’s non-GAAP gross margin and non-GAAP earnings per share. The combination brings together NVIDIA’s leading AI computing…
The automotive technology company, Autochek, which was recently founded by former Cars45 CEO Etop Ikpe has announced the acquisition of automotive marketplaces Cheki Nigeria and Cheki Ghana, previously part of ROAM Africa’s portfolio of leading online marketplaces. The new platform will relaunch by the end of 2020. Autochek is an…
Netflix has come out to defend the highly controversial film ‘Cuties’ which has come under severe criticism for hypersexualising young girls. The video streaming service while making a case for the film says it is a social commentary. French Senegalese filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré while revealing the intention behind the movie…
The US President, Donald Trump has said there will be no extension to the deadline given for the sale of video-sharing app, TikTok. The Trump administration had set September 20 as the deadline for the sale of TikTok operations in the United States. Trump said, “There will be no extension…
London based payment service MoneyTO has launched money transfers to Nigeria. The services come at zero charges and can be initiated from the UK and EU countries. The World Bank reported that Nigeria is one of the six largest recipients of remittances in the world, attracting $24 billion in 2019,…
Digital Currency Group (DCG), a global enterprise that builds, buys, and invests in blockchain companies, today announced the acquisition of Luno, a leading cryptocurrency exchange. Based in London and with regional hubs in Singapore and Cape Town, Luno has grown significantly in recent years, with nearly 400 employees and more…
ROAM Africa (Ringier One Africa Media) has announced the appointment of Jobberman Nigeria CEO, Hilda Kabushenga Kragha as the new Managing Director of ROAM Africa Jobs. ROAM Africa’s Jobs brands are the dominant recruitment solutions platforms in Africa, including BrighterMonday in East Africa (focusing on Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) and…