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Sim Shagaya, a prominent figure in African technology and a relentless advocate for education, has…
Nigeria’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (FMSTI) has partnered with US-based tech firm Afri-Tech…
Microsoft Nigeria, in collaboration with Get Funded Africa, recently held an electric vehicle (EV) hackathon…
BURN Manufacturing (BURN), a prominent clean cookstove production company based in Kenya, has successfully raised…
Today, amidst the usual April 1st pranks, Nigerian fintech startup Thepeer announced its closure. This…
OpenAI announced that it has now enabled users to start using ChatGPT without an account.…
OpenAI, a research company known for its work in artificial intelligence, announced that it has…
Samsung is contemplating the integration of generative artificial intelligence technology into its voice assistant Bixby,…
Amazon is set to make the biggest external investment in its 30-year history, as it…
Namibia will be investing approximately $5.9 million (N$110 million) over the next three years in…
The Southern African Music Rights Organization (SAMRO) has reported the distribution of over R33 million…
The use of Microsoft’s Copilot has been officially banned on government-issued devices used by U.S.…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, from healthcare and finance to manufacturing and retail.…
In the relentless battle against cyber threats, a troubling trend is emerging: ransomware attackers are…
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Swiggy, an Indian food delivery startup, is laying off about 400 employees which equates to nearly 7% of its workforce. The goal is to enhance financial stability ahead of a proposed IPO scheduled for later this year. This marks the company’s second round of layoffs, with the first happening early…
Cova, a Nigerian wealth-tech start-up co-founded by the former CEO and founder of Printivo, Olu’yomi Ojo, alongside Yomi Osamiluyi, is set to close down. The co-founders attributed the shutdown to “several factors” in an email sent to users on Tuesday, January 23. “This was an extremely difficult decision, one that…
Aurora Innovation, the self-driving truck technology company planning to initiate a business of autonomous trucks by 2024’s end, has reportedly laid off a significant number of employees this month, say sources close to the matter. The company, headquartered in Pittsburgh and operating facilities in California, Colorado, Texas, and Montana, confirmed…
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the release of the Apple Macintosh, first launched on January 24, 1984. In celebration of the Mac’s birthday, the Folon Foundation shared an intriguing story. Steve Jobs had once enlisted Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon to design an illustrated character. This character, known as Mr.…
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Kenyan insurtech startup Lami Technologies which is on a mission to break the 3% insurance penetration barrier…
Tunisia-based innovative fintech startup Expensya, an automated spend management solution for businesses has raised $20-million…
Microinsurer aYo Zambia has announced that it has passed the one-million customer mark in under a year…
Cape Town-based online payment processing service PayFast in partnership with Insaka eCommerce Academy will be hosting a free eCommerce…
African Development Bank has opened an application for the AFD Digital challenge 2021. High-impact tech startups…
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Nigeria’s and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has been named the biggest loser in the…
TrueCaller, the service that that transforms today’s phonebook with a set of smart features to…
In a chat with Daser David, the brain behind Hack Jos, the first hackathon to be…
The story of Star Trek cannot be told without the mention of the logical, philosophical…
In January 2014, attention of internet freedom and online privacy advocates were drawn to a…
Annual conference Social Media Week Lagos is back for the third year as this year’s…