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Following a series of preliminary and unverified reports, the Financial Times has now definitively confirmed…
The recent ruling of South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has ordered Vodacom Group…
Visa has partnered with the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation in an effort to promote…
YouTube Create, a standalone mobile app by Google that caters to creators by assisting them…
Growth4Her, a six-month Investor Readiness Accelerator Programme, is currently accepting applications from women in West…
Applications are now open for the 13th edition of the MINT Incubator, a collaborative initiative…
UNICEF StartUp Lab is inviting applications for its six-month accelerator program. The program, targeted at…
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has joined forces with Victoria’s Secret to…
Adobe has introduced Project Music GenAI Control, a platform that uses GenAI to turn text…
In celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD) 2024, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,…
The Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology has formalised a collaboration with Domineum/Edenbase UK…
The digital lending landscape in Nigeria is witnessing remarkable growth, marked by a surge in…
Telegram’s CEO and founder, Pavel Durov, unveiled the company’s plans today to introduce its advertising…
Dating app Bumble announced on Tuesday that it plans to lay off approximately 350 employees…
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Japanese cybersecurity firm, Trend Micro, has announced that it’s laying off 2% of its global workforce as part of its business transformation strategy. The company, which had a workforce of 7,582 employees as of June 2023, aims to align this decision with a focus on expanding their customer base through…
Discord, the popular messaging service for gamers, has confirmed that it is laying off 17% of its workforce, amounting to 170 employees. The company had previously laid off around 40 employees in August. The recent layoffs were deemed necessary for efficiency following a hiring surge in 2020, according to Discord…
The European Union (EU) is investigating the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI to determine if it could necessitate a full merger investigation. This follows increasing scrutiny of OpenAI, known for its significant influence in the AI industry, which experienced a leadership crisis last year leading to the abrupt dismissal and…
Microsoft has overtaken Apple to become the largest company globally by market value, influenced by the surge in artificial intelligence. Microsoft’s share price increased by approximately 1% in early trading, pushing its market value to $2.87tn, nudging ahead of Apple whose shares declined nearly 1%. Throughout the trading day, the…
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IFC today announced an investment in the Savannah Fund, a leading technology seed fund in…
It was just a few months ago that Quench expanded its business in grocery deliveries,…
What if there was a fun, simple way to live a little healthier and quench…
Orange today launched its 11th Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East.…
Ten Nigerian startups have been chosen to participate within the iNOVO accelerator, which affords coaching…
Black-owned insurtech startup and is the world’s first mobility operating system dedicated to; getting and…
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Ebi Atawodi has been appointed General Manager for app-based transportation network and taxi company Uber…
The Nigerian Government has revealed plans to connect 50 percent of the population to 3G broadband in 2015.
In a move to further strengthen its position in the enterprise business segment, MTN Group…
Tencent’s WeChat is spreading throughout Africa through its association with South Africa’s media company, Naspers using…
After recent terrorist attacks in France, UK Prime Minister David Cameron has come out in…
The Ghanaian branch of MTN in partnership with the Ministry of Education in the country is planning to offer free internet access to Wikipedia.