Fatuma Madi, 25, thought of surprising her mum with a gift. And with her mother’s TV set being off for a while, she figured out that the best surprise was a set top box. “I personally use GOtv and so I decided to buy another for my mum. I went into an electronic shop in Likoni, paid and registered with my mum’s name and mobile phone number. I sent someone to deliver and activate it,” explains Madi....
Simon Kofe, minister of justice, communication, and international affairs for Tuvalu, is quoted as saying that once the country is wiped off the map due to sea level rise, the metaverse would reproduce its islands and retain its culture and customs, according to IFLScience. “Tuvalu could be the first country in the world to exist solely in cyberspace, but if global warming continues unabated, it won’t be the last,” the country representative warns world leaders gathered at COP27....
The Ellevate Leadership Training Programme is designed by Ecobank’s Commercial Banking Business and delivered by the Ecobank Academy in partnership with the Global Business School Network (GBSN). Josephine Anan-Ankomah, Group Executive, Commercial Banking, said: “At Ecobank we are determined to grow and actualize the enormous potential of the female economy and help Africa’s female entrepreneurs succeed. Access to finance alone is not enough. Accordingly, though Ecobank is a provider of sustainable financing, we continue to invest in making available an array of non-financial interventions to sustain and grow women-led businesses faster and further across Africa....
The announcement comes just weeks after the startup raised $33 million in its first funding round, which was led by a number of major companies and investors, including Capital Quona, MSA Capital, Savola, as well as Shorooq Partners, Foundation Ventures, Accion Venture Lab, and Derayah Ventures. Mahmoud Nouh, founder and CEO of Capiter commented on the announcement saying, “Capitalizing on our proven successful model developed and refined in Egypt, which is one of the largest retail markets in the region, Capiter is embarking on its regional and international expansion plans starting with the Dubai office....
In an industry known for greed, fraud, and total disregard for consumer interests, that makes Elijah Norton Carguard to be an extraordinary entrepreneur. That is what Elijah Norton always wanted to be since the day he started Car Guard with his long-term business partner Bryan REO. Norton doesn’t believe in conforming but transforming. The greatest business leaders are not conformers but transformers. Value for Community If there is one thing that other entrepreneurs can learn from Elijah Norton then it is the importance of prioritizing community interests when doing business....
No matter the kind of business idea you have, or venture you run (as long as this is less than three years old), you are eligible to apply for TEEP 2018, to be one of the 1000 beneficiaries of this year’s program. “As an entrepreneur myself, I understand what it feels like to yearn for a lifeline, to hope for a ‘big break. In turn, I have set out to institutionalise luck with the Foundation and give back to the continent of Africa....
Jonas brings on board a wealth of leadership experience, having previously served in senior leadership positions in both the private and public sectors. He has led multi-national portfolios in different lines of business, particularly in financial services. He served as the Chief Executive Officer at Old Mutual Zimbabwe Limited between 2012 and 2019. He also doubled up as the Managing Director for Old Mutual Rest of Africa, where he was responsible for strategy implementation, stakeholder management, investment performance management, governance and compliance and functional effectiveness of the Old Mutual Business in 12 countries in the continent....
Meta revealed this week that it is launching a new Calls tab for Messenger. The new tab, according to the business, will make it easier to communicate with friends and family via the app with just one swipe. The new Calls tab is now accessible on iOS worldwide, and Android users will get it in the coming weeks. On the bottom navigation bar of the app, the new Calls tab will appear among the “Chats,” “Stories,” and “People” sections....
The APPtitude campaign, which runs from May 1 – 30, 2015, offers Nigerians the chance to download their favourite apps for free by texting APP to 131. As part of the benefits of the movement, an APPtitude portal has been created on the MTN website, which curates a host of local apps in the market under different categories that include sports, entertainment, lifestyle, health/fitness, business as well as religion. The apps can be downloaded by everyone FREE of charge for 30 days....
Gamic Guild is the largest play-to-earn gaming guild in Africa, currently creating multiple economic earning opportunities for gamers through playing blockchain games. Gameathon is an Esports tournament created to connect millions of gamers around the world while introducing the play-to-earn gaming experience to the African audience. Set to be streamed online across multiple platforms on Saturday, August 13, 2022, this massive virtual gaming event will attract the best blockchain gamers and guilds across Africa and globally....
Prior to investment, Gebeya operated mostly a manual non-scalable marketplace mode but in Feb 2020 ,the company raised a $2M seed investment , co-led by Partech and Orange Ventures and followed by Consonance Investment Managers, to set up the machine for scale, fully automated and digitized. Gebeya Inc. is a Pan-African Freelance Talent Marketplace company headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with remote teams in Kenya, Senegal, North America, and the UK....
Zeepay focuses on digital rails to connect digital assets in more than 20 African markets and, in April 2020, became the first indigenous company to be awarded the Electronic Money Issuer (EMI) license to operate as a mobile financial services company by the Bank of Ghana, the regulator of banking and financial services. “We are delighted to have GOODsoil on board,” says Zeepay co-founder and managing director Andrew Takyi-Appiah. “We believe with their strong brokerage background, with leading Ghanaian brokerage firm Obsidian Achernar in their portfolio, we will be able to attract good pricing on Foreign Exchange for our wholesale clients....
Lawrence is a professional risk and fraud management expert and sales doyen with a demonstrated history of working in the financial and nonfinancial services space. He joins JuicyScore from CreditRegistry Nigeria where he served as Lead, Engagement Executive for Fintech & Non-financial Institutions. Prior to that, he was responsible for developing, managing, and supporting product/service design for a diverse portfolio of over 300 corporate entities across commercial Banks, Fintechs, manufacturers, telcos, classifieds, betting companies, oil and gas, etc....
Ibadan is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano. It’s close proximity to Lagos makes it a natural next launch city for Gokada’s unmatched last mile delivery services. In Ibadan, Gokada is rolling out its food delivery (GFood) and logistics services (GSend), and aims to resume ride-hailing (GRide) and e-commerce (GShop) later in the year. According to Nikhil Goel, CEO of Gokada, “Since launching just a few months ago, the Gokada Super App has connected thousands of customers and businesses in Lagos and we are excited to bring our unparalleled service to Ibadan....
To use the app ,a user will have to log into Google account, take three pictures of the area for instance a rash on the arm , upload the pictures, then the tool will ask a series of questions about their skin type including other symptoms, then it will respond by giving a number of possible conditions from a set of 288 to give the user a list of possible marching conditions for further research....
According to Kuba Wojciechowsk on Twitter and also confirmed by SamMobile, this time round, it is believed that the tech giant has preferred Samsung’s sensors. Three of the four cameras in the Pixel 7 Pro will use ISOCELL sensors. Recent information indicates that, like the current generation of Google smartphones, ISOCELL GN1 will continue to serve as the primary sensor in the Pixel 7 Pro. The TV will switch from the present Sony IMX576 to the ISOCELL GM1, which has a resolution of 48 MP, while the ultra-wide novelty will be based on the Sony IMX 381 sensor with a resolution of 12 MP....
The funds will be invested in scaling Grinta’s full-stack tech platform, expanding the team and accelerating growth across the Egyptian market. Mohamed Azab, co-founder and CEO of Grinta said, “We are very excited to have the right investor base as our backers that share the same values and vision of making Pharma accessible and affordable across Africa. As we plan to expand our footprint in the main Pharma hubs on the continent, we will also enable Egyptian and regional Pharma manufacturers to further penetrate the $50 billion African market....
I’ve heard enough about clubhouse, how twitter is competing with clubhouse and something about how they don’t use messages and they use voice overs. However, of course after seeing the word appear a bit too many times I decided to take an interest and I discovered that this increasingly popular platform has built quite an interesting reputation. So what is clubhouse? Instead of sending messages all you have to do is send voice notes, in short it is an audio-based social media app that allows people to have sort of live conversations, so you can join in and out of conversations almost like a podcast....
Between now and March, the W22 cohort of the Y Combinator program, which helped launch firms like Airbnb, Coinbase, and Dropbox, among others, will take place. At a demo day, participants earn seed funding as well as additional investment opportunities. The S21 edition of the accelerator featured 15 African participants, the most ever, and the first two confirmed African participants – Ethiopia’s beU Delivery and Nigeria’s digital compliance and security startup Identitypass – were announced earlier this month....
