The platform will allow Nigerians, from all walks of life to access genuine and affordable medicines online with swift delivery to their location of preference. ‘‘Med-Direct Africa, with its lifestyle department, will pay quality attention to prescription drugs, including high value and life-saving drugs to make sure genuine patients are supplied to those who need it before they exhaust what they have, no matter where they reside. We shall also handle last mile deliveries for public spirited Nigerians and Donor Agencies, while Nigerians in the Diaspora can also take advantage of our reach to supply quality drugs cheaper than they can buy overseas for their relatives....

All Amber, the organizers of Mobile Web Africa have announced that the interactive conference is returning to South Africa in a few weeks’ time with key partnerships and awesome speakers set to speak at the event. Mobile Web Africa will be held on 10 and 11 September at the Randlords in Johannesburg. In October 2009 Mobile Web Africa first cemented its position in the then relatively undeveloped conference market in South Africa....

The Equal Rating Innovation Challenge will support promising solutions through expert mentorship and funding of US$250,000 in prize monies split into three categories – Best Overall (based on scalability), Best Overall Runner-up and Most Novel Solution (based on experiment with a potential high reward). “At Mozilla, we believe the Internet is most powerful when anyone – regardless of gender, income, or geography – can participate equally. However, the digital divide remains a clear and persistent reality,” said Mozilla’s Chief Innovation Officer, Katharina Borchert, in a blog post(http://APO....

MultiChoice has partnered with C3 (Companies Creating Change) to facilitate the programme. C3 is a United Arab Emirates (UAE) based social enterprise with a footprint in 17 countries across the Middle East and Africa. C3’s network of experts and trainers will deliver an intensive Investor Readiness (IR) programme. The finale of the programme will be a series of presentations to the global start-up investment community. Each of the start-ups’ journey will be documented for a new docuseries to be shown in November 2021....

The new facility will span 8,152 square metres and will be located in a rapidly expanding free zone for major e-commerce players and last-mile service providers towards further strengthening Mumzworld’s footprint and bolstering its operations for continued hyper-scale. EZDubai will support Mumzworld in running an effective fulfilment centre through bonded and non-bonded activities to expedite inventory turnover. This will assist the company in managing, optimising and creating new warehouse operations to support its aggressive regional and global growth strategy....

WinFuture and Evleaks posted official renders from Samsung along with a full spec sheet for the Galaxy Z Flip. According to the renders, the phone features a 6.7-inch OLED “Ultra-Thin Glass” foldable display with an FHD+ 2636 x 1080 resolution and a 22:9 aspect ratio. The Galaxy Z Flip will also feature a hole-punch camera at the top of the front display. There’s also a second display on the outside of the device....

In December, Microsoft will release a OneDrive update for testers only to allow the app to run natively on Mac ARM devices. The cloud file sharing service could benefit from enhanced speed owing to Apple’s proprietary CPU, which is excellent news for customers under this architecture. From the beginning of 2022, everyone will be able to download the upgrade, which will arrive simultaneously as a second, more significant release for macOS....

InfraCo Africa, is part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) and joins the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and Africa Finance Corporation as part of the shareholders in InfraCredit. Gilles Vaes, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of InfraCo Africa, and Claire Jarratt, Chief Investment Officer of InfraCo Africa, will join InfraCredit’s Board of Directors. According to InfraCo Africa’s CEO, Gilles Vaes, “Our equity investment in InfraCredit marks the first major transaction of our dedicated investment vehicle, InfraCo Africa Investments....

Existing investors Sequoia Capital China, Redpoint China, Source Code Capital, and Softbank Ventures Asia participated in the round, which is the fund’s first investment in an African startup. The new financing round included participation from other investors such as DragonBall Capital and 3W Capital. OPay competes in a crowded fintech space, where companies like Paga and TeamApt are vying for market share by bringing financial services to Nigeria’s millions of unbanked citizens....

Global Founders Capital (GFC), Golden Palm Investments, DFS Labs, Ulu Ventures, Plug and Play and Soma Cap participated in the seed round. Founded by Stanford graduates Abuzar Royesh, Olamide Oladeji and Izunna Okonkwo, Pastel last year raised a $620,000 pre-seed to launch Sabi, its flagship product to allow SMEs to monitor their transactions, manage their customers and get insights into their cashflows then issue receipts or invoices. The startup says its bookkeeping and customer relationship management platform has seen more than 100,000 merchants sign up for the last nine months and currently serves more than 45,000 active merchants....

At the time, the Federal Government said the platform was suspended due to its capacity to undermine Nigeria’s corporate existence followed by a new directive asking all OTT and social media platforms to be licensed before they operate in Nigeria. Today, in a televised address to the nation during its 61st Independence Day celebrations, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said social media is a very useful platform that has enabled millions of Nigerians to connect with loved ones, promote their businesses, socialise, and access news and other information....

Vendease, founded in January 2020 by Tunde Kara, Olumide Fayankin, Gatumi Aliyu, and Wale Oyepeju, helps food businesses expand by digitizing procurement processes, storage operations, and transportation, as well as enabling flexible payment solutions. The startup, which was a part of Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 cohort earlier this year, has developed mobile and web apps that help food businesses make orders for food supplies, manage inventory, track expenses, and obtain credit....

Erranders is a platform that allows users to let other people run their errands for them. Individuals, groups of people and corporate bodies can all book someone from their platform to run their errands. Their mission, according to their website is to “provide customers with innovative and high quality errand services with the most effective solution and alternatives to their needs and wants.” They also want to be the leading online errand service provider in Nigeria....

Grey has expanded its services into East Africa, starting with Kenya, in partnership with Cellulant, to overcome the challenges of sending and receiving money internationally. Grey, a Y-combinator backed fintech startup, offers a one-of-a-kind international money transfer service that allows users to send and receive international payments swiftly and without limits. Cellulant is the company’s payment processor, processing thousands of Grey’s clients’ payouts. In an exclusive ceremony attended by senior management from Grey and Cellulant at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Upperhill, Nairobi, on 25 May, the company showcased how users could create a virtual foreign USD, GBP, and EUR bank account for free....

SeamlessHR intends to utilize the funds to expand its 130-strong workforce as it prepares for a pan-African expansion, with new offices in South Africa and Kenya being considered. In addition to a new embedded financial product that is now being piloted, the firm wants to introduce additional product functionalities around artificial intelligence and HR data analytics, according to the company. TLcom Capital led the round, which included existing investors such as Lateral Capital and Enza Capital....

Kenya’s Nova Pioneer aims to equip students for success in the 21st Century through technology. Kenneth Mungai Gachango, a 27 year old graduate of Telecommunications and Information Engineering from J.K.U.A.T, and the Tech Educator at Nova Pioneers Boys Secondary School. Ken took us through Nova Pioneer’s plan for education in Africa and their latest tech programmes for their students. Nova Pioneer’s mission is to equip students for success in the 21st Century through technology, global exposure etc....

According to the Finance Bill 2022, the National Treasury of the East African country wants to raise its digital-services tax to 3% from 1.5 percent. If lawmakers approve the plan and the president signs it into law, the fee, which applies to foreign companies that provide online services in Kenya, will take effect. “Kenya is one of the rare countries which has not joined the agreement reached on 8 October,” an OECD spokesperson said in an emailed response to questions....

Remember that Oppo and OnePlus are just the same Powerhouses, although independent from each other. If you visit the websites for these brands pointed towards Germany, you’ll notice that they’re both pretty empty. For example, on Oppo’s website, there is no longer any section leading to the presentation of products, their characteristics, or even purchase links. From the side of the German OnePlus website, everything still seems normal at first glance....

The Oppo A77 4G arrives to take after the A77 5G launched sometime in June, and it should be the first A-series smartphone from Oppo to use the MediaTek Helio G35 SoC backed with 4GB of RAM. Regarding its camera measurements, the model features a dual rear camera setup of 50-megapixel plus a 2MP depth Lens and 8MP on the front for selfie capabilities. It also sports ColorOS 12.1, based on Android 12 and a 5000mAh battery with 33W SuperVOOC fast charging support....

The official rebranding today marked the official exit of Orange from the Kenyan market. Under the Orange management, the company had gone through troubling times, most costumers in Kenya were opting for its rivals mostly due to network coverage and reliability. Telkom has realized this and they today announced that they had invested Kshs. 5 Billion to expand and improve their network infrastructure. They also doubled the number of agents around the country for better customer support....