So what was Jacqueline’s solution? After realizing that people could not afford basic eye health care she decided to do something about it. She did some trials for six months and Jacqueline realized that in fact the real unmet need in rural Kenya was health, specifically eye surgery in Western Kenya, a region with a high incidence of preventable blindness such as cataract and trachoma. Her journey may have been slightly easier because she was married to an eye doctor who knew what an eye centre would need....

Tell us the story of WHAT BROUGHT about AMW as a company AMW was actually not meant to be a company. It was birth as a result of hunger. Because then I had just finished my NYSC and having spent a lot of my savings on my previous startup that did not work, I had to find a means to survive. Because I made a deal with my Mum not to give me a penny after my NYSC days....

The ten 10 will pitch their businesses before business leaders, investors from leading venture capital firms, and the media on September 20th in Lagos and compete for more than $30,000 in cash and prizes. They include; Afrocentric Bamboo Limited – Kumasi, Ghana Afrocentric Bamboo Limited designs, develops, and markets bamboo bikes and frames and related products and services. Banke Kuku Textiles – London, United Kingdom Banke Kuku Textiles designs African inspired luxury fabrics and accessories for the fashion, interiors and soft furnishings markets....

The ADC will now be based at Dunhill Towers along Waiyaki Way in its new ultra-modern state-of-the-art facility, the first of its kind serving the East African region. The facility will house the engineering, design, research, and innovation teams, as well as the Microsoft Garage, an incubation hub launched as part of the ongoing efforts to scale tech innovation in the continent. The facility was officially launched by H.E the president Uhuru Kenyatta, who was accompanied by Joe Mucheru, the Cabinet Secretary for ICT, Innovation and Youth Affair among other key guests....

First Circle Capital, a venture capital fund that invests in the next generation of FinTech in Africa, had already injected capital into WafR in a previous round of funding last June. “At First Circle Capital, we want to support Fintechs in Morocco, in particular, and in Africa, in general. After a first investment, we are delighted to announce a new investment of greater size. WafR is uniquely positioned at the crossroads of retail and fintech in Morocco and continues to innovate by providing retail brands with an ever-growing network of partner grocers....

The firm has now announced a major rebrand of its consumer brand Mula to Tingg- a unified platform that will offer all that comprehensive list of digital financial services we listed above; making it Africa’s first payments super app. According to the rebrand communication from their official LinkedIn account, Tingg is their new and unifying brand identity that will deliver on the promise of a robust single payments platform for Africa’s marketplace, layered to cater for different value chains....

It comes after the board of directors of Twitter agreed to Mr Musk’s $44 billion (£34.5 billion) buyout bid. Mr Musk, on the other hand, stated that the site will always be free for “casual users.” He had previously said he wanted to “make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features”. Musk also wrote: Earlier, Mr Musk tweeted a link to a CNN report calling for some of the biggest firms in the United States to boycott Twitter if Mr Musk reverses content moderation standards curbing hate speech....

There’s no end with technology and there’s no telling what technology can’t do because just when we think we’ve reached the limit we find a better way to utilize it. Nakuru County Government has started a project that will be monitoring blood pressure in expectant women. In collaboration with Kabarak University they hope to reduce the number of maternal deaths. What else can the smartwatch do? A number of expectant women have been losing their lives to pre-eclampsia and eclampsia as a matter of fact the two have proven to be among the highest causes of death and complications at delivery....

Off-grid energy solutions such as Photovoltaic (PV) solar, provide an excellent opportunity to build a resilient energy supply system, that can transform people’s lives and build a more equitable society. However, despite significant investments in off-grid energy solutions, their wide uptake is still relatively limited. The African Centre for a Green Economy, convenors of the NEA are delighted to announce a new partnership with the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC), to undertake a comprehensive 3 years research aimed at building the ecosystem to scale up investments in off-grid energy solutions....

In anticipation for the movie, Hyundai has released a commercial that shows Spiderman hitching a 300-mile ride to New York with his best friend Ned Leeds played by Jacob Batalon in the all-electric Ioniq 5. You can already guess, the vehicle has a 300 mile (483 km) range when fully charged. The commercial goes for a minute and a half including a post-credit scene just like in Marvel movies. The other vehicle Hyundai Tucson SUV has a 30-second spot which shows key scenes from the film, including those starring Tucson and Tom Holland....

NIC Bank, Junior Achievement (JA) and Craft Silicon Foundation have come together to unveil an innovation award category in the annual secondary schools, Students Entrepreneurship Competitions. This competition will be worth Ksh.3.4 million. Dubbed the High School Innovation Challenge, is set to begin in May this year and will encourage students who are members of JA clubs in over 300 high schools in the country to develop transformational innovative solutions that will affect positive change in the financial sector to benefit individuals and communities across the nation....

Eden Life was developed for busy Lagos professionals who are often time-poor due to long working hours and struggle to source and coordinate dependable, efficient, and trustworthy home services providers. It was launched in 2019 by three former Andelans and dubbed “the concierge of comfort.” The app, which is available on Google Play and the App Store, provides users with a subscription service that includes chef-prepared meals, laundry service, and home cleaning, as well as the ability to track the progress of all of their services....

The Moniepoint brand an established and trusted name in Nigeria will allow the company to capitalise on an identity that customers already know and trust. Tosin Eniolorunda, CEO and Co-Founder of TeamApt, disclosed that while it initially set out to build solutions for banks in the country, Moniepoint has increasingly become TeamApt’s core focus prompting this rebrand. “When we started in 2015, we were primarily providing back office payment infrastructure for banks and needed an apt team, hence the name TeamApt....

The startup, which has raised US$150,000 in pre-seed funding from angels and venture capital firms such as Ventures Platform and Microtraction , has recently launched its LMS known as “Gradely for schools.’’ Launched in 2019 by Boye Oshinaga, Femi Ibiwoye ,Seyi Adelaju and Babatunde Caleb ,Gradely is a teacher led LMS,created for personalized learning with characters such as live classes to organize and hold engaging class experiences, assessment tools to set up robust and relevant assessment formats fitted with the Nigerian and British curriculum-aligned question pool, a proctored examination system to hold credible remote academic evaluations and a suite of personalized video lessons, practice quizzes and games library known as Gradely Catch Up to support in-class efforts with students at home....

The deal will allow Helium to expand beyond Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Senegal, Kenya, and Uganda into wider emerging markets especially in the GCC where healthcare is set to grow rapidly. Investment in digital infrastructure will account for 30 percent of healthcare investment in the region between 2023 to 2030. According to Adegoke Olubusi, Chief Executive Officer of Helium Health: “Meddy is an ideal complement to our existing business model; the right company, in the right location, at the right time....

A $1.75 million co-investment grant from the USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Program was also included in the funding round. The new funding will allow the company to extend its 200,000-plus farmer base and enter new African countries such as Ghana, Zambia, and Kenya. ThriveAgric, which was founded in 2017 (and has been fully operational since 2018), enables Nigerian farmers to sell their products to FMCGs and food processors by leveraging its proprietary technology to gain access to finance, improve productivity, and increase sales in order to promote food security....

TeamApt, a Nigerian fintech startup that offers business payments and banking platforms, has secured over $50 million in pre-series C funding. The investment was led by QED Investors, a U.S. fintech-focused venture capital firm and Novastar Ventures with participation from Lightrock and BII . According to the company, the fund will be utilised to expand its credit services, expand into new markets, and spread financial happiness by digitising Africa’s economy....

Wicrypt is a decentralized mobile internet sharing and monetisation network that allows anyone to earn money by sharing their Wi-Fi with others. Users can either download the Wicrypt software and deliver Wi-Fi from their mobile device or purchase a one-of-a-kind Wicrypt Hotspot Creator device. Wi-Fi providers can customize their customers’ experiences using the Wicrypt dashboard, which includes surveys, ads, and data collection. Wicrypt-enabled devices are all represented by one-of-a-kind NFTs linked to the blockchain....

The home of Nokia phones had announced its Android 10 rollout plan a few weeks ago where it was revealed that the Nokia 8.1, Nokia 7.1 and Nokia 9 PureView will get upgraded to Android 10 in Q4 2019. Thus making the Nokia 8.1 the first smartphone in its segment to get the Android 10 update. Android 10 is Google’s newest operating system that has so far been released for Pixel phones, the Essential Phone and some OnePlus phones....

Top-of-the-range Nokia X-series, intermediate G-series and entry-level C-series delivering industry-leading security, superior durability, and the promise to provide the latest software, so you can keep your phone for longer. X-series launches with Nokia X20 and Nokia X10 The Nokia X20 and Nokia X10 are powered by the latest Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 480 5G Mobile Platform which delivers series-defying performance and truly global 5G. They also come with the clean AndroidTM One interface, and run Android 11 straight out of the box....