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Nigeria fines Multichoice for airing a documentary on insecurity in the country
Multichoice Nigeria has been fined five million naira (about 11,780 euros) by the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) after airing a…
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20 startups from the Middle East and Africa announced winners of Migration Enterpreneurship Prize 2022
The Migration Entrepreneurship Prize 2022 has announced the 20 startups from the Middle East and Africa selected for its second cohort.…
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Odibets unveils Omoka na EPL season 2 promo
Odibets has yet again come through for betting fanatics after it launched the Omoka na EPL season two promo on…
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Kenyan HR startup FaidiHR raises undisclosed amount of funding from SprintX
Kenyan startup Crew HR & Payroll has rebranded to FaidiHR after it received an undisclosed amount of funding from SprintX,…
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Digital Realty Completes Acquisition of Teraco for $3.5 Billion
Digital Realty has today announced the acquisition of Teraco from a consortium of investors, including Berkshire Partners and Permira, that…
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Kenyan insurtech Lami Technologies raises $3.7M to expand across Africa
Kenya-based insurtech startup Lami Technologies has raised a US$ 3.7m seed extension to expand its insurtech product across Africa. The…
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Gadgets
Samsung eyes bigger market share with the launch of new foldables
It’s that time of the year when we expect Samsung to host its next major ‘’Unpacked’’ launch event. This year,…
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[Interview] Efayomi Carr: Embedded finance and its impact on financial inclusion
Efayomi Carr is a Principal at Flourish Ventures, a Global Fintech Venture Firm investing in fintech startups across the globe,…
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[Interview] Sara Badru: Tech programs shaping the foundation for women in digitally enabled jobs
As Kenya’s digital economy propels the country’s economic growth, a lot more needs to be done to prepare citizens and…
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Nigeria’s mobility startup Moove has expanded to India
Nigeria is home to some of the most innovative startups and many of them are disrupting their respective industries in…
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Africa Tech Challenge by AVIC International is back after a long break
Chinese construction company AVIC International has announced the return of the Africa Tech Challenge after a two-year hiatus prompted by…
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Seedstars announces $30 million fund to invest in 100 startups in emerging markets
Seedstars has announced plans to invest in 100 more startups through its second emerging market seed-stage fund, called Seedstars International…
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How Africa’s sports photography scene has evolved and what it’s like now
A brilliant capture speaks a thousand words. They are incredible moments in a game that showcase the sheer determination, perseverance,…
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Airtel Kenya buys additional spectrum to boost its 4G network
Kenya’s second largest mobile services provider Airtel has purchased additional spectrum from the Communication Authority to boost its 4G network.…
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Hivestack Launches its Programmatic DOOH Marketplace in South Africa
Hivestack, an independent programmatic digital out of home (DOOH) adtech, has announced the launch of its programmatic DOOH marketplace in…
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Safaricom intends to build most of its technology in-house
Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom has revealed that it intends to ensure a huge percentage of the technology it uses is…
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Winner of Season 3 of Microsoft’s GoL University Students Competition Announced
A student’s innovation featuring a website that encourages the public to plant trees has been named the winner of this…
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Reverse Commerce Startup Badili Africa Opens Its First Physical Store In Nairobi
Badili Africa, a local startup that focuses on device exchange has opened its first physical store in Nairobi located at…
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Tanzania’s fintech NALA enters Kenya, inks diaspora remittance deal with Equity Bank
Tanzania-based fintech startup NALA has partnered with Equity Bank Kenya for diaspora remittance. This partnership will allow Kenyans living in…
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Netflix lost 1 million subscribers in the last three months
Streaming giant Netflix has had quite a rough ride for the better part of the year. After announcing the loss…
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Reviews
TECNO Camon 19 Pro: How Does it Compare With the Competition?
Tecno Camon 19 Pro is among the devices in the Camon 19 series that TECNO unveiled in the Kenya market…
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BUSINESS
Equity is proof that doing well is intertwined with doing good
Equity has continued to prove that doing well can go hand in hand with doing good. This has over time…
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Startups
AfricInvest and Cathay Innovation Complete Final Close of €110M Pan-African Venture Fund
Africa’s multi-asset investment platform AfricInvest and global venture capital firm Cathay Innovation, have completed the final close of their joint Pan-African…
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Fintechs are set to transform cross-border payments in Africa, says Ukheshe Technologies
For centuries people have crossed borders to live, work, and trade. While cross-border payment systems are crucial for financial inclusion…
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BUSINESS
Absa Bank Kenya hosts women entrepreneurs for the PanAfrican InspireME Conference
Over 3,000 businesswomen from across Africa have benefited from Absa Bank Kenya’s PanAfrican InspireME conference hosted in Nairobi. The one-day…
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Safaricom Engineering Summit brings together a community of Kenyan engineers
Safaricom recently hosted a two-day engineering summit forum for industry and other related stakeholders to showcase new technology and emerging…
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Tiktok announces initiatives to curb platform misuse this election season in Kenya
Tiktok is taking a keen interest in the forthcoming general elections in Kenya and has put in place a number…
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Roast House premieres today on Showmax with the roast of Boniface Mwangi
Last week we told you that Showmax was working on a roast show featuring 17 Kenyan comedians and 10 celebrities.…
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Jumia Kenya CEO Betty Mwangi leaves the company after 9 months
Jumia Kenya CEO Betty Mwangi is leaving the e-commerce firm. Jumia in a statement today says Betty is leaving to…
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Celo Announces New Web3 Fund for African Startups Adopting Crypto Strategies
Celo has launched a new programme to support African startups across payments, remittances, virtual assets, savings, and related financial services.…
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Kenyan Court Freezes Flutterwave’s Bank Accounts Over Money Laundering Allegations
Nigerian unicorn fintech Flutterwave has lately been in the news for both good and bad reasons, but the unflattering reasons…
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Autochek acquires CoinAfrique to accelerate its expansion across Francophone Africa
Autochek, the Nigerian automotive startup has accelerated its expansion to Francophone Africa after acquiring CoinAfrique for an undisclosed amount. CoinAfrique…
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Flutterwave appoints ex-Goldman Sachs MD Gurbhej Dhillon as new CTO
Flutterwave has announced the appointment of former Goldman Sachs’ Managing Director, Gurbhej Dhillon as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As…
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ESTHER KAMAU: Digital Transformation and How It Influences Scalability for MSMEs
Digital transformation has shaped the diversity of MSMEs who account for at least 40% of Kenya’s GDP. MSMEs in Kenya…
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Nigeria’s Bluechip Technologies has launched a free training for data professionals
Bluechip Technologies, a Nigerian company that develops business applications for data management has launched Primo Academy, a six-month training program…
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Leadership Ideas Every Manager Can Use To Step Up Their Game
Whether a first-time manager or a seasoned leader, there’s always room to improve your skills. And becoming a better leader…
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realme to set up an official store on Jumia
E-commerce platform Jumia has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with realme, that will see the smartphone maker set up…
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Moringa’s Career Fair kicks off, catalyses Tech job creation in Africa
The Moringa School Career Fair kicks off today at the iHub, Nairobi with Safaricom as the platinum sponsor. Dubbed ‘Are…
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Boomplay is now offering Telkom customers dedicated music streaming packages
Africa’s music streaming and download platform Boomplay has announced a partnership with Telkom, enabling subscribers to enjoy more affordable music…
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Apps
Mozilla unveils Pocket, its read-it-later bookmarking service in Kenya
Mozilla in partnership with Aga Khan University is making its brand new Pocket app available in Kenya. Built on the Android…
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BUSINESS
Telkom and Lipa Later partner to launch device financing plan
Telkom Kenya and Buy-Now-Pay-Later company Lipa Later have today announced device financing that will make it easier for Kenyans to…
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Startups
Africa-focused VC firm TLcom Capital appoints Eloho Omame as Partner to attract more female-led tech startups
TLcom, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has appointed Eloho Omame as a Partner. The appointment, the firm says is to bolster its…
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YouTube is Inviting Content Creators to Apply for $100 million Black Voices Fund
YouTubers from around the world have yet another chance to apply for the Black Voices Fund, an initiative spearheaded by…
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Fintech platform Nomanini launches app to connect FMCGs and financial service providers in Africa
Fintech platform Nomanini has today announced the launch of a new app that connects FMCGs and financial service providers to serve…
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Rosatom to Build Small Nuclear Power Plant in Yakutia Under Far Eastern Concession Program
On June 16, on the sidelines of the XXV St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development…
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Moringa School raises an undisclosed amount of funding from Leading Investor Proparco
Learning-accelerator Moringa School has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Proparco to support its expansion outside Kenya. The funding…
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CLOUD
Vodafone adds Oracle to its list of cloud provider partners in new partnership
Oracle and Vodafone have announced a strategic partnership to modernize the operator’s European IT infrastructure and accelerate its transition to…
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Paramount Plus to Commission Over 100 Films as Demand on Streaming Rises
Paramount Plus, the movie-streaming subsidiary owned by global media company Paramount Global has announced plans to commission 150 original shows…
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46% of SMEs in EEMEA earning more money than before the pandemic, Mastercard report
Data from Mastercard’s 2022 Borderless Payments Report has revealed two in five (46%) small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Eastern…
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Investor Network Unveils Programme to Support Africa’s Sustainable Development Goal Targets
Africa is the most vulnerable to the effects of Climate Change despite contributing only 4% of carbon dioxide emissions. Yet,…
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Pezesha Africa partners with Autochek to provide Asset Financing to local SMEs
Automotive technology company Autochek has partnered with Pezesha Africa to enable SMEs in Kenya to access asset financing. Pezesha offers…
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Share Data, Minutes, Voice and SMSs with Telkom Kenya’s new Changa Bundle
Telkom Kenya has launched the Changa Bundle to enable Kenyans to share data, minutes, voice and SMSs. Telkom prepaid customers…
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Kevin Dherman: Ways manufacturers can unlock the value of data to drive business intelligence
Data forms the backbone of any manufacturing enterprise. With continuous supply chain disruptions, the allure of data and Business Intelligence…
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ERP Set to Revolutionise Business Operations
At the heart of every business, today are automated processes that simplify the delivery of services while aggregating efficiency. Automation…
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WhatsApp launches campaign to profile SMEs from across Africa
WhatsApp has announced the launch of the WhatsAppreneurs campaign, profiling small entrepreneurs from Africa who are using the WhatsApp Business…
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Why you need a fulfillment service for your online business
Running an online business demands a lot. First, you have to find the right niche. This involves a lot of…
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Google to offer e-commerce training to 1000 SMEs in Kenya
Google has partnered with Coursera to develop an online course for Small and Medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Kenya. Coursera is…
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EdTech Firm Snapplify Launches Teacha Marketplace for East Africa
South African edtech company Snapplify has launched Teacha!, a resourceful marketplace where teachers can buy and sell their teaching resources.…
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VALERY NJIABA: Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum’s Londa report calls for more digital transparency and protection across Africa
While many governments in Africa have made welcome progress toward digital transformation in the last year, more work needs to…
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Power Learn Project Picks 1000 Students For Its 1 Million Developer Program
In the course of about 16 weeks,1000 trainees will graduate from the Power Learn Project flagship program dubbed “One Million…
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Kenya Airways Opens a Drone Testing and Training Centre
Kenya’s national carrier Kenya Airways(KQ) has launched the first drone testing and training facility in Kenya. The facility is under…
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Jumia sells motorbikes for 10 Bob as it Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Kenya’s leading e-commerce platform Jumia will mark its 10th Anniversary by celebrating consumers and supporting sellers. The company’s anniversary-themed ‘10…
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Nigerian fintech startup Indicina raises $3m seed funding for Africa expansion
Nigerian fintech startup Indicina has raised $3 million in seed funding round to accelerate its expansion into other African markets.…
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Jumia celebrates 10 years of e-commerce in Kenya
Kenya’s leading e-commerce platform Jumia is marking its 10th Anniversary by celebrating consumers, and supporting sellers, and communities. The company’s…
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Government unveils first coding syllabus for primary and secondary schools in Kenya
The Kenyan government through the Ministry of ICT has officially unveiled the coding and computer programming syllabus for public schools…
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GreenHouse Capital announces 13 startups selected for the Microsoft Scale-up Accelerator
Thirteen startups from East and West Africa are set to benefit from a six-week accelerator program by GreenHouse Capital and…
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Africa’s digital economy to reach $712 billion by 2050, Endeavor Nigeria report
Africa’s technology ecosystem is set for a period of exponential growth, accelerated by strong market fundamentals and the impact of…
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CYBER SECURITY
Attacker Dwell Time Increased by 36%, Sophos’ Active Adversary Playbook 2022 Reveals
There was a 36% increase in dwell time, with a median intruder dwell time of 15 days in 2021 versus…
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BUSINESS
What is CFD Trading?
CFD trading is somewhat more complex than trading currencies in the forex market. If you have already been trading in…
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Sendy partners with Google to empower MSMEs in Kenya and Nigeria.
Sendy has entered into a new partnership with Google to empower small and medium businesses in Kenya, South Africa and…
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Saleforce partners with TikTok to drive more sales channels for vendors
American cloud-based software company Salesforce has partnered with TikTok to make it easier for merchants and customers to engage more…
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Kenyan Innovator Unveils App for the Deaf
Kenya has made significant strides in ensuring that people living with disabilities run a normal and easier life in every…
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Canon kicks off its R-Tour in Kenya, launches two new cameras
Canon Central and North Africa announced today its long-awaited R-tour’s commencement in Kenya.The tour saw the company launch two of…
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French government backed Digital Africa initiative aims to boost growth among tech entrepreneurs in Africa
The French government is playing a proactive role in weaning the rapidly-growing digital landscape in Africa through an initiative dubbed…
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Samsung to cut down smartphone production by 30 million units
Samsung will reportedly produce 30 million fewer smartphones in 2022, following challenges brought by the Ukraine conflict, rising inflation and…
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Startups
Nigerian fintech startup Grey expands to Kenya to enable freelancers send and receive money from abroad
Over the last few years, there have been conversations around PayPal being unfriendly to its users, mainly freelancers in Africa.…
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This Nigerian fintech is simplifying banking for immigrants
Nigerian fintech startup Vesti is changing the way immigrants access banking services around the world. The company launched by two…
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What is local SEO, and why should you try it today?
The digital world is flowing with opportunities to create wealth. From sports betting – say, via placing bets on your…
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This SA agri-tech firm IQ is equipping farmers with digital tools to boost farming
When South African agri-tech startup IQ Logistica was formed in 2014, the focus was to be a service provider to…
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Uber has recorded 1 billion rides in Africa
Uber is celebrating a huge milestone having clocked a billion rides across all its markets in Africa. The company whose…
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Incentro renews Google Cloud’s Infrastructure Specialization
Incentro announced it has renewed its Infrastructure Specialization in Google Cloud Partner Advantage. The Google Partners Advantage program enables organizations like…
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Many African countries still violating digital rights, report
Digital Rights and Inclusion have been an area of concern for most countries across Africa. At the just-concluded Digital Rights…
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Jumia to set up a Tech Hub in Nairobi
Jumia has announced plans to set up a technology hub in Nairobi that will create over 100 jobs. This is…
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Shevira Bissessor: Why Women in the built environment matter
Think of construction and most people think of men in yellow, hard hats. The idea of a female electrician, plumber,…
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Healthtech startup Zuri Health raises $1.3-million to expand across Africa
Kenyan healthtech startup Zuri Health has raised $1.3-million in funding to expand across Africa. The startup which offers mobile-based healthcare…
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Kenyan fintech Bamba raises $3.2m seed funding to scale
Kenyan fintech startup Bamba has secured $3.2m in seed funding to scale its app and build out its team. Venture capital…
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Kenyan Fintech Hisa Joins NVIDIA Inception Programme
Hisa App, a Kenyan mobile investment platform that allows anyone in Kenya to invest in U.S. stocks and ETFs using…
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Ashoka launches program to support young innovators in Nigeria
Ashoka, a global organization that supports the world’s leading social entrepreneurs, has officially launched the “Everyone A Changemaker”(EACH) Movement in…
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High Cost of 5G Handsets Hinder Safaricom 5G Rollout
There has been so much talk and hype about 5G network but consumers are yet to feel its impact. Since…
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CLOUD
Incentro signs partnership with Monday.com to deliver work OS to the African market
ICT service provider Incentro has entered into a strategic partnership with Monday.com to deliver Monday’s work OS to the African…
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Nigeria’s Fidia has created a crowdfunding platform for African content creators
For any content creator, getting their work seen and appreciated by the public is the first important step to success. …
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Jumia unveils its first Environmental Social Governance report
Jumia on Wednesday released its first Environmental Social Governance Report outlining its ESG strategy alongside an overview of current sustainability practices…
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CLOUD
US Data center operator Flexential partners with Angola Cables to strengthen connectivity to African markets
Leading US data center owner and developer, Flexential has opened their US network to Angola Cables to assist customers in Africa in…
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Google announces 30,000 Africa developer scholarships for 2022
At least 30,000 aspiring and professional developers from across Africa will benefit from the Android and Google Cloud training opportunities.…
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Kenya to host the first ever Drone Tech and Data Expo
Kenya will this month host the first-ever Drone Tech and Data Expo under the theme ”The Roles of Drones and…
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Sendy selected among 100 most promising 2022 Tech Pioneers by the World Economic Forum
Kenyan logistics startup Sendy has been recognized as one of the World Economic Forum’s “Technology Pioneers” for 2022. The World…
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ASUS Illuminates Burj Khalifa for The Pinnacle of Performance Launch Event
ASUS produced a stunning lightshow cast on the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, on May…
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NEAR Foundation opens its first African blockchain innovation hub in Kenya
NEAR Foundation, the Swiss non-profit that oversees the governance and development of the NEAR protocol, today has launched a regional…
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Startups
B2B eCommerce platform TradeDepot appoints Chidi Akubuiro as Managing Director for West Africa
TradeDepot, a B2B eCommerce and embedded finance platform in Africa, has appointed former Coca Cola HBC and Hayat Kimya Nigeria…
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Gadgets
Infinix HOT 12 Series launched in Kenya
Infinix Mobile has launched its HOT 12 smartphone in the country. The company officially unveiled the device in the country…
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U.S. Government is pumping $3 billion on electric vehicles
The fast-growing electric vehicle manufacturing industry has gotten a major boost after receiving $3 billion in infrastructure funding from the…
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