CATAPULT : Inclusion Africa took off this March. CATAPULT acceleration program sponsored by ‘The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology’ is being hosted starting from March 1, 2020, to March 8, 2020, at Luxembourg. The 1-week program aims at providing training and networking boot-camp for 12 Financial Technology (Fintech) companies whose primary goal is to develop financial inclusion in
Microtracrion Launches New Standard Deal Microtraction has increased its investment $25 and reduced the percentage it takes to 7%. This new deal replaces the deal of $15 for 7.5% previously. This follows the high cost of start-up development in maturing African countries. However, this new standard deal will aid in reducing start-up costs. “Our
WhatsApp Introduces Dark Mode Designed to Reduce Eye Strain. WhatsApp introduces “Dark Mode” an eye-soothing feature to reduce eye strain in a low light environment. WhatsApp has introduced dark mode, an eye-soothing feature recently to its already existing messaging app after some tech giants attempted to invent a ‘dimmer pixel switch’ some years ago. This comes after several requests
Safeboda, a bike hailing Company Launches In Ibadan. Safeboda tagged Africa’s 2-wheeler ride-hailing market leader has finally launched in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital. After months of planning and speculation, Safeboda’s orange helmet rolled in the city with a free first ride to everyone and smiles on the faces of the Okada riders. The ban on
MEST, GIZ launch Tech By Her Accelerator program The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology(MEST) with the support of Tech Entrepreneurship Initiative, Make-IT in Africa has launched the Tech By Her accelerator program. The main purpose of the Tech By Her Accelerator program is to develop a strong Pan African female entrepreneurship community. This would help monitor female
Features Legal: Why Your Startup Needs A Lawyer On The Team. Conceiving an idea is easy, and if you are good at writing codes, you might be able to spin out your idea in a minimal version for testing within days or weeks. But, the simplicity of starting and running a business is not that easy. It’s a long bumpy
Gebeya Inc. Closes $2 Million Dollars Seed Round Investment Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 06, 2020: Gebeya Inc, an Ed Tech and online software outsourcing Marketplace company geared towards the development of Africa’s technological scene, announced today that it closed a $2 million seed round investment co-led by Partech and Orange Digital Ventures and followed by Consonance Investment Managers.
Spotify hits 124 million subscribers, strikes deal for The Ringer and its podcasts Spotify hit 124 million subscribers at the end of 2019, up 29% from the previous year, the streaming-music company said Wednesday. It also announced it would buy Bill Simmons’ sports and pop culture news organization The Ringer as it continues to chase podcast domination. The latest membership number growth appears
Vine successor Byte is available now on iOS and Android Dom Hofmann, the co-creator of Vine who has been quietly working on a successor to the short-form video platform, says the new app, called Byte, is available now on iOS and Android. The app has been available in beta form for quite some time, but its launch late on Friday
Currencycloud nabs $80M from Visa, World Bank Group and more for cross-border payment APIs Sending money from one country to another — either because you are a business paying someone for a service, or a family member working abroad and sending money back home, or something in between — is a huge business, worth some $700 million annually. Today, a London startup called Currencycloud, which has
Don't Be Like Jeff Bezos. Here Is How To Keep Your Phone Safe From Hackers If Jeff Bezos can’t keep his phone safe, how can the rest of us hope to? Sure, Bezos, Amazon’s CEO and the owner of The Washington Post, is smart and presumably has good security people helping him, says Matthew Green, a computer science professor at Johns Hopkins University.
Tinder is working on a panic button for dangerous situations Tinder is taking more steps to beef up user safety, rolling out features that give daters the option to receive check-ins, hit a panic alarm and even call authorities to their location. Its parent company, Match, has taken a stake in a location tracking and personal safety app called Noonlight,
Nigeria's Paga acquires Ethiopian software firm, Apposit for global expansion. Paga, an aggressive Nigerian fintech startup acquired Apposit, a US software company with primary operations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Apposit builds software to power innovative and high impact businesses in Africa. Apposit has been associated with Paga since having its engineering team dedicated to Paga since 2009. The team has
Instagram drops IGTV button, Complaints Nobody Uses It. Over the past few days, Instagram withdrew IGTV, a standalone video application for both iOS and Android smartphones, complaining the lack of use as the reason for their decision to remove the app. IGTV, the video app, which was released late June of 2018 with the ambition to offer longer
Anakle Appoints New CEOs of Subsidiaries. Anakle, a digital agency founded in 2010 by Editi Effiong with core business interests in digital media sales, application development and social media, has announced a change within the company. This recent changes brought about the appointment of Munachi Nwoke-Ekpo, a 2011 Project Management Technology graduate of Federal University of
11 startups set to Pitch Live at Africa Startup Summit, Kigali The second edition of Africa Startup Summit powered by Disrupt Africa would take place this year on February 5-6 in Kigali, Rwanda. Across the African continent, Eleven companies have been selected to pitch on stage to investors, corporates, media and other stakeholders at the event. At this event, more than
We-Fi Regional Summit 2.0 holds in Dubai This year in Dubai, from February 16-17, 2020, the second We-Fi regional summit will hold focusing on women entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa region. The event will be co-organized with the Dubai Women Establishment during the Global Women’s Forum Dubai 2020, a global two-day event themed
Edustart Summit 3.0 holds on Tuesday in Nigeria EduStart which is an initiative launched in Covenant University holds its third Summit on January 21, 2020 in the university at 10 am. Edustart aims at getting the youth prepared for the revolution in education and also, expose them to be part of the future of education. The conference just
IFC Signed MoUs with Two Tunisian Start-up Accelerators IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is signing memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with two Tunisian start-up accelerators. The memorandum signed Flat6Labs Tunisia and Impact Partner Tunisia, helps unlock the potential of innovative entrepreneurship in the country, with a focus on women-led start-ups and creating jobs for young people.
Pago launches a new payment platform, Tuma Pago, a South African fintech startup which allows you pay online even if you do not have a bank account has launched its first product, payments platform Tuma. It is interesting that this new payment platform allows South Africans to transfer funds from any instant money wallet to any bank
Microsoft Ends Support for Windows 7 After 10 years, support for Windows 7 came to an end on January 14, 2020. Microsoft has ended support for the Windows 7 operating system. Users’ computers would still function but an end of support presupposes that Microsoft will no longer provide; * Technical support for any issues * Software Updates * Security
First Drone and Data Academy in Africa launched in Malawi Africa’s first drone and data academy opens in Africa to improve service delivery for children in Lilongwe, Malawi, UNICEF announced. ADDA was established by UNICEF Malawi with an initial support from The Global Fund, the German Government as well as partners from Scotland and Sweden. The inaugural class comprises
Features How can tech play a part in solving one of African's oldest parasite? Mosquito is the African oldest insect. The insect transmit protozoan parasite that affects human with the infectious disease called Malaria. Through an infected female Anopheles mosquito bite, the plasmodium that causes malaria can be transmitted into the human blood stream. Malaria can be prevented and also cured. However, it has
CcHub Graduate Programme commenced CcHub Graduate programme welcomes the second set of cohorts for the 3-month immersive training. This information was shared on their twitter handle. Founded in 2010, CcHub is a technology innovation center dedicated to accelerating the application of social capital and technology for economic prosperity. The CcHub graduate programme is an
Catapult: Inclusion Africa 2020 registration closes soon The second edition of Catapult Inclusion Africa, a program of Fintech startup development holds this year. This program was first held in 2018. Catapult Inclusion Africa focuses on financial inclusion in Africa.It is organized by LHoFT Foundation. This year’s event would be a week training and networking Bootcamp.
