The Federal Government of Nigeria has planned to tax foreign digital services providing services to citizens in the country and earning revenue in the Nigerian monetary unit. Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, and other foreign digital service suppliers are among the services expected to pay tax under the business tax issued by

Google is planning to replace Google Plus with  Currents while making it available to G Suite users starting July 6, 2020. According to the tech giant Google,  Currents is a rebrand of Google Plus that allows companies to engage employees and have meaningful discussions. Google closed Google Plus as a

Facebook will be labeling ads from publishers to help people better understand who’s behind the news they see on Facebook. This plan was announced several months ago, to label media contents that were under the control of the state and they are starting to apply labels to these state-controlled

US-based investment fund, Aptive Capital has opened applications for investment worth $10, 000 to assist African entrepreneurs and innovators who are committed to social impact in their communities. Startups that need funding can apply from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, and Ethiopia. Thereafter, 25 startups will be invited for

Moroccan startup accelerator HSEVEN, has introduced three incubation and acceleration programs to help African entrepreneurs build high-impact startups. The three programs named “Rise-Up,” “Re-Start,” and “Disrupt” aim to speedily transform the African economy during the fourth technological and industrial revolution and also the COVID-19 pandemic. Founder and CEO of HSEVEN,

Facebook has announced its Google photos transfer tool now officially available globally after its first release in April. Under their “Driving Innovation in Data Portability With a New Photo Transfer Tool,” it was first released on April 30 but was available to users in the United States and Canada only.

Orange Digital Ventures has opened applications for its MEA Seed challenge to support entrepreneurs and tech-driven startups during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has made access to financing difficult for startups since the number of active investors has reduced. In the MEA Seed challenge, Orange ventures seven seed-stage

Mobile Communications Company, Vodacom is supporting the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), Johannesburg with a data package to allow students to continue with their online studies. This follows the COVID-19 led lockdown that has forced many schools to move online for teaching and learning. For that matter, Vodacom is providing

Facebook has introduced a new feature called “Manage Activity” to help its users delete and archive old posts altogether at once, instead of having to go through a hard time to clear them individually. Facebook made this announcement on Tuesday in a blog post clearly explaining that, if a user