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Andela CEO confirms laying off staff in four African countries.

Andela CEO confirms laying off staff in four African countries.

African tech giant,  Andela has laid off 135 employees in New York and across four African countries. The four African countries which were affected include; Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, and Egypt. Directors and above are taking cuts ranging from 10% to 30% depending on seniority. Also, Andela is cutting down on
May 6, 2020 1 min read
Twitter tests a prompt that tells you to rethink offensive replies.

Twitter tests a prompt that tells you to rethink offensive replies.

Twitter Inc will test users to reconsider using “offensive or hurtful language” by prompting them before the post replies. This move is an effort by the social media platform to clean up vulgar  conversations. When users hit “send” on their reply, Twitter will alert users if the words in their
May 6, 2020 1 min read
Econet Zimbabwe offers cheaper bundles to enhance e-learning participation.

Econet Zimbabwe offers cheaper bundles to enhance e-learning participation.

Econet Zimbabwe is offering cheaper bundles to enhance e-learning participation in the country. This comes after the uproar when Econet increased it’s data prices on May 5, 2020. However, Econet sent a letter to schools, calling on them to apply for the discounted data bundles. Data Bundles applies for
May 6, 2020 1 min read
Spotify introduces its Premium Family plan in South Africa.

Spotify introduces its Premium Family plan in South Africa.

Spotify has introduced its Premium Family plan in South Africa to allow family members to access Spotify Premium through a single shared subscription. The subscription cost R100($5.44) per month and can be purchased from the Spotify website. A statement by the company said, “Spotify Premium Family is now
May 6, 2020 1 min read
Apple, Google designs new coronavirus contact tracing technology that does not use location tracking.

Apple, Google designs new coronavirus contact tracing technology that does not use location tracking.

Apple and Google have designed a new corona-virus contact tracing technology that does not use location tracking. Reuters in a statement said,“ Apple and Google, whose operating systems power 99% of smartphones, said last month they would work together to create a system for notifying people who have been near
May 6, 2020 1 min read
Teraco constructs new data Centre in Cape Town, South Africa.

Teraco constructs new data Centre in Cape Town, South Africa.

Teraco is constructing Teraco Cape Town 2 (CT2), a new 30MW data center facility in South Africa. This project comes after Teraco’s recent 60MW expansion announcement of its Johannesburg data center campus in Isando which makes the Cape Town facility the second-largest on the continent. Speaking on the issue,
May 6, 2020 1 min read
MEST Africa selects the first cohort for “Tech By Her accelerator program”

MEST Africa selects the first cohort for “Tech By Her accelerator program”

MEST Africa, in partnership with Make-IT in Africa, has selected the first cohort for the Tech By Her accelerator program. These ten (10) female founders were selected from different parts of Africa. The 2020 cohort of the Tech By Her Accelerator include: * CodeLn: A company that helps recruiters find their
May 5, 2020 2 min read
Egyptian Startup Instabug Raises $5 million series A round from Accel, Cloudera & Mopub.

Egyptian Startup Instabug Raises $5 million series A round from Accel, Cloudera & Mopub.

Debugging Software startup, Instabug has acquired $5 million Series A round led by Accel with participation from angel investors such as Amr Awadallah, co-founder of Cloudera, and Jim Payne, founder and CEO of MoPub. Speaking on its investment in Instabug, General Partner at Accel, Rich Wong said, “I just love
May 5, 2020 2 min read
UberEats to discontinue in seven markets including Egypt.

UberEats to discontinue in seven markets including Egypt.

UberEats will discontinue its high demand food offer in 7 markets. These 7 markets include; the Czech Republic, Egypt, Honduras, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay, and Ukraine. The discontinuity of UberEats in the aforementioned markets will take effect from June 4, 2020. UberEats is a food delivery platform where individuals can
May 4, 2020 2 min read
Vodacom introduces Africa's first 5G mobile network in South Africa.

Vodacom introduces Africa's first 5G mobile network in South Africa.

Mobile operator Vodacom Group has introduced Africa’s first 5G mobile network in three cities in South Africa. The three cities include Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Cape Town. According to Vodacom, the 5G network would support both mobile and fixed wireless services. In response to Covid_19, South Africa’s Telecom
May 4, 2020 1 min read
Eversend plans to hold crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs.

Eversend plans to hold crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs.

African Neobank, Eversend has announced Its plans to hold a crowdfunding campaign on Europe’s largest equity platform, Seedrs. Eversend is a multi-currency e-wallet that allows people to exchange, spend, and send money at the best possible rates. Insurance, virtual debit cards, and bill payments. The Service lets users send
May 4, 2020 1 min read
South African startup Sugar, introduces insurance for rural area settlements.
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South African startup Sugar, introduces insurance for rural area settlements.

South African startup Sugar introduces insurance product for rural area settlements Sugar, a South African startup has introduced an insurance product that focuses on homes in townships, rural villages, and informal settlements. Sugar’s insurance policy covers the structure and contents of a home. Its services also include geysers and
May 1, 2020 1 min read
Facebook acquires over 3- Billion monthly users.

Facebook acquires over 3- Billion monthly users.

Facebook has acquired over 3-billion monthly users across all its applications. The CEO and founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg revealed this to analysts after Facebook’s release for the first quarter of 2020. Zuckerberg said, “For the first time ever, there are now more than 3-billion people actively using Facebook,
May 1, 2020 1 min read
Visa and Safaricom partners on M-Pesa for payment and tech.

Visa and Safaricom partners on M-Pesa for payment and tech.

Global financial services company, Visa, and Kenya’s Safaricom have partnered on M-Pesa for payments and tech. The arrangement opens to M-Pesa’s own extensive financial services network in East Africa Visa’s global merchant and card network across 200 countries. According to a release by Safaricom, the two companies
May 1, 2020 2 min read
Helium Health secures investment from Global Ventures, Tencent.

Helium Health secures investment from Global Ventures, Tencent.

Helium Health, a health tech startup, has secured $10 million Series A investment from Dubai-based Global Ventures co-led by AAIC Japan. Helium Health which is based in Nigeria is the largest health electronic media records platform in West Africa. Incorporated in 2016 as OneMedical, and later rebranded as Helium in
May 1, 2020 1 min read
Egyptian Startup, Pravica Raises $500,00 in a pre-seed round.

Egyptian Startup, Pravica Raises $500,00 in a pre-seed round.

Cairo-based Pravica has raised US$500,00 in a pre-seed round, led by 500 Startups, with the participation of Modus Capital and DYRES Venture. Pravica is an innovative platform based on blockchain technology which offers a decentralized email service. The investment will help Pravica to build its customer base, widen
Apr 30, 2020 2 min read
Nigerian Mobile payments company, Paga partners with fintech company, Remita.

Nigerian Mobile payments company, Paga partners with fintech company, Remita.

Mobile payments company Paga has entered a partnership with Nigeria’s financial technology brand, Remita to allow payments across both companies and to make Federal Government bill payments available to all customers. The first phase of the collaboration would allow Paga customers to easily make payments to all Remita billers
Apr 30, 2020 1 min read
TikTok Hits 2 billion downloads.

TikTok Hits 2 billion downloads.

The popular video-sharing app TikTok has been ranked the highest app with 2 billion downloads on Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store. TikTok is the first app after Facebook’s app, WhatsApp, Instagram  Messenger to break past the 2 billion downloads figure since January 1, 2014. At the
Apr 30, 2020 2 min read
Openserve, South Africa's Largest Teleco to improve Broadband access.

Openserve, South Africa's Largest Teleco to improve Broadband access.

As a result of the pandemic, there has been a demand for cheaper broadband access. Because of the lockdown, users have enough time to access the internet hence the demand for low priced broadband connectivity. Openserve made known its intentions to put its copper broadband network connection products across. The
Apr 30, 2020 1 min read
Nigerian Fintech Startup Flutterwave Launches An E-Commerce Platform For SMEs.

Nigerian Fintech Startup Flutterwave Launches An E-Commerce Platform For SMEs.

Flutterwave, a fintech startup company based in Lagos, Nigeria is launching an e-commerce platform for small business entrepreneurs in Africa. The company has made efforts to bring ease to those who wish to sell and buy at the comforts of their homes. In doing so, Flutterwave was established to help
Apr 30, 2020 1 min read
Gogettaz Agripreneur Prize Launches Its 2020 Portal To Attract Young Entrepreneurs In Africa.

Gogettaz Agripreneur Prize Launches Its 2020 Portal To Attract Young Entrepreneurs In Africa.

African young entrepreneurs will now have the opportunity to get help from an agricultural company called GoGettaz. The company is going to help young entrepreneurs who want to do business but facing financial constraints has launched its 2020 portal. The launch of the portal aims at attracting young entrepreneurs into
Apr 30, 2020 1 min read
African digital payments company, DPO Group collaborates with Mastercard to develop e-commerce store.

African digital payments company, DPO Group collaborates with Mastercard to develop e-commerce store.

African digital payments company, DPO Group, has collaborated with Mastercard’s payment gateway technology to develop an e-commerce store for businesses. This comes after the ongoing pandemic which has forced many businesses to shut down. The platform called “DPO Store” will allow merchants across Africa to quickly move their businesses
Apr 30, 2020 2 min read
Ghana's retail startup, Sumundi secures investment from Greentec Capital.

Ghana's retail startup, Sumundi secures investment from Greentec Capital.

Ghana’s retail startup, Sumundi has secured an investment from Greentec Capital. Sumundi is a retail accelerator that helps retailers in Africa manage and grow their businesses. The company also offers funding support and loans to businesses. Speaking on the investment, Co-founders of Sumundi, Awura Abena Amponsah, and Gilbert Blankson-Afful
Apr 30, 2020 1 min read
Top Ghanian University and Incas Diagnostic develop a test kit for COVID-19.

Top Ghanian University and Incas Diagnostic develop a test kit for COVID-19.

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in collaboration with Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR) and Incas Diagnostics has developed a Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kit for testing Corona-virus. According to the University’s Relations Officer, Dr. Daniel Norris, the development of the RDT is in line
Apr 29, 2020 1 min read
Google makes its teleconferencing service, ‘Google Meet’ free to consumers.

Google makes its teleconferencing service, ‘Google Meet’ free to consumers.

Google is making its teleconferencing service, Google Meet, free to consumers. At an earlier time, Meet was solely for customers who pay Get Suite, Google’s line of enterprise apps that includes Gmail, Drive, and Docs. But now, anyone can join a meeting by clicking on a link, however, creating
Apr 29, 2020 1 min read
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