News Filter Replies, a smart bot for finding the origin of trending topics on Twitter Filter Replies is a smart bot for finding the origin of trending hashtags on Twitter. It is developed by Nigerian software developer, Victor Ndu.
News Techpoint wants to become Nigeria’s Verizon Media Techpoint is that news organisation in Africa that does a lot of newsworthy stuff. Today, they partner with a leading blog in South Africa. Tomorrow, they are launching an online community. Their execution game is tight.
News Carbon reports ₦112.6 million PAT and 2.2 million active customers Carbon reported a profit after tax of ₦112.6 million in its 2019 financial result. Carbon also revealed that it has 2,272,997 active customers.
News Andela is hiring senior engineers from all African countries to double its talent pool Andela, a leading global talent company, will now accept senior engineer applications from all African countries. This is part of efforts to double its talent pool since becoming a remote-first company.
News MainOne, West Africa’s internet backbone, celebrates 10-year milestone MainOne is 10 years old. In the last decade, it has invested over $400 million in broadband infrastructure across West Africa.
News Certificate of Incorporation will now have Tax Identification Number, says CAC Business owners will no longer need to apply to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to get their tax identification number (TIN). They would now get it with their certificate of incorporation from the CAC.
News Ingressive Capital is now a $10M fund, sets to cut $400K cheques for 10% equity Ingressive Capital has raised an additional $5 million from new investors to become a $10 million fund. It would be investing between $200,000 and $400,000 in early-stage startups at $2 million valuations for 10% equity.
News Nigerian startups WellaHealth and Flex Finance join the 7th cohort of Catalyst Fund Two Nigerian startups, WellaHealth and Flex Finance, are among the seventh cohort of Catalyst Fund—a global inclusive fintech accelerator.
Twitter Twitter’s voice tweet and the rise of audio-based social media Twitter recently rolled out a new feature to a limited group of iPhone users. The new feature, voice tweet, allows users to tweet with their voice. And it is part of a growing audio-based social media trend.
News Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 5 could be the last set of the Accelerator programme Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 5 has been announced. Rather than the usual 12 startups selected twice a year, this cohort is a combined class of 20 startups and it could be the last cohort of the programme.
News Chipper Cash raises $13.8 million Series A to hire 30 new staff in Lagos, London, Nairobi, New York and San Francisco Chipper Cash, a mobile cross-border money transfer platform in Africa, has closed a $13.8 million Series A round to hire 30 new staff across its global operations.
News Softcom partners Lagos State and others to crowdfund ₦10 billion for 2 million vulnerable Lagosians HelpNow, an initiative of Softcom supported by MTN, Lagos state government and 12 other companies, is on a mission to crowdsource funds and help those in need.
News All you need to know about Uber's digital wallet, Uber Cash, launch in Africa Uber Cash, a digital wallet for Uber riders, has been launched in eight African countries, namely: CĂ´te d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. Here's all you need to know.
News Foodledoodle, cloud kitchen by the founders of HotelOnline launch in Kenya Foodledoodle, the first cloud kitchen in Kenya, has been launched by Achieng Butler, erstwhile Senior Vice President of Airtel Money and the co-founders of HotelOnline, Havar Bauck and Endre Opdal.
News Netflix signs Multi-Title Deal with Nigerian Producer Mo Abudu Netflix has signed a deal with celebrated Nigerian producer, Mo Abudu, to adapt for the screen the works of Lola Shoneyin and Professor Wole Soyinka. And also produce two Nigerian Netflix branded films and a series.
Events 10 startups in Africa4Future Aerospace Accelerator 2020 Cohort unveiled in a virtual showcase 10 startups are in Africa4Future Aerospace Accelerator 2020 cohort. Four of the ten startups in the 2020 cohort are from Nigeria. All the 10 startups were unveiled in a virtual showcase organised by CcHUB, BizLab and GIZ.
News MultiChoice to bring Netflix and Amazon Prime Video to DStv MultiChoice Group has signed deals with Netflix and Amazon. This deal will give MultiChoice subscribers access to Netflix and Amazon Prime Video content.
News Xcard wins $300 grant and partnership with FCMB from EPIC Pitch The ₦100,000 cash is of little benefit to us. The opportunity to partner with FCMB is why we participated in the competition, Xcard team said.
Spotlight Digital banks: ALAT, Kuda, Rubies, Eyowo, V by VFD, and Sparkle compared At least one digital bank has been launched in Nigeria every year since 2017. I compare six digital banks launched in the past three years to find the best.
News DevOps specialists earn big, top three for engineering roles—Stack Overflow DevOps specialist and Site Reliability Engineer are among the best-paying developer roles, according to a survey of 65,000 developers across 186 countries.
News Sparkle, by former Diamond bank CEO Uzoma Dozie, finally goes live. Here is all you need to know. The former Diamond Bank CEO Uzoma Dozie has announced the official launch of his new digital bank, Sparkle. This announcement comes 11 months after he mooted the idea in August 2019. How does Sparkle stand against the likes of Kuda, Rubies and ALAT by Wema?
News NCDC, MTN to work with four finalists of Venture Platform's COVID-19 Innovation Challenge MTN has announced its plan to work with four finalists of Ventures Platform's COVID-19 Innovation Challenge, alongside the NCDC and LASRIC.
News Nigerian Techpreneurs to Support People Affected by COVID-19 Through December A group of Nigerian tech entrepreneurs have come together to crowdsource funds to stimulate the economy. They are providing funds for people affected by COVID-19.
Opinion Imagine Theranos Was Successful: What Can We Learn From The Failed Biotech Startup? Many people have wondered if it's possible to have Theranos-like for COVID19: a device that'd make testing people for COVID-19 "quick, painless and affordable". Just as Theranos envisioned for blood tests.
News BuyCoins launches SendCash to enable users to credit their naira account with Bitcoin BuyCoins has launched SendCash, a platform that allows users to send money to their Nigerian bank account from anywhere in the world using Bitcoin.
