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Monday, March 1, 2021
4 Creative Ways Android Smartphones Avoid the Camera Notch
While the Essential phone was the first smartphone to debut with a notch, many people attribute the design trend to Apple. Most manufacturers have gone to great lengths to reduce...
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This agritech startup is digitizing operations for Nigerian farmers in Port Harcourt
Structurally, CAD Digital Consulting is a three-pronged system consisting of software as a service (SaaS), the consulting division and a business incubator. These systems interplay in advancing the concept of...
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New Foldable Galaxy X Samsung smartphones may be on sale next year
The new foldable Samsung smartphone will reportedly be released next year to the market, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The phone which is has been...
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Huawei’s Seeds for the Future Opens Application to Nigerian students in Tech
Seed for the Future Huawei’s global CSR flagship program which was initiated in 2008, it seeks to develop local ICT talent, enhance knowledge transfer, promote a greater understanding of...
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TaxiTV raises undiclosed funding to provide easy advertising for brands in Nigeria
TaxiTV, a Lagos based advertising-technology startup has raised an undisclosed funding to use technology to allow brands advertise to consumers through in-cab screens inside Taxify, Uber and other ride-hailing...
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Online Betting Business Blooming with NairaBet in Nigeria
NairaBet has become popular with online sports betting becoming a lucrative subset of the billion-naira lotto industry. Equally as known for his free business seminars and hit business book Small...
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Apple may Release New iPhone in Different colors
Apple could release an iPhone later this year with gray, white, blue, red, and orange color options. The colorful new phone would be a less expensive model that has...
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Ugandans Turning to Virtual Private Network after the Social Media Tax
To evade the government’s social media tax Ugandans are now turning to Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology according to leading VPN comparison site BestVPN.com. The tax against the platforms...
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MRI Software Acquires SA’s Commercial Real Estate Software Firm PropSys to Bolster its Presence in Africa
MRI Software, a London-based real estate software solutions firm has acquired PropSys, a property software solution provider based in Johannesburg, South Africa just days after its recent acquisition of Cape Town-based MDA...
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Doctors on Call Health Service App Tremendoc is Connecting Patients to Doctors in Nigeria
Tremendoc is an online application allowing patients to consult licensed doctors via chat or calls around the clock regardless of their location or area of residence. Founded by Jay Chikezie,...
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Prepaid Services to be Unavailable due To Routine Maintenance – Kenya Power.
Kenya Power and Lighting Company will carry out routine maintenance of their Information Technology Prepaid System for efficient service delivery to customers. The exercise is planned to be conducted from...
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AI Expo Africa to gather Africa leaders in Artificial Intelligence
AI Expo Africa is building the largest inclusive Pan-African Artificial Intelligence Community to lead the 4th Industrial Revolution on the continent, to be held on the 9th to 11th...
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UNDP launches YAS!, a platform to help young entrepreneurs access opportunities & contribute to SDGs
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a Pan-African Entrepreneurship Portal-Platform, facilitated by Accenture. The YAS! (Youth for Africa and SDGs) Portal-Platform is designed for young African entrepreneurs with...
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With backing from Mahindra Group, Zoto wants to disrupt merchant payments, P2P transfers & other financial service categories
Zoto started off as a mobile recharge platform for the 70 million mobile internet users in Nigeria. Over the last 2 year they have launched categories like electricity, TV, Broadband,...
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Data Integrated Limited addressing challenges facing the “First Mile” of financial inclusion
Data Integrated Limited (DIL) is among the MEST Africa challenge winners for East Africa with other three companies. The four companies are headed to South Africa for the final...
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Gravity launches to provide identity management for poor populations in Africa
Gravity provides on the fly identity management services for low income populations in developing countries. People just need access to a mobile phone - any phone - to create a...
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Verhaal.ng Launches to Help SMEs Use Visual Story Telling for Digital Marketing
Verhaal, a Nigerian startup has been working with SMEs and entrepreneurs in digital and social media marketing at a time when companies in the country are increasingly expressing appetite for...
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How Khainza Energy is improving access to sustainable energy among low income populations
Khainza Energy Limited is committed to improving access to sustainable energy among low income populations by transforming organic materials into high quality, affordable and long lasting cooking gas packaged...
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Sophos warn World Cup fans of potential cyber threats
Sophos today reminded football fans of how cybercriminals have used people’s interest in the sport to launch cyber-attacks. Football has been targeted before by those who want to turn international...
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HEVA Fund & France’s AFD to Inject $1M into Kenya’s Creative Startups
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and HEVA Fund have joined hands to invest KES 90 million (EUR 800,000) into startups in the creative industry to build high-value, profitable businesses,...
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OPPO Find X notchless smartphone with a motorized pop-up camera
Pop-up cameras will be the next big thing in smartphone. After the announcement of the Vivo Nex, we’ve got another mostly screen device with hidden front camera, the OPPO Find...
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Google Maps’ integration with Uber removed
Google Maps and Uber teamed up in 2017 to come up with a feature that would enable one to search for, book and pay for an Uber direct from Google...
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World Bank Approves $50 Million to Boost Kenya’s Small and Medium Enterprises
The World Bank has approved a $50 million International Development Association (IDA) credit to increase scale innovation and productivity amongst Kenya’s enterprises dubbed the Kenya Industry and Entrepreneurship project (KIEP)...
Read moreAs a Startup, clients don’t trust your ability to handle large sums of money-Founder Triple Cord Consulting
Triple Cord is one of the fast growing companies in the Information Technology world in Kenya. The company has a number of solutions for communication problems. Patience Atsango an...
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How Fedironics’ iMeter aims to prevent electricity theft & improve energy management in Nigeria
Fedironics Intelligent Metering Company is a smart metering company founded and incorporated in 2016. At Fedironics they believe that everyone has a personal power and that access to electricity is...
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