International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, global smartphone shipments will face another challenging year in 2019 with volumes forecast to decline 1.9% from 2018. This will mark the third consecutive year of market contraction driven by highly saturated markets in developed countries and slower churn in some developing economies. IDC expects shipments […]
Read MoreGoogle has updated its content policy for the Google Play Store, banning apps that “facilitate” the sale of marijuana or cannabis. The new policy means all apps selling, delivering or facilitating the sale of marijuana or related products are banned, whether they operate in a country where it is legal or not. In September, South […]
Read MoreWest African open innovation platform Kinaya Ventures has launched the Spring Fellowship, an accelerator programme that offers tech-enabled startups the opportunity to increase their traction and enter new markets. Kinaya Ventures, based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and Dakar, Senegal, formed last year and has been deploying accelerator and upskilling programmes for African startup founders, including […]
Read MoreFemale Nigerian entrepreneurs have been invited to apply for the latest edition of the SLA Accelerator, which will see the overall winner secure N2 million ($5,500) in funding. The programme, run by social enterprise She Leads Africa (SLA), is a four-month process designed to identify, support and fund the next generation of Nigeria’s brightest female […]
Read MoreNigerian maritime logistics startup MVXchange has closed a pre-seed funding round worth $100,000 in order to scale its technology and acquire more enterprise customers. MVXchange is a B2B tech-driven maritime platform that matches vessel charter requests with available Offshore Support Vessels (OSVs), focused on empowering users to conveniently charter vessels while reducing man-hours, saving cost […]
Read MorePresident Muhammadu Buhari has sought the collaboration of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated to “institute a special fund to develop agriculture, which will cement its legacy as a bank that helped to transform this region’s economic fortunes. Buhari spoke when he had audience with the board of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, led by the Group Chairman, Emmanuel Ikazoboh. […]
Read MoreNon-governmental organisations (NGOs) would better achieved the objectives of their focus areas if the huge data at their disposals are effectively collected and analyse. Seamfix, a data solution management company that provides industry software solutions to address data capture and identity management, across various sectors of the economy made this observation at a seminar organised […]
Read MoreMastercard is in collaborate with Samsung to explore and deliver a better way for people to conveniently and securely verify their digital identity on the mobile devices they use every day. People today are juggling multiple passwords and documents in an attempt to keep their identifying data and money safe. They have to repeatedly provide […]
Read MoreEcobank Nigeria has joined other Africans at home and in diaspora to commemorate the Africa Day 2019. The Africa Day celebrated May 25th is a commemorative annual event celebrated as the ‘Africa Liberation Day’, marking the formulation of the organization of African Unity in 1963. Africa Day is a celebration of Africa and its peoples […]
Read MoreMainOne launches its “Digital Lagos: Broadband for All” campaign initiative to enable the digital transformation of Lagos state West Africa’s connectivity and data centre solutions provider, MainOne has launched its “Digital Lagos: Broadband for All” campaign initiative to enable the digital transformation of Lagos state through deployment of ubiquitous broadband infrastructure across the state. MainOne’s […]
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