Author: Felicia Akindurodoye
Sixth annual Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition opens
•
The sixth annual Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition is currently seeking ten outstanding entrepreneurs across the continent…
NITDA, eVillage to work towards entrepreneurial sustainability in Nigeria
•
The Entrepreneurship Village (eVillage) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) will work together to promote technological…
WhatsApp introduces new privacy features to prevent scams
•
Following a previous announcement, WhatsApp has disabled users from screenshotting profile pictures. The feature is only available on…
UK funded DigiGirls Programme equips 65,000+ Women
•
Over the course of three cycles, the DigiGirls programme funded by the UK government has enabled CyberSafe Foundation…
Top Businessmen scramble to buy TikTok
•
This week, two businessmen already disclosed their intention to purchase Chinese video content platform, TikTok. These men are…
Conducive Capital launches $50m VC fund for tech SMEs
•
Conducive Capital, a new Venture Capital firm in South Africa, is out with the goal of helping local…
Villgro Africa to support female-founded health innovations
•
With the goal of offering venture capital to help them grow, healthcare-focused investor and incubator Villgro Africa is…
Viebeg optimises medical equipment procurement using AI
•
A Rwandan startup called Viebeg has developed a business-to-business (B2B) platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and data…
Solcon Capital, IFC to develop deep tech companies in South Africa
•
In a recent announcement, deep tech startups in India and South Africa will receive support from Solcon Capital…
Facebook, Instagram restore service after hours of breakdown
•
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, restores service of its social apps after an unannounced disruption…
