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  • July 15, 2019 olivia Craig 0
    French TV Canal+ acquires ROK film studio from IROKOtv for an undisclosed amount
    French television company Canal+ has acquired the ROK film studio from VOD...
    BUSINESS featured STARTUPS 
  • July 12, 2019 olivia Craig 0
    Regulate? Mobile-based online lending firms may be money laundering channels says Central Bank of Kenya governor
    Mobile-based online lending firms should be regulated to avoid their usage as...
    APPS BUSINESS featured FINANCE MOBILE 
  • July 10, 2019 Editor 0
    EurAfrican Forum 2019: Siyanda Mohutsiwa: “A shared imagination is behind some of society’s greatest achievements”
    CASCAIS, July 9, 2019 For the second year, Portugal was the stage...
    Commentary featured 
  • July 1, 2019 olivia Craig 0
    Payment app Venmo has 40 million users, parent company PayPal discloses
    Popular payment app Venmo has ushered in 40 million users to the...
    APPS BUSINESS featured 
  • June 28, 2019 Meredith Bradshaw 0
    MumsVillage enters ecommerce to help mothers earn revenue
    Isis Nyong’o’s MumsVillage has diversified into ecommerce to help mothers make money...
    APPS BUSINESS featured FINANCE 
French TV Canal+ acquires ROK film studio from IROKOtv for an undisclosed amount

French TV Canal+ acquires ROK film...

July 15, 2019 0
Regulate? Mobile-based online lending firms may be money laundering channels says Central Bank of Kenya governor

Regulate? Mobile-based online lending firms may...

July 12, 2019 0
EurAfrican Forum 2019: Siyanda Mohutsiwa: “A shared imagination is behind some of society’s greatest achievements”

EurAfrican Forum 2019: Siyanda Mohutsiwa: “A...

July 10, 2019 0
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram in worst ever worldwide outage for the internet giant

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram in worst ever...

July 4, 2019 0

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  • July 15, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    French TV Canal+ acquires ROK film studio from IROKOtv for an undisclosed amount

    French television company Canal+ has acquired the ROK film studio from VOD company IROKOtv for an undisclosed amount. The company founded by Jason Njoku in 2010—and backed by $45 million  in VC—IROKOtv boasts the largest online catalog of Nollywood film content in the world reports TechCrunch Based in...
    BUSINESS featured STARTUPS 
  • Mobile-based lenders pose money laundering risk, says CBK
    July 12, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    Regulate? Mobile-based online lending firms may be money laundering channels says Central Bank of Kenya governor

    Mobile-based online lending firms should be regulated to...
    APPS BUSINESS featured FINANCE MOBILE 
  • A Conversation Between Presidents Eurafrican Forum 2019, July 4-5 EAF19_BoaOnda
    July 10, 2019 Editor 0

    EurAfrican Forum 2019: Siyanda Mohutsiwa: “A shared imagination is behind some of society’s greatest achievements”

    CASCAIS, July 9, 2019 For the second year,...
    Commentary featured 
  • July 4, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram in worst ever worldwide outage for the internet giant

    Facebook said it was “back at 100 percent”...
    APPS Internet MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA 

Business

  • July 15, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    French TV Canal+ acquires ROK film studio from IROKOtv for an undisclosed amount

    French television company Canal+ has acquired the ROK film studio from VOD company IROKOtv for an undisclosed amount. The company founded by Jason Njoku in 2010—and backed by $45 million  in VC—IROKOtv boasts the largest online catalog of Nollywood film content in the world reports TechCrunch Based in...
    BUSINESS featured STARTUPS 
  • Mobile-based lenders pose money laundering risk, says CBK
    July 12, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    Regulate? Mobile-based online lending firms may be money laundering channels says Central Bank of Kenya governor

    Mobile-based online lending firms should be regulated to avoid their usage as channels for introducing illegally-obtained...
    APPS BUSINESS featured FINANCE MOBILE 
  • payment app Venmo has ushered in 40 million users to the platform, its parent company PayPal announced
    July 1, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    Payment app Venmo has 40 million users, parent company PayPal discloses

    Popular payment app Venmo has ushered in 40 million users to the platform, its parent company...
    APPS BUSINESS featured 
  • MumsVillage enters ecommerce to help mothers earn revenue
    June 28, 2019 Meredith Bradshaw 0

    MumsVillage enters ecommerce to help mothers earn revenue

    Isis Nyong’o’s MumsVillage has diversified into ecommerce to help mothers make money with the launch of...
    APPS BUSINESS featured FINANCE 

Interviews

  • Search Results Featured snippet from the web Dr. Precious Lunga is CEO and Co-Founder of Baobab Circle, a health technology company delivering innovative health solutions via phones across Africa. She will be joining the 2nd edition of the EurAfrican Forum in Portugal as a speaker.
    June 24, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Startups and Partnerships, EurAfrican Forum enables cross pollination of ideas: Dr. Precious Lunga – Baobab Circle

    Dr. Precious Lunga, CEO and Co-Founder of Baobab Circle, will be joining the 2nd edition of...
    APPS BUSINESS featured Q&A STARTUPS 
  • March 25, 2019 Editor 0

    Women VCs investments explains the inequality in their field

    Female venture capitalists (VCs) have made steady progress over the past few decades, but still make...
    FINANCE Q&A STARTUPS Women 
  • March 1, 2019 Editor 0

    How prepared are African businesses to tap AI benefits?

    The world is becoming a consumers’ market where future trends are now determined by an impatient...
    Q&A TECH 
  • March 1, 2019 Editor 0

    SMEs Digitization in Africa

    Gartner, the global research and advisory firm, defines digitalisation as “the use of digital technologies to...
    BUSINESS Q&A TECH 
  • January 18, 2019 Staff Writer 0

    How AI could bring a difference in 2019

    In 2019, artificial intelligence (AI) will increasingly become a mainstream presence in our work and personal lives,...
    BUSINESS featured Q&A 
  • November 23, 2018 Editor 0

    Disruptive technology emerging markets in Africa could leverage to transform utilities

    The entire installed generation capacity of Africa’s 48 Sub-Saharan countries is just 68 gigawatts, no more...
    BUSINESS Q&A TECH 

Cyber Security

  • May 30, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    Millions of Instagram influencers data scraped and exposed from a Mumbai-based Chtrbox database

    TechCruch has detailed massive database leak containing contact information of millions of Instagram influencers, celebrities and brand accounts has been found online. The database, hosted by Amazon Web Services, was left exposed and without a password allowing anyone to look inside. At the time of writing, the database...
    Cybersecurity 
  • May 28, 2019 Editor 0

    Singapore to launch QR based SG-Verify for businesses to perform secure ID verification and data transfer

    The Singapore government says it will introduce a...
    APPS Cybersecurity Internet 
  • May 20, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Google cuts ties with Huawei, to stop licensing its Android OS to the Chinese phone maker

    Alphabet Inc’s Google has suspended business with Huawei...
    APPS BUSINESS Cybersecurity featured MOBILE TECH 
  • April 8, 2019 Editor 0

    Digital now makes up 51% of US advertizing spending – Magna Report

    Magna released a bullish assessment and forecast for...
    BUSINESS Cybersecurity featured Internet 

Start-Ups

  • July 15, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    French TV Canal+ acquires ROK film studio from IROKOtv for an undisclosed amount

    French television company Canal+ has acquired the ROK film studio from VOD company IROKOtv for an undisclosed amount. The company founded by Jason Njoku in 2010—and backed by $45 million  in VC—IROKOtv boasts the largest online catalog of Nollywood film content in the world reports TechCrunch Based in...
    BUSINESS featured STARTUPS 
  • Search Results Featured snippet from the web Dr. Precious Lunga is CEO and Co-Founder of Baobab Circle, a health technology company delivering innovative health solutions via phones across Africa. She will be joining the 2nd edition of the EurAfrican Forum in Portugal as a speaker.
    June 24, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Startups and Partnerships, EurAfrican Forum enables cross pollination of ideas: Dr. Precious Lunga – Baobab Circle

    Dr. Precious Lunga, CEO and Co-Founder of Baobab Circle, will be joining the 2nd edition of...
    APPS BUSINESS featured Q&A STARTUPS 
  • May 16, 2019 Editor 0

    Microsoft opens first Africa Development Centres in Nairobi and Lagos

    It was almost three decades ago that Microsoft opened its first offices in Africa. In this...
    BUSINESS featured STARTUPS TECH 
  • May 6, 2019 Editor 0

    3D printing technology discovery could reduce costs of surgery in Kenyan

    As rugby-player Chris Muraguri wore his number 7 jersey while he recuperated at his one-roomed house...
    APPS featured Internet STARTUPS TECH 

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  • July 15, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    French TV Canal+ acquires ROK film studio from IROKOtv for an undisclosed amount

    French television company Canal+ has acquired the ROK...
    BUSINESS featured STARTUPS 
  • Mobile-based lenders pose money laundering risk, says CBK
    July 12, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    Regulate? Mobile-based online lending firms may be money laundering channels says Central Bank of Kenya governor

    Mobile-based online lending firms should be regulated to...
    APPS BUSINESS featured FINANCE MOBILE 
  • A Conversation Between Presidents Eurafrican Forum 2019, July 4-5 EAF19_BoaOnda
    July 10, 2019 Editor 0

    EurAfrican Forum 2019: Siyanda Mohutsiwa: “A shared imagination is behind some of society’s greatest achievements”

    CASCAIS, July 9, 2019 For the second year,...
    Commentary featured 

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