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Ivory Coast gets first locally-made smartphone for users in 16 local languages

Open G”, which can understand commands and respond in 16 of Ivory Coast’s approximately 60 spoken languages, including Dioula, Senoufo and Bété…

By: IBK

DR Congo prevents Airtel, Orange other executives from travelling over tax regime

Orange’s local CEO and Africell’s DRC finance chief were barred from leaving the country and had their passports confiscated at Kinshasa airport……

By: IBK

Nigeria’s central bank, Africa Fintech Foundry to support 10 startups to boost eNaira adoption

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in collaboration with the Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) is set to support 10 startups, to increase the adoption of…

By: Africa Innovation Watch

Global streaming service Prime Video increases investment for customers in Nigeria

Today, global streaming service Prime Video increased its investment in Nigeria with the announcement of two Local Amazon Originals for Nigerian customers, Gangs of Lagos and LOL: Last…

By: Africa Innovation Watch

Meet the 4 Africans featured on the 2022 Bloomberg New Economy Catalyst list

Wemimo Abbey (Esusu), Odunayo Eweniyi (Piggyvest), Olugbenga Olubanjo Olufemi (Reeddi), Aneri Pradhan (Nexus) & Gregory Rockson (mPharma)……

By: IBK

Philisiah Mwaluma speaks on starting out early in tech, empowering other women with Codeln

Philisiah Mwaluma has always been a tech sis, not only because she studied to be one at the Kenyatta University, Nairobi Kenya, or only ever…

By: IBK

How Twitter plans to promote healthy conversations during Kenya elections

Twitter has announced its commitment to providing a level playing field for all candidates and their supporters to air their opinions……

By: Africa Innovation Watch

NBC fines Multichoice and others, 5 million naira for televising the BBC banditry report

The Nigerian Broadcating Commission (NBC) has fined Multichoice Nigeria Ltd, owners of DSTV, TelCom Satellite Limited (TSTV), NTA-Startimes Limited, and local channel Trust TV a…

By: IBK

African women in Tech: It’s time to close the gender gap by Oluwaseyi Kehinde-Peters

African women’s participation in STEM fields remains disproportionately low…

By: IBK

Meta hosts popular content creators to exclusive dinner on the metaverse in Lagos

The event had in attendance a selected mix of content creators and technical creators who represent a variety of interests……

By: IBK

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