In 2008, some scientists working at LinkedIn and Facebook coined the term “data science.” In 2018, the global market size of big data and business analytics was estimated at $171.39 billion and approximately $5 billion in Africa. With a large market like this, democratising data science to bridge the talent gap in Africa becomes imperative. …
In 2017, Abimbola Moses Adeitan and Oretuga Adewale decided to relocate to Abeokuta from Lagos out of a burning need to kick-start their entrepreneurial career. You wouldn’t blame the young tech-savvy graduates of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) who admit to Lagos having a growing multitude of successful companies and thought their little effort …
The Rwandan government has become the latest on the continent to start working on implementing a Startup Act, which it hopes will spur the development of the country’s tech-based services industry. The aim is to establish a continent-leading startup ecosystem, and to legislate for this the Rwandan government has recruited the Innovation for Policy Foundation …
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News reaching Techpoint suggests that Lagos-based motorcycle-hailing startup, Gokada, has laid off most of its staff. Launched in January 2018, the startup was founded by Fahim Saleh to solve Nigeria’s largest city traffic problems. Since then, Gokada has gone on to raise a total of $5.6 million from two rounds and claims to have completed …
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The Malian government has drafted a document to allow relevant stakeholders to review the frameworks and policies that will make up the country’s first Startup Act. This content was originally published here.
Nigerian startup Beat Drone is using drones imported from China to execute spraying on farms, engage in crop supervision, and map farmland to improve agricultural yields. The Beat Drone platform allows a farmer to request a drone and schedule a date, and make payment, before drones are deployed for things like crop counting and mapping. …
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Asides Lagos, very few states can be fingered out as having prosperous non-oil state economies in Nigeria. Because of the commercial activities in Ibadan, Oyo state just happens to be one of such states. Since time immemorial, trade and commerce have been the central pivot of Ibadan. Till date, a shockingly sizeable number of market …
The tech space in Africa is blossoming, driven by the rise of mobile payments, fast Internet connectivity and the proliferation of smartphones. This has invariably resulted in high demand for software developers and lately, Africa has been a major destination. But the question of whether Africa has enough quality developer talent to meet the demands …
Cet article est également disponible en français. Vous pouvez le lire ici. In bustling Cotonou, Benin’s commercial capital, a homegrown company has tapped into the global technology revolution and, over the years, has made giant strides. Located in the suburb of Cotonou, inside a magnificent white duplex overlooking Cadjehoun Airport’s runway, is EtriLabs, one accelerator …
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Seven years after its launch in June 2012, one of Nigeria’s pioneering online grocery startups Gloo.ng just announced they will be shutting down ecommerce operations in February. The information was sent out on Twitter from @docolumide, the official twitter handle of Olumide Olusanya, founder and CEO of the company, or ‘Chief Glootian’ as he likes to …
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