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Stears pivots to B2B market - Report
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Stears pivots to B2B market – Report

Nigerian data and intelligence company, Stears is changing its focus from consumer-oriented data solutions to an intelligence company with new offers that are focused on organisations. The director of Stears, Yvette Dimiri, claims that user input was the driving force behind this modification. “From the insights and data solutions being requested by our professional users, […]

Wattpad launches freemium package to monetize, grow authors' stories
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Wattpad launches freemium package to monetize, grow authors’ stories

The social storytelling platform Wattpad is now replacing its Paid Stories with a new freemium model dubbed “Wattpad Originals” that provides authors the chance to monetize their work while also expanding their readership of non-paying customers. “Paid Stories paid out millions to authors, but it also meant slower story growth,” head of content and creator […]

FG launches applications for tech startup accelerator programme
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FG launches applications for tech startup accelerator programme

The federal government, through the National Information Technology Development Agency, has launched applications for a tech startup accelerator Fellowship programme to encourage Nigerians with creative ideas. According to the Agency, the Founder Institute in Abuja is collaborating with them to organise the Fellowship programme. The Fellowship, according to NITDA, aims to promote an entrepreneurial culture […]

Russia blocks Discord for violating local laws
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Discord resumes operations after hours-long outage

The instant messaging service Discord said on Friday morning that it had resumed operations following an hours-long outage. According to the company, the platform had been seeing “unusual traffic spikes” when the outage occurred. According to independent site monitoring service Downdetector, the problems started at about 6 AM ET/3 AM PT. On Friday morning, the […]

Snap shuts down enterprise services months after launch
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Snap shuts down enterprise services months after launch

Snap is closing its division that produces augmented reality services for enterprises within months of its launch. According to Snap, which like other social media companies has been bearing the brunt of low advertising spending from inflation-hit businesses since early last year, the division’s shutdown will result in around 170 job losses. The company that […]

NASA returns from space with asteroid
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NASA returns from space with asteroid

NASA has successfully brought its first piece of asteroid back to Earth as the OSIRIS-REx mission released its capsule containing a sample obtained from the asteroid Bennu on Sunday. OSIRIS-REx has “brought something extraordinary: the largest asteroid sample ever received on Earth,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on NASA TV. “It’s going to help scientists […]

Mozilla rebrands Firefox accounts to Mozilla
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Mozilla rebrands Firefox accounts to Mozilla

Mozilla on Saturday announced that it is changing the name of Firefox accounts to Mozilla accounts. The synchronisation of data between many Firefox installations on the same or other devices is one of the primary functions of a Firefox account. Mozilla argues that as the initial emphasis was on the Firefox web browser and its […]

Dating sites Tinder, Hinges sued for exploiting user addiction
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Tinder unveils $500 membership plan

Dating platform, Tinder has unveiled a new membership plan which runs about $500 per month. According to the company’s website, Tinder Select is a “VIP” option that is only available to around 1% of the dating app’s most active users. Users of Select will have access to premium features like “Skip The Line,” which lets […]

Ex-54gene CEO launches another health startup
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Ex-54gene CEO launches another health startup

The former CEO of Nigeria’s health startup, 54gene, Abasi Ene-Obong, has launched a new startup named, Syndicate Bio. According to his post on LinkedIn, he stated that Syndicate Bio would spearhead genomics and precision medicine activities in the most varied parts of the world, beginning in Africa. “After a few months in stealth mode, I […]

Prosus, Naspers CEO Bob Van Dijk resigns
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Prosus, Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk resigns

The chief executive of Dutch e-commerce investor Prosus and its majority shareholder Naspers, Bob van Dijk, has resigned from both the top position and the boards with immediate effect. Ervin Tu, group chief investment officer at Prosus, has been promoted to interim chief executive of the companies with significant investments in major software, payments, edtech, […]

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Kenyan firm unveils electric vehicle models for mass transit

Electronic company, Roam has developed a new shuttle bus model called Move as Kenya continues to push for the adoption of electric vehicles. As a result of Kenya’s accelerated adoption of electric vehicles, rising fuel prices, and calls for a switch to sustainable transportation options, Roam now plans to increase the production of the Move […]

RMAFC unveils revenue collection software
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RMAFC unveils revenue collection software

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission claimed to have created software to improve transparency in the three tiers of government’s sharing and drafting of general revenue policy. The RMAFC Chairman, Mr Mohammed Shehu, disclosed this in a Sunday interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. “So, we now have software through which the states […]