Friday, June 24, 2016
UK referendum: Latest updates
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Thursday, June 23, 2016
Nigerian tech startup, Andela, receives $24m boost from the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative
Andela, a Nigerian start-up company based in Lagos and New York, has received a $24 million Series B funding round from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan. This is the first leading investment by the initiative formed late last year after the birth of their first daughter. This development shows that Africa is well on its way to becoming the next tech hub following the shortage of developers in Silicon Valley. Since there is a shortage, Andela is in a good position to link the best coders in Africa to the global economy through its school.
Pakistan mourns assassinated Sufi singer Amjad Sabri
Security tight at funeral of Qawwali singer Amjad Sabri, who was killed by Taliban gunmen in Karachi on Wednesday.
Thousands of people have attended the funeral of slain Pakistani
Qawwali singer Amjad Sabri in Karachi, amid a major security operation.
UBA exec: Kenya’s mobile money succeeded ‘because they are not as fraudulent as Nigerians’
Though Nigeria has introduced mobile phone-based money transfer service like Kenya, the local cashless service cannot compete with what Kenyans have done because ”Kenyans are not as fraudulent as Nigerians”, the UBA executive says.
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