Netflix
Gaming Video Streaming

Netflix Plans to Add Video Games to its Streaming Services

Netflix Plans to expand into video games next year and has hired Mike Verdu, a former Facebook and Electronic Arts

Social Media Twitter

Twitter is Shutting Down Fleets Just Eights Months After Launch

Twitter has announced that it will shut down Fleets, its vanishing posts feature on August 3, 2021 after it failed

Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egyptian Social Commerce Startup, Taager Raises $6.4m For Expansion

Taager, an Egyptian social commerce startup, has secured a $6.4 million investment led 4DX Ventures. Also participating in the round

Video Streaming

Family Time Gets an Upgrade With Two New Kid-Friendly Features

by: Jennifer Nieva, Netflix Director of Product Innovation Shows and movies are an important way for kids to connect with

Innovation Product Launch Technology

Africa Prudential Develops Cloud-Based Solution for Africa’s Hospitality Industry

Africa Prudential has demonstrated its digital capabilities, with the launch of “Aura by Transcorp Hotels”, an innovative commercial cloud-based product launched in the Nigerian market. “Aura

GNI
News

22 media innovators selected for the second GNI Innovation Challenge in Africa, the Middle East, and Turkey

Google has announced the names of 22 media innovators set to receive $2.1 million in funding through the second Google News

Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship

Nigeria’s ThinkBikes, 4 Other African Startups Win Innovation Award For E-mobility Solutions Powered by Siemens Stiftung

ThinkBikes, a Nigerian e-bike sharing service, and four other African social enterprises in the field of electric mobility, have been

SAIS
AgricTech Startup

APPLY: GIZ-SAIS Investment Readiness Programme 2022 For African AgriTech and FoodTech Startups

Scaling Digital Agriculture Innovations through Startups’ (SAIS) is a project implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Yodawy
Funding Health Investment Startup Venture Capital

Egyptian Medicine Delivery Startup Yodawy Raises $7.5 million in Series B Funding

Yodawy, an Egyptian medicine delivery startup, has raised $7.5 million in Series B funding led by Middle East Venture Partners

DFS Lab
Blockchain

DFS Lab and Stellar Development Foundation Launch Blockchain Bootcamp for African Startups

DFS Lab in collaboration with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has launched a call for applicants for a Blockchain Bootcamp, designed to give