Tech In Africa - Meet the Founders Podcast

TechInAfrica – After launching its third-party fact-checking program in five African countries—Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon, Senegal, and South Africa—Facebook has now expanded the program to 10 additional African countries in Sub-Saharan Africa including Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Somalia, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea Conakry, and Ghana.

Know more here: https://www.techinafrica.com/facebook-expands-third-party-fact-checking-program-additional-10-african-countries-ssa/

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TechInAfrica – Currently in discussion with the Ethiopian government is Eutelsat, the French satellite broadcasting service provider, in regards to the possibility of its latest satellite providing an internet service that covers the African market. Called Konnect and set to launch at the end of December, the satellite will provide broadband internet-connected all across Africa.

Know more here: https://www.techinafrica.com/french-ethiopia-satellite-internet-connects-people/?fbclid=IwAR1UsptDF4l3WHcjI_GGoC4-8U2BTVc0jwtxf3S0suGpMnoiI20Zhz62sFk

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Hello African Tech Junkies! Fancy an insightful podcast about the current tech and whats just around the corner? 🚀

Meet Cris, Co-Founder of Lekkify

Previously we have had interviewed with Collins Ceanice at Meet The Founders Episode 3, discussed about the overview of the company. Lekkify is an online e-commerce company that helps manufacturing companies globally to sell goods directly to consumers at an affordable/cheap prices. At this opportunity, we will talk with Cris, as also the Co-Founder. Currently they got nominated for the #AppsAfrica Innovation Awards and have expanded to four additional African countries.

Listen know to know more about the company's progress now! 🎙⚡️ 

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TechInAfrica – The software giant company, SAP is set to train about 1.5 million young Africans this year for its Africa Code Week 2019 initiative. The skills development initiative has trained about 4.1 million African youth by far and this year hopefully it will meet its target for the additional numbers of participants. This year will be the fifth edition of ACW and will be taking place during October.

Know more here: https://www.techinafrica.com/sap-africa-code-week-acw-2019-set-train-1-5-million-young-africans/?fbclid=IwAR0S1EcBMRLkBy8d2zrAvbElstB_pegTHyPIgylzRzW8sgPPAdonFfLfdHU

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TechInAfrica – American internet entrepreneur and CEO of Twitter, Jack Patrick Dorsey is planning to visit several African countries, including South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, and Ethiopia in November this year. Dorsey said that he will be spending most of his time meeting with African entrepreneurs, including Betelhem Dessie, a young Ethiopian entrepreneur and the Founder of iCog – Anyone Can Code.

Know more here: https://www.techinafrica.com/twitter-ceo-visit-several-african-countries-november-indicating-meetings-entrepreneurs/

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TechInAfrica – Mara Group has launched two first made-in-Africa smartphones – Mara X and Mara Z – as part of its efforts to support Rwanda’s ambitions to become a technology hub in the region. Both of the mobile devices apply Google’s Android operating system and cost $190 and $130, respectively.

For more: https://www.techinafrica.com/two-first-made-africa-smartphones-officially-launched-rwanda/

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TechInAfrica – The giant smartphone company Samsung is officially on-board with holographic embedded smartphones after its long-overdue 63-page patent proposal finally gets approval from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on September, 19th this year. The filing dates back to 2018.

For more: https://www.techinafrica.com/samsung-first-smartphone-manufacturer-crossing-holographic-mines/

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TechInAfrica – The country is in need of more women engineers, as reflected by ANAMBRA State deputy governor, Dr. Knkem Okeke. He advocated for the projection of more women’s participation in the engineering profession in Nigeria. He argued that engineering is a major in which women could thrive within it, especially when given an immense amount of support.

FOR MORE: https://www.techinafrica.com/nigeria-calls-women-parcipation-engineering-field/

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Hello African Tech Junkies! Fancy an insightful podcast about the current tech and whats just around the corner?  🚀

Meet Jad Aizarani, CEO and Co-Founder of Smubu

Smubu is a music streaming platform that aims to make African music legally and easily accessible to all users in Africa. They are determined to allow artists complete right to their music by fighting online websites that publicly allow users to download artists’ songs without any consent from the artists.

Get to know more about his journey with the company now! 🎙⚡️ 

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TechInAfrica – iphone 11: South African release date revealed. Appearing as the fervent successor of the iPhone X (which took the world by storm, in case you didn’t remember), Apple has announced iPhone 11 that boasts a triple camera system. Apple also claimed that the camera will add tons of capability without complexity—as well as an unprecedented leap of battery life along with ‘a mind‑blowing chip that doubles down on machine learning and pushes the boundaries of what a smartphone can do.

FOR MORE: www.techinafrica.com

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