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Nov62024 by info@insidebusinessafricang.comNo Comments

Build your first offer Bootcamp – Set to empower Professionals, Entrepreneurs

Technology

Q&A with Emeka Ebeniro: Navigating the Digital Economy and Launching Your First Offer In a time of global economic uncertainty, from inflation spikes to cost-of-living challenges, professionals and entrepreneurs alike are searching for ways to create additional income streams without depending solely on external investments. We sat down with Emeka Ebeniro, a Systems Engineer turned product marketer and business coach, to discuss the launch of his innovative new program, "Build Your First Offer," a five-day challenge designed to empower professionals to turn their knowledge and skills into sellable products. Here’s what he had to say: Q: The economic situation globally is quite tough. What’s your take on how entrepreneurs and professionals can navigate these challenging times? ...

Oct92024 by info@insidebusinessafricang.comNo Comments

A.I. has great potential to push innovation across various industries – Emeka Ebeniro.

Interviews, Technology

"Inside Business Africa recently caught up with Emeka Ebeniro, Co-Founder of Econome, where he shared his insights on the transformative impact artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to have on driving innovation across industries. Ebeniro discussed how AI is rapidly reshaping business landscapes, enhancing decision-making, and creating new opportunities for efficiency and growth. Can you tell us about yourself? My name is Emeka Ebeniro, and I'm a growth marketer and project manager who is enthusiastic about fostering organizational success through creative thinking and skillful execution. With over 15 years of expertise in product development, integrated marketing technologies, and a background in systems engineering, I have worked in a variety of industries during my career, in...

Aug92022 by info@insidebusinessafricang.comNo Comments

Thousands of African girls to be trained in coding: a step closer to a connected Africa

Technology

The hybrid training targets young African women and girls between 12 to 25 years of age, where 100 from Namibia will be physically attending while over 2000 are expected to join virtually The Connected Africa Girls Coding Camp is back this year with its 5th edition commissioned by ECA in partnership with the government of The Republic of Namibia, UN Namibia, UN WOMEN, and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). The hybrid training targets young African women and girls between 12 to 25 years of age, where 100 from Namibia will be physically attending while over 2000 are expected to join virtually from around the African continent. Considering the rising global-scale influence of technology in driving sustainable development and growth, strengthening the ICT sector i...

Feb232022 by info@insidebusinessafricang.comNo Comments

Clickatell Secures $91 Million in Series C Funding for US Expansion and Product Acceleration

Corporate Stories, Technology

Clickatell investors now include Arrowroot Capital, Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures, Endeavor Global and Harvest Clickatell, today has secured $91 million in their Series C round. This round was led by Arrowroot Capital, with participation from Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, Endeavor Global and Harvest. Clickatell the CPaaS innovator and Chat Commerce leader, which has delivered double-digit profitable growth for several years, will use the Series C round capital to scale and expand three key areas: (i) Accelerated development and innovation of its Chat Commerce offering, (ii) Expansion of its footprint in the U.S., and (iii) Scaling of sales and marketing efforts on the back of growing demand from leading brands. The new capital will a...

Nov92021 by Joshua OlotuNo Comments

IFC Partners with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to Boost Africa’s Digital Infrastructure

Business, Corporate Stories, Innovation, Technology

To support universal and affordable broadband access in Africa, IFC has partnered with Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid.Tech) to expand data center capacity and the rollout of fiber-optic cable on the continent. The partnership with Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Africa’s leading independent fiber and digital services provider, aims to increase digital connectivity and inclusion in Africa and to support the region’s growing digital ecosystem. IFC’s equity and debt investments in Liquid Intelligent Technologies, which to date total approximately $250 million, will support the company to grow its hyperscale data center capacity in Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa through its subsidiary, Africa Data Centres. As Africa’s population grows and is increasingly urbanized, dat...

Nov42021 by Joshua OlotuNo Comments

Saudi Arabia’s Telecommunications Operator, Specialized by STC, Launches Broadband Push-to-Talk Solution from Motorola Solutions

Business, Economy, Innovation, Technology

Specialized by STC (bit.ly/3bFyZgv), the leading telecommunications operator in Saudi Arabia, has selected Motorola Solutions (https://bit.ly/3q6sr2U) to deliver a next-generation mission-critical Push-to-Talk (PTT) (https://bit.ly/3EGSZMk) solution to provide its customers with instant communication and collaboration capabilities to increase efficiency, productivity and customer satisfaction. We look forward to building on our successful partnership with Specialized by STC to offer secure and dynamic communication capabilities Motorola Solutions will deliver a scalable, highly resilient, network-integrated 3GPP standards-compliant mission-critical solution that provides secure connectivity over Specialized by STC’s LTE network. The new service will offer enhanced multimedia capabili...

Nov22021 by Joshua OlotuNo Comments

PropTech Solution Sets a New Benchmark in the Real-estate Industry

Corporate Stories, Economy, Innovation, Technology

Leading Pan-African professional real-estate services provider Broll Property Group (www.Broll.com) is a PropTech technology creator and arguably the continent’s leader in this regard. It has achieved this pre-eminence through in-house software development and collaborating with other technology houses. Software development has been core to Broll’s business for over two decades, giving its clients and the industry a unique advantage in the technology and PropTech space. Broll-Online™ is an in-house PropTech solution providing end-to-end, comprehensive property services that encapsulate property, financial and facility management and mobility and business intelligence in a single integrated platform, explains Stuart Mathieson, Broll Group IT Executive. PropTech promises to significa...

Oct202021 by Joshua OlotuNo Comments

Fintech TagPay rebrands as Skaleet!

Business, Corporate Stories, Innovation, Technology, Technology & Innovation

From today, TagPay will be known as Skaleet (Skaleet.com), an international fintech company offering a back-end technology platform. Its core banking platform is fully interactive with an ecosystem of banks, fintechs and technology partners. It has the speed and agility required to quickly launch new personalized services to the market. Skaleet’s ambition is to bridge the gap between complex financial products and customers’ changing needs. In this new digital world, Skaleet helps financial institutions become faster and more agile in adapting to their customers’ changing needs by offering innovative services. Our range of services allows banks, neobanks and fintechs to stay in the race against the Big Tech threat that is attempting to dominate this market. Skaleet’s platform offers ...

Oct112021 by Joshua OlotuNo Comments

Liquid Intelligent Technologies joins hands with Africa Legal in an ed-tech partnership to drive professional growth in Africa through Liquid Labs

Business, Corporate Stories, Economy, Technology

Liquid Telecom Picture © Gareth Davies 07774899744 Capture Comms Ltd Captruecommsltd@gmail.com Leading pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies (www.Liquid.Tech), through its innovation and partnerships arm Liquid Labs, is launching three online courses on legal technology, targeted at supporting career development amongst students, budding entrepreneurs, and lawyers. This has been possible through a partnership with Africa Legal, an organisation that connects legal professionals across the African continent. Liquid Labs aspires to make relevant tech training programmes accessible to students and professionals to bridge the affordability and digital divide, the main deterrents to increased access. The courses will offer targeted training for lawyers and the busin...

Sep12021 by Joshua OlotuNo Comments

Property technology to disrupt Africa’s real estate sector – Analysts

Business, Technology

Africa’s Property Technology (Proptech) sector is ramping up and is a key component of future strategies for local REITs, operators and others looking to future proof their real estate businesses as well as VCs looking to invest in early stage startups and opportunities according to the founder of the Africa Proptech Forum, Kfir Rusin. “Covid-19 accelerated the growth of technology in real estate management on the continent with smart building and sustainable technology being the most broadly adopted innovations to date,” says Rusin. Evidence of this ramp up and uptake in African real estate for Rusin includes: Spleet, a leading Nigerian Proptech start-up’s inclusion into the NYC-based Metaprop accelerator; increasing fund allocation to property technology by VC’s such as Kalon Ventu...