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• NBA and Youtube Partner to Launch Live Games on League’s First Channel Dedicated to Fans in Sub-Saharan Africa

  

  The National Basketball Association (NBA) and YouTube has announced the launch of the NBA’s first YouTube channel dedicated to fans in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to featuring two live games per week in primetime for the rest of the 2018-19 season, including the Playoffs, Conference Finals and The Finals, the NBA Africa YouTube channel will…

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  March 23, 2019

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• Fintech company Amplify acquired by OneFi, fueling effort to shape Nigeria’s fintech infrastructure

  

  Amplified Payments Ltd, a fintech company that builds and facilitates payment solutions and digital financial transactions in Nigeria, has today announced its acquisition by One Finance Limited. The deal, completed for an undisclosed fee, took effect as of March 1st, 2019, and sees OneFi boost its financial services offering, as the company adds Amplify’s assets,…

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  March 23, 2019

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• Marriott Hotels brings TED Fellows Salon to Cape Town

  

  Marriott Hotels in partnership with TED, hosted its first TED Fellows Salon in Cape Town, South Africa, sparking conversations around Africa’s beauty, rich heritage and innovative spirit. Held at the Cape Town Marriott Hotel Crystal Towers, renowned TED Fellows, Kenyan musician Bill Sellanga and South African conservation biologist Steve Boyes, led the innovative and thought-provoking…

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  March 23, 2019

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• Teaching Women in Developing Countries How to Build Apps and Become Engineers

  

  Crowd Machine and the Vital Voices Global Partnership launched its Women in Application Development initiative. The initiative brings together women from nine developing countries to learn how to develop applications using Crowd Machine’s free, online learning platform, Crowd Academy. Crowd Machine enables anyone to create applications even if they do not know how to code.…

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  March 23, 2019

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• 20 Francophone African StartUps Accepted into the World Bank Tech Acceleration Program

  

  Twenty of the most promising Francophone African tech start-ups will participate in the L’Afrique Excelle residency in Mali, a full-week bootcamp set to kick off the Francophone edition of the World Bank Group’s XL Africa, tech start-up accelerator. From March 24 to 30, entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to network and learn from leading industry experts, increase their regional…

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  March 13, 2019

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• Nigeria’s OneFi secures $5mn debt facility from Nairobi-based Lendable

  

  One Finance Limited [OneFi] today announces that it has secured a $5M debt facility for its consumer facing platform, Paylater. The facility comes from New York and Nairobi-based Lendable, a technology-enabled funding provider to African consumer and SME lenders. The debt facility will be used to deploy more loans to Paylater customers, specifically through a…

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  March 11, 2019

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• Jessica Hope, Founder of Wimbart PR tops UK PR Power List

  

  Managing Director and founder of Wimbart PR, Jessica Hope, has been named one of the UK’s leading communications professionals recognized for her work in the African market.  Hope has over 13 years’ experience in public relations and has carved a niche in the pan-African technology PR market, after heading up global communication for IROKO for…

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  March 11, 2019

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• The African Women in Technology Conference Comes to Lagos, Nigeria – Don’t Miss It!

  

  African Women in Technology (AWIT) is a network of women who are creatively redefining the technology space in Africa and are key players in the world’s creative and innovative industries. The African Women in Technology Conference is scheduled to hold at Zone Tech Park in Lagos, Nigeria, from March 29 to March 30, 2019. The yearly…

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  March 5, 2019

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• Founder of AWP Network, Mary Olushoga to Speak at Baruch College

  

    Mary Olushoga, Founder of AWP Network will speak at Baruch College on Work Ethic within the African Diaspora. The event is set to take place on Tuesday, February 19 during Black Heritage Month and will include a panel discussion about cultural identities within the African diaspora and work ethic. Learn more about the event…

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  February 16, 2019

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• Founder of AWP Network, Mary Olushoga at the UN

  

  Mary Olushoga, Founder of AWP Network spoke at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Meeting in New York. The event titled ‘Equal Access to Education for all: Gender, Disabilities, Indigenous Peoples‘ took place at the United Nations Plaza, Church Center and was attended by members of the NGO committee on the status…

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