Tag: Facebook

• Apply for TechCrunch’s Battlefield Event: $25,000 Available for Startups in Lagos

  

  TechCrunch is once again teaming up with Facebook, to bring the Startup Battlefield to three major cities representing regions with vital, emerging startup communities. In Beirut, TechCrunch’s editors will strive to find the best early-stage startup in the Middle East and North Africa. In São Paulo, the hunt is for the best in Latin America.…

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  June 20, 2018

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• Facebook To Provide $20,000 In Equity-Free Funding for African Startups

  

  The FbStart Accelerator at NG_HUB is a deep-tech focused accelerator program for visionary and innovative teams using advanced technologies to solve problems in our society and build solutions for the future. It is designed for startups and student teams building solutions that utilize any of these technologies; Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Internet of Things, Augmented…

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  May 30, 2018

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• Facebook Launches NG_Hub in Lagos

  

  As part of its commitment and ongoing investment in Africa, Facebook unveiled NG_Hub in Lagos, Nigeria – its first flagship community hub space in Africa, in partnership with CcHub. In a week-long celebration which will bring together developers, start-ups, and the wider tech community across Lagos and Nigeria, the launch will showcase the new multi-faceted space…

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  May 23, 2018

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• Win $20,000 in the Facebook Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge

  Facebook is challenging developers across the Middle East and Africa to create innovative bots in the Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge. This aligns with Facebook’s commitment to promote innovation in the Middle East and Africa by providing developers and start-ups with the tools they need to build, grow, monetize, and measure products and services. Facebook…

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  February 16, 2017

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• Facebook CEO in Nairobi to see Kenyan Innovation in Action

  

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is visiting Kenya this week on his first trip to Africa, using his time in the country to visit the iHub technology hub in Nairobi, meet with developers and partners, and explore how the country’s pioneering mobile money ecosystem is evolving. Zuckerberg is in Kenya to see how technology innovation is changing…

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  September 1, 2016

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• The 2017 Facebook Challenge for Young African Creatives

  

  The Facebook Challenge will become an official Loerie Award in the Student Category from 2017. The Loerie Awards is the premier annual advertising awards in the advertising industry in Africa and the Middle East. Facebook will work with the Loeries and advertising schools across the continent to develop and promote young creative talent on an ongoing…

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  August 19, 2016

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• Apply: 2016 African Blogger Awards

  The 3rd annual African Blogger Awards competition that opened for entries in mid-February has announced three (3) new categories for social and digital influencers across the African continent. The new categories opened in association with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – aim to raise awareness of social issues that affect the continent. The new categories…

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  March 17, 2016

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