Microsoft is cutting its smartphone arm and is bearing up to $7.6bn in losses after its acquisition of Nokia’s smartphone manufacturing arm refused to buff up its mobile division as ex-CEO Steve Ballmer imagined.
The company is cutting up to 18, 000 jobs worldwide. Most of them in Finland, Nokia’s headquarters. The axe got to Nigeria today as Microsoft laid off 34 staff members at its 40-member Nigerian mobile division.
Here are the stories that made the rounds across Africa today.
Microsoft’s mobile unit laysoff 34 workers in Nigeria
Microsoft laid off 34 of the 40 workers in its mobile phone division in Nigeria today.
Applications open for Seedstars World startups Rwanda
In Nigeria, ten startups are currently pitching their businesses at the Lagos pitch event.
Lumkani wins $75, 000 in investment at Chivas Regal’s startup competition
South Africa-based fire detection startup, Lumkani, won $75,000 from Chivas Regal’s The Venture competition.
Neartutor is a startup trying to help people learn stuff
An Ibadan-based online platform connecting people who want to learn any subject of their choice, with those who want to teach and earn money for doing so.
Tunde Kehinde, Mark Essien and others to speak at the first Startup Africa Summit
CITC Global Consulting, Customer Passion Point Limited (CPPL) and Zoom Runner Technologies, a New York-based Africa-focused technology company, have announced their first annual conference, Startup Africa Summit, with the theme “Scaling Up to Critical Mass”.
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Wecyclers wins $55,000 at Case Foundation’s Pitch event
Lagos-based Wecyclers, a startup that recycles waste in low-income Nigeria won the Pitch For Lagos startup pitch event yesterday.
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