Don’t miss these stories from the African tech space today:
EverJobs WIll Soon Launch In Senegal, Ivory Coast and Uganda
Everjobs is planning to expand its job classifieds platform into Senegal, Ivory Coast and Uganda in the coming weeks.
Internet.org Is Coming To Nigeria Next Month
Facebook’s internet thrust project, internet.org, will debut in Nigeria this May.
Samsung To Enable MEST Activities With New Partnership Deal
Ghana’s startup investor and incubator, Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) and South Korean OEM, Samsung Electronics have teamed up to equip entrepreneurs in West Africa.
MTN Abuja Office Reportedly Shut Down Following Protesting
The regional office of South Africa-based telco, MTN in Abuja was reportedly shut down on Wednesday after it was picketed by a group protesting the ongoing xenophobic attacks on Nigerian and other Africans in South Africa.
Raspberry Pi Foundation and Oracle Open Application For The Global Weather Station Competition
The project is a global weather experiment aimed at building students’ skills, which spans computing, meteorology, geography and is targeted at students aged between 11 and 16 years old.
Mastercard Has Granted Unified Payment An Acquiring License
The financial service platform, MasterCard has granted an acquiring license to Unified Payment Service Limited, a shared infrastructure for the Nigerian banking sector.
Facebook’s Has a Caller ID App, Hello
Facebook’s new caller ID app, Hello will allow users detect caller IDs of unknown numbers, block unwanted calls and search for people, businesses and places.
iAfrikan Launches Platforms to Report SA Xenophobic Attacks
The website features a map that displays red dots signifying generated Xenophobic reports which can be unbundled to display specific color-coded categories of reports including police activity and evacuation.
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