Remember the #HackedTeam scandal? The one where an international hacking team got a spoonful of its own poison? We have moved on a bit too quickly. In Nigeria, a digital rights activist group, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) is drawing attention back to it. It is calling the attention of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to cases of invasion of privacy involving some four Nigerian governors that surface following earlier media investigations. In a two-page letter to the president, the group demanded an investigation into the illegal surveillance activities of the governors. And, in Burundi, for the first time, its citizens can receive international remittances straight into their mobile wallet.
Here are the stories that made the rounds across Africa today:
Worldremit and Ecocash let Burundians receive remittances on mobile wallets now
A partnership between World Remit and Econet Burundi now allows remittances via Worldremit to any EcoCash wallet.
Have you met the winners from the Uber Lagos hackathon?
Oh well, six developers/developer teams demoed some cool third-party apps at the Uber Lagos hackathon, and here are the best three based on cross assessment by the five masterminds/judges at the end.
South Africa’s Convergence throws in a USD 20 million dollar bet on Nigeria’s VGN
Convergence Partners, the investment management firm in South Africa has invested a total of USD 20 million in Venture Garden Nigeria, a software company that provides I.T solutions for companies, and governmental organizations.
PushCV and Uber just came up with the perfect plan to make interviewing for jobs suck less
Uber and PushCV, the Lagos-based recruitment website, are offering N5,000 worth of Uber credits for new sign ups in Lagos who use promo code PUSHCV. If all goes according to plan, you can ride to your next interview in a black car.
Kenya’s Shield Finance just secured a loan to scale its loaning business
Shield Finance, the Kenyan startup that helps employees get salaries advance direct to their phone when needed has raised an undisclosed funding in loan.
Six entrepreneurs emerge for She Leads Africa 2015 Entrepreneur showcase finals
Female-focused African social enterprise, She Leads Africa, has announced finalists for its 2015 entrepreneur showcase.
Telecoms and network infrastructure provider, MainOne, seem to be saying right now. The company says its tier III data center subsidiary, MDX-I, has become the first Data Center in Nigeria to cop both the PCI DSS and ISO 27001:2013 certifications, after the certification were presented to it yesterday.
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