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22 – 11 – 2018

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Nigerian-American photographer, Chi Modu, is coming home. His photo exhibition & workshop, sponsored by BUDX, run from December 1– 2, 2018. Register here to enjoy panel talks, workshops, live performances and an after-party.

Nigerian army officers are using radio to dispel misinformation and rumors originating from social media, Hanna Kozlowska writes for Quartz. Any journalist on ground will tell you Nigeria has a serious fake news problem – one that even mainstream media enables. Last week, a BBC investigation detailed how deceitful posts spread on Facebook stoked ethnic hatred, which led to multiple deaths.

In South Africa, Standard Bank has launched “Standard Mobile”, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that will allow it to provide cellular and data services, through Cell C’s network. My Broadband has more.

A renewable energy startup has launched in Nairobi, Kenya and it is building solar-powered refrigeration systems (or cold rooms). It’s called FreshBox and Disrupt Africa says it is the first of its kind in East Africa though there’s another startup called Solar Freeze, also in Kenya. Per Disrupt Africa, its flagship unit is a solar-powered, walk-in cold room that can hold over 2100kg of fruits and vegetables, and can reach temperatures below freezing point.

In Zambia, MTN, Barclays Bank and the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) have partnered to launch a mobile tax payment platform for mobile money users in the country. Users of the platform will be able to pay a variety of taxes through their mobile money accounts.

Online sports community, AMPZ.tv won top spot at the just-concluded Greenhouse Lab Accelerator Demo Day. Greenhouse Lab Accelerator, run by Nigerian VC firm, Venture Garden Group, is a three-month program focused on women-led businesses. AMPZ.tv beat eight other women-led startups to the $5,500 prize.

Techpoint profiled Ulrich Sossou, co-founder of Beninoise venture builder TEKXL and one of Benin’s most popular tech exports.

Got a health tech startup operating in Nigeria? We would like to hear from you. We are putting together a map and analysis of the health tech sector that highlights the solutions innovators are bringing to bear on the problems of access to quality and affordable healthcare in Nigeria as well as provide actionable insights for policy makers, investors and entrepreneurs. Sign up here so we can feature your startup and to help us better understand the sector.

Nigerian mobile diagnostic imaging startup SonoCare has secured funding of “up to $250,000” from GMC coLabs, the women-focused investment arm of US-based impact investment firm Gray Matters Capital. SonoCare currently operates in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the Nasarawa State capital Lafia, Sagbama in Bayelsa State and Otukpo in Benue State. It’ll use the investment to scale operations by developing a mobile app and deploying more mobile units with the aim of catering to 200,000 pregnancies by 2020.

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How can we best support entrepreneurship in Ibadan, Nigeria? We’ve just released some new insights. Explore our research on entrepreneurial support networks in Ibadan on our interactive site: https://ecosystems.andeglobal.org/snapshot/ibadan/2018/

Japan-based insurance company, Sompo Holdings, has reportedly acquired a 10% stake in Kenyan blockchain startup, BitPesa, per Bitcoin News. Bitpesa claims operations in eight African countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda.

You are invited to TC Townhall, Fintech 2.0, holding in partnership with Softcom on November 30. The forum will take a look at the next generation of financial technologies in Nigeria. Speakers include Adia Sowho (MD, Mines.io), Gbenga Agboola (CEO, Flutterwave), Titi Odunfa (MD, Sankore Investments), Dr. Yinka David West (Academic Director, LBS), Yvonne Johnson (fintech angel investor) and Tomi Amao (CIO, Softcom). Registration is now live, and seats are limited. See you there!

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