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    Monday News Roundup: Truppr’s £30,000 Interest Free Loan, Moneysmart Is Now All about Businesses, OAM in Talks to Acquire Stakes in Webdev

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    Lulu Fadoju
    4th May, 2015
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    Monday News Roundup: Truppr’s £30,000 Interest Free Loan, Moneysmart Is Now All about Businesses, OAM in Talks to Acquire Stakes in Webdev

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    Here are some of the stories that made the rounds across the tech space today:

    Truppr Gets £30,000 Interest Free loan from IndigoTrust
    Truppr’s founder, Bosun Tijani has revealed that UK-based grant-making foundation, IndigoTrust, has given a £30,000 interest free loan, to his startup.

    Moneysmart Pivots to Focus on B2B
    South Africa-based financial management tool, Moneysmart has closed down its service and will now focus on a business-to-business model.

    OAM in Talks to Acquire Stake in Webdev
    One Africa Media is in talks to acquire a part of Zimbabwe based classifieds company, Webdev.

    Facebook Introduces the Internet.org Platform for Developers
    Facebook has introduced its Internet.org platform, an open program for developers to create services that will be integrated into the internet.org service.

    Nigerian Entrepreneur to Attend EY’s World Entrepreneur Of The Year Event in Monaco
    Gossy Ukanwoke, founder of BAU Research and Development has been selected to participate in the Ernst and Young (EY) Accelerating Entrepreneurs program.

    Samsung Launches Digital Village in Ghana
    Samsung has launched a digital village in Volo,Ghana to give Ghanaians access to ICT, Education and health services.

    Orange Kenya Announces Plans to Migrate from CDMA to GSM Network
    Orange Kenya has announced its plan to move subscribers from the CDMA network to the GSM, effective from May 4, 2015.

    Alcatel-Lucent and Algerian Information Ministry Plan to Construct Undersea Cable
    Alcatel-Lucent is collaborating with the Algerian Ministry of Post, Information technology and Communication to construct an Orval undersea cable system to run from Algeria to Spain.

    Airtel Ghana Completes the Expansion of its Fibre Optic network in Parts of the Country
    Airtel Ghana has completed the expansion of its fibre optic network in Accra, Kumasi and Takoradi thereby offering customers increased data speed from 21.6mbps to 42mbps.

    And then, we featured;

    Talking Bookz: An Online Audio Book Publisher and Retailer
    Talking Bookz is an audio book startup that retails and publishes audio books with emphasis on books with African authors.

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