YeraTube, the social media startup about to disrupt all branches of the West African tech ecosystem, is officially launching on January 1st, 2022

West Africa, with its population of over 400 million people and roughly 300 million youngsters under 18, undoubtedly has one of the most rapidly growing number of internet and active social media users in the world. This growth is a huge opportunity for startups (especially in the tech industry) all across the world in general and the continent in particular, making it seemingly easy to take over a market due to the low number of local competition in any field. Despite all these positive stats…

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FIVE NOTABLE INNOVATIONS IN AFRICA 2021

By Oluwatosin Ogunjuyigbe:When Marvel released Black Panther in 2018, it did more than just entertain. “Wakanda Forever” became a slogan for Africans everywhere to embrace their identity. Vibranium represented Africa’s rich mineral resource. But even more importantly, it showed the world that Africa was also home to brilliant innovators. It has become necessary to represent Africa beyond the stereotype of hunger and poverty. At Ventures Africa, this is one of our most important assignments.It’s…

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Agbora Launches "Africa's Social Network" With Hopes of Connecting Africa and the African Diaspora

Agbora seeks to connect Africa, the African diaspora, and people from around the world on "Africa's Social Network," an app where professionals, influencers, talents, and leaders, can share ideas, knowledge, memories, interests, and opportunities, in a network of trusted relationships.Agbora, pronounced /uh·bôr·uh/, just launched its first iteration on Apple's App Store, with promises of Android versions to come. The mobile application, also dubbed "Africa's Social Network," is a social…

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Liberia celebrates 200th anniversary of freedom of African descendants

Liberia President, George Weah The Republic of Liberia has announced events lined up for the commemoration of the two-hundedth anniversary of the freedom of African descendants and Pan-African Leadership. Mr Ledgerhood Rennie, Liberia’s Minister of Information, Cultural Affairs & Tourism disclosed this in statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. According to Rennie, the announcement of the bicentennial event was made at an event to launch the theme,…

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