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Filter Replies, a smart bot for finding the origin of trending topics on Twitter

Filter Replies is a smart bot for finding the origin of trending hashtags on Twitter. It is developed by Nigerian software developer, Victor Ndu.

Techpoint wants to become Nigeria’s Verizon Media

Techpoint is that news organisation in Africa that does a lot of newsworthy stuff. Today, they partner with a leading blog in South Africa. Tomorrow, they are launching an online community. Their execution game is tight.

Carbon reports ₦112.6 million PAT and 2.2 million active customers

Carbon reported a profit after tax of ₦112.6 million in its 2019 financial result. Carbon also revealed that it has 2,272,997 active customers.

Andela is hiring senior engineers from all African countries to double its talent pool

Andela, a leading global talent company, will now accept senior engineer applications from all African countries.

MainOne, West Africa’s internet backbone, celebrates 10-year milestone

MainOne, West Africa’s internet backbone, celebrates 10-year milestone

Certificate of Incorporation will now have Tax Identification Number, says CAC

Business owners will no longer need to apply to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to get their tax identification number (TIN). They would now get it with their certificate of incorporation from the CAC.

Ingressive Capital is now a $10M fund, sets to cut $400K cheques for 10% equity

Ingressive Capital has raised an additional $5 million from new investors to become a $10 million fund. It would be investing between $200,000 and $400,000 in early-stage startups at $2 million valuations for 10% equity.

Nigerian startups WellaHealth and Flex Finance join the 7th cohort of Catalyst Fund

Two Nigerian startups, WellaHealth and Flex Finance, are among the seventh cohort of Catalyst Fund—a global inclusive fintech accelerator.

Twitter’s voice tweet and the rise of audio-based social media

Twitter recently rolled out a new feature to a limited group of iPhone users. The new feature, voice tweet, allows users to tweet with their voice. And it is part of a growing audio-based social media trend.

Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 5 could be the last set of the Accelerator programme

Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 5 has been announced. Rather than the usual 12 startups selected twice a year, this cohort is a combined class of 20 startups and it could be the last cohort of the programme.

Chipper Cash raises $13.8 million Series A to hire 30 new staff in Lagos, London, Nairobi, New York and San Francisco

Chipper Cash, a mobile cross-border money transfer platform in Africa, has closed a $13.8 million Series A round to hire 30 new staff across its global operations.

Softcom partners Lagos State and others to crowdfund ₦10 billion for 2 million vulnerable Lagosians

HelpNow, an initiative of Softcom supported by MTN, Lagos state government and 12 other companies, is on a mission to crowdsource funds and help those in need.