How Jiji increased its daily app installs by 214% in one year
Jiji daily app installs have increased from 7,000 to 22,000 between January 2019 and October 2020, according to AppsFlyer.
Daniel Iyanda
Saucecode Hackathon 2020 is open to Nigerian and Kenyan developers and designers
Unlike the previous two editions, this year's Saucecode Hackathon will convene developers, designers and product managers across Nigeria and Kenya.
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. This is part of efforts to double its talent pool since becoming a remote-first company.
MainOne, West Africa’s internet backbone, celebrates 10-year milestone
MainOne is 10 years old. In the last decade, it has invested over $400 million in broadband infrastructure across West Africa.