Maintaining a productive streak as we’re settling into the second half of 2024 can be challenging amid an array of ever-increasing tasks and responsibilities. However, with the right tech tools, you can tick off spilt-over projects in no time, streamline your workflow, enhance your efficiency, and hit your personal or work-related targets. Only a […]
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Social media—apart from being an avenue for relatively unrestricted networking, entertainment and self-expression— is increasingly becoming a mainstay source of income for users. Over the years, we’ve seen platforms like YouTube and X (formerly Twitter) create routes for eligible content creators to generate revenue based on their levels of creativity, originality, and audience engagement. […]
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Starting a tech career, like so many other things, doesn’t have a one-size-fits-all blueprint, for an obvious reason—the route to leveraging technology to enhance the creation of another or solve problems is a wide one that has, over the years, seems to defy popular narratives. However, for an industry that offers relatively higher paychecks, […]
Afrobeats, Amapiano, and other genres from Africa owe their global penetration not only to the continent’s rich talent pool and vibrant community but also to the advent of streaming platforms. Digital music streaming services like YouTube Music, Boomplay, Audiomack, and Spotify have played a pivotal role in offering on-the-spot accessibility, documentation, and performance indicators to […]
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Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to weave its way deeper into our everyday lives due to the revolutionary advancements from various technological, digital and media service providers. The latest addition to this growing list of impressive AI-backed advancements is TikTok’s Symphony–a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to enhance creative ideations on the social media platform. […]
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Meme coins have recently taken their fair share of cryptocurrency centre stage thanks to the newfound interest from celebrities like Nigeria’s Davido, Sabinus and Australian Iggy Azalea. Both Davido and Iggy Azalea launched their meme tokens—$Davido and Mother, respectively—on the Solana network in May, although their paths took different routes afterwards. While $Davido’s valuation […]
Afrobeats mega superstar Davido found himself in quite the cryptocurrency fiasco after Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warned investors about his recently launched $DAVIDO meme coin. $DAVIDO was launched on the Solana blockchain on Wednesday, May 29, and racked in about $10 million market capitalisation within four hours. However, what initially appeared to […]
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Just when you thought some semblance of normalcy and stability was starting to return to Twitter—sorry, I mean X—Elon Musk introduces yet another controversial change, with the latest one being the deployment of private likes. This development eliminates one of the platform’s famous and longest-standing features. Speaking of X’s popular features, we all saw […]
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Although the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) might seem like a recent technological invention, a historical insight from Tableau reveals that its groundwork began as early as the 1900s, with the release of a science fiction play that featured an artificial human “robot” by Czech playwright Karel Čapek in 1921. Over the past century, […]
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Samsung has hinted at introducing a more efficient Galaxy AI in its much-anticipated foldables—the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Z Fold 6— expected to be launched in the year’s second quarter. In what is expected to be a massive upgrade to the Galaxy S24 series, this new generation of foldables, according to Samsung, […]
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has banned Atlanta-based venture capital firm Fireless Fund from continuing its initiative to issue grants exclusively to Black women entrepreneurs. Fearless Fund, a black-owned firm founded by Arian Simone and Ayana Parsons in 2019, is the first VC fund by women of colour for women […]
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Ten years ago, Ethiopian-born Sara Menker, driven by her childhood famine experiences, founded Gro Intelligence. This artificial intelligence-powered platform empowers businesses with actionable data across agriculture, climate, and global economics. Initially established in Nairobi, Kenya, Gro Intelligence’s reach extended far beyond Africa’s shores. With offices in New York and Singapore, the company has served […]
