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Uber Shuts Down Self-driving Truck Division

Uber has announced that it is closing its self-driving truck division to refocus its efforts on autonomous cars only. Eric

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Kenya’s Sokowatch Raises $2 Million Seed Funding Led by 4DX Ventures

Sokowatch, the Kenyan B2B e-commerce startup has raised $2 million seed funding led by 4DX Ventures. Others to join the round were

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Farmcrowdy Wins Digital Business of the Year Award in Africa for 2018

Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform yesterday won the Digital Business of the Year (2018) award in Africa.

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Application Opens For Phase two of the Venture Incubation Programme (VIP) in Cape Town, SA

The Venture Incubation Programme (VIP) in partnership with MTN GROUP is designed to provide a supportive ecosystem to help startups build

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YouTube To Tackle Fake News With $25m Investment

Fake news is the order of the day since social media became a key source of news stories. Due to

Africa Business

Djibouti Unveils ‘Africa’s Biggest Free Trade Zone’

Djibouti has launched the first phase of Africa’s biggest free-trade zone, seeking to capitalise on its strategic position on one of

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Facebook Acquires Artificial Intelligence Firm To Combat Fake News

Facebook has disclosed that it has acquired London-based artificial intelligence firm Bloomsbury AI, which specializes in natural language processing. According

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Facebook Reverses Ban on Some Cryptocurrency Adverts

Facebook is reversing its ban on cryptocurrency advertisements and will now allow some preapproved advertisers to promote crypto businesses and services, like

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Lyft Now Worth $15.1B After Raising $600m In Extra Funding

Uber beware! Lyft is coming strongly for you. Why? We hear reports that Lyft has raised $600 million in extra funding,

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Instagram Unveils New Standalone App For Longer Videos

Instagram has announced IGTV, a standalone app for watching long-form vertical video that will also have a tab inside the