Busbud, a travel booking platform, has acquired Ratality, a South African company offering revenue management optimisation software for ground travel operators, nearly two years after acquiring Betterez.

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Olu Oyinsan, Managing Partner at Oui Capital, believes founders' negative reactions to feedback are a natural part of the startup journey, with a touch of irrationality often required for success.

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16 MONTHS of unpaid SALARIES: I've spoken to Benita Anuforo about the salary backlogs at Bloc.
Here's an account from both sides. And a summary. techpoint.africa/2024/05/22/16-…

Following debates initiated by a former employee, Benita Anuforo, who said she is owed ₦2.7 million in salaries, Bloc CEO Edmund Olotu has finally addressed the allegations.

Techpoint Africa spoke with both Benita and Edmund to get their perspectives. techpoint.africa/2024/05/22/16-…

It might be impossible to escape becoming an accidental manager when working at a startup, but some people have excelled during this phase of their careers.

The struggles of 4 accidental managers at Nigerian startups techpoint.africa/2024/05/22/str…

PAIX Data Centres has announced the expansion of its Ghana data centre. This comes two years after securing $20 million to fund the company’s data centre capacity expansion and growth plans into new African markets.

techpoint.africa/2024/05/22/pai…

Telecom Egypt, a telco majorly owned by the government, will host Huawei Cloud's new public cloud platform to provide Egypt-based businesses with secure and reliable cloud-based solutions.

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Kenya plans to introduce a Finance Bill 2024 that will impose a value-added tax (VAT) on electric bikes and buses, as the number of electric vehicles and motorcycles registered in Kenya increased by more than five times in 2023.

techpoint.africa/2024/05/22/ken…

Payrails, a payments provider, has partnered with inDrive to expand the company's payment services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Through the partnership, inDrive hopes to improve local payment experiences for both drivers and customers.

techpoint.africa/2024/05/22/pay…

Slang and financial markets: animals in trading.                 
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ASUS Debuts ASUS Vivobook S 15, its First Copilot+ PC Packed with Windows 11 AI Features.
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Central Bank of Kenya approves LemFi’s Remittance to Kenya, in partnership with Flex Money Transfer.
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In Q4 2023, @Spectranet_NG maintained its top position as Nigeria's biggest internet service provider, holding 43% of the market share.
FiberOne followed with 10% of the market.

Starlink increased its subscriber base by 113% to claim the 3rd position with 9% of the market.

Building a hardware startup is hard, especially in Nigeria. This is probably why most startups build software products, but despite the difficulty, these six Nigerian startups have accepted the challenge.

techpoint.africa/2024/05/21/nig…

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Olatunbosun Alake, the Honourable Commissioner for Science, Innovation and Technology, has disclosed that the Lagos State Government has launched a Cybersecurity Operations Centre to deal with cyber threats.

techpoint.africa/2024/05/21/lag…

Schneider Electric releases microgrid solution providing clean power to off-grid communities. 
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