Nigeria: Tax Relief and Nigerian Tech Startups
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[Premium Times] Yet, many people are unaware of the extent of the tax reliefs and incentives that are available because of the absence of an awareness campaign.
Month: June 2022
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Africa: AI Drives Quest for New Antivirals to Fight Outbreaks
[SciDev.Net] Nairobi — Research into drugs to treat mosquito-borne flaviviruses such as Zika and dengue as well as COVID-19 will benefit from a major funding boost, says a group of…
Gambia: GRA Top Officials Partake in Data Analysis Regional Training
[The Point] Top officials of The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) led by the Commissioner General Yankuba Darboe over the weekend returned from Dakar after successfully attending a 4-day Data Analysis…
Zimbabwe: NetOne Cashier Steals $150m, Splashes On 6 Cars
[The Herald] A CASHIER at NetOne who stole $150 million from the mobile network services provider in an airtime voucher scam orchestrated over two years has been arrested by the…
Tanzania: VP Lures Investors in Environment-Friendly Technology
[Daily News] VICE-PRESIDENT Dr Philip Mpango has encouraged investors to come and invest in Tanzania’s environment-friendly technology that transforms wastes into gas energy and fertilisers.
Nigeria: Authorities Urged to Block Profiles of Suspicious Travellers With Technology
[This Day] The Regional Group Chief Operating Officer, VFS Global, Jiten Vyes, has urged border control authorities in different countries to employ the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning…
Kenya: Safaricom Launches Virtual M-Pesa Virtual Card for International Payments
[Capital FM] Laikipia — Telco service provider, Safaricom has launched a virtual visa card for international payments.
Microsoft Appoints New MD for Innovation Hub in Kenya
Microsoft African Development Centre (ADC) has announced Catherine Muraga as the new MD to lead 450 full-time employees working in areas such as software engineering, machine learning, data science, market…
How the Russia-Ukraine War Could Affect Cybercrime
Russia’s war on Ukraine and its increasingly isolated internet environment could drive Russian cybercriminals to think outside the box and launch new forms of cyber attacks. This is according to…
AlphaCode Awards More than $161,000 to Pandemic-founded Tech Startups
SA’s finest tech startups which were founded during the pandemic went head to head at a virtual demo day on Thursday where they had just 10 minutes each to convince…