Global Beehive

Ila Dhond21/01/2023
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12,000 employees to be laid-off by Google parent Alphabet

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, the company that owns Google, informed staff members of the 12,000 job cuts in an…
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Ila Dhond20/01/2023
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$4.5 M Pre-series A funding raised by SA prop-tech startup Flow

A US $4.5 million pre-Series A funding round has been secured by South African prop-tech firm Flow in order to…
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Ila Dhond19/01/2023
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$3 M secured by Kenyan fintech startup Kwara in Seed extension round

Kwara, a FinTech firm in Kenya, has secured an additional US $3 million in a seed extension round, bringing its…
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Ila Dhond19/01/2023
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Latest Westerwelle Young Founders Programme invites applications

The most recent Westerwelle Young Founders Programme, which provides exceptional young entrepreneurs from developing and emerging countries with six months…
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Ila Dhond19/01/2023
204

Microsoft to lay-off employees from its engineering departments

This week tech giant, Microsoft is poised to fire hundreds of workers from its engineering departments, according to Bloomberg, which…
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Ila Dhond17/01/2023
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Microsoft to integrate ChatGPT to its Azure OpenAI Service

Microsoft will soon include ChatGPT, an intelligent chatbot developed by OpenAI that has sparked significant debate over both its advantages…
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Ila Dhond17/01/2023
354

YC W23 batch selected three Nigerian startups to provide $500k funding

Three firms from Nigeria have officially been accepted into the famed Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator’s W23 class. In addition…
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Ila Dhond16/01/2023
219

Third edition of healthcare-focused African startup accelerator accepting applications

For cohort three of the AUDA-NEPAD Home Grown Solutions Accelerator, which aims to offer emerging and mature-stage African healthcare enterprises…
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Ila Dhond16/01/2023
371

IRNET Coop Kenya acquired by Kenyan fintech startup Kwara

In a transaction that would allow it to quickly boost the expansion and profitability of SACCOs in Kenya, Kenyan FinTech…
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Ila Dhond16/01/2023
308

$1.2 M Earthshot Prize invites applications from African startups

The Earthshot Reward, a worldwide environmental prize to find, develop, and scale ground-breaking ideas to repair and renew the earth,…
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