EBAY TO SPLIT WITH PAYPAL AS ADYEN TAKES OVER

EBay has announced that it plans to stop using PayPal as its back-end services provider. It said, when their contract expires the online marketplace will switch to a long-term deal with Amsterdam-based...

UBER TO LAUNCH BIKE-SHARING SERVICE

Uber will be launching a bike-sharing service in partnership with JUMP, a startup that recently received the first and only permit to operate dockless bike-sharing in San Francisco . JUMP’s contract with...

TECH STARTUP (COWTRIBE) PARTNERS WITH GNACAF

Ghanaian-based technology startup (Cowtribe) has announced its partnership with the Ghana National Association of Cattle Farmers (GNACAF) today. According to Cowtribe, the goal of the partnership is to leverage on Cowtribe’s proprietary...

HOTELS.NG RELEASES ITS INTERNATIONAL HOTEL AND FLIGHT BOOKING WEBSITE

Hotels.ng, the largest online travel agency that specialises in hotel bookings within Nigeria has released its international hotel booking and flight booking website. It has added over 5,000 places of interest in...

SHADOW LAUNCHES CLOUD GAMING SERVICE

French startup Blade, the company behind Shadow, is launching its cloud gaming service in the U.K. Just like in the U.S., the company is starting with a pre-sale before accepting all customers. For...

CAMSODA TO OFFER “VIRTUAL INTERCOURSE WITH REAL PEOPLE” USING VR AND SEX DOLLS

An adult web-streaming service, CamSoda has introduced "Virtual Intercourse with Real People" (VIRP); a service that lets you simulate sex with on-screen participants using RealDoll robots. The CamSoda service is partnering with...

GHANAIAN INVENTS APP FOR LOCAL LANGUAGES

Computer scientist, Mr. Kyekyeku Opoku-Pong has invented a computer application that enables users to type in the local languages. This new computer application is to help boost the typing of the eleven...

GLOBAL INVESTMENT FIRM LAUNCHES $70 MILLION AFRICAN TECH FUND

A global investment firm Partech Ventures, has launched a $70 million African technology fund. Although the firm targeted $120 million, it has secured above $70million dedicated towards the fast‐growing tech ecosystem in...

SILICON VALLEY OF GHANA LAUNCHED

Ghanaian-American fibre optic inventor, Dr Thomas Mensah has launched the Silicon Valley of Ghana at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (AITI-KACE) in Accra. This was part of their...

‘GIRLS CAN CODE PROJECT’ LAUNCHED TODAY.

  The Ghana- India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (AITI- KACE) in partnership with GES, SORONKO Academy, HACSA and Dream Oval successfully launched their 'Girls Can Code Project' today. The project...