Atiku says INEC rigged the election with software program

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Week 12, 2023
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Amidst the drama following its just lately held nationwide and state elections, Nigeria is gearing up for a digital census. Throughout the continent, Kenya offers with nationwide protests,and court docket disputes with Meta. Many extra fascinating tales abound on this version of TC Weekender. Learn on and share extensively.

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Pamela Tetteh Editor, TechCabal.

Editor’s Picks

	Sama can’t hearth its 260 content material moderators Meta and Sama are in a firing drama in Kenya’s Employment and Labour Relations Courtroom. The court docket has barred Meta and its Kenyan content material moderation companion Sama from firing its 260 content material moderators. Additionally, Meta can’t rent a brand new content material moderation agency till the legality of Sama’s layoffs is decided on March twenty eighth. Learn more.
	Kenyan protesters to boycott Safaricom The protest flames in Kenya are nonetheless burning sizzling! Raila Odinga, who ran for president towards William Ruto, has urged demonstrators to not use Safaricom, KCB financial institution, or Radio Africa services or products. Learn more.
	Opera ups its OPay help Opera’s singing an expensive tune! The well-known net browser has raised its stake in OPay from 6.4% to 9.5%. Nonetheless, they need to money out quicker than a cheetah chasing its prey! This follows the conclusion of the 2022 sale of Nanobank for $127 million. Learn more.
	SA to audit equity in media South Africa is auditing the distribution of media content material on digital platforms. Apparently, current platforms are discouraging truthful competitors, which might have some severe penalties for the information media sector. Learn more.
	Atiku accuses INEC of rigging Nigeria’s presidential elections are nonetheless stirring up some drama! One of many candidates, Atiku Abubakar has accused the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) of utilizing a third-party software program known as Machine Administration System to rig the election. Learn more.
	54gene cuts 25% of its lean workers Nigerian genomic firm 54gene has given the boot to about 10 workers. Because of this, they’re now working with lower than 30 folks throughout all their features. This appears to be a part of the corporate’s new management’s plans to streamline its operations. Learn more.

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	Amazon’s fintech accelerator Amazon desires to make it rain on the fintech scene. The cloud computing division of the corporate, Amazon Net Providers (AWS), has launched an accelerator to assist monetary know-how corporations in Africa. Learn more.
	Kenya says no to protest protection Kenya’s received a bone to select with the press! The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) instructed six media retailers to not report on the nation’s protests. Does it have the proper to do that? Learn more.
	Nigeria’s plan for NIBSS The Central Financial institution of Nigeria desires the Nigerian Inter-Financial institution Settlement System (NIBBS) to design and keep the information registry for its Open Banking program. Nonetheless, banking consultants opine that it’s going to now not be open banking if there’s a central intermediary, particularly not NIBBS. Learn more.
	Nigeria’s first digital census Nigeria is gearing up for its first digital census in 17 years. The census was shifted from March 29 to Might 2023, but it surely’s to not brush up on counting abilities. The census might be carried out digitally with know-how costing over ₦85 billion ($184 million). Read more.

Who introduced the cash this week?

This week, Credable, a pan-African-based fintech firm, raised $2.5 million in a seed spherical. The spherical was led by The Continent Enterprise Companions (TCVP). Different traders included Lauch Africa, MAGIC Fund, ACASIA Ventures, AAIC Funding, Aadverse Emurgo Africa, and different traders.
Rwazi, a market intelligence startup, has raised $4 million in a seed spherical led by Bonfire Ventures to double down on its penetration into rising markets like Africa.
Egyptian SaaS firm Flapkap raised $1.2 million in an undisclosed funding spherical. The spherical was led by A15, the main MENA enterprise capital agency and one of the vital outstanding traders of early-stage start-ups within the area.