Samsung Galaxy AI focused S24 series📱| Canza Finance Secures $2.3m 💰

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📱Samsung debuts generative AI-focused Galaxy S24 smartphone lineup
🍎 Apple Dethrones Samsung as World’s Top Smartphone Seller in 2023
💰Canza Finance Secures $2.3m to Revolutionize Cross-Border Payments for African Startups
💰 Egyptian fintech startup Zeal secures $4 million funding round led by Raed Ventures and Cur8 Capital
🐒 A cloned rhesus monkey has reached adulthood, marking a significant milestone and opening avenues for additional research involving primates
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📱GADGETS & DEVICES

Samsung debuts generative AI-focused Galaxy S24 smartphone lineup

Samsung unveiled its latest Galaxy S24 series on Wednesday, emphasizing its new artificial intelligence capabilities as the firm anticipates a big start to 2024. The S24 series comprises three models: the S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra, with prices starting from $800.

• Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon Series 8 Gen 3

• AI Capabilities

• Galaxy S24 starts from $799

• Galaxy S24+ starts at $999

• Galaxy S24 Ultra price starts at $1,299

Teaser: Samsung Galaxy Ring coming soon…Features yet unknown

Read more about the new gadgets here

Apple Dethrones Samsung as World’s Top Smartphone Seller in 2023

In a significant shift, Apple has emerged victorious over Samsung Electronics, ending the latter’s 12-year reign as the largest seller of smartphones globally. According to data from the International Data Corp. (IDC), Apple secured a commanding 20% share of the market in 2023, outpacing Samsung, which concluded the year with a 19.4% share...read more

💰 FUNDING

Canza Finance Secures $2.3m to Revolutionize Cross-Border Payments for African Startups

Canza Finance, a pioneering Web3 neobank focused on facilitating cross-border payments for African startups, has successfully closed a strategic funding round, raising $2.3 million. The funding will play a crucial role in obtaining licenses from diverse financial regulators across Africa and establishing the groundwork for its innovative FX DeFi platform, Baki. With this recent round, Canza has amassed a total of $5.5 million in funding, following its earlier seed round of $3.27 million last year...read more

Egyptian fintech startup Zeal secures $4 million funding round led by Raed Ventures and Cur8 Capital

Egyptian fintech company Zeal has raised $4 million in a funding round led by Raed Ventures and Cur8 Capital to expand its AI-powered customer engagement solutions across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. This funding follows Zeal’s recent penetration into the UK market, signaling the company’s ambitious plans for growth…..read more

Scrapays raises an undisclosed amount from Catalyst Fund

Scrapays, a Nigerian Cleantech Startup, Fusing Recycling, Technology and Finance entity, has raised some funding from the Catalyst Fund, a global accelerator for inclusive tech startups.

Founded in 2019 by Boluwatife Arewa and Tope Sulaimon, Scrapays enables the proper disposal of waste by creating and empowering a network of micro-enterprises that collect, sort, and store recyclables....…..read more

alGROWithm secures funding to expand its Growth Talent Accelerator Program in six African countries

In March 2022, alGROWithm made headlines with the announcement of its groundbreaking initiative, the creation of Africa’s inaugural Growth Talent Accelerator Program (GTAP). Now, in a pivotal move, the organization is set to redefine the landscape of talent development in the African tech startup ecosystem, thanks to a game-changing funding injection from Digital Africa..…….read more

⚕️HEALTHTECH

Former Treepz CMO Isidore Kpotufe Launches Rivia, Partnering with Clinics to Elevate Service Standards

Rivia, a pioneering startup founded by two-time entrepreneur Isidore Kpotufe, has officially launched its operations in Ghana. Focused on collaborating with clinics to elevate service quality in the healthcare sector, Rivia seeks to offer patients a contemporary healthcare experience. The startup facilitates this by providing loans to partner clinics for infrastructure upgrades and inventory enhancement.

In addition to financial support, Rivia equips partner clinics with a comprehensive hospital management system. This system manages patient appointments and bookings, record-keeping, payment collection, and various administrative tasks within the healthcare facility..…..read more

Tenth Code Media Limited presents a 2-day training on New Product Development and Management Fundamentals

Embark on a transformative journey for the new year with a cutting-edge Product Development and Management Training! Elevate your skills and empower your team to thrive in the dynamic landscape of innovation.

Led by seasoned industry experts from Tenth Code Media Limited, this comprehensive program covers the latest methodologies, market trends, and strategic insights to propel your product initiatives to unprecedented heights.

OTHER STORIES

• A cloned rhesus monkey has reached adulthood, marking a significant milestone and opening avenues for additional research involving primates.…read more

• Access Bank gets CBN’s preliminary approval, signaling entry into the Consumer Lending space….read more

• A Nigerian startup, Farmceries, has clinched the top spot in the 2024 FSI Innovation Challenge, winning a cash prize of N800,000 for its groundbreaking solutions addressing challenges within the nation’s agricultural sector…..read more

• Google introduces ‘Circle to Search, a new way to search from anywhere on Android using gestures….read more

• Aboyeji and Koschitzky-Kimani launch ‘African YC’ with support from a $750K USAID grant….read more

🚀 OPPORTUNITIES

• Safaricom, M-PESA Africa and Sumitomo Corporation calls for tech startups looking to join the Spark Accelerator program, which aims at accelerating early stage startups to grow and scale their businesses. Application deadline: 16 February 2024 . Click here to apply

• Norrsken22 invites African startups to apply for its $125k Accelerator Program. Interested entrepreneurs can apply here.

• Cohort 2 of the Visa Accelerator Program is now open for applications. Click here to apply. Application deadline: February 18, 2024

• CcHUB is currently accepting applications from EdTech companies interested in becoming members of its 2024 cohort. Click here to apply. Application Deadline: 17th February, 2024

• Application open for the MEST Training Program. The MEST Training Program is a one year, fully sponsored, graduate-level program in tech entrepreneurship. Click here to apply. Application Deadline: 18th March 2024