SpaceX launches cell satellites 🛰️ | Nigeria Police CMR goes digital 🚙

In today’s menu

• Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches first ever Starlink direct-to-cell satellites

• YouTube’s top content creator, MrBeast, rejects Elon Musk’s appeal to share content on X

• Cameroonian fintech startup Koree secures $200,000 pre-seed funding

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches first ever Starlink direct-to-cell satellites

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully deployed its inaugural Starlink direct-to-cell satellites, ushering in a new era of global cell phone service coverage. Equipped with an advanced eNodeB modem, these Starlink satellites function as space-based cell towers, facilitating network integration comparable to standard roaming partnerships. This innovative technology is poised to eradicate dead zones, ensuring seamless connectivity even in the most remote regions..…..read more

SOCIAL MEDIA

YouTube’s top content creator, MrBeast, rejects Elon Musk’s appeal to share content on X

Not the most ideal kick-off to 2024 for Elon Musk, who now owns X, previously known as Twitter. Musk reached out to YouTube’s top content creator, MrBeast, encouraging him to share his videos on the X platform. Unfortunately for Musk, his request was turned down, primarily due to concerns about monetization.

This marks the second time in half a year that Donaldson has turned down Musk’s invitation to join X. This comes as X anticipates a drop of approximately $2.5 billion in advertising revenue for 2023, following a significant number of users leaving the platform. The exodus initiated in October with Musk’s controversial statement attributing Jewish individuals with inciting hate against white people.…..read more

OTHER STORIES

• Nigeria Police Force Central Motor Registry Goes Digital. To enhance security, streamline law enforcement, and combat the evolving challenges of vehicular crimes, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has embarked on a transformative journey—digitizing the Central Motor Registry (CMR). Established over 60 years ago to manage motor vehicle information, the CMR is undergoing a modernization that aligns with the demands of contemporary policing in the digital age….read more

• 13-year-old becomes the first person to ever conquer the original Tetris game. A 13-year-old American gamer, known for streaming gameplay, accomplished what was once deemed unattainable — defeating the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version of the game Tetris. On Tuesday, Willis “Blue Scuti” Gibson, the young game streamer, shared a 42-minute-long video on YouTube. This video documented the remarkable gaming session in which he carved his name as the first-ever person to surmount Classic Tetris on NES, a record unbroken for 34 years since the game’s release…..read more

• Tingo founder Dozy Mmobuosi charged with securities fraud in US. Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye, also known as Dozy Mmobuosi, the founder of Tingo Group, a financial technology company, has been charged with securities fraud in New York; accused of masterminding an extensive scheme to artificially inflate the company’s financial health. He allegedly manipulated financial statements to present Tingo and its subsidiaries as possessing substantial cash reserves…..read more

• Cameroonian fintech startup Koree secures $200,000 pre-seed funding. Cameroonian fintech startup, Koree, which enables customers to save their spare change on their cards, has successfully secured a pre-seed funding round of $200,000. Koree plans to utilize these funds to expand its merchant network, increase its user base, and ultimately strive for product-market fit, as stated by Koree’s founder, Magalie Gauze-Sanga…..read more