Bolt has recorded new milestones in Kenya and Nigeria. In Kenya, it recorded over 100 million rides by its customers, and in Nigeria, it recorded 250 million rides since its launch in the country in 2016. More in #TCDaily.
Today's edition of #TCDaily is all about upgrades! Amazon Web Services has opened its first Africa Skills Centre in Cape Town, South Africa. Meanwhile, Google will invest $1.5 million in upskilling 20,000 Nigerian youths and creating 1 million digital jobs.
Kenyan lawmakers are probing TikTok after a private citizen petitioned them to look into the app for promoting violence, hate speech & sexual/vulgar content. Per the petition, TikTok is threatening Kenya's moral values & should be prohibited.
It's all money news in today's edition of #TCDaily. Incubator Founders Factory Africa raised $114 million to support African startups, and Mastercard is acquiring a minority stake in MTN's MoMo.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $1 billion loan for Kenya. The loan is set to help reduce the impact of the bad economic environment, but many Kenyans believe it will just make things more expensive. More in #TCDaily.