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Ethiopia’s mobile money decision Seerbit’s Omoniyi Kolade wants financial inclusion for all Africans Everyone talks about the moment they knew what they wanted to do with their lives.  For some people this moment comes very early – an engineer may tell you it was the first time she ever saw LEGO bricks as a kid. For some others, it comes at the cusp of adulthood, just as adolescence starts to fade. The former is where Omoniyi falls. His realisation came sometime during his penultimate year in the university. This “knowing” happened during the Students Industrial Work Experie...

Uber raises fares Ride-hailing giant Uber has raised fares in Nigeria by 13% weeks after its driver-partners went on strike. The details: From 8:00 am to 12:00 pm on Mondays through Friday, Uber riders will now pay a base fare of ₦237, minimum fare of ₦538; ₦70 per kilometre and ₦12 per minute. These fares are up from the previous minimum fare of ₦500, ₦200 base fare, ₦50 per kilometre and ₦11 per minute. At other periods, riders will be charged a minimum fare of ₦575; a base fare of ₦255, ₦75 per kilometre and ₦12.50 per minute. How happy are the drivers? The driver...

Sony’s P5 issues Blessing Abeng on dreaming in French, learning on the job, and overcoming career failures My dad wanted me to be a doctor. Obviously, that didn’t happen. Back in the day, my mother used to get teased about having two daughters. Her co-workers would tell her, “you don’t have a child yet because you don’t have a son.” So you didn’t go down the medicine path. How did you find your way to branding? A friend of mine recommended that I go to branding school and turn my creativity into a professional career path. I told my dad I was leaving Abuja and moving to Lagos to...

Explain your job to a five-year-old I help people do a bunch of everyday activities (like moving around their cities) more effectively using technology. What’s the first career you dreamed of having as a kid? I remember dreaming about being a physicist early on. I was really captivated by cosmology and the universe growing up, and in many ways, I still am. What's something you wish you knew earlier in career/life? Be the river, not the boat. What's the best advice you've ever received in your career? Always be learning — and if you're no longer learning, do something else. Take time to ap...

Apple’s under the radar acquisition spree Female-led Kenyan Insurtech raises $1.8 million Carry1st’s payments solution for gaming spurs $6 million Series A In the three years since its launch, Carry1st has become a medium for bringing mobile gaming from global companies to Africa. The Cape Town-based company realised that developers have had problems with distribution and payments in Africa.  They decided to solve that by embedding a fintech solution, Pay1st, on their platform. Pay1st features popular payment methods from six African countries, giving African gamers on Carry1st the abili...