Good day guys, it is Wednesday and we are halfway through the week. First of all, we want you to know that you are doing a great job and you are awesome.
We are here again with the Big 5 Daily, the segment that gives you the hottest and latest in African Tech.
We begin with good news for the Health Sector as ‘Making More Health’ (MMH) is offering to invest £50,000 in late-stage trailblazing health tech startups in Africa. Targeting startups in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria, the initiative aims to provide accessibility to healthcare around the world. This fund is however not only limited to people, as it also goes for solutions to animal health challenges as well. Eligible startups must post revenue with products, customer sales and must be willing to co-create with Boehringer Ingelheim—drivers of the initiative. Are you interested? Apply here.
Talking about competitions, Ventureburn collated a list of 12 challenges and competitions African StartUps can apply for in 2019. It is quite a comprehensive list drawing out what the challenges are about, their requests and their deadlines. We feel you should check it out.
We reported late last year about Naspers intentions to divest from MultiChoice, the Entertainment Service Provider. It is finally happening as Bloomberg announced yesterday that Multichoice will be listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange by the 27th of February. Multichoice, which has a firm grasp of the African market has over 13 million subscribers to its services. However, traditional TV faces a strong competition from the Internet which offers cheaper services and a wider array of choices in entertainment. A lot have speculated that this competition is the real reason Naspers is divesting from Multichoice. What do you think?
South African Startup, RapidDeploy expands to the US to service growing demands in the region. RapidDeploy is a cloud-based platform that provides vital and relevant information to emergency first responders. This maximizes the chances of lives saved as every second matters in these kind of situations. They have set up their headquarters in Austin, Texas and they aim to add over 25 people to their workforce before March ending. We wish them all the best.
Finally, in the recent trend of Women holding senior Management positions in Tech Companies, we are pleased to announce that Liquid Telecom recently announced Susan Mulikita as its Zambian CEO. She will be tasked with the role of growth acceleration and market penetration across the country. Susan holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree, Master of Laws (ICT) and is a qualified practitioner of Telecoms/ICT, Law, Regulation and Management. She is the first woman to assume this position and we wish her all the best.
With this, we round up the Big 5 Daily. Hope you enjoyed it, see you tomorrow.