We start today’s Big 5 Daily with the news coming from the just concluded 2018 Tony Elumelu Foundation Pitch Competition.
Nigerian based start-up, Cashmadam wins pitch competition at the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) conference. They won after pitching their idea to over 5,000 guests alongside with Cure (Tunisia), Exportunity (Republic of Benin), Ecoprune (Nigeria), and Nomad Life (Madagascar).
Talking about investments, Chairman of Premier Bank, Jibril Mohamed has launched a $1 million fund investment in Somalian start-ups, and it will be deployed in collaboration with iRise Hub.
In commemoration of South Africa’s Transport Month, the country’s Transport Minister, Blade Nzimande has announced that it will launch a train manufacturing factory. The train manufacturing factory is a 75-hectare site and contains a park for suppliers and a training school which will cost about $75 million.
Still in South Africa, Uprise.Africa, an equity crowdfunding start-up has secured an undisclosed round of investment from Silicon Valley’s VC firm, Nexxus Ventures. The investment will enable the start-up to launch new deals on its platform in the coming months.
Finally, we have a special for you…. Apple Releases macOS Mojave 10.14.1 – Here is Everything You Need to Know About the Latest OS… Apple has released the latest beta version of its upcoming macOS Mojave 10.14.1 update. macOS 10.14.1 will allow FaceTime video calls for groups of up to 32 people, which is a welcome development for businesses that uses FaceTime for team meetings or people with large families.
And that is all for the day, have a great weekend.