NGENI DEV ROUNDUP CORNER .
Web3 Afrika Dev Roundup April 25th-30th+more fundings +web3 corner +crypto adoption +telegram adds crypto payment +outside world +project of the week
We provide weekly news resources for African developers, breaking down all news that is related to web3, blockchain, fintech, and the Exchange Trading ecosystem.
Hello,😃 welcome to the weekly recap of innovative technologies propelling Africa ahead.
✨Relevant News funding announcements
The $2.25b raised so far is more than half the total funding secured by African startups in the whole of 2021 ($4.4b).
Fintech continues to attract the most funding having secured 32% of the capital raised so far.
➤We-Fi announces a $15 million funding round for African women entrepreneurs to improve their digital financial solutions.
➤Tofino Capital launches $10m fund for frontier tech in Africa, other markets
VC firm Tofino Capital has completed the first close of US$5 million of a US$10 million fund focused on investing in early-stage companies in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.
Tech Gist Africa April 26,2022
➤Unicorn Group launches pan-African incubation programme
Unicorn Group is a pan-African investment company targeting innovative ideas, startups, and early-stage companies in the technology and technology-enabled sectors across Africa that have the potential to emerge as unicorns. The firm provides education, training, mentorship, infrastructure, and long-term capital to selected companies.
Disrupt Africa April 28,2022
➤Co-Creation Hub (CcHub), in collaboration with Google, Rwanda’s Ministry of ICT and Innovation, and Mojaloop Foundation, has announced the nine startups selected for the first Fintech Incubation Programme.
Rest of The World April 29 ,2022
➤Nigeria’s OnePort 365 secures $5m seed round to digitize freight management across Africa
Nigerian startup OnePort 365, a digital freight forwarding company that makes it easier to move cargo to, from and within Africa, has raised US$5 million in seed funding to drive the end-to-end digitisation of freight management in Africa and support its expansion into new markets across the continent.
Disrupt Africa April 29,2022
📚Be on the know.
➤Meta is planning to open its first physical retail store.
➤ Turing Award-winning scientist Algorand founder on creating the ideal crypto
➤Telegram adds crypto payment capability to the messaging app
The TON Foundation has added crypto payments to Telegram, allowing its 550 million users to send and receive ton coin within the messaging app, according to a Tuesday tweet.
While only ton coin (TON) can be sent within the app, users can also buy bitcoin (BTC) through the "@wallet" bot.
Coindesk April 30, 2022
🚀Web3 corner🚀
Why the Web 3.0 Matters and you should know about it
There’s plenty of buzz around the web 3.0 and the sweeping changes it will bring to the industry, but few people actually know why it spawned and what it will bring. To understand this, it’s necessary to travel back in time and examine it predecessors, Web 1.0 & 2.0.
➤Decentralized Web3 LinkedIn competitor launches on DeSo blockchain
Entre, a decentralized Web3 LinkedIn competitor, launched on the decentralized social media blockchain. Michael Marra, founder of Entre, said, “Entre is a Web3 professional network designed to help people connect and work in the Web3 world.”
🏆PROJECT OF THE WEEK 🏆
This week we will be reviewing Rock Paper Scissors.
Rock paper scissors is a game where the deployer sets a wager)(amount to bet),while the attacher accepts or denies that amount.
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All engineers have successfully taken on complex coding challenges, and hackathons and have ultimately delivered on complex multi-Blockchain applications, bots, and dApps for international projects.
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