Category: Press Release

Mohammed Kudus was named the ‘TECNO player of the match’ award alongside winning Ghana’s player of the match for the game against South Korea in the ongoing 2022 World Cup in Qatar. TECNO is proud to sponsor the Ghana Football Association as the official smartphone partner to honor outstanding Black star players during this 2022 World Cup season in Qatar.

Black Star technical advisor Chris Hughton presented the latest TECNO CAMON 19 PRO Mondrian Edition award to Mohammed Kudus. After receiving the award, Kudus thanked TECNO for the kind gesture and is excited about future collaborations with the brand.

Mohammed Salisu was the first player to win the ‘TECNO Player Of The Match’ award for his stellar performance against Portugal in their opening match against Portugal.

The Ghana Black Stars have truly owned the spotlight with remarkable play and boundary-breaking performances and TECNO is excited to urge the Blackstars on to victory this World Cup season with its latest CAMON 19 series, a device that comes with everything that users love – great camera, stylish look and a smartphone experience that delivers a truly one-of-a-kind aesthetic.

The Black Stars are ready to hit the field again and Own the Spotlight on their next match against Uruguay. GO Blackstars, Stop At Nothing!

Tecno is a top smartphone brand in Africa and a major player worldwide that has exemplified its focus on product quality, client-centric culture, and up to date innovation. As pioneers in the smartphone industry, Tecno Ghana has been committed to delivering only the best to Ghanaians gaining the much deserved popularity and patronage in the country up to date.

TECNO Ghana is excited to sponsor the Ghana Blackstars to victory this football season deepening its ties and passion towards football by becoming Ghana Blackstars first smartphone partner at the World Cup 2022 in Qatar.

TECNO has always been a strong supporter of Ghanaian football and played a very active part in the excitement of Ghanaians. As part of this sponsorship, every player in the Black star squad will own the stylish and innovative Tecno Camon 19 series to capture their iconic moments on and off the pitch throughout the tournament.

The Ghana Black Stars have truly owned the spotlight with remarkable play and boundary breaking performances and TECNO is honored to sponsor the Blackstars to victory this football season with its latest CAMON 19 series, a device that has bridged the gap between art and technology.

Just like Tecno’s CAMON19, the blackstars are ready to hit the field and Own the Spotlight. GO Blackstars, Stop At Nothing!

Verified.africa’s users can confirm the identity of one or thousands of customers in seconds, to enable speedy customer onboarding and digital security. 

When one of Nigeria’s foremost financial institutions, First Bank, wanted to meet up with regulatory requirements for KYC (Know your customer), they leveraged an onboarding service to verify the identities of every customer, reducing turnaround time by over 50%. 

For another tech investment startup, Bamboo, they utilised the same platform to validate and verify the national identity of their customers, enabling over 50,000 people to trade in local and international stocks safely. 

That onboarding platform is Verified.africa, a leading provider of ID verification, document verification, and digital KYC compliance solutions in Nigeria. 

Now, Verified.africa, has expanded its offerings to three more countries across Africa including Ghana, South Africa and Kenya. 

This brings their total coverage to four countries with its initial inception in Nigeria, where they carried out over one million customer verifications for one thousand businesses. 

Debo Musa, Settlement Manager at Bamboo, says “Verified.africa helps to reduce our risk exposure and obtain accurate data. We can also do analytics on the customers that we are verifying. We can see where they are coming from and we use that knowledge to project where we should target more customers”. 

He added that “Verified.africa gives us that level of confidence, especially with regulatory bodies and agencies. With Verified.africa, we can identify our customers and be sure that they are who they say they are. That’s the best part for us”. 

Ghana, South Africa and Kenya represent key markets for Verified’s roadmap into continental dominance and with this launch, more organisations in these countries can access the best of digital verification for business growth. 

What do you get with Verified.Africa in Ghana, South Africa and Kenya? 

• Real-time verification on anyone in minutes with a digital identity record ● Simplified, easy-to-integrate API documentation 
• Powerful dashboard to track and view customer insights in one place ● Developer resources, SDKs, and Plug-ins 
• Clear and affordable pricing to match your business needs

“As champions of growth and inclusivity, we’re excited at the opportunity for every single business currently using our services to also target new customers in these regions” Frank Atube, Chief Operating Officer at Verified.africa adds. 

“Digital Identity verification enables security and access for everyone and with this expansion, we’re on our way to achieving digital inclusion for Africa’s one billion market as we add more countries like Uganda in the coming months”. 

From now, all users of Verified.africa will be able to onboard new customers in Ghana, SA and Kenya using their National ID and Drivers’ license as available. 

This opens up new opportunities for every business domiciled or looking to expand in these countries. 

Click here to Join Africa’s best companies in using Verified.africa for speedy customer verification.

A wholly Ghanaian-owned tech startup, ShaQ Express, has been adjudged the marketing-oriented Postal and Courier Service Company of 2021 at the just-ended 33rd Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) awards.

ShaQ Express, which has revolutionised the postal and courier sector beat of competition from its counterparts to emerge victorious in the landmark awards.

The company as presented a certificate and a citation at the awards held over the weekend. It is organised by the CIMG.

This year’s event brought together big players in diverse industries to celebrate their marketing efforts toward the economic growth of the country.

The citation said the prestigious award given to ShaQ Express was in recognition of the company’s excellence in strategic marketing, from marketing insights through the effective formulation of marketing mix programmes that helped to create value for the market, thereby delivering excellent results.

The Managing Director of ShaQ Express, Anthony Owusu-Ansah, said it was an honor to be recognised by a giant institution like the CIMG in the young life of the company.

“This is a huge win for the business, and we would like to thank our customers. We are here because of them. They challenged us to go above and beyond, and we owe this to them,” he said.

About ShaQ Express

ShaQ Express is an electronic commerce and logistics company seeking to provide a connected digital experience between vendors and customers.

By providing a seamless platform, ShaQ Express allows vendors and shops to sell and also gives the convenience to customers to shop from a variety of stores, order food and cakes and move packages from one point to another.

The businesss, which started in 2020 as a delivery business, offering swift, secure and reliable services to customers in Accra, has now grown into a technology startup built around marketplace and logistics.

It currently has an active user base of over 13,000 customers, operating in four regions, namely Greater Accra, Central, Northern and Ashanti regions with plans of expansion to the other regions in Ghana and certain African countries in the pipeline.

Electric bikes

The company deployed electric bikes in Accra earlier this year as part of efforts to operate in a sustainable manner and also to cut down on its recurrent expenditure, particularly fuel.

Although a burgeoning business with dozens of delivery companies in operation, not many courier operators use electric motorbikes, making ShaQ Express one of the first companies to do so in the country.

Mobile Web Ghana, organisers of the annual Africa Digital Skills Conference (ADSC), have opened registration for the third edition of the event.

The 3-day annual event geared towards the acquisition of digital skills across the African continent promises to be an even more exciting experience for attendees this year.

According to the Founder of Mobile Web Ghana, Florence Toffah, “the 2022 edition of the ADSC will be a bigger and better one because we are bringing trainers from more than 3 continents.” We also expect participants from all African countries in this year’s edition”.

The Africa Digital Skills conference, now in its third year, has provided thousands of African youth with digital skills such as digital photography, web design, data analysis, digital marketing, programming, and many others.

This year’s program will cover a wide range of current technology topics, including artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and social media marketing, among others.

The 2022 Africa Digital Skills Conference is completely free to attend.

Register for free now.

The Africa Digital Skills Conference (2022) is hosted by Mobile Web Ghana with support from Ghana Dot Com, Open Data Collaboratives, Leaders of Africa Institute, and MORINGA. 

About The Africa Digital Skills Conference 

The Africa Digital Skills Conference is a three-day annual conference hosted by Mobile Web Ghana and its partners to provide institutions, government agencies, professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and the general youth of Africa with an opportunity to teach and learn digital skills.

Technology has levelled the playing field, necessitating the creation of channels for knowledge sharing and acquisition as well as digital empowerment. In Ghana and across Africa, there is a high demand for digital skills from industries and economies. This is why Mobile Web Ghana is organising this conference: to provide a platform for young people to teach and learn digital skills.

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Statistics

Previously, 1735 participants registered from 27 different African countries, with 87 prospective trainers registered from 15 countries around the world. 

The first edition (2020) saw 1067 attendees in total while the second edition(2022) had a total of 2,583 attendees. 

This year, we expect to have a greater impact and help more than 4,000 people acquire digital skills.

Options for registration

ADSC website: Africadigitalskillsconference.org

Zoom Events URL:

https://events.zoom.us/ev/AoZ0XYDGWF3scb73Uw06yVRDMlkmQeIWP5awFJ2CKhtZH0hcYfUr~AggLXsr32QYFjq8BlYLZ5I06Dg?lmt=1663626641000

Short link for Zoom Events URL: https://bit.ly/3BMrAZu

Africa’s leading shared-mobility startup, Treepz, is set to launch Business Treepz, a new service aimed at providing staff bus solutions and bus rental service in a structured, accessible, and predictable manner for corporate organisations including companies, schools, churches and tour operators. 

Treepz announced the launch of this new service on the 16th of September 2022 – to commemorate the company’s three year anniversary across Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda. Business Treepz takes away the pain for organisations who want to rent or hire a high quality bus for their companies, schools or events. The service promises to provide customers with the same high-standards that Treepz is known for in making commuting better for its customers using its technology. 

This service will also help organisations to better manage their business operations by providing them with fleet management solutions backed by technology and data. In turn, these organisations will save time and money while improving the efficiency of their own services. Parents can now track the commute of their kids to school and back, making sure they’re safe during their journey. Tour companies no longer have to worry about conveying their clients around the city or between cities – they can simply order a bus through Business Treepz and enjoy peace of mind while they’re on vacation!

The Country Manager of Treepz Ghana, Isidore Kpotufe, points out that with Business Treepz the firm will continue to bring more value to businesses: “We want to make transportation less of a worry for Ghanaian organisations and help them to focus on what is important, to grow their business*.

Business Treepz is an online platform for users to book a bus tailored to their specific needs with just one click, without having to go through numerous rental platforms or pay exorbitant amounts of money. The service has been designed with the user’s convenience and comfort in mind and will give them access to all types of bus options. Users can choose from a variety of vehicles which allows them to get a bus to get around town easily.

Speaking on the launch of the new service, the Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Treepz, Onyeka Akumah said, “We are excited about launching Business Treepz today because following up on the feedback from our customers, we can better fulfil the requirements of organisations looking to benefit from our high quality transportation service that also allows the use of technology through our app or websites in Africa. We are focused on growing our partnerships with businesses and schools to make sure more Africans can move comfortably and safely to wherever they have to go driven by our technology and data.”

Business Treepz has so far partnered with top organisations including Maarif International School, MTN, University of Ghana Medical Centre, Charter House (organisers of Miss Malaika), CEIBS in Ghana, while the likes of Reddington Schools, Wakanow, Tek Experts all in Nigeria have also enjoyed its service. The largest musical event in East Africa with close to 20,000 in attendance called Nyege Nyege Music festival has also been powered by Treepz for transportation needs.

In its pilot phase over the last 3 months, Business Treepz currently provides transportation for 2,000 children in schools daily while making provision for over 1,500 employees of companies similar to a staff bus solution but with data. So, today, with its full launch, the company is excited about the prospects of growing its client base significantly. 

Focusing on Treepz recent accomplishments, the company won the Global Startup awards in Africa beating over 7,000 startups to win the category Industrial Tech company of the year. It has also completed more than 2 million customer journeys across East and West Africa. Treepz is establishing itself daily as the leading shared mobility platform on the African continent and boasts of investors like Google, Techstars, SOSV, LoftyInc and several other reputable VCs to scale its operations. 

Going forward, Treepz will be focused on expanding its services in the three core markets while seeking for partners in new African countries especially in Southern and Northern Africa, The company continues to ensure it’s at the forefront of sustainable transportation solutions powered by electric and gas vehicles to save CO2 emissions and there will be more around this in the coming years. 

MEST Africa has officially announced the opening of applications for the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge.

Pre-seed to seed stage technology startups in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, and South Africa are invited to apply to participate in the regional competitions to be held in these countries in October this year. Two finalists will be selected from each country to participate in the final Demo Day Pitch event to be held in Accra, Ghana for the ultimate prize of $50,000 in equity.

Entries will be accepted till 30th August 2022 through the competition’s online portal.

Speaking on the 2022 edition of the competition, MEST Africa’s Director of Portfolio, Melissa Nsiah said, “We are excited to bring back this competition to give more African Startups a platform to showcase and build on their unique value in an era where African startups and innovations are taking center stage and gaining global recognition and investments. We look forward to an invigorating season that will increase the drive towards building better business in Africa.” 

Run by pan-African training program, seed fund, incubator and hub, MEST Africa, the MEST Africa Challenge (MAC) is Africa’s go-to pitch competition for technology startups looking to get to the next level of their growth journey. The challenge provides a stage for technology start-ups to raise funding, build industry networks and gain international visibility that would serve them well in growing and expanding their businesses. 

The competition has received thousands of applications from around the continent since its inception. It has spotlighted and impacted the growth of winning startups such as Tanzania’s Kilimo Fresh, Ghana’s OZE, South Africa’s Snode Technologies, Kenya’s Waya Waya, and Nigeria’s Accounteer.

Learn more and apply here before the 30th August 2022.

Eligibility Criteria for MAC 2022:

• Pre-seed or seed-stage (have raised $100k total or less cumulatively since inception)
• Currently generating revenue 
• Can demonstrate traction in one or more of the five MAC Markets (Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal)
• Has been in operation for 2 years or less
• Tech-enabled (software company)
• Industry agnostic
• Any business model (B2B, B2C, B2B2C, B2G etc…)

Key benefits of the program:

• Funding of up to $50,000
• Perk prizes from MEST Strategic Partners
• Global visibility
• Build your networks
• Professional coaching
• Mentorship from experts
• Join the global MEST Community for lifetime benefits

TECNO, the Premium SmartPhone brand of TRANSSION Holdings with a comprehensive mobile device portfolio focused on product quality, client-centric approach and up to date innovation renews patnership with Ghana Menswear Week 2022 (GHMW), an only men annual fashion event in Ghana. Launched in 2016, GHMW is focused on creating a platform for creative men’s wear designers and brands to showcase their dynamic array of men’s fashion. The 6^th edition of this year’s GHMW fashion event is set to take place from August 27th to 28th in Accra, Ghana.

A representative from TECNO, explained that, the partnership is not TECNO’s first stint giving Ghanaian youths a platform to showcase their talents and chase their dreams. TECNO continues to support young, ambitious youths who are determined to achieve their dreams and showcase their crafts. Hence, the brands involvement in various activities that provide the much-needed opportunity which falls in line with the brand’s slogan, “Stop at Nothing”.

The brand is excited to explore meaningful partnerships with the fashion industry as part of highlighting its giant step forward in aesthetic design and innovative technology, whilst helping creatives close the gap between professional camera and smartphone photography in this technologically inclined world, with its latest TECNO CAMON 19 series. It comes with the industry-first RGBW camera sensor and the industry’s slimmest bezel, combining high-performance and high-value with stunning designs fit for fashion forward and lifestyle enthusiasts. TECNO CAMON 19 series recently won the world-renowned iF Design Award 2022 and MUSE Design Award 2022 for its camera module and Product Design. Additionally, the new TECNO SPARK 9 series, designed for Gen Z’s and young millenials comes redefined with an ultra-clear selfie camera and an iconic dual-ring triple AI camera.

 TECNO is sure to up the stakes of the fashion show with interesting activities and gifts for outsatnding designers, models and fans. Without a doubt, TECNO is committed to unearthing talents and making it a point to support platforms that gives Ghanaians the chance to Own the spotlight.