Techpoint Weekly - The largest tech campus in Africa?

Weekly Newsletter, Monday, Aug 12, 2019 Good morning , Last week, we covered Andela Kenya's massive tech campus, Africa-focused Chinese investors, ShakaVC, and the commercialisation of Africa's meme culture on Instagram. Shomen ni rei!! Enter 'The Dojo' Sitting on a 2.662 acres of land, Andela's campus in Nairobi, Kenya is the largest among all its campuses and possibly the largest campus by a tech-focused company in Africa. Dubbed 'The Dojo', the campus currently houses about 650 people but has the capacity to accommodate almost 1,300 conveniently. Let's take you on a detailed [tour of the campus](. How Shaka VC invests in African startups We are working to democratise access to VCs for African startups. Every other week, we will put the spotlight on Africa-focused private and institutional investors and their activities. In this first edition, we talk to Shaka VC, a Chinese VC fund which is very much pan-African with bases in Lagos and Nairobi. The investment firm is responsible for providing funding to a few startups [you may have heard about](. --------------------------------------------------------------- REPORT   Nigerian startups raised a combined $24.7m in Q2 2019, just 40% more than they did in Q1 2019. A huge chunk of the deals were grants and for the first time since 2018, fintech startups did not dominate the fund raising. Find out more when you [download the report](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Mich Atagana, Google South Africa Head of Comms. and Public Affairs How I Work: Mich Atagana Mich Atagana is a storyteller at heart. After over three years as the Founding Editor of Memeburn, a South African-based tech news website, she moved to Google in 2014. She has since continued to tell stories as the Head of Communications and Public Affairs for Google South Africa. On this week’s How I Work, she walks us through her work routines and [how she stays productive]( --------------------------------------------------------------- African meme accounts are becoming big on Instagram Africans love to laugh, and thanks to a myriad of accounts dedicated to comedy on Instagram, it has become one of the top destinations for humorous content. But this trend [comes at a price](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Other stories from last week - Millions of MTN subscribers to redo SIM registration, other telcos may follow suit. [Read](   - TECNO parent company set for million-dollar IPO. [Read](  - Pickmeup launches first ever online ride-hailing service in Abeokuta. [Read](    - Nigeria's TechAdvance raises $1 million to expand operations. [Read](   - Ilara Health raises $735,000 to deliver affordable diagnostic services in Kenya. [Read](   - Uganda's government just made the Internet more expensive for online media practitioners. [Read](     - Why your favourite online savings platform is giving you a virtual account number. [Read](   - The multifaceted problem of Africa's tech talent scarcity. [Read](  - In launching OGA Halls, OgaVenue may have found a hack for Nigeria's online venue booking space. [Read](   - The last straw: Econet Media finally brings and end to Kwesé TV. [Read](  - There is a recent NITDA regulation that supports Nigerian SMEs and startups. [Read]( - Should the law step in to save users from addictive technologies? [Read]( That's all for today, have a great week! Did someone forward this email to you? You can subscribe [here](. --------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW US: --------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe [here]( | [Contact us](mailto:news@techpoint.africa). Techpoint Africa · 8 Adebayo Mokuolu Street, beside Hotel Newcastle, Anthony Village, Lagos 100232, Nigeria. [beacon]