This week on Techpoint.Africa

All the best stories on startups, technology and innovation this week [View this email in your browser]( Weekly Newsletter On the 1st of June 2019, at Techpoint Inspired, we will gather like-minded people from all over Africa and the world to participate in conversations around the Future of Work, AI, Robotics, Blockchain and Cloud Computing, as they concern the continent. Techpoint Inspired is for everyone — students, tech enthusiasts, industry leaders, futurists, innovators, and academics — and registration has begun in earnest. We are offering a 15% discount on all the ticket categories, except the Silver Inspired pass which goes for ₦1000 ($2.78). Right now, you can buy a Gold Inspired pass to Techpoint Inspired for ₦2,550 ($7), Student Pass for ₦1,270 ($3.5) and Platinum VIP pass for ₦17,000 ($47). - Discount Code: MuyiwaTP - Expiration date: 20th of April, 2019 This offer will expire in 7 days, so [act now](. To find out more about Techpoint Inspired, please visit the [official website](. [Get tickets]( This week on Techpoint Africa Excerpts: [Social Media Roundup: Winter is finally here!]( This week on social media; Game of Thrones final season premieres, famous Nollywood actress Omotola was trending on Nigerian Twitter and other stories. [Read on »]( [Jiji’s bold attempt to win Africa and the state of online classifieds on the continent]( How the acquisition of OLX by Jiji positions the latter to become the major player in the classifieds sector in Africa. [Read on »]( [How Google is driving artificial intelligence for Africa by Africans]( The Google AI Accra Centre has launched and it is run by Africans for Africa [Read on »]( [Lambda School has opened applications to its online coding school for the first time in Africa]( US-based Lambda School, in collaboration with Nigeria's Paystack, has launched an African pilot of its income-sharing tuition based online coding school, starting with 5 African countries. You can apply now [Read on »]( [How Ajebo created a niche for himself in the Nigerian comedy industry using animation]( Ever wondered the story behind Nigerian comedian, Ajebo's funny cartoon skits (HouseOfAjebo)? Find out here. [Read on »]( [Apply for one of 30,000 Google Africa Certifications Scholarships for 2019]( Google is offering 30,000 scholarship opportunities and 1,000 grants for the Google Associate Android, Mobile Web, and Associate Cloud Engineer certifications [Read on »]( [Closing its fourth day on the NYSE at $40.07, Jumia overshoots $3 billion valuation mark]( By the close of market on Wednesday April 17, 2019, the last trading price for Jumia Technologies was $40.07, a 111% increase from its opening price of $18.95. [Read on »]( [African music streaming platform, Boomplay raised $20 million in a Series A round]( Music streaming platform, Boomplay recently raised $20 million in a Series A round [Read on »]( [Nigeria is about to enter a new “strictly online” passport processing regime. But can it deliver?]( Nigeria is about to enter a new e-passport regime and Nigerians will expect nothing short of a hasslefree process of application and retrieval [Read on »]( [Online sports betting in Africa: Between morality and an opportunity for revenue generation]( How some African governments are clamping down on online sports betting, using tax compliance and morality as the bases for their decisions. [Read on »]( If you have any thoughts, comments or suggestions, please do not hesitate to hit the reply button; I'd love to hear from you. Muyiwa Matuluko Editor-in-Chief, Techpoint.Africa Copyright © 2019 Techpoint Africa, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the Techpoint.africa newsletter. Our mailing address is: Techpoint Africa 8 Adebayo Mokuolu street, beside Hotel Newcastle, Anthony VillageLagos 100232 Nigeria [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](