This week on Techpoint.Africa

All the best stories on startups, technology and innovation this week [View this email in your browser]( Weekly Newsletter Meet some of our keynote speakers for Techpoint Inspired 2019 Dr. Wiebe Boer is the CEO of [All On]( an off-grid energy services company focused on the under-served and un-served in Nigeria. Funke Opeke is the CEO of [MainOne]( one of West Africa's largest connectivity and data centre providers Bosun Tijani is the co-founder and CEO of the Co-Creation Hub, Nigeria’s first open living lab and pre-incubation space Tickets to the event are still on sale; - Gold Pass: ₦3,000 ($10) - Student Pass: ₦1,500 ($4) - VIP Pass: ₦20,000 ($55) To find out more, please visit [techpoint.africa/inspired](. [Get tickets now!]( This week on Techpoint Africa Excerpts: [Social Media Roundup: IGP’s weight loss]( This week on social media, President Buhari made a joke which nobody founf funny, Nairamarley was arrested by EFCC and more stories. [Read on »]( [African game developers can now apply for Google’s Indie Games Accelerator]( Indie game developers in the Middle-East and Africa can now apply for Google's Indie Games Accelerator [Read on »]( [How Tingo Mobile is connecting African farmers to the world with Nwassa]( Tingo Mobile is connecting African farmers to international markets by bringing together every player in the agriculture value chain with its Nwassa platform. [Read on »]( [Passengers and drivers can now safely use ride-hailing platforms in Abuja airport, for now]( Peace has come for riders and passengers on ridehailing platforms in Nigeria's Abuja airport, but it may be temporary. [Read on »]( [This team of young Nigerians is building a global IoT-based hardware company]( This team of Nigerian students is building a global IoT based hardware company [Read on »]( [MaketAam, a new entrant in the online classifieds space, is working to provide value for both buyers and sellers]( How MaketAam is taking a new route to provide value to every player (both sellers and buyers alike) in the online marketplace. [Read on »]( [Instagram and Twitter want to hide like and RT counts, what does this mean for Nigerian influencer marketers?]( Instagram and Twitter may soon hide like and retweet counts in order to create a healthy environment for users. Find our how this may affect Nigerian influencer marketers. [Read on »]( [Abisola Azeez Raolat, newly appointed leader of Computer Village Ikeja, doesn’t fit the stereotype of a typical ‘Iyaloja’]( Techpoint had a chat with Abisola Azeez Raolat, the newly appointed 'Iyaloja' of Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos. The University of Benin graduate of Linguistics, who says she has been in the market for over 2 decades, doesn’t fit the stereotype of a typical traditional market leader [Read on »]( [DHL’s new eCommerce platform, Africa eShop is yet another expansion strategy for MallforAfrica]( DHL recently launched a new eCommerce platform called Africa eShop. Apparently, there's more to it than we were led to believe. [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](