Asantewaa Smith

American-Ghanaian digital content creator. Occasional guest contributor on technology and digital innovative stories from the African continent. Follow me on twitter: @AAsantewaa_
  • Google Prescription

    Google’s New AI Tool To Help Read Doctor’s Prescriptions.

    Google has created an artificial intelligence solution to assist individuals in deciphering and interpreting medical providers’ handwriting. Google has developed a new technology that uses machine learning to help read and interpret doctors’ handwriting, making the process more efficient. At its yearly gathering in India, Google demonstrated how the...
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    Accra to host Timbuktoo AgriTech Pan-African Innovation Hub.

    Timbuktoo, the UNDP’s brand-new and daring innovation project, will have a Pan-African AgriTech Innovation Hub in Accra. Accra, Ghana, is set to host a Pan-African AgriTech Innovation Hub of the new and bold innovation initiative, timbuktoo, of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This was announced during the lively...
  • Microsoft

    Microsoft Announces Job Opportunities for Recent African Students for US & Canada.

    Microsoft is hiring final-year students and recent university graduates from Africa for full-time engineering positions in Canada & USA. Microsoft is hiring final-year students and recent graduates from African universities in engineering, computer science or related fields for full-time software engineering roles and will provide successful candidates with relocation...
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    Nigeria’s Sell Harvest Wins N2.5M At Microsoft Agro-Tech Hackathon.

    The first Microsoft Agro-Tech Hackathon in Nigeria was won by Sell harvest, an Agri-tech solution developed by Team Software Chasers. The first Microsoft Agro-Tech Hackathon in Nigeria was won by Sell Harvest, an agri-tech solution developed by Team Software Chasers. The team receives 2.5 million Naira in prize money,...
  • 10 Startups Selected Into Impact Hub Accra’s Betaraise Accelerator.

    Impact Hub Accra’s Betaraise Accelerator has accepted ten promising startups from Accra, Nigeria, and the US. With a minimal-frills approach and a laser focus on aiding first-time founders with no prior expertise in raising money, the Betaraise accelerator is made to help first-time founders move from launching a beta...
  • Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh Joins Microsoft As Strategic Partnership Lead.

    Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh has joined Microsoft as the Africa Transformation Office’s Strategic Partnership Lead (ATO). Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh, former Regional General Manager of IBM North, East, and West Africa, has joined Microsoft as the Africa Transformation Office’s Strategic Partnership Lead (ATO). She will be responsible for leading Microsoft’s ATO strategic alliances...
  • New Comma, A Social Media Platform for African Creatives Launched in Ghana.

    In Ghana, a social media platform for African creatives called ‘New Comma’ has been launched by Natalie Narh and Nigel Atta-Mensah. Natalie Narh and Nigel Atta-Mensah are the co-founders of New Comma – a 2020-based online platform focused on discovering, supporting, and providing opportunities to African and Black creatives....
  • Nigeria’s Lemonade Finance Secures $725k pre-seed Funding Round.

    Nigerian fintech startup, Lemonade Finance, has raised $725K in pre-seed funding for a project aimed at improving access to financial services for African diaspora investors. Nigerian fintech startup Lemonade Finance has secured a US$725,000 pre-seed funding round. The round was led by Y Combinator and other investors Ventures Platform,...
  • Startup Funding: Andela Announces $200M Investment Led by SoftBank.

    Andela, which helps companies hire remote technology staff, has raised $200 million in new funding led by Softbank with participation from new investor Whale Rock. A global network for remote technical talent, Andela has revealed that it has raised $200 million in Series E funding, valuing the firm at...
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