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      WEEKLY ROUNDUP: Banky W’s Adventure into Politics, MTN Takes over Simfy, Google Doodle honors Christy Igbokwe and More

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      WEEKLY ROUNDUP: Banky W’s Adventure into Politics, MTN Takes over Simfy, Google Doodle honors Christy Igbokwe and More

      The weekends is usually the most anticipated time of the week. With the business week over, there is always a sense of relief and anticipation that makes the weekend exciting. To give you an exciting start to the weekend, we have compiled a roundup of all the happenings you may have missed during the week.

      From Banky W’s shocking adventure into politics, to MTN’s takeover of South Africa’s Simfy streaming serviceand Google Doodle honouring Christy Igbokwe On Her 58th posthumous birthday, these are the stories you probably shouldn’t have missed

      Banky W shocks Social Media, As He Announces Interest In Politics.

      During the week, Banky W made an announcement that shook social media. The popular musician officially joined Nigerians politics and will be running for the Federal House of Representative under Modern Democratic Party. According to the EME boss, he has decided to take the bold step that Nigerian youths have been clamouring for.

      Whether he wins or not, people like @BankyW running for public office is an extra push against the ceiling of mystery that makes it look like serving Nigeria isn’t for good people. Or that it’s the reserve of a certain class of people. He is on the ticket of @MDP_NG for the NASS pic.twitter.com/nLARntBL03

      — JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) November 11, 2018

      As a result, Nigerians took to social media to declare their support for him even when they did not see it coming. Of course you could expect the usual social media jibe as some people said his recent knack for motivational speaking now makes sense. SMH for some people.

      Now I see why Banky W turned to a motivation speaker 😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/F5xQ47GVyv

      — Tunde Fatuntele 👑👑 (@Koboko_GCFR) November 10, 2018

      Some people wondered if there was no correlation with Banky’s announcement and his wife, Adesua Wellington, dressed in the Hausa attire to show case change.

      Is this changed enough? pic.twitter.com/BHQJ2lKLGq

      — Editi Effiòng (@EditiEffiong) November 6, 2018

      Well we wish him well in his political career.

      Farmcrowdy Celebrates Two Years Of Amazing Journey

      Prominent Nigerian agritech startup, Farmcrowdy celebrated its 2nd year in operation during the week. Since its inception, Farmcrowdy has gone on to show that the agriculture business could also be rewarding.

      Breaking News:#Farmcrowdy is celebrating her 2 years anniversary plus launching #DigitalAgricultureDay yaaayyyy!!!!#FarmcrowdyAt2#DigitalAgricultureDay#NationalDigitalAgricultureDay#EmpoweringFarmersSince2016 pic.twitter.com/GpOmGDUj9K

      — Farmcrowdy (@farmcrowdy) November 14, 2018

      In its two years of operation, Farmcrowdy has won several awards and is the only African startup to be selected for the US based Startup Accelerator, Techstars Atlanta in 2017. It was also one of the tech startups visited by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo during his tech tour.

      It has been an amazing 2 years of making positive impact in the lives of over 7,000 farmers.
      A very big thank you to all our partners and sponsors for joining us to #EmpowerRuralFarmers
      Thank you to @techcityng for the video coverage. #FarmcrowdyAt2 #EmpoweringFarmersSince2016 pic.twitter.com/tucRO1EJVJ

      — Farmcrowdy (@farmcrowdy) November 15, 2018

      Indeed Farmcrowdy is reshaping the way people participate in farming and food production. From Technext, we say congratulations once again on your journey so far.

      MTN Takes over Simfy Streaming Service

      Africa’s biggest telecom conglomerate, MTN Group, in an effort to intensify its digital quest, recently acquired South African Streaming Service Simfy Africa. This is by far MTN’s loudest effort to become a strong player in the digital world.

      MTN CEO Rob Shuter announced at #AfricaCom this morning that MTN has acquired music streaming service Simfy, which will become a key plank of MTN’s digital strategy

      — Matthew Reed (@mattreed1) November 13, 2018

      Presently, Simfy’s service is available only in South Africa. But with this acquisition, MTN says it will make Simfy available across Africa and the Middle East, two regions its telecom service operates. Congratulations to MTN.

      Nigeria Data analytics Firm, Terragon Group Acquires Asian Mobile ad Bizense.

      Lagos-based data analytic firm, Terragon Group, has acquired Asian mobile marketing company, Bizense.

      Latest @TechCrunch : African tech goes global–Nigeria's Terragon acquires Asian mobile marketing company Bizense https://t.co/i4cr8sYXdt

      — Jake Bright (@JakeRBright) November 12, 2018

      Headquartered in Lagos, Terragon’s  software services give its clients — primarily telecommunications and financial services companies — data on Africa’s growing consumer markets.

      Terragon’s software services that gives its clients — primarily telecommunications and financial services companies — data on Africa’s growing consumer markets, has bought
      Bizense, Asian mobile ad firmhttps://t.co/4U4lmHp3Kb

      — Diane Lawson (@didianelawson) November 12, 2018

      Terragon continues to disrupt the data analytics space in Nigeria with a revenue of $4 to 5 million. This shows that despite the tight digital advertising space, Terragon obviously has a foothold in the industry.

      Google Doodle Honours Christy Igbokwe On Her 58th posthumous birthday

      During the week, Legendary Nigerian singer, Christy Essien-Igbokwehe became the latest Nigerian honoured by Google Doodle.  Considered one of the best during her time, the late singer and actress was famed for classics like Seun Rere, and Akwa Ibom Mmi.

      Our #GoogleDoodle in Nigeria today honours the life of Christy Essien Igbokwe’s 58th Birthday. 'Nigeria’s Lady of Songs' who used her fame to highlight social issues such as the abuse of women and children. pic.twitter.com/tFEOlJ361p

      — Google in Africa (@googleafrica) November 11, 2018

      But Christy Igbokwe was not just known for hits. She was also renowned for her interest in charity and women activism. Her movies in the 1980’s depicted and raised issues around child abuse and female genital mutilation, two key issues in gender discourse today.
      https://twitter.com/ThisIsAfricaTIA/status/1061513600324505601
      She was nick named the lady of the song. We wish her a happy posthumous birthday…….
      And that is all on this week’s roundup. Please have an amazing weekend.


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