Monthly Archives: September 2022

Nick Fury takes the spotlight in first trailer for Secret Invasion

Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) battles a well-hidden threat in Secret Invaders. There was tons of Marvel goodness at this weekend’s D23 Expo. The studio released the first teaser trailer for Secret Invasion, the six-episode crossover event series featuring Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury, as well as a trailer for a Halloween TV special, Werewolf by…

Nigerian financial management app for merchants Kippa bags $8.4M in new funding

Kippa, the Nigerian startup improving the lifecycle of small businesses across the country with its financial management and payments platform, has raised $8.4 million in an oversubscribed seed round.  The startup — launched last June by Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph, Duke Ekezie and Jephthah Uche — received investment from backers such as Goodwater Capital, TEN13 VC, Rocketship VC, Saison Capital,…

Kenya’s HotelOnline acquires hospitality software company HotelPlus

HotelOnline, a Kenyan-based Yanolja-backed travel technology scale-up that fashions itself as an e-commerce and digital marketing enabler in the hospitality industry, has acquired HotelPlus, a software provider with clients in 22 countries. The full terms of the transcation were not disclosed but Eric Muliro, who founded HotelPlus in Kenya 13 years ago is getting a…