Top African technology news for January 10, 2017

3. Nigerian classifieds website, Efritin, is reportedly shutting down

According to this report by Techpoint, an anonymous source confirmed that the company officially shut down its operations yesterday. Their website is still active and the last activity on twitter was yesterday. It’s a developing story so we’ll see how this plays out.
Read more on it here.

2. Nigerian entrepreneurs will have a chance to compete for N10 million seed investment on the new Amazon Project TV show

The Amazon Project TV show will run for 13 weeks and the 10 selected participants will have the chance to win N10 million in seed capital in addition to business incubation support. Nigerian entrepreneurs who can apply innovative and smart economics to complex business problems are invited to apply.
You can apply to be a part of the show here and read more about it here.

1. Uber will be sharing anonymized data with urban planners to help them make informed transportation and traffic decisions

It’s part of a new data dashboard called Uber Movement and anonymized GPS data from Uber trips will be shared with urban planners to help them identify traffic hotspots and resolve them. iAfrikan reports that the service was first rolled out in Washington, DC, Manila and Sydney but it will be rolled out to everyone in the coming weeks.