Global Venture Capital Firm, Flourish Ventures has set up an investment program Madica to serve mission-driven and under-represented African pre-seed startup founders. The recently launched sector-agnostic program scheduled for a
Following the complaints of subscribers, the Nigerian Communications Communications (NCC) in a statement rejected the 10% tariff hike in the prices of voice calls and data services of telecom operators
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed its plan to auction two more fifth generation (5G) network licences at $273.6 billion each. This comes after its first issue of
In a press statement, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami has launched a digital skill acquisition programme in partnership with the edtech platform, Coursera. This announcement comes
Nigerian-owned world’s first mobility fintech company, Moove, with operations in Nigeria (Lagos and Ibadan) and eight other markets across different African countries as well as in India and the
Amidst controversies of some Kenyan startups about shutting down operations wholly or partly in a Business Daily report, Wasoko, an e-commerce company has issued a press statement to clarify its
South African telecommunications company subsidiary in Nigeria, MTN, has signed a partnership with a smartphone financing company, Intelligra through its device financing program. This occurred at a press conference on
Tanzanian fintech startup, NALA has added Apple Pay to a list of its payment options for its users based in the US and UK. This will enable cross-border payments to
Opeyemi Awoyemi is a Nigerian serial tech founder having led several significant startups. Before exiting one of his well-known establishments, Jobberman, an online job site founded in 2009 — he was
US-based Nigerian Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform, Maplerad has raised $6 million in Seed funding led by Peter Thiel Valar Ventures to accelerate product offerings, empower builders and businesses and help consumers
After the Lagos state government ban on motorcycles, residents are having to deal with fare hikes and staking their mental health. The ban has also led to the diversification of
Nigerian healthtech startup, Lifestores Healthcare has raised $3 million pre-series A making its total funding $4 million after its $1 million seed round in 2020. The recent funding led by
