Truecaller Records Over a 100 Million Daily Active Users
Truecaller has disclosed in a statement it has hit over 100 million daily active users. This latest development is a massive rise in less than …
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Ecobank Launches Fintech Challenge Competition For African Start-ups
Ecobank, the leading pan-African banking group, is inviting African fintech entrepreneurs to enter its Ecobank Fintech Challenge. Now in its second year, the initiative gives …
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Liquid Telecom Targets More Cloud Services Business
Liquid Telecom has stepped up efforts to sign on more businesses to adopt Microsoft’s cloud services following a partnership with the tech giant early last year.
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Lebara, WorldRemit to Launch Online Money Transfer Service
Lebara and WorldRemit have announced a strategic partnership that makes WorldRemit the exclusive global money transfer partner of Lebara and gives it access to more than forty African countries.
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Ecobank Launches Fintech Challenge Competition For African Start-ups
Ecobank, the leading pan-African banking group, is inviting African fintech entrepreneurs to enter its Ecobank Fintech Challenge. Now in its second year, the initiative gives …
The Federal Government of Nigeria to Set Up Technology and Innovation Advisory Council to Support Tech Startups
The Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed plans to set up a technology and innovation advisory council to progressively condition the environment for the growth …
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Ecobank Launches Fintech Challenge Competition For African Start-ups
Ecobank, the leading pan-African banking group, is inviting African fintech entrepreneurs to enter its Ecobank Fintech Challenge. Now in its second year, the initiative gives …
Farmcrowdy Connect UK-based Nigerians with Nigeria’s £30bn Agriculture Sector
Agritech Company Enables British Nigerians to Invest in Chicken, Maize and Cassava Farms, from over 3,000 Miles Away, via their Mobile Phones UK-based Nigerians are …
Kenya’s mSurvey Receives $3.5m Series A Investment From TLcom et al
Kenya’s mSurvey, the mobile-first consumer feedback platform for businesses and consumers in Africa, has received $3.5m investment. The Series funding is led by Africa focused …
People
Mnangagwa, Noah, Wiley, Abloh make Time’s 2018 list of 100 most influential people
Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe’s current President; Trevor Noah, host of the Daily Show, Kehinde Wiley, New York City-based portrait painter and Virgil Abloh, American fashion designer are the Africans …
In Conversation With Sam Bhattacharyya, the co-founder & CEO of dot Learn
Sam Bhattacharyya and Tunde Alawode met at MIT where they worked together to establish an edtech startup called dot Learn. In this exclusive interview, Innovation Village …
Konga Appoints Ex UAC Executive As Chairman
Nigeria’s eCommerce startup, Konga, has appointed Olusiji Ijogun as its chairman with effect from April 1, 2018. Mr Ijogun was a former top executive of UAC. …
Entertainment
Netflix Now Has 125 Million Global Subscribers
Netflix Q1 2018 financial results, has revealed that the streaming video service hit 125 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2018. Netflix’s revenue grew 43% …
Black Panther Is Now The Most-tweeted About Movie Ever
Black Panther has broken another record and this time it is a Twitter record. The political thriller now has the title of being the most tweeted …
Marvel releases a new “Avengers: Infinity War” trailer
Marvel has released a new trailer for the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War. So awesome to see so many superheroes in one movie…against the Almighty Thanos. …
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Forbes Africa Sets Premier Date for ‘My Worst Day With Peace Hyde’ Season 2 and Unveils New Partnership With GAC Motor.
The leading business magazine in Africa, Forbes Africa is set to launch season 2 of its flagship TV show, “My Worst Day with Peace Hyde” …
Hubs.ng increases digital inclusion with two new services – HRSS and Gigs Hub
Hubs.ng announces its latest digital product – Human Rights Support System (HRSS) and Gigs Hub (Service/freelance marketplace) Hubs.ng is Nigeria’s first digital ecosystem founded by …
Nigeria’s Zoto Witnesses Significant Growth In User-base, Processed Orders In 2017
Nigeria’s Fintech startup, Zoto announced that it increased its transacting user base by 56 percent, with plans to record a significant improvement in the 2018/19 …
