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Passionate about performance? Maybe you’re a life-long supplement fanatic or appreciate the natural healing power of plant-based nutrition. If you’re a current gym-goer or entrepreneur, then you’ve likely already started sketching out your business plans. This guide will take you through the basics – from setting up your marketing, to…

Google’s Equiano submarine cable has landed in Lagos, about a month after it launched in Lome, Togo. This is the second landing in Africa after which it will proceed to Swakopmund, Namibia; and Melkbosstrand, South Africa. A digital launch and reception ceremony was held to mark the event and several…

Over the last number of years, the concept of the side hustle has taken off, particularly with millennials. A side hustle is a part-time business that is often run during someone’s free time, outside of their day job. It’s a good way to earn some extra cash, all while doing…

Flutterwave CEO, Gbenga Agboola has finally made a statement concerning the recent allegations against him and the company, made in an investigative report by David Hundeyin published exactly 8 days ago, 12th April 2022. The report titled “Flutterwave: The African Unicorn Built On Quicksand” painted a story of fraud, perjury…

Streaming giant, Netflix, is considering the introduction of cheaper ad-supported plans. This was muted by co-CEO Reed Hastings on Tuesday at the company’s Q1 earnings interview. He said that the company expects to conclude on this ad-supported strategy within the next year or two, saying that “but think of us…

The Food Lab, an Egyptian cloud kitchen provider, announced that it has raised $4.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by 4DX Ventures, Nuwa Capital and Shorooq Partners. Other participating investors include Al Faisaliah Group and Samurai Incubate. Launched in 2020 by Kareem El Daly, Ahmed Osman and Wesam Masoud, The Food Lab…

Social Media platform, Meta, is working on a web version of its social virtual reality Horizon Worlds platform. This means that you would be able to try out Horizon Worlds without having to use Quest VR headsets, which is currently the only way to access the virtual world. This was…

Today billionaire Elon Musk responded to Twitter board’s “poison pill” in a tweet saying that “Board salary will be $0 if my bid succeeds, so that’s ~$3M/year saved right there.” The Twitter board had issued a press release about the poison pill to to protect itself from Elon Musk’s takeover…

Telegram has introduced some new features to enhance user experience. The new features include custom notification sounds, custom mute duration, new auto-delete menu , web integration for BOTs, replies in forwarded messages, and more. Custom Notification Sounds You can now create your own notification tones from your favourite music and…

Over the last couple of days, Elon Musk has been “playing” with the fate of the social media platform, Twitter and it would seem that the Board was more or less powerless to the billionaire’s antics. The board has now come out with a plan to thwart the Tesla CEO’s…

WhatsApp has launched a new feature called Communities. According to the Facebook owned messaging platform, “Communities on WhatsApp will enable people to bring together separate groups under one umbrella with a structure that works for them. That way people can receive updates sent to the entire Community and easily organize…

Just when we had heard the last of the Elon Musk/Twitter saga, Elon Musk has come up with a new proposal. The billionaire and CEO of Tesla is offering to buy 100% of Twitter for $54.20 per share in cash. Remember he already has 9.2% of the social media platform…

Umba, an African digital bank, announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A funding round. Investors in this fundraise include Nubank, Tom Blomfield, the co-founder of Monzo, and previous backers Lachy Groom and ACT Ventures, Lux Capital, Palm Drive Capital, Banana Capital and Streamlined Ventures. With this fundraise,…

The world of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) became real and exciting in Nigeria with the sale of “Baba Onilu” images and in Ghana with the sale of the “viral coffin dance video”. The first story is about an old drummer while the second story is about pall bearers. Sale of Baba…

Lipa Later, a buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) company, has announced the appointment of Tom Gong, Co-founder of AliExpress and former Technical Program Manager for Google Wallet as its Chief Technical Officer. Last month, Lipa Later appointed Flutterwave Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Mr. Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola as a member of its advisory board.  Tom…

MTN Nigeria’s Momo Payment Service Bank (PSB) has been granted final approval to commence full operations. This approval was conveyed in a press release to Nigerian Exchange Limited today 11th of April 2022. The press release with the title “THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA GRANTS FINAL APPROVAL FOR MOMO PAYMENT…

In a surprising turn of events, billionaire Elon Musk is no longer joining the Board of Twitter. Last week, We had reported that he was joining the board after it was disclosed that he bought 9.2% stake in the social media company making him the largest shareholder. Even the CEO,…

China’s ride-hailing company, Didi Chuxing, has shut down operations in South Africa. This is coming about a year after it launched in the country. Many thought that it was set to compete seriously with the reigning incumbents, Uber and Bolt. According to a Didi South Africa spokesperson in a discussion…

Last year, Bridge Oracle CEO, Sina Estavi, bought an NFT of Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet for $2.9 million from Jack Dorsey. Now he is offering to sell the NFT for almost $48 million on non fungible token marketplace OpenSea, 16 times what the owner paid for it a year ago.  After…

Uber is working on its ambition to be a one-stop travel “super app” to cater for planes, trains, buses and rental cars. The mobility as a service provider said on Wednesday that it is adding trains, buses, planes and car rentals to its U.K. app this year. This will serve…