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Share price of cryptocurrency, Dogecoin, rose by 50% following a tweet from Tesla founder, Elon Musk. It rose to about 5 cents from 3 cents, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Elon Musk tweeted a series of tweets about Dogecoin as shown below: One of the tweets is a meme from…

Because of TECNO, 20 lucky Nigerians had a great start to their year. We all know how unprecedented 2020 was. In more ways than one, the year came at us in ways we never even thought possible. One of the major hits we took from the year was against our…

Mono, a startup that provides access to your financial data from institutions across Africa through a single API, announced that it has been selected for Y Combinator Winter 2021 batch Founded by ex-Paystack employee and CEO Abdul Hassan and CTO Prakhar Singh, Mono helps digital businesses in Africa access their customers’…

Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, says he is stepping down as the CEO, leaving the company he founded 27 years ago. He will be handing over to Andy Jassy, the chief executive of Amazon Web Services while he transitions to the role of executive chair in the third quarter of this…

Google has now added a functionality that makes it possible for you to quickly preview how you’ll appear to others before entering a Google Meet video call. While in the “green room, you can check that peripheral devices are properly configured and corrected, the quality of your network connectivity. You…

Apple has just unveiled a new face ID feature, released as part of the developer beta for iOS 14.5 and watchOS 7.4, that allows use your Apple Watch to unlock your iPhone when wearing a face mask. With the COVID-19 pandemic, it is now normal to wear a face mask…

Instagram has introduced a new feature called “Recently Deleted” to help restore deleted messages – Photos, videos, reels, IGTV videos and stories. According to the social media platform in a blogpost, this feature was introduced due to feedback from its users. So with this new feature, you can review and…

Two mobile telecoms companies operating in Nigeria, MTN and 9mobile are planning to enter into a network-sharing arrangement. This means that in areas where there is no network for any one of the companies, customers would easily move onto the other’s network without any obvious disruption of service. This announcement…

Tech giant, Google, has indicated that it will not investing further in the internal development of games on its Stadia platform. In 2019, Google launched Stadia, a video game platform, delivering instant access to your favorite games on any type of screen—whether it’s  a TV, laptop, desktop, tablet or mobile…

The Nigerian government has announced the extension of the deadline given for the NIN-SIM linkage by 8 weeks. The deadline, originally set for February 9, will now end on the April 6. On the 15th of December, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) instructed mobile operators in the country, MTN, Airtel, Glo and 9…

Telegram announced that you can now move your chat history from other apps like WhatsApp, Line and KakaoTalk. This is a significant breakthrough for Telegram as people still pondering on the need to move from WhatsApp to its platform, can do this without losing their chat history. Telegram has grown…

Chinese tech company, Xiaomi, has taken wireless charging to another level with its new wireless charging technology – Mi Air Charge Technology. With the Mi Air Charge Technology, users can charge their devices remotely without any cables or wireless charging stands. At the heart of this technology is self-developed isolated…

According to CEO of Future Africa CEO, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, the earliest limited partners that invested its first fund when the company raised $1.2 million in capital in 2018, got a return of $3.7 million in 2020. He made this statement in a letter reviewing the events of the company in…

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has directed telecoms companies to join in the registration of Nigerians for their National Identification Number (NIN). The directive was given by NIMC director-general Aliyu Aziz to avoid overcrowding at the commission’s offices. According to him, “We have licensed private and public sector organisations including telcos…

Bitcoin continues to maintain its status as the leading crypto in terms of market cap since its creation about 12 years ago. The adoption and use of digital assets also continue to grow day by day in every part of the world. However, over the past years, Nigeria has been…

Calendly, an Atlanta-based cloud scheduling platform owned by Nigerian Tope Awotona, has raised $350 million based on a $3 billion valuation. The Series A led fund raise was led by existing investor Open View Partners with participation from San Fransisco-based Iconiq Capital. This brings total funds raised to $900 million,…

Art is a way for humans to express themselves. Both making art or choosing one to display in your home is a medium for you to relate with the means of creativity that call to you, define you, or maybe even channel your inner self. Not only does artwork calls…

There is a sigh of relief for individuals and businesses, in need of cheap loans, after loan and asset financing firm, Orange One unveiled an array of financial products that would see the firm extend credit to the economy. Managing Director of Orange-One Finance, Iyobosa Iyamu, listed six financial products…

Eloho Omame, MD of Endeavour Nigeria and Odunayo Eweniyi, COO and co-founder of PiggyVest have partnered together to launch a female-focused angel fund, FirstCheck Africa. According to Eloho in a tweet, FirstCheck Africa was launched “to invest “ridiculously early” and open door for female founders, and to help women invest…

Ad-Tech firm, Taboola has announced that it is going public by merging with an Israeli blank-check firm ION Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). ION Acquisition Corp. is already listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Valued at $2.6 billion, Taboola raised a total of $545 million…