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Ebun Okubanjo, the CEO of Bento Africa, a Nigerian payroll and human resource management platform,…
Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, the Nigerian subsidiary of Standard Bank Group, has announced plans to…
SoftBank is currently engaged in discussions to invest as much as $25 billion in OpenAI,…
Cauridor, an Ivorian fintech company, has successfully raised $3.5 million in seed funding to further…
Stocks & Strauss Fund Manager has officially announced the launch of the University Technology Fund…
In a strategic move to bolster Nigeria’s healthcare sector, Odu’a Investment Company Limited (OICL) has…
Meta’s microblogging platform, Threads, is witnessing significant growth as users increasingly prefer the app over…
The crippling inflation in Nigeria has made it next to impossible to afford your daily…
LinkedIn, the prominent social networking platform dedicated to professional networking and job-related discussions, has seen…
African countries are no strangers to frequent power outages. With an unstable power supply, these…
Nigeria’s digital payment ecosystem continues to break records, with electronic transactions hitting an unprecedented N1.08…
During the World Economic Forum, the Bayer Foundation and the Pula Foundation announced their ambitious…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced a ground-breaking policy that makes banks directly…
Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating whether a group associated with the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek…
BUSINESS
MTN Nigeria, the country’s largest mobile network operator, has successfully raised ₦75 billion through its commercial paper issuance program. The funds will be utilized to support daily operations and meet immediate financial obligations. This marks the conclusion of the Series 11 and 12 issuances under MTN Nigeria’s ₦250 billion Commercial…
Volkswagen Group (VW) and Tesla rival Rivian have announced the formation of a joint venture, with the German automotive giant increasing its investment in the partnership. Initially, VW had pledged $5 billion, but the deal’s value has now risen to $5.8 billion (£4.55 billion). Following the announcement, shares in Rivian,…
Accrue, a fintech platform, has announced that it will discontinue its stock investment offerings by the end of 2024. This decision marks a significant shift in the company’s strategy as it seeks to realign its services to better meet the evolving financial needs of African consumers. In preparation for this…
American software company Salesforce has appointed Sandra Adesuwa Ebere as its Business Development Lead in preparation for expanding its presence in Nigeria. This announcement was made during a media roundtable held today, November 15, 2024. Salesforce, known for its cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, outlined its strategic plans for…
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Startup
NoorNation, an Egypt-based startup focusing on climate technology, has recently received an undisclosed amount of…
In an unexpected development, Quizac, an educational technology startup previously slated for closure this month,…
Egypt’s T-Vencubator, a prominent venture capital and incubation firm, has recently unveiled its first investment…
Waza, a startup specializing in B2B payments and liquidity solutions for businesses in emerging markets,…
Ecobank, a prominent independent banking group in Africa, operates across 35 nations and caters to…
Green SMEs often grapple with the difficulty of accessing sustainable finance, despite South Africa’s well-established…
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Snap says it made the decision in light of repeated attempted violations of the company’s community guidelines that had been made over the past several months by the President’s account
Intel announced Wednesday that CEO Bob Swan is stepping down effective Feb. 15 and will be replaced by VMWare CEO…
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Ken Njoroge, one of the co-founders and CEO of Cellulant, a pan-african payments company has…
Mark Zuckerberg accuses Trump of intending to undermine peaceful transition of power. Shopify also closed e-commerce stores on its site that were affiliated with Trump.
Cryptocurrency
Twitter has announced that starting immediately it will now allow users around the globe to…
When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ordered banks and other financial institutions not to…
PayPal has rolled out the new PayPal app. It is an all-in-one, personalized app that…
The much-talked-about cryptocurrency and digital ecosystem developed by Akon-Akoin-has been launched in 9 African countries…
Just last week, it was reported that El-Salvador had adopted Bitcoin as a legal tender.…
Cryptocurrency Litecoin saw a sudden surge in price on Monday over a press release about…