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MTN Nigeria has claimed the top spot as the most valuable company on the Nigerian…
Apple has officially shipped its three billionth iPhone, CEO Tim Cook revealed during the company’s third-quarter…
Instagram just made a quiet but significant change that has stirred up reactions across the…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has committed a $10 million investment into Breadfast,…
A Federal High Court in Lagos has issued an injunction preventing the sale of assets…
Kenya is in talks with Microsoft to establish a broad partnership that could shape the…
With information being a powerful equalizer, MTN Uganda has taken ‘another step’ in closing the…
Truecaller has announced that its popular call-recording feature will no longer be supported on iPhones…
For many years, Pay TV served as a cornerstone of home entertainment. Walking through any…
Admaius Capital Partners, a leading Africa-focused private equity firm, has entered into a strategic partnership…
With the introduction of what it claims is the first solar-powered battery swap station in…
It’s always frustrating when your phone runs out of storage, especially when the warning appears…
Microsoft has joined Nvidia as the second publicly traded company to reach a $4 trillion…
MTN Nigeria, the country’s largest telecom operator, is considering deploying artificial intelligence (AI) technology to…
Business
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a commitment of up to US $80 million as a founding investor in North Africa Fund III (NAF III), a private equity fund managed by RMBV. This marks RMBV’s first independently managed fund since its transition to independence in 2019. RMBV said in a statement: This $80…
PayShap, South Africa’s real-time digital payments platform, is accelerating the rollout of its latest feature, PayShap Request, which is gaining traction among financial institutions and fintech partners. A broader national launch is expected later this year. Introduced in December 2024, PayShap Request offers an alternative way to make digital payments by allowing payees…
MTN Nigeria has claimed the top spot as the most valuable company on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX), hitting a historic milestone by crossing the N10 trillion market capitalisation mark. This feat not only secures the telecom giant’s dominance on the bourse but also highlights an extraordinary turnaround for a company…
For a long time, I thought addiction was a private struggle. Something that happened quietly, behind closed doors. Painful, yes, but mostly the result of personal choices or bad luck. I assumed it was a consequence of bad habits, poor decisions, or maybe just being born with the wrong genes.…
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Startup
TUNL, a prominent shipping platform based in South Africa that caters to ecommerce exporters, has…
Scale, an emerging South African startup specializing in brand and project management services tailored for…
EdVentures, the venture capital branch specializing in educational technology under the umbrella of the Nahdet…
Four innovative African startups have emerged as the grand winners of the NBA Africa’s Triple-Double…
Nigerian agritech startup Winich Farms has secured $3 million in pre-Series A funding to further…
A collaborative consortium, including the SA SME Fund, the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI),…
people
Google has announced the results of its 2019 year in search and this year’s top…
The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has…
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey who just rounded off a visit to Africa has announced that he is…
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and CEO of Twitter is presently in Nigeria. He announced his…
Adebayo Adedeji has been named the interim Chief Executive Officer of full-service online travel company,…
Peter Ndegwa has been named as the new Safaricom Chief Executive Officer. The Safaricom PLC…
Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin continues to maintain its status as the leading crypto in terms of market cap…
In just 3 days in the new year, the cryptocurrency has gained about $5000.
Leading UK-based mobile cryptocurrency startup, Electroneum, which uses the power of blockchain to unlock the global digital…
As part of continuous efforts to deliver a seamless user experience, Paxful, a global peer-to-peer crypto…
Tesla Chief Executive and according to the Bloomberg Billionaires index now the second richest person in…
Bitcoin, the world’s most-valuable virtual currency, breached the $20,000 mark for the first time in…