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| Nov 5, 2024 | The Digital Canvas: Nigeria's Leap into AI-Driven Visuals and Carnival Culture | In the vibrant tapestry of Nigeria's digital landscape, two significant threads are weaving together: the rise of AI-generated visuals and a substantial investment in the creative sector. Both phenomena promise to reshape how Nigeria engage... |
| Oct 30, 2024 | FG invests $618m in iDICE project to enhance Nigeria’s digital and creative sectors | Federal Government has announced an investment of $618 million in the Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) project to strengthen Nigeria’s creative industry including the carnival sector.
This was announced by Vice-Preside... |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Africa Is The New Site Of Media Confrontation: Daily Post Nigeria Assesses the Situation | YABA, LAGOS, NIGERIA, March 4, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In the midst of growing tensions surrounding the African Initiative News Agency, politicians and diplomats are engaged in fervent discussions over the recent scrutiny by the US State... |
| Dec 1, 2023 | Is MultiChoice’s decision to transform GOtv into a streaming platform a prudent move? | MultiChoice, the leading pay-TV operator in Africa, is evolving its digital terrestrial television (DTT) service, GOtv, into a streaming platform. The company plans to launch the GOtv Stream app today, December 1, 2023, in Nigeria, its larg... |
| Jul 25, 2023 | African countries dominating natural resource outputs | Africa is a continent blessed with abundant natural resources, making it one of the most naturally endowed regions in the world. According to our recent article, the United Nations Environment Programme estimates that Africa holds approxima... |
| Jul 21, 2023 | The CBN’s leading role in agriculture: Competence or encroachment? | A clear indication of an ailing economy is a rise in food prices, which has become a prevailing issue in Nigeria. The latest report from the National Bureau of Statistics reveals that Nigeria’s inflation rate reached a 7-year high in June, ... |
| Apr 21, 2023 | Breet Announces Partnership with Nasty Blaq in a Bid to Revolutionise Crypto Trading
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | Lagos, Nigeria – Breet, a leading crypto trading platform, is pleased to announce its partnership with Nasty Blaq, a renowned Nigerian comedian, and social media influencer. The partnership is aimed at creating awareness and buzz around Bre... |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Nigerians are not thrilled about their first digital census | Nigeria has not had a census in well over a decade. So the news that Nigeria is preparing for a nationwide headcount this year sounds historically significant. Even more, it’s supposed to be Nigeria’s first “digital census.” However, Nigeri... |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Starlink promises a new era of fast internet in Nigeria | On the 29th of March, 2022, the Russian army assailed the streets of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, leaving blackened wreckages and dead bodies. Due to the attack, the city’s 24 cell towers were knocked down, throwing the city offline and preven... |
| Nov 28, 2022 | Serbia wrecks in former Russia fans at the World Cup | The 2022 World Cup is in full swing in Qatar as 32 teams battle it out in the heat to be crowned champions. Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
At a bustling Moscow bar, football fans wearing red, white and blue are glued to the TV screens as... |
| Nov 8, 2022 | Двух пользователей TikTok в Нигерии приговорили к 20 ударам плетью | Суд в Нигерии приговорил к публичной порке Мубарака Исы Мухаммеда и Назифи Мухаммада Бала за клевету на губернатора штата Кано доктора Абдуллахи Умара Гандудже в сервисе коротких видео TikTok.
Инстанция постановила, что блогеры должны получ... |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Osagie Alonge joins Kippa as Director of Marketing, the fast-growing African fintech company | Lagos, July 2022 – Kippa, the fast-growing fintech start-up offering digital business and financial management solutions for African SMEs, today announces that it has appointed journalist and digital marketing veteran Osagie Alonge as Direc... |
| Aug 1, 2022 | Nigeria: Ride-Hailing in Lagos - Algorithmic Impacts and Driver Resistance | In July 2014, the ride-hailing app Uber emerged in Lagos, offering the public improved mobility through technology. Uber, at the time, was valued at US$18 billion and had launched in 205 cities. Its competitor, Bolt, arrived in Nigeria in 2... |
| Mar 2, 2022 | Nigeria: Verifying Nigeria ICT Head's Claims About Sector's Contribution to Nigeria's Economy Before and During President Buhari's Term | The Nigerian publication was right about ICT contributing more to the gross domestic product than oil and gas, and mostly correct about the latest estimates.
But the ICT sector contributed more than 10% before president Muhammadu Buhari's a... |
| Oct 1, 2021 | Startup Acts: Can the decade’s sexiest law save Nigeria’s thriving but uncertain startup ecosystem? | Share this article:
Thinking long and hard about an idea instead of just executing it makes me complicate things. The picture gets so big that I, sometimes, lose track of the point and shelve it. That is until moments of necessity, like wri... |
| Sep 13, 2021 | Creating hope through action: Suicide prevention in a tech-enabled world | Share this article:
Suicide. One word which Olu’s parents never thought would be associated with their family, let alone their beloved son.
Olu was a brilliant young chap in his third year at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. He... |
| Jun 24, 2020 | My Life in Tech: Abimbola Adebakin on activating the potency of Nigeria’s pharmaceutical industry through technology | My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa.
Since 2017 when Advantage Health Africa launched its first venture, the organisation h... |
| Dec 2, 2019 | SafeBoda eyes January launch in Nigeria, away from the riotous Lagos | Ugandan motorcycle-hailing company SafeBoda will commence operations in January 2020 in Nigeria, months after speculation trailed its initial proposed launch in May, a company official told TechCabal. Founded in 2015, SafeBoda’s proposed la... |
| Nov 27, 2019 | My Life In Tech: A history on bike hailing, hard lessons and growing from Chinedu Azodoh | My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa.
At over six feet, Chinedu Azodoh is towering adjacent a ‘TEDxYaba’ signage. He is the ... |
| Nov 27, 2019 | Nigeria now has a national sex offenders database | Share this article:
On Monday, November 25, 2019, Nigeria launched its online national Sexual Offender Register to help members of the public and security agencies conduct background checks and identify sex offenders.
“This is the first of ... |
| Nov 7, 2019 | ₦50 stamp duty: A case of 1 step forward and 5 steps back for CBN’s cashless initiative drive | Share this article:
Update: As at Thursday, November 28, 2019, every point of sale (POS) stand at the Spar store, Ilupeju, Lagos, had a sign notifying its customers of a ₦50 charge that is applicable to all card payments above ₦1,000, in ac... |
| Oct 23, 2019 | My Life In Tech: Olubayo Adekanmbi is using his privilege to change the world | My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa.
Dr. Olubayo Adekanmbi meets me with a big smile and wastes no time in getting into the... |
| Jul 22, 2019 | Lagos state is considering a N25 million license for bike hailing startups | The Lagos State government is planning to introduce a new license agreement for bike hailing startups to allow them operate within the state. A source who spoke to TechCabal on the condition of anonymity said startups will pay a license fee... |
| Jul 8, 2019 | Despite the Traction, Bike Hailing Startups in Lagos are Operating in a Regulatory Grey Area | The bike hailing business has gained a lot of traction in Nigeria this year. Particularly, in the last few months, news about the increasing number of bikers, funding rounds and new market entrants have emerged; suggesting the bike hailing ... |
| Feb 15, 2019 | Cybersecurity Plays Catch-up as Tech Expands to New Sectors | There’s an email in my Yahoo inbox from a man named John. John, who has addressed me as a “dear friend”, wants me to fill out an attached questionnaire because he is “working on a Renewable Energies Project with a foreign based business ass... |
| Jan 23, 2019 | Ride or Die – The Economic Case For Online Cab-hailing Services In Enugu | Before I moved to Lagos, I had spent over two decades growing up in the coal city, eating breakfasts of ọkpa (and accompanying bowls of custard or pap), suffering the crackling dryness of harmattan and enduring the red-earthed muddiness of ... |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Social Media Roundup: Blood and Bone; A Nora Roberts diss | Share this article:
Yesterday, Nigerian-American author Tomi Adeyemi accused Nora Roberts, a renowned American author of plagiarising her book title.
https://twitter.com/tomi_adeyemi/status/1067496955108978688
Get this, Tomi’s book is title... |
| Sep 18, 2018 | FG allocated over ₦1.45b to Nigeria Air with barely anything to show for it | Share this article:
UPDATE [7:31AM, September 20, 2018]: Barely 24 hours after this story was published, the Minister of State on Aviation, Hadi Sirika took to Twitter to announce the indefinite suspension of the Nigeria Air project.
I regr... |
| Sep 13, 2018 | Trackers, Guts And Money: Inside The Life Of A Nigerian Car Smuggler | Photo: Luster Kaboom
It’s a dark, moonless night on the sandy stretch of land in the Benin republic end of the Nigeria-Benin border at Seme, Badagry. The skies are cloudier than the previous night and the stars are barely visible. It may ev... |
| Aug 10, 2018 | Social Media Roundup: Masked men at the National Assembly | Share this article:
On Tuesday, August 7, 2018, officers of the Department of State Services (DSS) dressed in hoods and masks reportedly barricaded the entrance of the Nigerian National Assembly Complex, preventing members of the National A... |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Social Media Roundup: House of Cards | Share this article:
On Tuesday morning, as early as 6:30 am, officers of the Nigerian Police Force reportedly blocked the exits of the homes of the Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu to prevent them from going to t... |
| Jul 20, 2018 | Why is Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on the Twitter board? | Share this article:
On the 19th of July 2018 Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey announced the addition of ex-Nigerian Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Chairman of Alliance Bernstein Holding, Robert Zoellick to Twitter’s Board of Directors as... |
| Jul 19, 2018 | Why ‘Okada-On-Demand’ Has The Best Chance Of Disrupting Transportation In Nigeria | From humble roots in Cross Rivers State, Nigeria in the 70s (when they were first known as “Inaga”) to Edo State in the 80s when their popularity exploded, motorcycle taxis or Okada’s, as they are now known, have grown to become one of the ... |
| Jul 6, 2018 | How I processed my Nigerian Driver’s License renewal in less than 30 minutes | Share this article:
Every three to five years, the average driver in Nigeria experiences the all too familiar anxiety that is associated with renewing their driver’s license.
This was my state of mind a few weeks back when I realised I woul... |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Social Media Roundup: The black week in June | Share this article:
Starting last weekend, a series of attacks began in Plateau state when gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen attacked villages in Barkin Ladi Local Governement Area of the state, reportedly leading to a death toll of ov... |
| May 25, 2018 | Social Media Roundup: Face-off | Share this article:
On Tuesday this week, while speaking to a delegation of Buhari Support Organisation (BSO) at the Presidential Villa, President Muhammadu Buhari reportedly criticised previous Nigerian administrations for ruining Nigeria ... |
| May 16, 2018 | 4 reasons Nigeria is not ready for electronic voting at general elections | Share this article:
Globally, 26 countries conduct elections with one form of electronic voting or the other with some even allowing internet ballots for general elections. In 2014, Namibia joined the list becoming the first African country... |
| Apr 27, 2018 | Social Media Roundup: All new episodes of The Dino Show | Share this article:
On Monday this week, while waiting at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to board a flight to Morocco, Senator Dino Melaye was arrested by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). According to the... |
| Apr 17, 2018 | How an indigenous tech company is trying to revamp the Nigeria Police Force | Share this article:
Most criticisms and persecutions of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) are hinged on a perceived all round crippling incompetency. Ironically, against its ‘the police is your friend” slogan, the average Nigerian most likely ... |
| Mar 9, 2018 | Social Media Roundup: President Buhari allegedly commits to fighting corruption in Ghana | Share this article:
On March 6, Ghana celebrated her 61st year of independence and Nigerians put their jollof-related differences aside to wish their Ghanaian brothers and sisters a happy independence day celebration.
https://twitter.com/DM... |
| Feb 28, 2018 | VerveTree is a tech hub set to launch in Ogun State | Share this article:
Ogun state — the Gateway state — is known for its tourist attractions like the Olumo rock and Omo Forest Reserve. As many also know, it houses the highest number of tertiary institutions in the country. It’s a land of op... |
| Feb 28, 2018 | Until consumer protection is taken seriously by eCommerce sites, more Nigerians will still favour PoD | Share this article:
Payment on delivery (PoD) has always been regarded as the bane of eCommerce and proponents of the killing of PoD have argued that it gives too much power to the consumers. It has caused online merchants to incur losses a... |
| Feb 16, 2018 | Social Media Roundup: Snake in the Eagle Shadow | Share this article:
This week, we heard of bizzare tale involving a snake, ₦36 million and a vault as told by Philomena Chieshe, a staff of the Markurdi office of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
You see, JAMB has been au... |
| Jan 18, 2018 | Africa News Roundup: InterContinental exits Nigeria | Share this article:
Here are this week’s top headlines on startups, entrepreneurship, innovation and tech around Africa.
InterContinental out. Barely four years after establishing a presence in Nigeria, UK-based InterContinental Hotels Grou... |
| Jan 9, 2018 | Nigerian entrepreneurs are missing out on the $2 trillion global Islamic economy | Share this article:
Photo Credit: Jeff Attaway Flickr via Compfight cc
According to the Thomson Reuters “State of the Global Islamic Economy” report for 2016/2017, in 2015, Muslim women spent over $243 billion on fashion items that represen... |
| Dec 8, 2017 | Matatu debuts as “Uber for Keke (tricycles)” in Lagos | Share this article:
Beyond every other means of transportation, Keke NAPEPs (Kekes for short) — the nickname for commercial tricycles in Nigeria — are becoming more ubiquitous than ever in most Nigerian states.
Needless to say, Nigerians ha... |
| Nov 24, 2017 | Social Media Roundup: Agbada X | Share this article:
This week started with the buzz of the traditional marriage of Banky W and Adesua Etomi; #BAAD2017. Although the day was all about Banky and Adesua, someone else stole the show. Popular TV host, Ebuka showed up in an agb... |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Social Media Roundup: Keeping up with the Nigerian government | Share this article:
On this week’s episode of drama in the Nigerian government; the drama surrounding Abdulrasheed Maina’s reinstatement, where is Maina?, Presidency blames the past administration and finally fires Maina, Aisha Buhari’s pol... |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Social Media Roundup: Jacob Zuma’s alleged ₦520 million bronze statue | Share this article:
On Sunday, October 15, 2017, Rochas Okorocha, Governor of Imo State honoured Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa in Imo State. The series of event entailed naming a road after Jacob Zuma, giving him a merit award and t... |
| Sep 5, 2017 | Will Africa’s first ICT University live up to its aims? | Share this article:
The controversial Information Communication and Technology (ICT) University of Nigeria, which will be the first of its kind in Africa, was recently approved by the Federal Executive council. Even though the university is... |
| Aug 30, 2017 | When does a Nigerian startup become a company? | Share this article:
When Mark Zuckerberg was launching Facebook, he did so from his dormitory as a student at Harvard University. Of course, his platform Facebook, was barely “starting up” so he couldn’t afford to rent an office space let a... |
| Aug 15, 2017 | ASUU Strike: Making the best of the situation | Share this article:
The annual festival is here again; the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government are back on the battlefield. The National President of ASUU, Dr. Biodun Ogunyemi, announced that the Union has... |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Nigerian youth can finally become leaders of tomorrow | Share this article:
With the era of social media came online activism where citizens could speak out on injustice and social issues and call out their governments. In Nigeria, social media has played a huge role in calling for transparency ... |
| Jul 11, 2017 | Everything wrong with the N-Power youth empowerment scheme | Share this article:
When the President Muhammad Buhari led-administration introduced the N-Power scheme in June 2016, it was welcomed by many. The scheme is designed to engage both graduates and non-graduates by equipping them with relevant... |
| Jun 20, 2017 | Innovation in agriculture: what Nigerian startups need to start considering | Share this article:
A recent agriculture innovation report, released by the Global Innovation Index, ranked Nigeria 119th on the 2017 Global Agricultural Innovation Index. This is a decline from the 114th position the nation ranked last yea... |
| Mar 29, 2017 | TechCabal Daily: Say hello to barter
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| Mar 7, 2017 | NYSC extends biometric ‘allowee’ clearance to South West corp members | Share this article:
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has introduced biometric clearance for corp members in the South West. This was disclosed at a training workshop, held in Ibadan, themed ‘Ensuring Accountability in Corps Members A... |
| Mar 3, 2017 | Due to new NCC regulation, umbrella and kiosk SIM registrations are about to become a thing of the past | Share this article:
MTN Group Chairman, Phuthuma Nhleko, speaking at the company’s annual shareholders’ conference for 2016, has announced that all MTN sim registrations “must take place in brick and mortar structures”, this is in complianc... |
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| Jan 17, 2017 | Meatmonk lets you slaughter and share a cow online | Share this article:
For the squeamish, scenes of animals being butchered could make bulk meat purchase from an abattoir a tiring and miserable encounter.
Lanre Oladipo saw an opportunity in this which led him to launch Meatmonk, an online m... |
| Nov 14, 2016 | First Impressions: A train ride from Abuja to Kaduna on Nigeria’s first ever “high-speed” rail | Share this article:
The Abuja leg of the Techpoint Innovation Tour of Northern Nigeria ended last Wednesday and as the roundup has shown, as expected there was loads of exiting innovations, businesses, startups and people to meet.
As the to... |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Of funding sprees, low ROIs and massive layoffs: The future of eCommerce in Nigeria | Share this article:
I’m not going to bother myself with big grammar; eCommerce is simply talking about business done over the internet. And I am shocked to report that as at 2013, over 60 million Nigerians were on the internet. These were p... |
| Mar 29, 2016 | Is Nigeria ready to dump foreign technologies? | Share this article:
At a compliance workshop on the procurement of indigenous ICT products and services by Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies organized by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in Abuja ... |
| Feb 8, 2016 | MTN faces challenge over Nigeria spectrum | |
| Jul 17, 2015 | UPDATED: Tolu Ogunlesi confirmed as President Buhari’s Special Assistant on New Media | Share this article:
*UPDATE*
Tolu Ogunlesi has been confirmed as the Special Assistant to the president on New Media. This post was originally published on July 17, 2015 and the headline has been updated to reflect the new development.
Ogun... |
| Feb 16, 2015 | Interswitch Launches $10,000,000 E-Payment Fund For Startups | E-payment processing company, Interswitch has launched a $10 million dollars for e-payment startups.
According to a report by Daily Post, Interswitch intends for the fund to help jump start disruptive business concepts by startups that play... |
| Tinubu: Federal government must exit failing power sector | David Thomas
December 5th 2022 •
Nigeria •
Trade & Investment
Nigerian presidential candidate Bola Tinubu says he will launch a review into the federal government’s role in the defective power system, which has collapsed multiple times ... |
