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| Sep 25, 2020 | Facebook to open an office in Lagos in 2021 | Facebook has announced its plans to open new offices in Lagos, Nigeria in 2021 and aims to continue its support for tech based SMEs in the region. These offices will house various teams in the business including policy and communications, ... |
| Feb 6, 2020 | Africa’s Fastest Growing Tech Hub Faces New Hurdles With Travel Ban | Based in Nigeria, Jumia, an online retail company, became the first African tech startup to IPO on the NYSE last year. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images Africa has a rapidly growing tech sector with Nigeria situated as its unofficial hu... |
| Jan 31, 2020 | Trump to halt immigration from Africa’s top tech hub, Nigeria | The Trump administration announced Friday it would halt immigration from Nigeria — Africa’s most populous nation with the continent’s largest economy and leading tech sector. The restrictions would stop short of placing a full travel ban on... |
| Jan 27, 2020 | Trump’s travel ban could extend to Africa’s top tech country, Nigeria | The Trump administration is poised to add several African countries to a U.S. travel ban list, including Africa’s top tech hub, Nigeria. Politico first reported the White House is considering Tanzania, Eritrea, Sudan and Nigeria for new tra... |
| Jan 5, 2020 | Into Africa: tech leaders weigh in on Jack Dorsey’s planned move to the continent | It’s not every day that the CEO of a large Silicon Valley tech company decides to relocate to a different part of the world in order to learn more about it — particularly when it has been frequently maligned and often overlooked by big busi... |
| Sep 27, 2019 | CcHub acquires Kenya’s iHub to create Pan-African incubator | Bosun Tijani, CEO , CcHub Nigerian innovation center and seed-fund CcHub has acquired Nairobi based iHub for an undisclosed fee, CcHub CEO Bosun Tijani has confirmed. Tijani said CcHub will finance the deal out of its real-estate project to... |
| Sep 26, 2019 | Nigeria’s CcHub acquires Kenya’s iHub to create mega Africa incubator | Two of Africa’s powerhouse tech incubators will join forces. Nigerian innovation center and seed-fund CcHub has acquired Nairobi based iHub, CcHub CEO Bosun Tijani confirmed to TechCrunch. The purchase amount is undisclosed, but Tijani said... |
| May 31, 2019 | Diving deep into Africa’s blossoming tech scene | Jumia may be the first startup you’ve heard of from Africa. But the e-commerce venture that recently listed on the NYSE is definitely not the first or last word in African tech. The continent has an expansive digital innovation scene, the c... |
| May 22, 2019 | NG_Hub celebrates first birthday by sharing impact figures [Infographic] | Today marks one year since Facebook opened its Lagos-based NG_Hub to the public. NG_HUb, which Facebook opened in partnership with social innovation centre CoCreation Hub (CcHub), is a space for collaboration which the firm created as a pa... |
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FAQ about NG_Hub from Facebook
What has the press written about NG_Hub from Facebook?
Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning NG_Hub from Facebook, among them “Facebook to open an office in Lagos in 2021” (Sep 25, 2020) and “Africa’s Fastest Growing Tech Hub Faces New Hurdles With Travel Ban” (Feb 6, 2020).
Is NG_Hub from Facebook still active?
Yes, NG_Hub from Facebook is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 25, 2020.