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| Oct 13, 2026 | Nigeria: Collaboration Key to Data Localisation for Banks, Fintechs' | The First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has called for stronger collaboration among financial institutions, technology companies, regulators and infrastructure providers to advance data localisation in Nigeria, highlighting its importance in st... |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Predictive analytics in football betting: How AI is beating gut instinct – AccuratePredict | For decades, football betting in Africa was driven by passion, hunches, and the wisdom of seasoned fans. If you walk into a “Lagos viewing centre” or a Nairobi betting shop, you’d find punters fiercely debating weekend fixtures, each convin... |
| Jun 7, 2025 | Bitcoin's Rising Tide: Navigating Nigeria's Crypto Landscape | In Nigeria, the winds of change are blowing through the financial landscape. Bitcoin, the digital gold, is capturing the attention of many. The allure of cryptocurrencies is strong, fueled by a desire for financial independence and protecti... |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Bitcoin Interest Surges Across Nigeria Amid Growing Interest in Crypto | For Nigerians looking for financial growth, bitcoin remains a compelling option. Anyone considering this digital asset needs to understand the current market, regulatory warnings, and national economic shifts. This article breaks everything... |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Treepz prepares for global expansion and joins the 2024 World Trade Center Trade Accelerator Program | Photo caption: L-R: John Shaibu, Cofounder & Senior VP, Customer Engagement, Treepz, Johnny Enagwolor, Cofounder & President, Treepz & Onyeka Akumah, Founder & CEO, Treepz
Treepz, a leading corporate mobility startup in sub-... |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Qore set to unveil the future of banking at Nexus 2024: Experience the first ever virtual reality bank branch at Landmark, Lagos! | Qore, Africa’s trailblazing Fintech Infrastructure and Banking-as-a-Service provider, is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated second edition of its Customer Experience Event – NEXUS 2024.
Following the groundbreaking success of its i... |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Navigating the AI Frontier: Nigeria's Digital Evolution | Nigeria stands at a crossroads. The nation, Africa's largest economy, is shifting gears from traditional industries to a knowledge-based economy. The engine driving this transformation? Artificial Intelligence (AI). Recently, the Niger... |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Nigeria: Nitra - Stakeholders Give Imperatives for Ai Adoption in Nigeria | Nigeria, Africa's largest economy, is rapidly transitioning into a knowledge-based economy with the prospects of adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI), which is an enabler of growth, innovation, and increased productivity. This was ... |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Innovative Early-Stage Startups to Win $10,000 Cash Prize & Japan Trip at Pitch2Win 4 | Lagos, Nigeria – 10 am GMT+1, 19th April 2024 – Nigeria’s tech scene is brimming with potential, but early-stage startups often face hurdles in securing funding and gaining recognition. Last year, after a very rigorous selection process, 15... |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Venture Capital in Africa: Trends to watch out for in 2024 and beyond | What does the future of Venture Capital in Africa look like? This is probably the most prevalent question in Africa’s startup scene in recent times.
Over the last decade, venture capital funding has played a significant role in developing A... |
| Dec 6, 2023 | X Unveils New Feature: Broadcast Community Posts to All Followers | Quincy Jon, Tech Times 06 December 2023, 12:12 pm
X, formerly Twitter, is set to introduce a novel feature enabling users to share their community posts with all followers, reminiscent of posting in a Slack channel.
The new X feature, recen... |
| Nov 14, 2022 | Harnessing the potential of intercontinental expansion in African fintech
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | Nigeria’s startup ecosystem has grown significantly over the past decade. According to a report by Partech, $1.8B was invested in Nigeria in 2021- 34% of the total equity funding to African startups that year. With 185 equity deals accounti... |
| Mar 3, 2022 | Inside NIPOST’s latest financial inclusion play: Agency banking and fingerprint authentication | Share this article:
In the fintech space, phrases like “financial inclusion” and “banking the unbanked” have become so prevalent that they’ve almost certainly become buzzwords. Sometimes, it appears that a fintech startup claiming to be the... |
| Jan 25, 2022 | Uber’s bet on ‘Okada’ | Share this article:
Hello,
Let’s talk about this not-so-new kid on the block. Uber’s gamble on Nigerian motorbikes
The gist: On Monday, Uber launched UberMoto, its motorbike on-demand service in Ibadan, Nigeria, to join competitors like Saf... |
| Nov 27, 2021 | Fixit45 acquires Parkit, unveils subscription-based VIP programme | |
| Sep 10, 2021 | Nigerian one-click checkout platform OurPass raises $1M pre-seed, wants to build ‘Fast for Africa’ | We like to buy things online ranging from e-commerce stores to subscription-based sites. However, no one enjoys the hassle when you have to always re-log into different sites and stores. I mean, shopping can be a whole lot more fun if a fas... |
| Aug 3, 2021 | Kuda Bank’s Series B, Catalyst Fund’s fintech programme, MTN Nigeria’s new execs, Payhippo in Y Combinator | Share this article:
Good day.
Today I’m discussing:
Kuda Bank’s Series B
Catalyst Fund’s fintech program
MTN Nigeria’s CMO
Payhippo in Y Combinator’s Summer cohort Africa-focused digital bank, Kuda, raises $55m Series B
The Kuda Card
What’s... |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Founders Factory’s partnership, manual submission on CAC | Share this article:
Good day,
Yinka Awosanya here.
Today, we are discussing:
Founders Factory Africa’s partnership with Small Foundation
CAC put an end to manual submission of post-incorporation submissions Founders Factory Africa partners ... |
| Apr 18, 2021 | Nigerian university students grapple with high internet costs among other concerns | Written by Olamilekan Toyeeb Abolade, NACOS National President
Mowa Ijasanmi is a university student in southwest Nigeria. He spends as much as ₦18,000 ($50) every month to access the internet. His time on the internet is spent attending vi... |
| Feb 19, 2021 | BTC black market, 85.9m broadband subscribers in Nigeria, MultiChoice vs Netflix | Share this article:
Good day,
Yinka Awosanya here. Today we are discussing
Bitcoin black market trading in Nigeria
Does Nigeria have 85.9 million broadband subscriptions?
Multichoice to take on Netflix in Africa The black market price of bi... |
| Nov 5, 2020 | The Big 5 Daily | Hey Guys,
Welcome to a brand new edition of the Big 5 Daily.
First, on the Big 5, Andrew Left has finally denounced his fraud allegations against Jumia. He did not only denounce but has also bought shares of the e-commerce startup. The stoc... |
| Aug 20, 2020 | Getting a National ID card takes up to 4 years in Nigeria: going digital will not solve the problem | In Nigeria, attempts at creating a National ID card dates back to 1986. After several decades and millions of dollars, the government is now looking to take the process digital
In Nigeria, getting any accepted means of identification can be... |
| Jun 19, 2020 | Why conflicts in Ikeja Computer Village may not be over yet | Share this article:
The rejection of traditional market leaders — Iyaloja and Babaloja — at Computer Village, Ikeja took another turn when businesses resumed after the unavoidable closure of the larger part of the economy following lockdown... |
| May 22, 2020 | If you live in these Nigerian states, calls and data are about to get cheaper | Share this article:
UPDATE [June 8, 2020]: Since publishing this article, 2 more Nigerian states also crashed or waived Right of Way charges. The original article has been updated accordingly.
Five Seven Nigerian states have recently announ... |
| Feb 27, 2020 | Lagos okada ban: Key lessons for Nigeria’s tech community | Share this article:
Despite the difficulties that have trailed the ban on okada (commercial motorcycles), it appears the Lagos state government is unwilling to change its stance anytime soon.
However, the okada ban has brought to light some... |
| Jun 13, 2019 | Multichoice ShowMax test-runs Live TV Features, Huawei Cancels Device Launch over US Trade Blacklist and More | Hello and welcome to a brand new edition of the Big 5 daily.
Have a good read!
The TechMoney Africa Summit event which was held in the University of Lagos, Nigeria, commenced on the 10th of June 2019 and ended on the 11th of June 2019. The ... |
| Oct 15, 2018 | African startups hunt for investment at Gitex Future Stars [Sponsored] | Rendani Nevhulaudzi is looking to take on Google Chrome with Ovuwa, Africa’s newest search engine. All he needs is a cool $1-million, he says. His is one of about 40 African tech startups seeking investment at Gitex Future Stars expo in Dub... |
| Oct 15, 2018 | African startups hunt for investment at Gitex Future Stars [Sponsored] | Rendani Nevhulaudzi is looking to take on Google Chrome with Ovuwa, Africa’s newest search engine. All he needs is a cool $1-million, he says. His is one of about 40 African tech startups seeking investment at Gitex Future Stars expo in Dub... |
| Aug 8, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence In Nigeria Is An Infant Space With Huge Potential | Since the 1950s when MIT computer scientist John McCarthy first coined the term “artificial intelligence”, the technology has grown in leaps and bounds across the globe. Today, AI permeates several strata of the digital experience – from we... |
| Jun 7, 2018 | The Big 5 Daily: Tunisia lighten up as Start-ups Raises $7m Fund, News from Instagram, and plenty Good news for Africa | Today’s Big 5 daily begins from North Africa today. Here we go:
Tunisia start-ups raised $7 million in funding in a year. The fund was raised from 26 deals and Tunisian software start-ups alone raised about a third of total of the fund. See... |
| May 15, 2018 | Lagos state government to convert Sabo Industrial Estate to an ICT Hub | Share this article:
The Lagos State Government, during a recent ministerial press briefing held in commemoration of the third year of the administration of Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode, revealed plans to transform the Sabo Industrial Estate, Yaba,... |
| Apr 19, 2018 | NITDA’s e-Governance crusade shouldn’t end with heads of MDAs | Share this article:
The Nigerian government is still not close to full exploitation of the potentials of e-governance to deliver its activities and programmes.
Recently, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) organis... |
| Apr 11, 2018 | CBN okays telecom operators for payment system in new MoU | Share this article:
The Central Bank of Nigeria has reconsidered telecommunications operators (telcos) in its financial inclusion drive, courtesy of a Memorandum of Understanding agreement signed by the apex bank and Nigerian Communications... |
| Mar 9, 2018 | Stanbic IBTC Bank launches innovation hub in Yaba | Share this article:
On Thursday, the Stanbic IBTC Bank launched the Blue Lab — its own innovation hub — in Yaba.
Inside the Blue Lab
According to a report on TechEconomy, Chief Executive of the bank Demola Shogunle said the hub was inspired... |
| The Big 5 Daily: Tunisia lighten up as Start-ups Raises $7m Fund, News from Instagram, and plenty Good news for Africa | Today’s Big 5 daily begins from North Africa today. Here we go:
Tunisia start-ups raised $7 million in funding in a year. The fund was raised from 26 deals and Tunisian software start-ups alone raised about a third of total of the fund. See... |
| Multichoice ShowMax test-runs Live TV Features, Huawei Cancels Device Launch over US Trade Blacklist and More | Hello and welcome to a brand new edition of the Big 5 daily.
Have a good read!
The TechMoney Africa Summit event which was held in the University of Lagos, Nigeria, commenced on the 10th of June 2019 and ended on the 11th of June 2019. The ... |