| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.07.2024 | Navigating Nigeria's Economic Crossroads: The Diaspora Voting Bill and Import Trends | Nigeria stands at a crossroads. On one side, the promise of political empowerment for its diaspora. On the other, the harsh realities of economic dependency and rising import costs. The recent announcement regarding the Diaspora Voting Bill... |
| 29.07.2024 | Diaspora Voting Bill: Speaker Tajudeen Abbas promises implementation in 10th assembly | The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has assured Nigerians in Diaspora that the long-awaited Diaspora voting will be implemented during the tenure of the 10th Assembly.
This announcement was made during the open... |
| 29.07.2024 | Concerning trends in Nigeria’s recent imports | As Nigerians contend with the fallout from fuel subsidy removals, rising food prices, and a weakening naira, the conversation has expanded beyond the immediate challenges of everyday expenses like bread and transportation. In the last year,... |
| 26.06.2024 | Nigeria: Satellite Giant Multichoice Has Not Cut Its Cable TV Subscription Prices in Nigeria As Claimed Online | Satellite giant MultiChoice has not cut its cable TV subscription prices in Nigeria as claimed online
IN SHORT: MultiChoice Nigeria has increased its subscription prices twice since December 2023. But claims that it reverted to the old subs... |
| 01.03.2024 | How much are consistent network outages costing businesses in Nigeria? | “Hello, Hello, can you hear me?” said student, Pere Juslin for the 20th time in frustration, as she tried to contact her sister over the phone. Her newly acquired Glo SIM card seemed just as unreliable as her old MTN network. Three days lea... |
| 05.02.2024 | African startups raised $83 million in January 2024 | African startups got off to a sluggish start in 2024, raising just $83 million across 31 disclosed deals in January, according to data from Africa: The Big Deal. This marks a steep decline from the $545.1 million raised in 20 deals during t... |
| 21.12.2023 | Naira Nightmare: What’s driving Nigeria’s latest cash crunch? | At an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in an Alimosho branch of First Bank, Nigeria’s oldest bank, angry customers bicker in a queue as they attempt to withdraw cash ahead of the holidays. Most have been here for hours, temporarily closing th... |
| 27.11.2023 | A pilot landed a plane in the wrong city, nearly 200 miles from where it was supposed to be: report | A United Nigeria Airlines pilot landed a flight in Asaba, 198 miles away from Abuja, the intended destination and Nigeria's capital city. Visual Art Agency/Lingbeek/Getty Images
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| 23.10.2023 | Challenges in quality control and the decline of Nigeria’s non-oil exports | The decline of exports from Nigeria has had far-reaching implications for the country especially non-oil exports, as it has limited efforts to diversify the economy. Over-reliance on oil has made the country vulnerable to fluctuations in gl... |
| 15.08.2023 | Jumia Q2 2023 report: Active customers decline by 1 million as company slows losses | Jumia’s Q2 financial report shows a reduction in losses as the company continues to talk about the importance of “progress towards profit.” Its operating losses slowed to $23.3 million in Q2 2023, the lowest reported in four years, thanks t... |
| 11.08.2023 | Economic implications of the delayed Siemens power project in Nigeria | Nigeria, the largest economy and most populous nation in Africa has faced hindrances to its economic growth due to the absence of a consistent and high-quality electricity supply. Even with an installed power generation capacity of 14GW, th... |
| 21.07.2023 | 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, ... |
| 14.07.2023 | Tinubu declares state of emergency on food in Nigeria amid soaring inflations | On Thursday, 13th of July, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared a state of emergency on food security in Nigeria amid soaring inflation rates. The announcement came through Dele Alake, special adviser to the president on special duties, com... |
| 06.07.2023 | From hashtags to ballots: how an army of social media consultants and influencers impacted Nigeria’s 2023 elections
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | The EU Election Observation Mission released a report showing more social media activity during Nigeria’s 2023 elections. TechCabal interviewed campaign strategists to understand the social media strategies used by candidates, the costs, an... |
| 29.05.2023 | ‘Squandered goodwill’: How Buhari failed Nigeria a second time | Abuja, Nigeria – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has handed over the reins of power to fellow party man Ahmed Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), leaving charge with a legacy very different to the one voters had hoped fo... |
| 19.05.2023 | With an impending naira devaluation, what is at stake for Nigerians?
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | A recent report by Absa Group Ltd. predicts a 15% devaluation of the Naira when the Tinubu-led administration assumes office. What are the implications for Nigerian citizens?
In a few days, Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, will be sw... |
| 16.05.2023 | Technology Will Change The World - Will The World Change With It? | The only constant in life is change – and the US is a country with change built into its DNA. |
| 03.04.2023 | Nigeria: Explainer - How to Spot Deepfake Audio Clips Blended By Artificial Intelligence Tools | Some Nigerian disinformation experts have deployed audio-based deepfake technology to fake sensitive conversations of political figures, stirring controversies.
In the realm of digital media and information manipulation, deepfake technology... |
| 24.02.2023 | Are layoffs to blame for the spread of fake news on Nigerian Twitter?
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | For many observers, one of the signs that Twitter was taking its African market seriously was its decision to open an office on the continent. Twitter is the second-most-used social media platform in Africa and has around 5 million Nigerian... |
| 24.02.2023 | Nigeria: Will Technology Deliver a Clean Election for Nigeria? | Voter registration is up, as confidence in election technology grows, but trust in the electoral commission continues to flounder.
From tomorrow, 25 February, and over the next two weeks, 93 million registered voters are expected to go to t... |
| 24.02.2023 | Nigeria elections: The influence of Afrobeats music on politics | Afrobeats star Wizkid has become an undeniable superstar with international accolades along the way. Image via Twitter @wizkidayo
In the run-up to Nigeria’s February 2023 elections, the country’s younger generation has mobilised to demand c... |
| 12.02.2023 | Contextualizing the Nigerian Government’s Forced Abortion Program | Editor’s Note: Sexual violence in war takes many forms. In Nigeria, the government is forcing women impregnated by Boko Haram to have abortions, which the University of Denver’s Hilary Matfess and Georgetown’s Robert Nagel argue is unpreced... |
| 27.01.2023 | Nigeria’s newest telecom operator, Mcom, launches its 5G network
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | Nigeria’s newest telecom operator, MAFAB Communications, has launched its 5G network services for Nigerians. The launch ceremony took place in Abuja on Tuesday January 24 and in Lagos on Thursday January 26, 2023. This announcement comes fi... |
| 29.12.2022 | CBN policies and how they affected Nigerians in 2022 | Many factors influence a country’s strength, but one of the most important is its economy. The likes of America, Britain, China, Japan, and Germany are dubbed wealthy nations primarily because of the strength of their economy. To achieve th... |
| 22.12.2022 | Nigeria: No Evidence Nigeria Presidential Candidate Bola Tinubu Asked Young Nigerians to Focus On Online Fraud | IN SHORT: Tinubu's campaign for Nigeria's presidency in the 2023 elections has pushed back hard at allegations of his past misdeeds. A quote claiming he asked the youth to focus on online fraud is unsupported.
A post on Facebook in Nigeria ... |
| 13.12.2022 | NALA expands into Europe to enable cross border payments
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | NALA, a Tanzanian fintech company, has expanded its services into the European market. This expansion will allow the fintech to operate in 19 European countries and enable remittances from them to African countries.
Despite the internationa... |
| 02.12.2022 | AFIS 2022: Stimulating dialogue to build a robust financial industry for sustainable development in Africa. | On Monday, over 800 continental finance leaders, bankers, insurers, regulators, central bank governors, public policymakers, innovators, fintech leaders and journalists converged in Lome, Togo, for the African Financial Industry Summit. The... |
| 31.10.2022 | Nigerian tech CEOs that stepped down in 2022 | Bringing an idea to life is commendable. This resilience and innovation of many Nigerian founders are some reasons for the exponential growth of the country’s tech ecosystem in recent years. But as the tech ecosystem grows in value, so do i... |
| 14.10.2022 | Herconomy expands into a fintech startup with new offerings for African women | Herconomy’s pre-seed raise is one for the history books. Last year, the startup shocked the tech ecosystem with its funding story. Within 24 hours of an Instagram post by its founder, Ife Durosimi-Etti, the community-based startup raised $6... |
| 04.10.2022 | Spleet raises $2.6 million seed round to provide rent financing across Africa | It is widely accepted that Lagos has a severe real estate deficit problem. The housing problem stems from the population density of the state and its size. Lagos is the smallest state in Nigeria and, with a population of 15.4 million people... |
| 22.09.2022 | Nigeria Targets 7000 Megawatts On New Siemens Equipment | The equipment shipped to the country by Siemens include transformers and transportable substations.
The Nigerian government says it hopes to raise electricity supply in the country to a minimum of 7,000 megawatts with the supply of new powe... |
| 11.07.2022 | Nigeria’s “Japa Syndrome” has a new catalyst: tech | What’s this “Japa Syndrome”? Is it some kind of illness?
Well, it depends on how you see it. If a constant urge to run away from your current life in your home country and start a new one in a foreign country sounds like an illness to you, ... |
| 24.05.2022 | Sylndr raises $12.6 million pre-seed | Share this article:
Hola,
I’m still riding the high of the Techpoint Africa Blockchain Summit (TABS 2022), and one of the sessions that stood out to me was the Web3 Hackathon.
I’ll tell you what the hackathon was about if you don’t already ... |
| 18.05.2022 | SEC regulations: Nigeria Crypto exchange CEOs to retire after 10 years | Share this article:
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued rules and guidelines for all crypto and digital asset service providers on Friday, May 13, 2022.
The rules in the document, New Rules on Issuance, Offering Platfo... |
| 18.05.2022 | Here are 4 problems Ahmed Idris’ N80 billion loot could have solved for Nigeria. | A Nigerian government official is accused of syphoning N80 billion ($192.65 million) through bogus deals and contracts he allotted to his close family members and relatives. The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Nigeria’s top ... |
| 06.04.2022 | Nigeria is missing out on global crude oil prospects amid Russia-Ukraine war | Russia’s ongoing onslaught on neighbouring Ukraine has raised targeted sanctions on its energy exports as the US and some of its European allies move to cut oil imports. Russia is the 3rd largest player in the global oil market, accounting ... |
| 15.02.2022 | Airtel Africa’s strategic hire, Connected finance in Africa, Digitising Nigerian pharmacies | Share this article:
Hello, people
How was St Valentine’s Day? Did you spend it with your loved one(s)? Or were you a dogged soldier and kept on coding, writing, designing, and building stuff? Mine had a mixture of everything plus more. Whil... |
| 15.02.2022 | Transtura’s journey to digital payments; from launch to acquisition | Share this article:
Lagos is not a real place. Or at least that’s what Olufunmi thinks every time she ventures out from her house in the hinterlands of Ikorodu.
For example, Funmi entered a bus going to Ikeja last Saturday.
“Enter with your... |
| 25.01.2022 | 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... |
| 22.11.2021 | Nigerian fintech Abeg faces its biggest test yet after blitzscaling to millions of users | On October 3, “Big Brother Naija,” a reality show sponsored by Nigerian social payments company Abeg, came to a rapturous close after 72 days on air.
The show, which commenced on July 24, is the most popular and most-watched reality show in... |
| 27.10.2021 | Prospects Of The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Going Commercial And Public Under The Petroleum Industry Act 2021 | Introduction
As part of the Federal Government's efforts to revamp the legal, economic and governance framework of the petroleum industry in Nigeria, President
Muhammad Buhari recently signed into law the Petroleum Industry Act ("PIA&q... |
| 20.10.2021 | A year after the #EndSARS protests, what has changed? | On a sunny Tuesday afternoon on October 13, 2020, Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, came out to address protesters in front of his office at Alausa, Ikeja. The protesters had been hanging around the governor’s office for almost a we... |
| 19.10.2021 | Who’s afraid of crypto-salaries? | Like most Nigerian workers, Kola*, at his former job, used to be paid his salary in the country’s official currency: the naira—until he started working at a fintech company registered outside Nigeria. Now he gets paid in USD Coin (USDC), a ... |
| 31.08.2021 | Grazing Routes for Fulani Herders: What the Land Use Act says | --> -->
The farmer-herder attacks in Nigeria entered a new phase of policy direction between the federal government and state governors as the Presidency revealed it is reviewing the grazing routes across the country to reduce trespas... |
| 05.08.2021 | Journey to the top, tech talents in Africa, and YouTube’s creator payment plan | Share this article:
Hi there,
Today I’m discussing:
Rachel Akalia’s journey
Alida School and Africa’s tech talents
Koo: Nigeria’s new Twitter
YouTube’s payment plan for creators Patricia Technologies’ Racheal Akalia
Rachael Akalia, Brand Ma... |
| 26.07.2021 | NIN-SIM linkage extended, Nigeria’s digital currency launch, tech in the Olympics | Share this article:
Good day,
Today I’m discussing:
Nigeria’s 7th NIN-SIM linkage deadline extension.
The planned launch of Nigeria’s digital currency on October 1, 2021.
Tech at Tokyo 2020 Nigeria extends NIN-SIM linkage deadline again
NIM... |
| 23.07.2021 | Nigeria’s apex bank chooses open-source blockchain to run digital currency pilot on October 1, 2021 | Share this article:
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that it’ll launch the pilot scheme of its digital currency on October 1, 2021.
According to TheCable, CBN revealed this during a private webinar with stakeholders on Thursd... |
| 01.07.2021 | NIN-SIM linkage extended, Eswatini shuts Internet down, Zeepay raises $7.9M Series A and South Africa’s crypto regulation timeline | Share this article:
Good day,
Today, I’m discussing:
Nigerian government postponing NIN-SIM linkage deadline
Eswatini’s Internet shutdown
Zeepay’s Series A funding
South Africa’s crypto regulation timeline. NIN-SIM linkage deadline postpone... |
| 26.05.2021 | Dominic Joshua’s ‘hedge fund’ paid out 30% monthly returns. Then the scam unravelled | He claimed to be investing in real estate, forex and Chanel. There was no proof.
In December 2020, Michelle Adigun* transferred ₦300,000 ($750) to Brisk Capital, an investment firm she discovered on Instagram. The firm promised to pay her 3... |
| 13.05.2021 | If not Okada, then…, Airtel’s Q1 2021 earnings | Share this article:
Good day,
Oluwanifemi and Bolu here. Today we’re discussing:
Replacement for Okada in Lagos
Airtel’s Q1 2021 earnings report Last-mile buses to replace Okada
It’s about to happen: Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu... |
| 03.05.2021 | Report for the World announces selection of first-ever corps members | Report for the World “There is a need to strengthen press freedom around the world. Healthy societies require trusted, accurate information and never before has that need been more clear and more urgent," said Charles Sennott, founder ... |
| 24.02.2021 | Google’s media innovation fund, Open Banking in Nigeria, Angolan crowdfunding startup, Deya’s pre-seed | Share this article:
Good day,
Oluwanifemi and Emmanuel here Today we are discussing:
Google’s move to support media innovators
The impact of Open Banking in Nigeria
Angolan crowdfunding startup, Deya’s pre-seed round Google to support media... |
| 20.02.2021 | 2020 was the year of edtech but how did edtech companies survive the pandemic? | Receiving a late-night call from a parent of a child in your school could be terrifying for a teacher.
When Chioma’s mum called to speak to her teacher at 9 pm, it wasn’t to complain as one would expect. It was to express her gratitude. Chi... |
| 15.12.2020 | After Ekocab, Lagos yellow taxis partner with new ride-hailing company | Share this article:
Last week, the ride-hailing sector in Lagos, Nigeria, got a bit of a shake-up when another ride-hailing company was launched. Its goal? To bring in Lagos yellow taxis.
According to a report by The Cable, the new ride-hai... |
| 09.12.2020 | TechCabal Daily – These African countries are spying on citizens | 9 DEC, 2020
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Far from the landlords & merchants of Verona
In Coventry-upon-Avon, against Corona
Young William inhaled in anticipation
Hopeful of a full inoculation
To be [immune] or not to be [immune]?
... |
| 28.09.2020 | 2 years after receiving $18m from Alta Semper Capital, HealthPlus is witnessing a power struggle | Share this article:
On September 25, a press release appearing to be from the Board of HealthPlus, one of West Africa’s largest integrated pharmacy chains, stated that the company no longer needed the services of its Founder, Bukky George, ... |
| 24.09.2020 | The BackEnd: How Nigerian bank domiciliary accounts compete with fintech dollar features | The BackEnd explores the product development process in African tech. We take you into the minds of those who conceived, designed and built the product; highlighting product uniqueness, user behaviour assumptions and challenges during the p... |
| 28.08.2020 | Explainer: Why Nigeria’s Central Bank has anchored electricity bills collection on banks | None of Nigeria’s 11 electricity distribution companies are profitable businesses. None has reached breakeven point.
From the privately-owned ones spread across 8 states and the Federal Capital, to Yola Electricity Distribution Company whic... |
| 06.08.2020 | Nigeria’s new broadcasting code ends content exclusivity and raises fine for hate speech | “In the broad national interest, exclusivity of sporting rights in Nigeria is prohibited,” is section 6.2.8 of amendments to the sixth edition of Nigeria’s broadcasting code (PDF).
The code goes ahead to state in 6.2.5 that “rights owner to... |
| 10.07.2020 | Зачем клиентам удаленная идентификация и как она развивается в России и в мире | Пандемия коронавируса оказала прямое влияние на рынки по всему миру. Все более востребованными становятся онлайн-услуги: дистанционное банковское обслуживание, виртуальные платежи и переводы, дистанционная работа и онлайн-образование, онлай... |
| 14.06.2020 | Negotiating With Jihadists in the Sahel and Nigeria | Editor’s Note: West Africa is one of the most important jihadist hotspots, but it gets far less attention in the United States than in other areas, in part because the U.S. military role there is limited at best. France, however, is deeply ... |
| 23.03.2020 | This startup has supplied over 12 million paper bags to businesses across Africa | What crime would you say is deserving of a $US38,000 fine and/or a four-year jail sentence? In Kenya, you only need to manufacture, import or sell a plastic carrier bag to spend up to four years in jail with or without a fine.
Using plastic... |
| 13.12.2019 | PROMOTED: ZOLA Electric opens first experience centre in Nigeria, unveils limited edition of ZOLA Infinity | Lagos, Nigeria. Wednesday December 4, 2019 – ZOLA Electric, the leading renewable energy brand in Africa, has opened its first Experience Centre in Nigeria. The Experience centre, which is located at the Fezel Plaza, Alfred R... |
| 23.10.2019 | 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... |
| 03.09.2019 | Counting the cost as Nigerian fraud goes global | “I don suffer no be small, upon say I get sense,
Poverty no good at all ooo, Nayin make I join this business.
419 no be thief,
It’s just a game, everybody dey play am,
If anybody fall mugu, ah,
my brother, I go chop am.
National Airport, na... |
| 06.02.2019 | Nigeria will soon begin printing its international e-passports locally | Share this article:
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company — responsible for printing Nigeria’s currency and other important security documents — has signed an MoU with IRIS Smart Techn... |
| 16.11.2018 | GIGM Is Nigeria’s Most Technologically Advanced Road Transport Company | Back in 1997, “luxurious” buses were all the rave for interstate transport in Nigeria. People used these huge 59-seater vehicles to move goods, visit their hometowns and go on cross-country trips. Then Edwin Ajaere, a spare parts dealer, in... |
| 14.09.2018 | Advancements In Road Building Technology May Be The Intervention Nigeria’s Roads Need | Photo: Dominik Vanyi via Unsplash
In another life, Kola (not his real name) would have been a mechanical engineer. For now, he’s a supervisor with the Nigerian Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) and he may hate the job but at least it ... |
| 24.08.2018 | Social Media Roundup: The 800-metre fitness walk | Share this article:
On Tuesday this week, Muslim faithfuls around the world celebrated the Eid el-Kabir. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari joined thousands of Muslim faithfuls to observe the Eid prayer in Daura, his hometown in Katsina st... |
| 03.05.2018 | Solar energy is about to get even more expensive in Nigeria | Share this article:
In February and March this year, importers of solar panels suddenly discovered a new anomaly; the Nigerian Customs Services (NCS) was forcing them to pay between 5% and 10% import duty on solar panels.
This was a new dev... |
| 26.04.2018 | Nigerian House of Representatives wants cryptocurrency and other blockchain technologies regulated | Share this article:
The lower chamber of the Nigerian National Assembly — the House of Representatives — has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Commission (NDIC) to come up with a regulatory frame... |
| 23.04.2018 | 9mobile sale: 3 reasons the Nigerian government may be blocking it | Share this article:
After its parent UAE-based company exited following a $1.72 billion debt default, Etisalat Nigeria was taken over by creditors in July 2017 and re-branded as ‘9mobile’. A 16-day sales extension from its initial acquisiti... |
| 20.04.2018 | Social Media Roundup: The legend of the Mace Runner | Share this article:
On Wednesday morning, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege who was recently suspended reportedly stormed the National Assembly with some thugs and made away with the mace — the symbol of authority.
BREAKING: The entire National Assemb... |
| 05.04.2018 | What is the Nigerian government’s interest in 9mobile’s acquisition? | Share this article:
Just recently, we reported that Teleology had acquired 9mobile with the payment of a $50 million non-refundable deposit required. But more recent news is giving the acquisition process a new tune.
Aside Teleology, anothe... |
| 20.03.2018 | Nigerians spent ₦3.2 trillion on airtime in 2017 but telcos are still worried | Share this article:
It was recently revealed that telecoms subscribers in Nigeria spent a whopping ₦3.2 trillion purchasing airtime in 2017.
With the figures having a semblance to previous years’ estimates, it is easy to say that Nigerians ... |
| 09.03.2018 | 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... |
| 29.01.2018 | Africa News Roundup: A $500m bid for 9mobile, MutliChoice fined ₦5.9bn | Share this article:
Here are last weekend’s top headlines on startups, entrepreneurship, innovation and tech around Africa.
A 2-horse race? Coming on the heels of rumours that Globacom was favoured to takeover 9mobile, there are fresh repor... |
| 11.01.2018 | Africa News Roundup: Glo reportedly acquires 9mobile | Share this article:
UPDATE: The NCC has released an official statement that neither explicitly denies nor confirms the possible acquisition of 9mobile by Glo:
Our attention has been drawn to newspaper publications alleging that a preferred ... |
| 06.09.2017 | Solar energy: Nigeria’s best shot at eradicating its electricity problem | Share this article:
In March 2017, some nursing mothers protested at a hospital in Rivers State over the death of their babies as a result of a power outage at the hospital.
“My child was okay before they took light, but three hours after t... |
| 04.05.2017 | How relevant is NIPOST? | Share this article:
Although, operational in the year 1852, when the British colonial masters established the first post office. The Nigerian postal service (NIPOST) became a government department in 1985, January 1st to be precise. This wa... |
| 09.02.2017 | Op-Ed: Why Nigeria’s e-commerce industry continues to attract investment | We kicked off 2017 with a multi-million dollar investment from Naspers and Kinnevik, and it gave me pause to reflect on the progress of both Konga, and the wider e-commerce industry in Nigeria.
Nigeria boasts the largest population in Afric... |
| 30.11.2016 | Nigerians react to the proposed data price hike | Source: Economic Times, India
Yesterday, TechCabal told you about the directive from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) asking mobile operators to review their data tariff pricing. The commission introduced a new price floor of 0.... |
| 25.10.2016 | The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered MTN to stop paying its shareholders their dividends | The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed MTN Nigeria to stop paying dividends to its shareholders as a result of the ongoing investigations into the company’s financial activities in the country.
This directive was announced at a quar... |
| 15.06.2016 | Why the MTN fine reduction doesn’t make sense | Share this article:
I think Nigerians might be witnessing the making of one helluva blockbuster movie and not know it yet. First NCC hit MTN Nigeria with an outrageous $5.2 billion fine. Then it reduced the fine to $3.9 billion – after maki... |
| 10.05.2016 | A case for collaboration among Nigerian Startup founders: Lessons from the Music Industry | Share this article:
Since the inception of organized music, artistes have been leaving their record labels for hundreds of reasons. Some cite irreconcilable differences, others go for breach of contracts on the part of the labels; remember ... |
| 24.02.2016 | MTN withdraws suit against the NCC and pays ₦50 billion | Share this article:
In a move that might be a tie breaker in the headlock with the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Nigerian Communications Commision(NCC), MTN has withdrawn it’s suit against the Federal Government. It would be recalle... |
| 30.12.2015 | Radio Biafra transmitters allegedly installed on MTN masts | Share this article:
A certain David Nwawuisi, an engineer working with Ericsson Nigeria Limited, has been implicated in the illicit installation of Radio Biafra transmitters on MTN masts in South-East Nigeria, TheCable reports.
Ericsson is ... |
| 26.05.2015 | Tuesday News Roundup: Nigeria’s Hotels.ng And Its Big Figures | Here are the news making the rounds on the African tech space:
Nigeria’s Hotels.ng has raised $1.2 million series A
In what will likely be one of the most-talked-about African startup funding events of 2015, Hotels.ng has secured $1.2 milli... |
| - | Nigeria’s Supreme Court engulfed in rare welfare complaints row | Nigeria’s chief justice has defended the treatment of the country’s Supreme Court judges after more than a dozen of them lodged a grave complaint about their working conditions, according to local media reports.
Local newspapers reported th... |
| - | Are Nigeria’s bandits a new Boko Haram cell or rival ‘terrorists’? | Anka, Nigeria – On December 11, 2020, more than 300 boys were abducted from a boarding school in Kankara, a small community in the northwestern Nigerian state of Katsina by gunmen on motorcycles.
The incident fit Boko Haram’s modus operandi... |
| - | Analysis: Russia sanctions could spur Chinese arms sales to Nigeria | Abuja, Nigeria – The February 24 invasion of Ukraine by Russia has upset geopolitical and trade relations across the world, from matters of buying military equipment to increasingly expensive wheat and oil.
But for Nigeria, Africa’s most po... |
| - | Nigeria church attack: What, where and why? | Gunmen attacked a Catholic church in Nigeria during mass on Sunday, killing at least 50 people including women and children, according to local reports.
Here is what we know so far: What happened?
At about 11:30 am [10:30GMT] on Sunday, gun... |
