Israel Babajide
21 posts
Israel is a writer, speaker and communications specialist passionate about financial technology, creative entrepreneurship and business development.
He is skilled in product design, public speaking and loves discussing ideas.
In his spare time, He loves to read, swim and play video games.
E-mobility startup, BasiGo debuts in Nairobi after $1 million pre-seed funding
BasiGo, an e-mobility start-up, today announced the launch of its operations in Nairobi, Kenya. This follows the raising…
Bloomberg names Ckay’s single, ‘Love Nwantiti’ the biggest-ever hit from Africa
Bloomberg has named Ckay’s ‘Love Nwantiti’ as the biggest-ever hit out of Africa. According to the organisation, the…
Donald Trump set to launch new social network called ‘Truth Social’ to fight Twitter and Facebook
Former US president and business tycoon, Donald Trump yesterday announced intentions to launch a new social network similar…
SeerBit CEO, Omoniyi Kolade talks about relationship between banks and fintechs and bridging payment gaps
SeerBit is a Nigerian payment processing platform that equips businesses with tools required to process payments across Africa.…
From Yellow Card to Quidax, here are the top 5 most-funded African Crypto startups
In the words of Square, Inc & Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, “Africa will define the future (especially the…
Interswitch partners Interstellar to develop blockchain infrastructure services across Africa
Interswitch, one of Africa’s foremost unicorns and leading integrated payments companies has partnered with Interstellar, an enterprise Blockchain…
Scare as personal data of 1.5bn Facebook users is found for sale on a hacker forum
Technology giant, Facebook Inc has been through a lot recently. The company experienced a global service outage that kept its…
Central Bank opens e-Naira website 4 days ahead of October 1 launch date
The website of the anticipated digital currency by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the e-Naira went live yesterday-…
Why there are so few exits in the Nigerian tech space and what can be done
I have never been excited about mergers and acquisitions. My liberal business mind believes acquisitions stifle competition and…
Is NIBSS NQR really the solution to Nigeria’s e-payments puzzle?
When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) first introduced the cashless policy in 2011, I was in high…