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Twitter Bookmarks: A New Way to Save Tweets You May Want to Revisit
Twitter is an online news and social networking service where users post and interact with messages known as “tweets“.…
AFF Commences Accelerator Programme with Mona Pay, Hero Cash and Service City
Access bank powered Pan-African accelerator, Africa FinTech Foundry (AFF) has unveiled the first set of participants of its…
Airtel to Launch its Own IPO in Africa Very Soon
As MTN Nigeria gets set to launch an IPO later this year, Bharti Airtel is also considering making…
Could Facebook Eat Up LinkedIn with its New Jobs Feature?
It looks like Facebook is going to be giving LinkedIn a very tight competition very soon. The social…
Finally, NCC Suspends 3 Network Providers, Bars 750,000 Lines for Call-Masking
After weeks of investigation into cases of call masking and refilling, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has descended…
Truecaller Appoints Ex-Efritin Boss, Zakaria Hersi as Director of Partnerships for Africa
Truecaller, an integrated caller ID service that daily helps to identify unknown calls, block spam calls and spam SMS…
Lagos Plans to Train One Million People to Code by 2030 with #CodeLagos
In the drive to ensuring youths are globally competitive, the Lagos State government is looking to train one…
Farmcrowdy Gets $325,000 Funding from GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund
Nigerian Agritech, Farmcrowdy has just been announced as one of 15 startups that would receive funding and mentorship…
Lagos State Government to Expose Tax Defaulters with BVN, Foreign Exchange Records
The Lagos Inland Revenue Service (LIRS) would now be making use of technology to make it impossible for …
Could FRSC’s New Tech Plans be the Solution to Nigeria’s Accident Troubles?
In 2017, Nigeria recorded about 4,418 accident casualties–a figure which happens to be lower than that of 2016.…
