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Sextortion: Meta announces measures to protect users on Instagram
Meta has announced additional measures to further protect users from sextortion. These include hiding followers and following lists…
Meta reportedly fires 24 staff for misusing $25 meal credits
Meta has been on a job-cutting drive since 2022, slashing more than 21,000 jobs since November 2022
Nigeria’s A&D Forensics become 1st African crypto firm to join global coalition
Notable blockchain and crypto investigation company A&D Forensics has joined the Crypto Market Integrity Coalition (CMIC). The company…
Nigeria’s Trade Lenda makes the semi-finals of the $1m Milken-Motsepe Prize in FinTech
Trade Lenda will be up against other fintechs operating in nearly 30 countries across three continents
Ethio Telecom lists 100 million shares at $2.54 each
Ethiopian state-owned Telecommunications Company, Ethio Telecom has announced a sales price of 300 birr ($2.54) for each of the…
Jumia to exit South Africa, Tunisia and focus on Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya
African e-commerce company, Jumia will shut down its South African online fashion retailer Zando and its Tunisian operations…
Kenyan climate startup Octavia Carbon raises $3.9m to fight greenhouse gas emissions
Octavia Carbon is a climate-focused company that builds Direct Air Capture (DAC) machines
Klasha raises an additional $2M to expand B2B cross-border payment rails into China
Klasha, a leading global cross-border payments company, is thrilled to announce that it has successfully raised an additional…
TikTok removed 2.1 million videos in Nigeria in Q2 2024- safety report
TikTok has released its Q2 2024 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, which provides an account of the platform’s proactive…
Two crypto exchanges refund N160 million over unathorised USDT deals in Nigeria
Two Nigerian crypto companies, Paparaxy Global Ventures Limited and Lemskin Technologies Limited have agreed to refund a sum…
