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Google opens application for 2024 Hustle Academy, to introduce AI training for attendees
Last November, Google through the Hustle Academy awarded N75 million to support 15 standout Nigerian SMBs...
Egyptian fintech MNZL raises $3.5m seed funding to scale its ‘secure’ lending service
MNZL allows users leverage their property and other assets easily and securely to obtain loans
Nigerian-led Axmed raises $2m seed funding to boost medicine supply to low-income countries
Axmed was founded by Emmanuel Akpakwu who previously served at Novartis as the Chief Commercial Officer of the sub-Saharan Africa region
FG denies asking Binance for $150 million bribe to drop all criminal charges
Binance CEO announced that the Nigerian authorities were demanding a hefty $150 million bribe in crypto from its detained executives
Salaries, loans, transfers: A list of 14 transactions exempt from the 0.5% cybersecurity tax
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has instructed that all banks must impose a cybersecurity tax of 0.5%…
Cybersecurity levy: Peter Obi accuses FG of milking a dying economy
Peter Obi pointed out that the cybersecurity levy negates the Government’s avowed commitment to reduce the number of taxes and streamline the tax system
“Nigeria must release Tigran Gambaryan, if we are to move forward”, Binance CEO, Richard Teng says
"At the end of the day, Binance wants to have a future where we work alongside the Nigerian government to be part of building a strong economy for the Nigerian people..."- Teng says
Seamfix raises $4.5m from Alitheia IDF to expand digital ID services across Africa
Seamfix, a global digital identity solutions provider, has secured $4.5 million from Alitheia IDF, a gender lens investing…
Amazon launches online marketplace in South Africa, to offer same-day/next-day delivery
Amazon faces stiff competition in a market largely dominated by Naspers' TakeAlot
