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Tyme secures $77.8m in pre-Series C funding to continue global expansion
Tyme, a global digital bank and the parent company of South Africa’s TymeBank has successfully secured $77.8 million…
2023 Yabacon Meet: Leveraging AI for business opportunities in Africa
The annual event, 2023 Yabacon Meet, organized by Yabacon, a community comprising individuals, communities, and organizations within Africa’s…
Google now provides AI-powered flood alerts to 23 African countries with addition of 8 new countries
In its continued fight against flooding which is one of the most common and deadliest natural disasters, global…
Does Nigeria’s election tribunal ruling against live broadcast fall short of global best practices?
Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) has denied an application for proceedings to be live-streamed because no law…
IMF says 98.5% of eNaira wallets unused despite increased usage during cash scarcity
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that the adoption of Nigeria’s digital currency, the eNaira, has remained significantly…
Parents stay alert: Here’s how a 10-year-old girl spent her mum’s ₦2m playing online games
In recent times, the dynamics of children’s play have shifted significantly. Rather than engaging in physical activities like…
“Almost 4000 attendees, 90+ exhibitors,” Lagos Startup Expo was a smashing success
The heavy showers of rain that poured down on Lagos, Nigeria, this last Saturday did not stop thousands…
Aboyeji calls for Nigeria’s tech space to set agenda for Tinubu’s govt, what should be at the top of this agenda?
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji – a Nigerian entrepreneur and CEO of Future Africa – has enjoined the country’s tech ecosystem…
“Nigeria has been the biggest adopter of Artificial Intelligence in Africa” – Open AI’s Sam Altman
According to Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, the creator of the popular AI chatbot, ChatGPT, Nigeria is…
Senate committee on ICT manipulated NITDA report, dubiously trying to scale bill into law- Gbenga Sesan
Nigerian tech leader and Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative for Information Technology, Gbenga Sesan, has accused the Senate…
