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Ghanaian Uber and Bolt drivers decry ‘sudden and forceful’ digital transport tax
Regulation is not necessarily bad. In Africa, however, regulation has become synonymous with extortion, taxation and revenue generation...
Google to stop loan apps from getting users’ personal information
Google has recently updated its policy on personal loan apps, which could have significant implications for the industry.…
Cash App Founder Bob Lee stabbed to death in San Francisco
Cash App Founder and chief product officer of cryptocurrency company MobileCoin, Bob Lee, was murdered in a San…
AfDB approves $525k grant to create a digital hub for African fintechs
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a $525,000 agreement to support Africa Fintech Network’s (AFN’s) digital hub…
Equator VC raises $40M to invest in Sub-Saharan African climate-tech startups
Equator, a climate tech venture capital firm that backs seed and Series A startups focused on climate technology…
Paxful stumbles, Coinbase restricts African users; is it time to start embracing native crypto exchanges?
In what many crypto enthusiasts wouldn’t have predicted, Paxful – a peer-to-peer (P2P) platform for trading bitcoin and…
NACOS SOUTHWEST announces EDIT 23″ to lead discussions on emerging tech trends
The Nigeria Association of Computing Students Southwest Zone (NACOS SOUTHWEST) will be hosting a zonal conference programme themed ‘Emerging…
President Buhari seeks the approval of the Data Protection Bill from the Senate
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has enjoined the Senate to approve the Nigerian Data Protection Bill in a letter…
Leaked audio: NCC denies phone tracking allegations
In the wake of mixed reactions to a leaked telephone conversation between the presidential candidate of the Labour…
Apple to execute 1st major layoff, cuts jobs in corporate retail teams
Apple is set to reduce the number of corporate retail employees on its development and preservation teams. Layoffs…
