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Social media roundup: Post no-Grammy outrage, Tech founders back in the spotlight, others
*Wizkid loses Grammy to Angelique Kidjo | *Clara Wanjiku calls out Flutterwave CEO for 'bullying'
Emmanuel Babalola: Crypto honcho using Bundle to change narratives in Africa
•Emmanuel Babalola has played a major role in growing crypto adoption in Africa | •Babz is the former Director for Binance in Africa and the current CEO of Bundle | •One of the techniques he uses to preach the crypto gospel is ‘simplicity’
CBN fines 6 commercial banks ₦1.31bn for cryptocurrency transactions
Stanbic IBTC, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Access Bank, Wema Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Fidelity Bank. are among the banks affected
Bolt Nigeria’s conditional healthcare plan draws criticism from in-app drivers’ union
*Bolt Nigeria promotes conditional healthcare plan
FTX Africa to continue driving crypto adoption through education
*FTX is a centralised cryptocurrency exchange with a lot of leading products in the industry
Elloe, a social e-commerce startup, exceeds $1m funding target in pre-seed round
*Elloe, a social e-commerce startup has closed a seven-figure US dollar pre-seed round to fuel its Southeast Asian expansion | * The round was led by the Philippines’ Mad Ventures, and other anonymous investors
Jack Dorsey’s first tweet, made into an NFT, to be resold for $48m
The non-fungible token representing a copy of the first tweet published on Twitter by the platform’s co-founder, Jack…
Crossing The Gender Gap: How Tek Experts is improving diversity and inclusion in Nigeria’s tech support industry
The Technology sector is not only an important enabler of innovation and economic development – it is also…
Revealed: Online automobile selling companies make profit of up to 150% off car sales
Automobile e-commerce companies have risen in recent years to help middle class Nigerians own vehicles, but they price their cars above market value | The prices of cars have increased as a result, in part, because of over-reliance on delivery businesses
How to identify scam accounts on Instagram
*While there are many legitimate giveaways and promotions on Instagram, there are also a lot of fraudulent ones promising non-existent prize | *Common scams include phishing emails that ask users to click on a link
