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Airtel buys back 8.2% minority shareholdings to achieve 99.96% control of its Nigerian subsidiary
Airtel Nigeria, a subsidiary of Airtel Africa Plc, has announced the completion of a N61 billion buyback of…
Page Financials emerges Most Innovative Consumer Lender of the Year for the third time at the BAFI Awards 2021
Page Financial has emerged as the Most Innovative Consumer Lender of The Year at the BusinessDay Banks and…
HouseOfAjebo, BRODA SHAGGI lead as YouTube releases top Nigerian content creators for 2021
YouTube, the global video-sharing network, has released its top ten content creator lists for 2021 as part of…
NCC approves MTN, Airtel and Mafab for 5G spectrum auction on December 13
..Interestingly, two other telecommunications services providers in Nigeria, Globacomms and 9mobile are missing from the list.
Wizkid and Tems emerge the most streamed artists by Nigerians on Spotify in 2021
Music streaming giant Spotify today unveiled “Spotify Wrapped” – an annual round-up of the top artists, albums, songs…
Jack Dorsey’s Square rebrands to “Block”, plans to expand beyond payments
Square Inc., the fintech giant, is changing its corporate name to Block Inc. as the company focuses on…
Africa Creator Week: YouTube to train 9 creators from Nigeria, Kenya and SA
YouTube has kicked off the second edition of Africa Creator Week. The programme seeks to showcase and support…
#CampusMusicStar: SHAREit Lite and Boomplay hit Nigerian Campuses to find the next music star
In line with its goal to foster digital content accessibility among young Nigerians, SHAREit Lite has partnered with…
South Africa’s Offerzen gets $5.2m to expand its tech talent sourcing operations
OfferZen, a South African tech talent marketplace, has raised €4.5 million ($5.07 million) in Series A funding to…
Nigeria’s diaspora remittances rose 15% to hit $9.3bn in H1 2021, the highest since the pandemic
Inflows of diaspora remittances into the country registered an upward movement in the first half of 2021. According…
