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Nigerian tech companies and the Black Friday deals they are offering
It’s Black Friday season again. It is the highly anticipated period of the year when customers can purchase…
Aba-based startup, Chooya gets $950k from EWC to digitise word-of-mouth marketing
Chooya, an Aba-based eCommerce startup digitizing word-of-mouth marketing for African businesses and consumers, has announced funding of $950,000…
Bad Tweets? Elon Musk loses $50 billion in two days after Tesla shares plunge 16%
Billionaire and Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, has lost $50 billion so far this week after Tesla’s shares plunged…
Nigerian Senate passes amended Electoral Act with e-transmission of results into law
The Senate has passed the harmonized Electoral Act Amendment Bill which includes approval for the electronic transmission of…
eNaira completes 12,500 transactions worth N46.3m in 2 weeks after launch
Barely two weeks after the launch of Africa’s first digital currency, the eNaira, the Central Bank of Nigeria…
NCC to auction 5G spectrum on Dec 13, insists on N75bn reserve price
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has officially declared that the auction of the 3.5 Gigahertz (3.5 GHz) spectrum…
‘Baseless and unfounded’- Iyin Aboyeji’s Future Africa denies allegation of intellectual theft
Africa-focused venture capitalist firm, Future Africa has responded to allegations of intellectual theft levelled against it by investigative…
South African fintech JUMO raises $120m to drive its expansion into Nigeria
JUMO, a South Africa and London-based company that offers financial services in form of credit to entrepreneurs and…
Tech Events this week; Creative Summit Nigeria, e-Waste in Africa and others
Hi there. Welcome to another week. Trust you had a good rest over the weekend. The brand new…
Social Media Roundup: Transgender Nigerian, Obi Cubana, building collapse and others
Hello guys, hope you had a good week. We are here to serve you all the gist that…
