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Despite Hong Kong’s restrictions, Alice Lo is building a platform for civic tech founders with Divao
Recall that we recently reported an announcement of 3 winners at the Seedstars Digital Democracy Challenge. The winners…
Facebook reportedly plans to change its name, launches crypto wallet
Facebook is reportedly planning to change its name to reflect its latest endeavour- the metaverse. The name change…
Favour Ori’s Payday becomes first Rwandan startup to join Techstars Toronto
Payday, a Pan-African Fintech startup founded by Favour Ori, has become the first Rwandan company in history to…
#EndSARS: Feminist Coalition (FemCo) and the questions that require answers
Between September and October of 2020, Nigeria was engulfed in widespread mass protests. These protests, driven by youths…
Don’t allow your NIN to be linked to another person’s SIM – NCC warns subscribers
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has strongly warned telecoms consumers to ensure they do not allow their National Identification…
2021 MacBook Pro, AirPods 3 and all the major highlights at Apple Unleashed event
Just a few weeks after its California streaming event, Apple has hosted another event, Unleashed on Monday, and…
AfriTECH2021 seeks urgent steps to drive inclusive digital economy
Stakeholders in the information and communication technology industry have stressed that accelerating innovation remains the best path to…
CBN affirms that Nigerians can use the eNaira without internet-enabled phones
Nigerians without access to internet-enabled phones would also be able to utilize the eNaira currency. This was revealed…
Nigeria’s Sendbox, closes $1.8m seed funding to scale its logistics-for-social-commerce operations
Sendbox, a Nigerian peer-to-peer delivery platform for social commerce has secured $1.8m in a seed funding round to…
Piggyvest assures users of funds safety amid N2bn investment loss rumours
Amid rumours that it lost a colossal N2 billion of investor funds to a fraudulent investment scheme, Piggyvest,…
