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Zoom revenue triples in Q1 but growth could slow down as more businesses return to workspaces during the year
Popular video conferencing platform, Zoom has reported a whopping $956.2 million in revenue for the quarter ended April 30, 2021. The…
Nigeria’s Damilola Awofisayo emerges winner of Apple WWDC 2021 swift student challenge
The winners of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Swift Student challenge have been announced and at least one…
Ethiopian Govt-owned Telebirr adds over 1m new mobile money users in 1 week
moves to consolidate pole position ahead of M-Pesa entry According to Ethio telecom, its new Telebirr mobile money…
Application for Binance $30,000+ DeFi/NFT hackathon now open for African developers
Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider will hold a DeFi & NFT hackathon for…
MTN eyes $204m revenue boost as the US plans to lift Iran sanctions
The push by Iran to lift the U.S.-led sanctions on its economy could significantly benefit MTN Group, Africa’s…
Onyeka Akumah steps down as Akindele Phillips becomes new Farmcrowdy CEO
Nigerian serial entrepreneur, Onyeka Akumah has stepped down as CEO of agritech startup, Farmcrowdy. Onyeka quits the managerial…
Gokada to take on Safeboda, set to launch bike-hailing service in Ibadan and Ogun
One of the more popular names in the last-mile logistics space in Nigeria is Gokada. Before February 2020,…
Nigerian drug Enforcement Agents Tracked and Arrested Substance dealers on Instagram
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested at least 2 suspected drug traffickers who sell their…
SEC orders Crowdyvest to quit its Halal fund, other investment offerings pending registration
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered Nigerian fintech platform, Crowdyvest to stop all investment activity that…
TalentQL is Launching a Pipeline Program to Solve the Supply gap for Senior Developers in Africa
The 6-month intensive Pipeline Program will be fully remote and will run a peer to peer learning format which will offer one-on-one mentorship by Top Senior Software Engineers
