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Cinema Report: Moviegoers Spend N492.1m in January as Nollywood Movies Dominate Box Office
Movie theatre attendance in Nigerian cinemas is slowly recovering after the nightmare of 2020. This is evident in…
Facebook Marketplace Rolls Out in Nigeria to Enable People Discover, Buy and Sell Items
Facebook today announced the launch in Nigeria of Marketplace, a convenient destination where people can discover, buy and…
Tony Elumelu Foundation Opens its 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme Application
The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s $100million Entrepreneurship Programme, launched in 2015 to empower 10,000 entrepreneurs over 10 years...
South Africa’s Bitcoin Market Reacts to Government’s Regulations, Trading Volume Falls by 10%
Amid proposed regulatory constraints, South Africa’s daily bitcoin transaction volume declined by 10%; from $258,783 to $235,470 in…
Internet Subscribers in Nigeria Increased by 22% in 2020 as MTN Got over 50% of New Mobile Subscribers
2020 was a very good year for the telecom industry in Nigeria. Despite the pandemic, the industry experienced…
Mastercard Partners UNICAF to Offer 75% Int’l Scholarships to Cardholders in Nigeria
Global payments company, Mastercard has partnered with online and on-campus study platform, Unicaf to grant 75% scholarships to…
Jeff Bezos to Step Down as Amazon CEO Later this Year
Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s billionaire founder will be stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of the company in July.…
Mobile Money Contributed 10% of $2.87bn Revenue Generated by Airtel Africa in 2020
Telecom giants, Airtel Africa has posted significant growth in 2020 despite the economic strain caused by the Covid-19…
Africa Currently Has 18 Billionaires($), Tech Has Only 4, no Woman. Meet Them
Although covid-19 adversely affected several individuals and businesses globally, it had a positive net effect on some others.…
Female-led Cityblock Achieves Unicorn Status as Global Funding to Women-Led Startups Decline
Female-led startup, CityBlock, has raised $160 million in funding at a valuation of over $1 billion. Cityblock was…
