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8 Startups and 4 Student Teams Make the 2019 FbStart Accelerator Programme
Facebook’s FbStart Accelerator is about to begin its second cohort. In partnership with Co-Creation Hub, Facebook has announced 12 teams…
Opay’s Obus Gets Competition as Charter Bus Service Mizi Launches Mizibus in Lagos, First Five Rides are Free
Barely months after Opay launched its bus hailing service, another startup, Mizi, has increased the stakes by introducing…
#StopRobbingUs: Nigeria Tech Community Crowdfunds to Fight Against Notorious Police Unit, SARS
Tech Leaders Consider Legal Action Against Illegal Arrests of Software Engineers Nigeria’s technology leaders have launched #StopRobbingUs, a…
Meet Damilare Akano, Africa’s Youngest Microsoft Specialist
Six-year-old Nigerian student, Damilare Akano, has emerged Africa’s youngest Microsoft specialist in the Certiport international certification. He surpassed…
Xenophobia, Olamide’s Pawon, and JAMB CAPS Dominated Google Search by Nigerians in September
The month of September was quite interesting for internet users in Nigeria. It was filled with a lot…
Tecno Brand Maker, Transsion Lists in Chinese IPO, to Raise About $400M
Chinese mobile-phone maker and brand owner of Tecno, Transsion, has listed in an IPO on Shanghai’s STAR Market.…
Tech Events in Africa: SATx, Entrepreneurs On the Move, Abuja Blockchain and Digital Assets Conference 2019
Hi everyone. Happy New Week, and Happy Nigerian Independence Day in advance. As usual, we at Technext have…
Bolt Denies Being Hacked, Blames Payment Processor Partner for Random Customer Debits
Social media users were agog on Wednesday after reports emerged that prominent ride-hailing startup, Bolt (formerly Taxify), had…
CcHub Fast Becoming Africa’s Mega Incubator with Acquisition of Kenya’s iHub
Nigerian innovation centre and seed-fund, Co-creation Hub (CcHub) has announced the acquisition of Nairobi based tech incubator, iHub,…
#StreetTech: How FiamWifi is Providing Cheap Internet Service to Low-Income Areas in Lagos
More than half of Nigeria’s population does not have access to the internet. As such, while the advanced…
