With talented, enterprising young people Africa is next frontier in innovation – Osinbajo
Jan. 16, 2023 With the rapid growth of innovation and technology recorded over the years globally, there are even more exciting new frontiers to be explored and harnessed by Nigeria’s…
Reps queries First Bank management over N94bn NCS revenue
April 27, 2022 The House of Representatives has queried the management of First Bank of Nigeria over N94.345 billion revenue allegedly collected on behalf of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The…
Female-owned startup, Salpha Energy secures $1m to scale its solar home systems distribution
Nov. 23, 2021 Going by the World Bank assessment, around 85 million Nigerians do not have access to grid electricity. With this figure representing 43% percent of the country’s population,…
AfDB preparing $500m investment programme in Nigeria’s Digital Creative Enterprises – Adesina
Oct. 29, 2021 The African Development Bank (AfDB) says to support Nigeria’s Digital and Creative Enterprises (i-DICE), it is preparing a 500 million dollars investment programme to be co-financed with…
Interswitch releases whitepaper on blockchain technology — official
Interswitch, an integrated digital payment company, on Sunday unveiled its whitepaper on blockchain technology titled “Blockchain Technology: The future of Africa’s Digital Economy”, to help drive the growth of African…
Flutterwave secures $35m fundraising, partners WorldPay, Visa
Fintech firm Flutterwave has announced a $35 million fundraising round and partnerships with WorldPay and Visa as it targets expansion in northern and Francophone Africa. The startup, founded in 2016…
Interswitch sells stake to Visa
Visa Inc plans to acquire a “significant minority” stake in payments platform Interswitch, the Nigeria-based company said on Tuesday. Interswitch did not provide financial details in its statement but a…
e-tickets: Nigeria, UK tech companies sign £56m agreement
Two technology companies, from Nigeria and the UK, have signed a £56 million agreement to provide card technology, which would allow commuters to travel with public transport without cash or…