Nigeria’s Cashbox has helped 100k users save $2.5m this year alone.
Nigerian online savings startup Cashbox has reported stellar growth in 2020 so far, having helped over 100,000 users save more than US$2.5 million this year....
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Nigerian anti-counterfeiting startup Chekkit piloting rollout in Afghanistan.
Nigerian anti-counterfeiting startup Chekkit has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health to help tackle the problem of counterfeit medications...
LASG to setup E-commerce hub for Agric producers to improve exports.
The Lagos State Government says it is planning to set up an e-commerce hub or platform for agriculture producers to sell farm produce for export...
U.K. School hires 10-Year-Old Nigerian Tech Genius as its new coding instructor
The tech field yields a large portion of high-paying salary jobs with numerous career paths. However, marginalized communities are shut out of these job opportunities...
Nigerian fintech startup Rise selected for Techstars & Western Union Accelerator
Nigerian fintech startup Rise has been selected to participate in the US-based Techstars & Western Union Accelerator, gaining access to funding and mentorship. Based out...
Otto Orondaam builds first African virtual classroom that can host 948 learners
The founder of Slum2School, Otto Orondaam, has proffered a very big solution to the problem of learning in this period when children are forced out...
Nigeria Tops Google Class 5 Online Startups Nominees
Nigerian startups got eight slots out of the combined class of 20 startups of the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa in the recently announced Class...
Nigeria’s Fintechs project $543 million revenue growth in two years
• Africa records 24 per cent growth in 10 years The number of fintech companies in Africa grew at a yearly rate of 24 per cent...
Facebook boosts digital literacy in Nigeria, targets 20,000 people in Africa
Social media platform, Facebook, has unveiled “My Digital World”, a programme designed to equip the youth and general public across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with digital...
Andela Partners Microsoft4Afrika To Launch ALCwithMicrosoft Azure Training
IN a bid to promote software developers in Kenya and Nigeria, Microsoft 4Afrika and Andela have partnered to implement the ‘ALCwithMicrosoft Azure Training 2020’ where...
Nigerian Healthcare Data Management startup, Helium Health Raises $7m in New Funding Round
Nigerian healthcare data management startup, Helium Health has secured $7 million investment from Dubai-based Global Ventures. This round of funding also had participation from AAIC, China’s...
Nigerian payments company Paga joins China-based Ping An Cloud Accelerator
Nigerian payments company Paga has been selected for the Ping An Cloud Accelerator programme in Shenzhen, China, gaining the chance to pilot products with the...
SystemSpecs, Paga partner to deepen digital payments
SystemSpecs, providers of Remita, and Paga, a mobile money service provider in the country, have partnered to extend the frontiers of electronic payments in Nigeria....
Galaxy Backbone deploys Telepresence Facilities at 123 locations across Nigeria.
At this critical stage of efforts to limit the spread of the COVID -19 in the country, the Federal Government is applying measures to safeguard its personnel,...
Opemipo Disu: 14-year-old developer who is building a search engine.
Opemipo Disu, 14, works with languages under web and software development . The teenager has been coding since when he was 11 when his dad...
Google and Flutterwave to train 5000 SMEs across Nigeria
Next week, Google Nigeria, in partnership with digital payments company Flutterwave, will kick off a series of business clinics aimed at helping 5000 merchants across...
Huawei releases ICT Academy Program 2.0
At the Industrial Digital Transformation Conference-Live, Huawei officially released the Huawei ICT Academy Program 2.0. Through this program, Huawei aims to develop 2 million ICT...
Flutterwave finalises partnership deal with Worldpay FIS to strengthen Africa-wide payments
Flutterwave, a payments technology company, finalised a partnership with Worldpay FIS to advance financial transactions between Francophone and Anglophone Africa. Through this strategic partnership, Flutterwave...
Edo wins Rosatom Atoms for Africa competition
A team groomed at the Edo Innovation Hub, Benin, has won the Rosatom Atoms for Africa competition, defeating over 65 participants from across the continent. Speaking...
Google launches own Developers Space in Lagos
Google on Tuesday launched its first Google Developers Space in Lagos, previously referred to as the Google Launchpad Space. Google launched the Google Developers Space...
Nigeria is now Africa’s top Tech Nation, beats South Africa – Forbes
There are 618 active tech hubs in Africa. Africa’s technology ecosystems have experienced “incredible growth” as they have rapidly expanded in recent years, with 618...
ICT sector contributed 13.85% of Nigeria’s GDP
Information and Communications Technology, ICT, sector has contributed 13.85 per cent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, in the second quarter of 2019. According...
FG to facilitate 95% Digital Literacy Skills in Nigeria
The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) FNCS, FBCS, FIIM has revealed that Federal Government through the Ministry would facilitate...
President Buhari Unveils National Digital Economy Policy.
President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled the National Digital Economy Policy, initiated by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. The unveiling was performed during...
MTN’s 5G network trial in Abuja excites Buhari
A cross-section of staff of Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria Ltd, during the MTN trial of 5G network in Abuja on Monday. NAN photo President Muhammadu...
Come up with disruptive technology and crazy ideas – Dr. Pantami
The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) has charged young innovators to come up with disruptive technology and crazy...
Nigerian start-ups lead Africa, raise $237m
Nigerian technology start-ups have led the continent by raising the highest amount of funds (over $1m) to scale up their operations in 2019. Nigeria was...
Two Nigerian start-ups emerge semi-finalists at GITEX SuperNovaChallenge
Two Nigerian start-ups yesterday emerged semi-finalist at the Future Star contest held at the ongoing GITEX Technology Week in Dubai, UAE. The two finalists came...
Abdulhakim Bashir Wins Startup Innovation Competition In UAE, Gets $10k Prize
Another Nigerian in tech, Abdulhakim Bashir, on Wednesday, October 9, became the winner of another international competition. He won in the Artificial Intelligence category of...