Automobile giants, Hyundai and KIA, are reportedly planning to establish assembly plants in Africa’s fast-growing automotive market, Ghana. The news first broke on Twitter when Ghana’s...
e-Payment transactions in Nigeria continue to flourish even as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ease across the nation. The above statement is evident...
For years, Ghana and Nigeria have had an unending rivalry for things (Ghana vs Naija). From sport to food (Ghana Jollof, Naija Jollof) to celebrities, social...
The American multinational financial service corporation announced its support for USD Coin (USDC) on Monday, marking the first for a major payment network. While the announcement...
Barely 16 years after the first generation of ‘modern’ police body cameras were introduced, Lagos State joins the queue as it is set to adopt the security kit. The...
Weeks after it announced buying $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin as well as its endeavour to accept cryptocurrency as a payment alternative, Tesla’s Technoking – Elon...
Recently launched Nigerian fintech startup, Blueloop has been accepted into the Y-Combinator acceleration program. The barely seven-month-old startup will be joining the winter 2021batch of the...
Kuda recently announced closing yet another ‘big-shark’ Series-A funding put at $25 million, marking its biggest round so far since launch in September 2019. Not only...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the National Communication Commission (NCC) jointly announced a review of the current charges for USSD services. According to the...
The Lagos State Government recently introduced an Uber-kind e-hailing transportation scheme and planned to roll out a fleet of 1,000 Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs). Namely Lagos Ride,...
Netflix is playing the old-time business game of diversification. The streaming giant will be testing new waters in the coming weeks. Well, it’s not entirely new...
It’s almost a week since the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) rolled out a directive that asked local banks to give out N5 for every dollar...
According to recent reports, Nigeria offers one of the cheapest yet least affordable internet in the world. This claim, although convincing is, however, a far cry...
Although not a perfect year for the e-commerce giant, Jumia’s financial report for the final quarter of 2020 indicates a steady progress after all. According to...
The news about Spotify debuting in Nigeria and about 80 other new markets across Africa, the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, and Latin America is one of the...
In a new directive, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has instructed Deposit Money Banks (DMB) and other financial institutions to close accounts used in trading...
Confused? We’re guessing you are. Now that’s a taste of what many folks felt last year when they tried to download Clubhouse but ended up downloading Clubhouse. Still,...
The Nigerian government, through the Ministry of Transportation led by Rotimi Ameachi, recently launched an e-ticketing solution for Abuja-Kaduna rail line. According to the minister, the...
The world is gradually accepting the reality that comes with the mass adoption of cryptocurrency, and the sports industry isn’t left out either. Just in a...
With an assist from WhatsApp’s newly installed policy, Signal has made a quick climb to the top of the leaderboard. Ever since several WhatsApp users clicked...
WhatsApp has continued to welcome more backlashes from global users ever since it introduced its latest “do or die” terms of service. In the latest update,...
The concluding year has been a tough one for most organisations, thanks to the ravaging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the COVID-19 impact is evident...
Unwrap yourself a joyful Christmas using our guide to the best Christmas shopping deals in Nigeria! Here is another ‘December to remember’, and giving the unprecedented...
Every year comes with its own bag of events. This year isn’t so different, as it was filled with varieties. However, it was way more than...
This year has been a very eventful one so far, thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and, of course, the persisting recession that hit the Nigerian...
A new leak of the Galaxy Buds Pro confirms that the wearable may feature a surround sound similar to that of Apple Airpods pro. While the...
Social media networking giant, Facebook Inc., has been dragged for the umpteenth time, yet for a common wrong reason. This time around, the American conglomerate corporation...
Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk is reportedly making plans to move out of California. According to a CNBC report, this move will help the...
The Federal Government recently announced that the Lagos-Ibadan rail transportation would be operational starting from January 2021. On Monday, December 7, 2020, the new standard-gauge railway...
The Federal Government of Nigeria will commence the process of installing 5 million solar-home systems across the nation. Starting next week, the solar system will be...
China recently disclosed plans to move solely to the “digital Yuan,” also known as the Digital Currency Electronics Payment (DCEP). The Asian country has not released...
Nigeria’s economy is in a state of coma as the nation wallows in a second round of recession. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS),...
Social networking platform, Twitter, began a massive clampdown on misleading contents earlier in the year. The original plan was to flag tweets that are considered “disputed...
Are you aware that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will now charge you for failed direct debit transactions? The new policy, contained in CBN’s updated...
On Friday, November 20, Nigerians on social media remembered the unfortunate events of October 20, 2020, at the Lekki Toll Gate when men of the Nigerian...
Google announced a new tool, “Tree Canopy Lab,” that can help cities maintain a cool temperature. The tool will help map out areas where trees are...
Four months after launch, Nigeria automotive company, Autochek, bags $3.4 million in pre-seed funding. Co-led by multinational VC, TLCom Capital, and US-based 4DX Ventures, the funding...
In an ongoing development, the Nigerian government has reportedly declared three of its running power plants for sale. These power plants, consisting of the Geregu, Omotosho,...
The Federal government of Nigeria is reportedly setting up a new digital facility to extinct the traditional paper-based civil servant assessment. The ongoing development was made...
A Bloomberg analysis reveals that out of the ten richest people in the world, most are rooted in the technology industry. According to the statistic, 7...
Nigeria’s broadband penetration rose to 45.43% in October, thanks to the increasing broadband subscription. The new milestone was disclosed by the Minister of the Federal Ministry...
Google announced that it would add information on safety and health measures to its Google travel services. It is no news that the COVID-19 pandemic is...
China has refused to take a queue as it successfully launched the world’s first 6th generation (6G) communication satellite into orbit. The launch took place from...
Alibaba struck yet another grand record for its annual traditional 11.11 global shopping festival. The e-commerce giant raked in a whopping $75 billion in total Gross...
Limitations in the power sector have been a significant challenge to Nigeria’s potential in generating 12,522 megawatts (MW) of electricity. However, on October 29, Minister of...
Sooner than we anticipated, Nigeria is about to witness the adoption of Virtual Assistance Referee (VAR) for the first time. The highly-controversial football technology will reportedly...
In a new series of “big catch,” Nigeria’s fintech startup, Kuda, has just grabbed a seed investment valued at $10 million. The news broke earlier in...
