Lagos-based transport startup Plentywaka has raised US$300,000 in pre-seed funding to expand to the capital Abuja as well as other Nigerian states. Plentywaka launched its services in the second half of last year, and since then has built a platform of over 40,000 customers that has seen substantial growth since the beginning of 2020. It […]
Read MoreMTN, Africa’s biggest mobile carrier, has continued to weather COVID-19 pressures in Nigeria, recording double-digit growth in data revenue and fintech services in the six months ending June. MTN Nigeria said the pandemic weighed on profits for the period but it maintained double-digit service revenue growth. The telco’s data revenue rose by 57.6%, which MTN […]
Read MoreThe total spend over direct carrier billing will reach $100 billion for the first time by 2025; rising from $37 billion in 2020. The study anticipates that the increasing shift to subscription-based monetisation models for digital services such as games, video streaming and music, will be key to the market realising a substantial growth rate […]
Read MoreThe newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, Roger Brown has a resumed office. August 2, 2020: Roger Brown, the new resumed on August 1, 2020. According to a statement announcing his resumption, Brown is expected to lead SEPLAT into the next phase of the company’s growth aspirations following the […]
Read MoreIf you’re laundering money or financing terrorism, what keeps you up at night? Beyond the day-to-day intrigues of a life of crime, you have a money trail to worry about. Sure, you fear the sophisticated law enforcement and intelligence agencies with the power to track you, shut you down, and put you behind bars. But […]
Read MoreThe global shipment smartphone has suffered shipwreck from the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic but the crisis didn’t stop Huawei from taking the position of leadership in the industry. Latest showed that shipments decreased 16.0% yearly in the second quarter of 2020, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile […]
Read MoreLagos-based dating app Vybe has built a user base 10,000-strong across 65 countries since its launch in April of last year. Touting itself as a dating app designed by Africans, for Africans, Vybe was launched to help users “find love in fun and secure ways”. Adetolani Eko, Vybe’s co-founder, said the team – also comprised […]
Read MoreSamsung Electronics Company Limited is considering dropping its Bixby virtual assistant and Galaxy Apps Store from its mobile devices as part of a new global revenue-sharing deal with Alphabet Inc’s Google, according to correspondence seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Google has tried for years to get Samsung, the world’s leading mobile device maker by units […]
Read MoreIt’s an inevitable moment in the smartphone-owning cycle, the point at which a newer, shinier model comes along and your trusty old device is no longer needed. Maybe your company bought you a new Android phone. Maybe your old one was getting too slow. Or maybe you just love electronics and couldn’t resist the lure […]
Read MoreCommunications and digital technologies Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has gazetted a new policy on the deployment of communications networks in SA, and has allowed the public to comment on the proposal before implementation. The policy aims to accommodate the accelerated deployment of electronic communications networks, such as LTE and 5G. The policy gives mobile networks and […]
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