Stakeholders at the Ecobank-Vanguard Digital Financial Inclusion virtual summit say collaborations and well thought out partnerships are needed to drive the financial inclusion strategy of operators and regulators in 2021. They noted that though great strides were made in the course of the year, especially during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, more concerted efforts are needed to […]
Read MoreDating startup Trueflutter, which has built a matchmaking app designed specifically for Africans across the world, has raised funding from three local angel networks. Built for African singles who are searching for long-term relationships and life partners, Trueflutter has been designed to be compatible with African culture and value systems, and uses an advanced matching […]
Read MoreOnline publication, the ITREALMS Media is to host its 2020 Electronic Waste (e-Waste) dialogue to discuss growing menace of electronics waste being generated in the country. The Editor-in-chief of ITREALMS Media inc, publishers of ITREALMS Online, Mr. Remmy Nweke, announced the event in statement, said the dialogue with the theme: ‘e-Waste in Nigeria: Challenges and […]
Read MoreMost cybersecurity landscape data is focused on outsider attacks; however, recent findings reveal that insider threats are becoming more common. Attacks originating from within the company are much more elusive since standard security practices do not work. According to data analyzed by Atlas VPN, 65% of organizations suffered from one or more insider attacks in […]
Read MoreNigeria is both a geographic and an economic gateway to sub-Saharan Africa. As a geographic gateway, it has a prime location between West and Central Africa. In other words, investing in Nigeria gives investors easy access to close to 550 million people- 200 million from Nigeria, another 200 million West Africans and about 150 million […]
Read MoreMTN Nigeria has annnounced a new partnership with uduX, Nigeria’s first domestically launched music streaming service which offers users access to high-quality audio and HD music videos. The partnership will see MTN subscribers gain access to discounted data bundles for accessing content and streaming unlimited music on the uduX app. Srinivas Rao, Chief Digital Officer, […]
Read More2020 was a challenging year for anyone in sales, especially so for the sales function within large ICT vendors across the continent. We will see this hardship continue into 2021, how we respond to the new demands will be critical for the sector. Louise Robinson, sales director of CG Consulting explains that for the sales […]
Read MoreAfrican industrialist Adam Molai has launched a $1 million fund to provide entrepreneurs with capital to kickstart or expand their enterprises. The Jua Kickstarter Fund will provide successful applicants with funds to launch or grow their businesses, as well as mentoring and guidance. Molai, who has successfully started several enterprises across Africa and whose TRT […]
Read MoreWhether we realize it or not, we are being tracked everywhere we go on the Internet. In fact, Internet surveillance is so widely used that several vendors have built businesses worth billions of dollars using this model. The websites and descriptions of these renowned data brokers and aggregators openly display the depth and breadth of […]
Read MoreConsumer credit startup CredPal, has raised a $1.5million funding round as it launches its range of credit cards. Launched in 2017 by Fehintolu Olaogun and Olorunfemi Jegede, CredPal develops consumer credit infrastructure to ease consumer credit purchase and enable retail businesses to provide on-demand credit for consumers. The startup, a graduate from the Silicon Valley-based […]
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