• December 22, 2020

Female-Only VC firm ShEquity Plans West African Fund & Accelerator

Female-focused VC firm ShEquity is launching the ShEquity West Africa VC Fund and the ShEquity Business Accelerator (SHEBA), offering female…
  • December 18, 2020

Again, Danbatta Harps on Economic Diversification Via Telecoms

The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has described as key the role of telecommunications to…
  • December 17, 2020

Access Bank, Visa Launch Debit Card for SMEs

Visa has partnered with Access Bank Plc to introduce a Business Debit Card targeted at SMEs in Nigeria. This will…
  • December 17, 2020

Fintech Startup Mono Secures $500k Pre-seed Expansion Funding

Nigerian fintech startup Mono has raised a $500,000 pre-seed funding round to help it build its team and expand to…
  • December 16, 2020

Kobo360 Nigeria’s Logistics Startup & IFC Open Funding Support Worthy $1m

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has partnered Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 to announce an open call for…
  • December 15, 2020

NCC Gets Anti-Graft Unit, Pledges to Sustain Regulatory Transparency

The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has inaugurated a unit at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to support the accountability…
  • December 15, 2020

Fintech Startup Blueloop Secures Pre-seed Funding, Develops Crypto-based Payments App

Nigerian fintech startup Blueloop has taken on $77,000 in pre-seed funding this year as it builds Flux, a mobile app…
  • December 14, 2020

Organisations Panic as Leaked Files Figure Surge to 36 billion in 2020 Over COVID-19 Crisis

With a global pandemic, devastating wildfires, racial tension, and political divide, it is not surprising that 2020 was named the…
  • December 14, 2020

Liquid Telecom Appoints Wole Abu CEO for Liquid Telecom & Africa Data Centre in Nigeria

Pan-African telecoms group, Liquid Telecom has appointed Wole Abu as Chief Executive Officer for Liquid Telecom Nigeria and its new…
  • December 14, 2020

Nigeria’s Lending Startup Indicina Secures Funding for Product Development

Nigerian startup Indicina, which has developed a data-driven lending platform that digitises the credit value chain, has raised a six-figure…