Solution for Digital Nomads Unveil on Kenya Coast

A developmental programme that aims to help digital nomads build impactful solutions has been launched in Kenya. Impact Nomads, launched in June, is a programme for remote workers who would…

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Danbatta, NCC And Search For Nigeria’s Zuckerbergs

In his book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval Noah Harari pertinently and repeatedly gives us a wakeup call on the daunting challenges posed by the fourth industrial revolution.…

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FbStart Accelerator Application for Nigeria Opens, Now Includes Ghana

Facebook and Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) have started accepting applications for Season 2 of the FbStart Accelerator and have opened the program to Nigeria and Ghanian innovators as well. If you’re…

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Terrestrial Fiber Infrastructure Investment key to Africa’s Digital Economy Growth, Say Experts

Experts at the ‘Africa Panel Session’ of the 2019 International Telecoms Week (ITW), held recently in Atlanta, USA, and ended last week stressed the importance of broadband infrastructure investment in…

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Six Lagos fintech startups Gets Equity-free Funding from ARM Labs

Six Nigerian fintech startups have each received N3 million ($8,300) in equity-free funding after taking part in the ARM Labs corporate acceleration programme. The ARM Labs accelerator, managed by Ventures…

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Tax Case: MTN Expresses Confidence in Nigeria’s Court System, Witness Absence Stalls Proceeding

The absence of a witness for the Attorney General of the Federation on Wednesday forced the Federal High Court in Lagos to adjourn till October for hearing of a suit…

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Energy Startup Arnergy Secures $9m Series A Funding

A Nigerian utility firm, Arnergy has raised $9 million in a Series A round of funding led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund), EDFI…

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MAX.ng Lagos City Bike Transport Startup Raises $7m Funding Round

MAX.ng a motor bike transport company that easy traffic for commuters in the city of Lagos has secured $7 million in funding to expand across West Africa and add to…

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Lagos ed-tech Startup ScholarX Secures $100k in Pre-seed Round

Lagos ed-tech startup ScholarX, which was part of the Google Launchpad three class has raised $100,000 towards an intended $200,000 pre-seed funding round to launch new products and grow its…

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Cloud IT Infrastructure Revenues Increase Despite Slow Down in Spending in 1Q19

Vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, grew 11.4% in the first quarter of 2019…

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