Business

Mono Partners Mastercard to Deliver DirectPay  with Bank

Nigerian open banking fintech Mono has formed a strategic partnership with Mastercard to introduce Mono’s DirectPay  with Bank on the Mastercard Payment Gateway System (MPGS). The Mastercard Payment Gateway service is a single touch point for developers and businesses to access innovative payment methods, APIs, SDKs, and fraud protection services. Mono’s DirectPay Pay with Bank method allows businesses to collect fast […]

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Business

Nigerian GenZ Entrepreneur, Kenneth Uche Makes List of UK University £100,000 Research Award

Kenneth Uche, 28 entrepreneur who is providing affordable, eco-friendly cooking solutions for millions of Nigerians is on the list of finalist for a research award worth £100,000. The Just IMAGINE If… award, held every two years, invites forward thinkers to submit their sustainable business ideas for evaluation by renowned entrepreneurs and social innovators. The winner […]

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Business

IWD: Nigeria to Get National Digital Gender Inclusion Strategy Plan Soon

A National Digital Gender Inclusion Strategy Plan aimed at addressing the digital gap in previously launched initiatives in Nigeria is to be ready soon. Director General of the Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, who made this known when a delegation from TECHWOMEN, led by Ms. Binta Mustapha visited, noted the role of NITDA in promoting digital […]

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News

Nigeria Needs Strong Policy Implementing Institutions to Enjoy Technology Impact, Says Inuwa

“We need to have strong institutions to implement these policies and strategies for the realisation of our goals and objectives”, said the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa. Inuwa who spoke at at a workshop themed “Intel AI programme for Africa Deep-Tech startups, Ecosystem stakeholders” which was organised by […]

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Business

Africa Fintech Summit 2024 to Hold on Sideline of World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings

Africa’s financial technology leaders are gathering in Washington DC, US, on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings on April 17, 2024. The Africa Fintech Summit, Africa’s most influential bi-annual confluence of regulators, policymakers, founders, investors, and entrepreneurs from across the globe, is excited to be back in the US Capital, hosting 2024’s first […]

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Business

Global Startup Awards for Africa Opens Portal Entries

The Global Start-up Awards Africa (GSA Africa) 2024 is now open for entries, and urges African innovators, start-ups and ecosystem enablers dedicated to solving critical global challenges to submit their entries. Now in its 11th edition, GSA Africa is billed among the largest independent start-up ecosystem competitions on the continent. It is a vehicle for the Global […]

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StartUps

MarkHack 3.0 Opens Portal for Application, Promise $10,000 Equity Investment

GDM Group, a marketing and media technology company, and Eko Innovation Centre, a renowned startup accelerator, proudly announce the launch of MarkHack 3.0, themed “BEYOND LIMITS – Unleashing Creativity with Emerging Tech”. This exciting initiative invites innovators, entrepreneurs, and marketing professionals to collaborate and develop groundbreaking solutions for real-time challenges in the marketing and media […]

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Business

SRAP 2.0 to Address Digital Literacy and Talents Hunt in Nigeria, Says NITDA

The Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan 2.0. code name (SRAP 2.0), which was unveiled by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), would foster digital literacy and cultivating talent has an ambitious goal of achieving 70% digital literacy by 2027. The Director General, Mr Inuwa Kashifu while unveiling the SRAP 2.0 at an event in […]

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Technology

Stakeholders, Experts & Govt Harp on Quest for Collaboration in Nigeria’s Tech Ecosystem

The quest for IT stakeholders and startups to collaborate was key aspects of discussion during the week at the NITDA Co-Create West Africa Tech Expo, an event that showcased innovative businesses locally and across the globe with physical presence in Nigeria. Kicking discussion in one of the keynote address given by the Director General, National […]

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Business

NITDA, SMEDAN Mulls Joint Programmes on Interventions for SMEs

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is considering collaborate with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) on joint programmes to build a database that will give insights into where to appropriately channel interventions. The initiative is part of the discussions between NITDA’s Director General Mr Kashifu Inuwa and his counterpart […]

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