Facebook to expand Coronavirus Information Centre to Nigeria, 16 other African countries
Nigeria and 16 other African countries will now have Facebook's Coronavirus Information Centres, as the tech giant further expands its media...
Index Ventures raises $2 billion to fund emerging tech startups
Global venture capital firm, Index Ventures has raised $2 billion to fund startups in their early and late stages.
Deal: Investcorp Technology acquires Avira, gets first fund in 30 years
Avira has been acquired by Investcorp Technology Partners.
Global trade to record worst decline in 2020 since global financial crisis of 2008
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has declared that global trade would experience its worst decline in 10 years as a result of...
Kwik eyes €2 million to scale up amidst competition from Gokada, Max, others
Lagos-based delivery startup Kwik has raised €2 million in the capital for its plans to scale up its business in Nigeria's...
Bill Gates Foundation, Mastercard, others fund research on hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine for COVID-19 cure
One of the latest investments in the search for a vaccine for COVID-19 is $20 million from partners in the...
Second edition of Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize opens for applications
Applications for the second edition of the Africa Netpreneur Prize has been announced by the Jack Ma Foundation
Facebook launches new messaging app called ‘Tuned’, just for couples
Facebook's New Product Experimentation (NPE) team has developed a new messaging app called "Tuned". The only is only available in...
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FG sets committee to support tech start-ups with affordable internet access amid lockdown
Federal Government has set up a committee to select some tech start-ups that could partake in essential services during lockdown...
COVID-19: WhatsApp plans to slash forwarded messages beyond 25%
WhatsApp has again reduced the number of contacts that can receive forwarded messages at a time, to curb the sharing of negative information on Coronavirus.
