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News from the tech and telecoms sector in Nigeria
Tesla stock rallies back above $1,000 despite Elon Musk’s sell-off
Tesla, America’s biggest electric car company saw its stock rally yesterday, after trading below the $1,000 trading zone, as a...
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Airtel Africa receives additional $125 million in second closing of its money minority investments
Airtel Africa Plc has announced the completion of the second phase of its money minority investment transaction with TPG’s The...
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Nigeria’s Shuttlers raises $1.6 million to digitize the transport market across African cities
Shuttlers, a tech-enabled scheduled bus sharing company that provides companies with better mobility options for their employees, has raised $1.6 million...
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NCC raises alarm over existence of hacking group targeting telecoms, ISPs, others
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has once again alerted Nigerians of the existence of another hacking group orchestrating cyberespionage in...
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DEAL: DrugStoc secures $4.4 million in Series A funding to boost expansionary drive
Nigerian e-health pharmaceutical distribution startup, DrugStoc has secured $4.4 million in a Series A funding round led by Africa HealthCare Master...
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Olu Akanmu, former FCMB director appointed as co-CEO of OPay
OPay has appointed Olu Akanmu, a former FCMB Executive Director for Retail Banking, as the new president and co-CEO of...
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Micro Pension Scheme: Our goal is to register 5 million customers in 5 years – Tunji Andrews, Awabah co-founder
With total RSA registration at 9.46 million and total pension fund asset at N13 trillion as of the end of...
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67 million people have registered for NIN, says Pantami
The Federal Government has said that no fewer than 67 million people have registered for National Identification Number (NIN). This...
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Instagram users to get $10,000 bonus for posting on Reels
Instagram will now pay bonuses of up to $10,000 to users who post videos on Reels; the short video platform...
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NITDA, FCCPC to sanction money lending fintechs for abuse of customers’ data privacy
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has entered into a strategic partnership with the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection...
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