How First Bank supports Economic Summit, growing local enterprises
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Top 7 facts about the new Interswitch Block Chain Service (Supply Chain Financing Module)
The demand for blockchain-based services is on the increase globally, while the technology powering these services is growing at a rapid pace. The potential applications for blockchain technology are almost without limit
MTN builds partner ecosystem
MTN Nigeria along with hundreds of Nigerian businesses; large-scale to SMEs, came together for the ICT Company’s maiden Partner Summit, themed ‘MTN Fusion’.
Tech News Roundup: Paystack, Google, Arik Air all in the news
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Tech News Round Up: Facebook gets fined as TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2018 holds in...
Welcome to Nairametrics’ weekly tech news roundup. This week, as always, we bring you a compilation of the major tech events and activities that made the news.
Tech Roundup: FirstBank, Facebook, and Youtube all in the news this week
This week, as always, we bring you a compilation of the major tech events and activities that made the news.
Flutterwave completes series A extension round of financing
Flutterwave has announced the completion of its Series A Extension round of financing.
Tech Roundup: Google, NIPOST was in the news this week
Welcome to Nairametrics’ weekly tech news roundup. This week we bring you a compilation of the major tech news.
Taxify launches operation in Ibadan and Owerri
Ride-hailing platform, Taxify has expanded its operations within the country with the launch of services.
Rocket Internet set to list Jumia shares on NYSE
There are strong indications that Rocket Internet, owner of e-commerce platform Jumia.
Meet Omowale David-Ashiru, the first female Andela Nigeria Country Director
Andela has announced the appointment of Omowale David-Ashiru as its Nigeria country director.
Artificial Intelligence in Banking- Series 1
The opportunities for the application of AI in banking are immense
WhatsApp to start charging some users soon
WhatsApp has announced plans to launch a new pay-to-use tool for businesses to communicate with their customers.
Lagosians can now enjoy free WiFi services from Google
Google has announced the launch of free Wi-Fi hotspots in Lagos.
NCC wants investors to fully harness the potentials of Nigeria’s tech sector
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How NCC plans to combat call-masking and save the telecoms sector
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These Nigerian entrepreneurs have benefited from Alibaba’s training in China
4 Nigerians are among beneficiaries of the UNCTAD and Alibaba Business School training in China for 29 young Africans.
Positive outlook as Africa FinTech attracts over $100 million in investments
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How Tech is disrupting Nigeria’s transport ecosystem by Fisayo Durojaiye
This is an attempt to dissect Nigeria’s technology-enabled Transportation sector.
Report: Instagram dominates as 22 million Nigerians use internet for social media
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Nigeria ranks 156th in 2018 worldwide broadband speed report
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Startups: Funding rounds and what they mean.
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#StartupSouth to hold annual entrepreneurship conference in Owerri come November 2nd
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Nigeria Tech Roundup: Paylater, Uber, Nairabet all in the news
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The regulation fueling the continuous rise of Fintech in Nigeria by @AremoFisayo
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Artificial Intelligence (AI); Your jobs, sex dolls and what else is coming
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Entrepreneurs have no Shame! by Fisayo Durojaiye
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Top Tech Stories for the week ended June 8th 2018
Welcome to the maiden edition of Nairametrics’ tech news roundup. This is a weekly compilation of all the main tech events and activities that...
Telecos set to settle ₦165bn interconnect debt by July
Telecommunications firms in Nigeria have finally agreed to settle their ₦165 billion-worth of interconnect debt by July, Nigerian Communications Commision (NCC) has said.
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Why Glo and 9mobile are losing their internet mobile subscribers
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