The Sly Megida Experience
14th October 2021
If art imitates real life then artists may be the finest philosophers in any given society. Indeed, I would argue that they are. In societies like Nigeria, the pluses to pursuing a career in visual art are not apparent to those not paying attention, but that does not remotely affect the fact that many visual … Continue reading The Sly Megida Experience
Last Week In Business
3rd August 2021
So last week was particularly interesting in Business and I just thought to chronicle it in a single article. Note that these were actually the biggest business happenings from the past and not necessarily all there is to the news in business from last week. Read more about Business Piggyvest acquires Savi.ng Piggyvest is … Continue reading Last Week In Business
Company Files: ABEG Technologies
2nd August 2021
Too much FinTech in the Nigerian tech space is clearly not enough fintech. The tech space gets a new addition every now and again but few are distinguished in the value chain. Read more about Tech With the growing pool of companies seeking investment from VC’s in the private equity space at home and … Continue reading Company Files: ABEG Technologies
The Naira Is Weak But Not For The Reasons You Think
23rd July 2021
It is a given now that most Nigerians agree that the Naira is weak. Some use other incendiary adjectives to describe its weakness but that is beside the point of this article anyway. Read more about Economy The truth is, while our Naira is weak and gets weaker with each passing day, the reasons … Continue reading The Naira Is Weak But Not For The Reasons You Think
Sound Sultan: A Tribute To A Gentle Maverick
15th July 2021
By the time you read this, the man for whom I write would have been well and truly buried in accordance with Islamic dictates. It is almost surreal that the man was very much alive this time last week even though barely, as we are now piecing together. Sound Sultan’s obscurity came to be … Continue reading Sound Sultan: A Tribute To A Gentle Maverick
Top SEO tools for small and budding businesses
13th July 2021
SEO has been around for a while is very synonymous with present-day internet culture. It was a by-product of the search engine (hence the name search engine optimization) and has become one of the most important aspects in all of marketing. SEO tools thus enable marketers and content creators to tailor their products to meet … Continue reading Top SEO tools for small and budding businesses
How To Apply For A Patent
7th July 2021
A patent is “an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem” according to LawPadi. Read more about How-To The patent in simple terms allows a person or inventor, for a limited … Continue reading How To Apply For A Patent
Company Files: Who Owns Jiji.ng?
5th July 2021
Jiji.ng has, for nigh on a decade now, slowly crept into the consciousness of the public, gradually rising into dominance in an industry where it had, by no means, the first-mover advantage. Read more about Business The company has grown quickly in under a decade but it would seem that the company keeps a … Continue reading Company Files: Who Owns Jiji.ng?
Patricia launches Glover App: A Spin-off Product
6th April 2021
Patricia Technologies has been known as one of the top companies at the forefront of the crypto drive in Nigeria through its Patricia App. The FinTech company is doing this apparently in light of the CBN circular from weeks back reiterating the apex bank’s stance against digital money. Read more about Tech The circular … Continue reading Patricia launches Glover App: A Spin-off Product
FLUX Looks To Silently Sneak Up On Nigerian FinTech Space
30th March 2021
Fintech is the biggest attractor of VC funding in African tech and so, it is no surprise that Flux is squarely in that description. The fact that we may be watching the next big deal in tech unfold right before our eyes is quite exciting if one considers the trajectory of the six-month-old start-up. … Continue reading FLUX Looks To Silently Sneak Up On Nigerian FinTech Space
DIY: Six Helpful Car Tips
While the prices of cars are going up in the country no thanks to good old inflation, there is no denying that owning your own vehicle is really the best option for both commuters and travellers alike. Public transport is either too inconvenient or too harmful to you or your belongings. Read more about … Continue reading DIY: Six Helpful Car Tips
History Trivia: The Saro
29th March 2021
There is a curious group of Lagosians and Nigerians who you may not be able to tell apart these days. Many had their ancestors come to Lagos more than a century and have since naturalized to the culture of the city but you may not be able to tell them apart from the indigenous … Continue reading History Trivia: The Saro
DIY: Simple Hair Care Tips For Men
24th March 2021
The notion that men do not give as much care to personal appearance, as well as body image as women do, is not comfortable for a lot of men to hear but it is a prevailing fact even if there are exceptions to its rule. Plenty of exceptions in fact. Read more about DIY … Continue reading DIY: Simple Hair Care Tips For Men
5 Prominent Nigerian Women In Tech
23rd March 2021
The best thing about tech is that it is the ideal space where almost anyone can get a look in if your skills and talents match the profile. It has been that space that has afforded women the chance to thrive more than others or at least present the least barriers to female success. … Continue reading 5 Prominent Nigerian Women In Tech
Gokada Appoints Nikhil Goel As New CEO
22nd March 2021
Gokada may seem to have begun the process of moving on from the unfortunate death of its former CEO and founder, Fahim Saleh, with the latest development out of the Lagos based transport/logistics tech start-up. They have now appointed a new CEO. Nikhil Goel. He was announced as the new CEO last week. Read … Continue reading Gokada Appoints Nikhil Goel As New CEO
KudaBank Secures Another $25 Million
21st March 2021
It seems the good times keep rolling in for fintech companies in Nigeria. In what seems like a hot streak for this sector, KudaBank has now secured $25 million in Series B funding round. Read more about FinTech KudaBank has been, rather, low key with its growth in the past two years but it … Continue reading KudaBank Secures Another $25 Million
Seyi Brown: Nigerian American (A Review)
19th March 2021
Comedy specials are premium content. Just ask Netflix why they shell out huge bucks for them from stand-up acts of repute. As valuable pieces of content, as they are, the comedy space in Nigeria has not caught on. Read more about Entertainment For all our thirst for new content, we do not get a … Continue reading Seyi Brown: Nigerian American (A Review)
What The Flutterwave Partnership With Paypal Means For Nigerians
17th March 2021
So what is clear to any keen observer is that FinTech companies in Nigeria are that they are on a roll and they will be for a fairly long time. Read more about FinTech Fintechs have been the yardstick for measuring growth in tech all over Africa as the need they provide solutions for are … Continue reading What The Flutterwave Partnership With Paypal Means For Nigerians
DIY: How To Avoid Being Scammed While Shopping Online
15th March 2021
There is a lot of things we do these days that have just as many attendant risks as they are routine. Shopping for anything online in Nigeria is one of those things that many take for granted but has seen many others lose a lot of money to phony vendors and dodgy characters on … Continue reading DIY: How To Avoid Being Scammed While Shopping Online
History Trivia: Alvan Ikoku – A short Biography
12th March 2021
Alvan Azinna Ikoku is Nigeria’s most storied educator but many do not seem to know much about him apart from being the head on the ten naira note– a sad fall-out of Nigeria’s disregard for its own past, unfortunately. Today’s trivia will have to do with the man himself, however. Read more about History … Continue reading History Trivia: Alvan Ikoku – A short Biography
Teju Ajani Joins Apple As Managing Director For Nigeria
11th March 2021
Teju Ajani has been announced by Apple as the new country manager on Wednesday. The tech giant has announced that she will in particular supervise sales and business development, directly. Read more about Tech It appears Apple is finally looking to take its business in sub-Saharan Africa seriously, given this new move. It is not … Continue reading Teju Ajani Joins Apple As Managing Director For Nigeria
Flutterwave Secures Series C Funding, Breaks 1 billion Dollar Valuation Hurdle
10th March 2021
Financial technology is by far the best performing tech sector anywhere in Africa. In many ways, it is the low-hanging fruit in tech and more and more techpreneurs are thinking up solutions around money and payments. Read more about Tech The biggest success stories are in tech and the biggest success stories in tech … Continue reading Flutterwave Secures Series C Funding, Breaks 1 billion Dollar Valuation Hurdle
Ric Hassani And The Broken Record That Is NBC: The Changing Face Of The Media
Ric Hassani has been on the scene for the best part of a decade in music but most industry enthusiasts only noticed him in the past weeks. Why? The National Broadcasting Commission banned his latest single that was controversially titled “Thunder Fire You”. How this is possible is not lost on anyone as that … Continue reading Ric Hassani And The Broken Record That Is NBC: The Changing Face Of The Media
Why We Must Look Out For Women More
8th March 2021
The female population makes up roughly half of the human population anywhere in the world and on International Women’s Day of all days, it follows that all of society is reminded of all or a few of the reasons why its female population needs to be uplifted and listened to more. Read more about … Continue reading Why We Must Look Out For Women More
Social Media Roundup
6th March 2021
Twitter was buzzing this past week and it was as juicy as any other week. As expected some were more relevant regardless here are some of your relevant Twitter trends form the past week. Read more about Social media roundup 1. Ric Hassani The gist is this: Ric Hassani released his album last Friday … Continue reading Social Media Roundup
Tips For Floating Your Own Podcast
The beauty of podcasts is that it allows expression in a way that other live audio based formats like radio do not. The format is consistent with the internet age within which it evolved. It is devoid of those pesky ad breaks and hiccups like breaks in transmission. Read more about Helpful Tips The … Continue reading Tips For Floating Your Own Podcast
ImaliPay Raises Pre-seed Funding
4th March 2021
You probably never heard of them but ImaliPay is one of the newest Nigerian fintech companies looking to capture the imagination of the tech community in the near future. ImaliPay has been on the scene for nearly six months now as they launched and a few days ago raised an undisclosed sum in pre-seed … Continue reading ImaliPay Raises Pre-seed Funding
King Kosoko Of Lagos
2nd March 2021
The second son of Oba Oshinlokun (sometimes called Eshinlokun) of Lagos, Kosoko became the 12th oba of Lagos in 1845, a reign that turned out be short-lived. Kosoko was born to the house of Oshinlokun, who bore 15 other children. Read more about History Trivia The events for which he would be best known … Continue reading King Kosoko Of Lagos
Maintenance Tips For Your Bike/Two Wheeler
1st March 2021
Two-wheeler fans and users are a much smaller niche than car users and owners. That does not mean that they are less significant. In fact, two-wheelers are a practical solution for transportation problems in African countries like Nigeria as they are nimble and less susceptible to traffic, as well as, cheap or cheaper than … Continue reading Maintenance Tips For Your Bike/Two Wheeler
Twitter To Introduce Interesting New Features
Twitter has struggled with monetizing its platform in the past decade and a half but given its announcement in the past week, it may have just cracked the code on that. Twitter announced last week at a platform for investors and analysts that the new features, ‘Super Follows’ and ‘Communities’ will be the newest … Continue reading Twitter To Introduce Interesting New Features