Archives Tag: tech
5 Prominent Nigerian Women In Tech
April 19, 2022
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
By david-okwara
‘Ingressive For Good’ Is Closing The Gender Equity Gap In The Design Industry: Partner Geneza
April 19, 2022
In line with the International Women Day and Women’s History month, Ingressive for Good (a tech nonprofit) has fixated her mind on closing the gender equity gap in the design industry. A recent study revealed that only 20% of designers in Nigeria are females. This reflects the realities of many African countries and rather … Continue reading ‘Ingressive For Good’ Is Closing The Gender Equity Gap In The Design Industry: Partner Geneza
Gokada Appoints Nikhil Goel As New CEO
April 19, 2022
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
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KudaBank Secures Another $25 Million
April 19, 2022
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
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App Of The Week: NigRadio App
April 19, 2022
It’s been more than eighty years since the first radio broadcast went on air in Nigeria. In the years following that event, hundreds of radio stations have popped up across the country. They have become a source of information and entertainment for millions of Nigerians. Read more about App of the week Mobile technology … Continue reading App Of The Week: NigRadio App
Innovation & You: Easy Steps To Digitize/Automate Your Business
April 19, 2022
If not at any other time in history, the lockdown realities which set in during the Covid-19 pandemic world has necessitated that a lot of businesses move from physical stores to online stores. Read more about Tech Online stores became the go-to place for many people who had things to buy or sell after … Continue reading Innovation & You: Easy Steps To Digitize/Automate Your Business
By adedoyin
Social Media Influencer Of The Week: Tunde Omotoye
April 19, 2022
If you’re a Nigerian entrepreneur, employee, or job seeker on Twitter, you’ve probably come across Tunde Omotayo’s tweets. He’s known on that platform for his discussions about skills and career development and constantly shares interesting information around these themes. Read more about Social media influencer of the week Tunde is one of a few … Continue reading Social Media Influencer Of The Week: Tunde Omotoye
What The Flutterwave Partnership With Paypal Means For Nigerians
April 19, 2022
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
By david-okwara
Teju Ajani Joins Apple As Managing Director For Nigeria
April 19, 2022
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
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Innovation Support Network Hosts GovTech Community Sessions On Innovation Hubs
April 19, 2022
As part of a series of sessions highlighting innovation across Nigeria, the Nigerian Govtech Community recently partnered with Innovation Support Network (ISN Hubs) to host a two-day session on Innovation Hubs. InnovationSupport Network (ISN Hubs), is an organisation focused on creating linkages with corporates, development partners, academia and government to catalyze Nigeria’s innovation ecosystem through … Continue reading Innovation Support Network Hosts GovTech Community Sessions On Innovation Hubs
Innovation & You: The Possibilities Of Modern Banking In Nigeria
April 19, 2022
Between the months of December 2020 and February 2021, there was an unprecedented number of transaction failure rate which bank customers experienced across board. Customer support sections were inundated with incessant calls seeking resolution, even bank PR desks struggled with the huge task of cleaning up the mess caused by the failing technology supporting … Continue reading Innovation & You: The Possibilities Of Modern Banking In Nigeria
By adedoyin
Flutterwave Secures Series C Funding, Breaks 1 billion Dollar Valuation Hurdle
April 19, 2022
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
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Twitter To Introduce Interesting New Features
April 19, 2022
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
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TuneCore Bets On Africa
April 19, 2022
TuneCore seems to bet on Africa now as it has made actual moves into the African music market. Hot on the heels of Spotify’s Monday announcement, TuneCore has now appointed two new execs to handle its operations on-site in Africa. Jade Leaf (South Africa) and Chioma Onuchukwu (Nigeria) will be heading TuneCore’s operations in … Continue reading TuneCore Bets On Africa
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Spotify Joins The African Music Streaming Market
April 19, 2022
So by now, if you have your ear close to the ground, you would have heard that Spotify has touched down in this part of the world. By this part of the world, I mean Africa, of course. The announcement was made on Monday and the unveiling had a nice ring to it as … Continue reading Spotify Joins The African Music Streaming Market
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