Apply for the Visa Africa Accelerator Program 2025 for FinTech Startups
Visa, the global payment card company, is organizing an accelerator for FinTechs in Africa. The Visa Africa Accelerator Program aims to connect the continent’s most promising financial technology startups with mentorship, new technologies, and investments. If you have founded and are currently building a FinTech, here’s an opportunity you may want to explore. Read […]
$10,000 Grant on Offer in the AfriLabs/Visa RevUp Women Initiative 2023
The RevUp Women Initiative is designed to help early-stage women-led businesses with the training, access to finance, mentorship, and peer-to-peer learning they need to grow and become successful companies. Ultimately, the scheme seeks to close the gender gap in business and make women-led enterprises major employers of labour in Africa. Read more about Opportunities […]
Don’t Fall For These Visa Myths
When applying for a visa as a Nigerian, it can be pretty daunting. Everyone is looking for the one sure way that works. Predators are out to exploit vulnerable prey. In a bid to increase the odds in our favour, we tend to believe if we follow a certain formula, everything will work out. […]
Benefits Of Nigeria’s New Visa Policy 2020
Interesting points to note on the new visa policy 2020 that rings as good news to most Nigerians in Diaspora: Nigeria now requires all travellers to submit themselves for biometric data capture before issuance of the relevant visas. This can be done at all Nigerian missions and VACs. All classes of visas: SVV, TRV and […]
Understanding Nigeria’s New Visa Policy 2020
On February 4th, 2020, the Federal Government announced the proposed launch of a New Visa policy (NVP 2020). They scheduled it for implementation by the Nigerian Immigration Service at all ports of entry into the country and Nigerian Missions from October 1st, 2020. The New Visa Policy is in tandem with the Federal Government’s Economic […]
Analysis: What Nigeria May Benefit From A Biden Presidency (2)
With the cancellation of the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline and the USA rejoining of the Paris Climate Accord, gas prices in the United States are already spiking in some locations. The shock value of this policy will consequently upset the hitherto steady demand and supply balance of oil derivatives. And so the need to […]
Here Are Five Countries Offering Second Passport By Investment In Real Estate Or Donation To National Development Funds
St Kitts And Nevis The two-island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis’s CIP is the oldest, launched in 1984, and the base for all other such programs. It offers two paths to a second passport, through a charitable donation to the government or the purchase of the authorised real estate. In response to the […]
You Need a Visa Approval Letter as a Business Traveller Visiting Nigeria
With countries scrambling to open up international borders, there isn’t a better time to plan a visit to the countries on your bucket list than now. One thing COVID-19 is teaching us is– life is short, so live your best life now. In case Nigeria is on your business travel radar, one document you need […]
Interswitch is Now Valued at $1 Billion
Interswitch, a leading Nigerian electronics payment company, says that Visa Inc wants to acquire a stake in it. This confirms reports from Monday of a significant partial takeover of interests in the Nigerian company. It’s said that Visa could be taking a 20% stake in Interswitch for $200 million. This price tag values Interswitch at […]
Upcoming Tour & Travel Deals for 2019
Here are a few Travel and Tour deals you don’t want to miss: 1. Flight Promo Afro Tourism Travel Company Check out these amazing flight deals available on Kenya Airways, Turkish Airlines, Etihad and British Airways. Return economy ticket from Lagos to Dubai for N219,831; Lagos to London from N258,831; Lagos to New York from N285,838 […]
Paystack Gets $8 Million In Series A Funding Round
Digital payments startup Paystack has lapped up $8 million in its series A funding round. Reports say the Nigerian fintech venture secured its latest round of financing from a group of investors led by payments company Stripe and Visa. There’s also been support from Tencent and Y Combinator, both of which had contributed to an […]
Private Tour Deals
Do you want to go on a vacation on your own timetable and not on a tour agency’s calendar? Good news! Some agencies have packages to certain choice destinations which you can sign up for whenever you are ready. Some have a deadline for when such flexible offers will be available. Here are a few: […]
8 Types of Visas Nigeria Issues Travellers
If you think it is very easy to enter into Nigeria legally, this article will dispel that notion. When traveling to Nigeria, a visa and a 6 month valid passport is necessary. But depending on the reason for your visit, there are different types of visas to apply for. Each comes with a different cost […]
China Opens New Lagos Visa Center
Being able to get a visa especially Chinese visa is usually very demanding and stressful. It could take months or even years, with long queues, trying to obtain one. It seems like all that inconvenience is about to change. To facilitate procurement of Chinese visas for Nigerians, China opened a new visa application centre in […]
Nigeria Introduces 48 Hour Visa Application System
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has introduced an online system aimed at easing the visa application and collection process for business people intending to visit the country. The new facility will make it possible for them to apply for visas online and obtain them upon arrival 48 hours later. Comptroller General of the NIS, Mohammed […]
3 Online Payment Portals Other Than Paypal
I have always been a fan of competitive markets where no individual corporation has a monopoly over the market. Competition is a control driver of performance and innovations. It enables us to choose from an array of excellent products at affordable prices. The IT industry has highly revolutionized the way we buy and sell as […]