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Nigerian digital bank startup, Kuda, secures $1.6 million pre-seed funding
Online digital bank startup, Kuda, yesterday raised $1.6 million in a pre-seed round from angel investors Haresh Aswani and Ragnar Meitern, amongst other investors.…
MTN Group reshuffles leadership roles in multiple African countries
Philip van Dalsen, the CEO of MTN Zambia and Freddy Tchala MTN Côte d’Ivoire CEO will both be leaving MTN at the end of September…
Nigeria, three other countries account for 60% of digital entrepreneurship in Africa – UNCTAD
New reports from UNCTAD state that four countries alone accounted for 60% of digital entrepreneurial activities in Africa and some bottlenecks African entrepreneurs face…
Uber could be venturing into bus transportation in Lagos very soon
Uber is working on a public bus system for Lagos and is already in talks with city transport officials.…
Social Media Roundup: No reception
This week on social media; a Nigerian wedding with no reception, xenophobia in South Africa and other stories…
Twitter temporarily disables tweeting via SMS after its CEO got hacked
Shortly after the CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey’s account was hacked, Twitter temporarily suspends tweeting via text message…
Chipper Cash, a San Francisco based fintech startup, has expanded to Nigeria
Chipper Cash, a mobile cross-border money transfer platform, is expanding its cross-border payment services to Nigeria…
Facebook may hide like counts to reduce pressure of self-comparison among users
Just like Instagram is openly testing in seven countries including Canada and Brazil, Facebook may remove like counts on news feed posts by users…
South Africa admits to mass surveillance amidst xenophobic unrest
Amidst issues of violence motivated by xenophobic attacks against non-South Africans, the country battles with data privacy issues that may have mitigated the unrest.…
MTN Nigeria share price narrowly fluctuates amidst xenophobia reprisals in Nigeria
Amidst xenophobic attacks in South Africa, and angry reactions in Nigeria, MTN Nigeria’s share price wavers on the NSE…
APCON wants to charge a ₦25,000 fee on all online advertising in Nigeria
The Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) just recently announced its plan to start vetting all online adverts in Nigeria…
4 things we discovered about Gokada 2.0
Gokada relaunches operations with upgraded bikes and helmets, and these are what we noticed about the new Gokada.…
Nigerian fintech startup, Carbon, is expanding to Kenya
It appears Carbon (formerly Paylater), a Nigerian-based fintech startup that started as a loan offering platforms, is launching in Kenya soon.…
OBus is now allowing third party buses on its platform
OPay is outsourcing its bus-hailing service, OBus, to third party bus owners and vendors…
How long will the ceasefire between Uganda and Rwanda last?
Despite signing a peace pact to resolve ongoing tensions, diplomatic sparks ignite after Uganda and Rwanda block news sites. Will the peace hold?…
Security or privacy invasion: Huawei installs more CCTV cameras in Cameroon
In spite of privacy concerns, Huawei recently installed 2000 CCTV cameras in Cameroon to help fight insecurity.…
Airtel-Telkom merger in Kenya stalls on allegations of corruption
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has suspended the proposed merger between Airtel Kenya and Telkom Kenya.…
Jumia and Techpoint to host Andre Iguodala, Jumia board member, investor in Facebook, Tesla and Twitter
Techpoint in conjunction with Jumia would be hosting an interactive session with Andre Iguodala and some techpreneurs in Nigeria…
Kenya: Uber bows to pressure as fare hike takes effect
Uber effects fare hike and some new regulations for drivers in what could be a gamechanger for the Kenyan ride-hailing market.…