Flutterwave, Africa’s top payments technology firm has announced Grammy Award-winning international artist, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, as its Global Brand Ambassador as it launches Send, a remittancesolution, aimed to increase remittance flow and uptake to the African continent. Send by Flutterwave aims to offer customers the easiest way […]
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Google now allows you to position products at the top of your local and Maps listings.
Google now allows you to place products at the top of your local and Maps listings. Google Business Profile, formerly Google My Business, now has a new feature in the products section that allows you to mark a product as “special.” When you mark a product as special, it will […]
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Highlights from OPPO’s first-ever INNO Day event in Nigeria
Smart technology solutions are continually on the rise around the globe. These innovations, among a whole lot of other reasons, help provide a range of functions that help make human activities easy, fast, and dependable. To help continue this narrative of a smarter society, technology company OPPO, on its INNO […]
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Wema Bank revamps loan offering for women entrepreneurs
Wema Bank says it has revamped its nine per cent loan offering for female Small and Medium Enterprise owners to demonstrate its commitment to supporting women entrepreneurs. According to a statement, the revamped offer includes a longer tenor, easier access and requires no guarantor or collateral, in accessing this facility. […]
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Nokia T20 is designed for the season and built to go beyond!
Designed for the new normal, the Nokia T20 is versatile and appropriate for e-learning and multimedia consumption. The device illuminates the spotlight on online education and virtual meetings necessitated by the pandemic while considering pricing for the masses. The durable Nokia T20 is the first tablet by HMD Global and has been designed for productivity and […]
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Xiaomi 12 will be launched before the year ends, and it will be the last smartphone of 2021
It is just a matter of days, if not another month before the Chinese tech behemoth shows the world what the Xiaomi 12 is capable of doing. The manufacturer has promised to release the smartphone on December 28, 2021. We have already covered the leaks of this device before and […]
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UBA plans reward for customers in festive season
The United Bank for Africa Plc has said it will reward its customers with prizes, in its upcoming ‘Super Savers’ promo draw during the Christmas period. It said in a statement that the Super Savers draw would be held virtually via Facebook and Youtube platforms in strict compliance with social […]
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Bitcoin’s market cap loses $264.28bn in 50 days
The market capitalisation of bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, fell by $264.28bn in 50 days. The market cap of BTC rose by $250.36bn in October to close at $1.16tn. BTC rose to a high of $67,566.83 on November 8 but dropped to $56,942.14 on November 18, and continued to […]
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Nigeria loses N499.32bn as Twitter ban hits 200 days
Nigeria’s economy has lost N499.32bn to the shutdown of Twitter since it came into effect on June 4, 2021. On June 4, the Federal Government announced the suspension of Twitter after the social media platform deleted a tweet by the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Telecommunication companies had on June […]
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MAX raises $31m series B funding to expand its electric vehicle solutions across Africa
Nigerian mobility tech company, Metro Africa Xpress Inc. (MAX) has raised $31 million in a Series B investment round to expand into other African markets as it works to formalize the continent’s transportation sector. The recent round of funding was headed by Lightrock, a global private equity firm that is making […]