Bolt Food has announced its expansion into inner cities in Lagos enlarging itscoverage in the state and delivering on its promise to continue providing easier access to dailyessentials. The leading mobility platform launched its food delivery vertical in Lagos in 2021which provides customers with competitively affordable and efficient food delivery […]
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Google reveals top searches that captured the interest of Nigerians in the first three months this year
Peter Obi, INEC, ‘Who is your guy?’ by Spyro, ‘When is Easter 2023’ and ‘How to check my polling unit’ topped trending searches by Nigerians in the first quarter of 2023 A captivating blend of politics, pop culture, and curiosity swept across the Nigerian digital landscape in the first quarter […]
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OnePipe and Motor Africa collaborate to offer credit solutions for mobility entrepreneurs in Nigeria
Motor Africa, a mobility & IOT infrastructure startup in Nigeria, and OnePipe, a fintech infrastructure provider, are collaborating to offer a unique blend of credit and payment services to mobility entrepreneurs in Nigeria. The two platforms have launched a lending-as-a-service (LaaS) proposition to help mobility entrepreneurs access working capital through an overdraft to […]
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Paxful Personally Returns Celsius Funds for Paxful Earn Customers
The Peer-to-Peer Platform Gives Nearly Nine Bitcoin to Impacted Users Paxful, the global peer-to-peer Bitcoin platform, announced today it is giving nearly nine Bitcoin to its Paxful Earn users impacted by the Celsius collapse. The funds will be sent to Paxful Wallets this week. Paxful announced Paxful Earn in 2021, […]
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Expert Calls on FG to Tackle Fraud in ePayment Sector
The Head of Engineering, OnePipe, Victor Irechukwu, has called on the federal government to tackle cases of online fraud in order to make epayments more acceptable to all. Irechukwu, in a statement, said the commonly reported theme has been a situation where people’s debit cards are used to make deposits on […]
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Ophi Named Chief Judge of Africa Crypto Giants Awards
A renowned Crypto preacher, Mr. Alvin Rume Ophi, has been appointed as Chief Judge of the Africa Crypto Giants Awards (ACGAwards) 2023. In a statement, the organisers said the ACGAwards is a yearly event created to recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements and contributions of individuals and organisations in the […]
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Payday secures $3m seed round to drive expansion
Payday, a leading pan-African neobank issuing global accounts to Africans, has announced a US$3 million seed round to power its expansion into Europe and North America. Launched in June 2021 by Favour Ori, Payday was developed to support African remote workers, freelancers and digital professionals with frictionless, borderless payments, enabling global payment […]
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Bitget Invests $30M in DeFi Wallet Bitkeep – Bitget Managing Director Gracy Chen
In an interview held recently Bitget Managing Director Gracy Chen revealed that Bitget invested $30M in DeFi Wallet Bitkeep. She also spoke on Bitget flagship product copy trading and others and how the company is disrupting the crypto industry. Excerpt: Hi Gracy, good to have you here. Can you tell […]
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CBN Releases Names of 10 Digital Banks Licensed to Operate as MFBs, Issue POS Services
Digital banking is becoming increasingly popular in Nigeria as operators harness the best technological tools to address the transaction challenges faced by Nigerians. In addition, digital payment platforms have been authorized by the Central Bank of Nigeria to provide microfinance banking and Point of Sale (PoS) services in the country, […]
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Flutterwave Secures 2 Additional Licenses from National Bank of Rwanda Continuing East Africa Expansion
Leading Nigerian fintech, Flutterwave, has revealed it has acquired an Electronic Money Issuer license and Remittance licenses from the Government of Rwanda as it continues its expansion in East Africa. According to Flutterwave, the Electronic Money Issuer license now means it can acquire all types of payment instruments in Rwanda while […]