Climate change is a real thing and, as a result, everyone from big corporations to the smaller guys are looking for new and better ways to save energy. But businesses have money and budgets for this. As consumers, we don’t have a lot of money to spend on energy-saving devices […]
Crypto Awareness in Africa: An FTX Approach by Cleo Onyango
FTX.COM is a cryptocurrency exchange built by traders, for traders. It offers innovative products, including industry-leading derivatives, options and volatility products, tokenized stocks, prediction markets, leveraged tokens and an OTC desk. It has grown quickly since its founding, becoming one of the most respected cryptocurrency exchanges in the world in […]
‘Creating #NoFalseNewsZone online our collective responsibility’
By Adaora Ikenze The stark reality in today’s world is that we spend most of our time online, moreso in this post-covid era. We go online to connect socially, to conduct business, we build communities of interests and passions, and we love the entertainment many platforms provide. Today, with only […]
WIMBIZ: Celebrating Legacy at 20
“Women who have the capacity to influence must begin to advocate the kind of change they want to see, else there is no need to complain.” – Dr. Adedoyin Salami. It used to be the case, at least until the recent past, that each time a woman attained a position […]
Fintech Focus: The link between Open Banking and financial inclusion
With more than 70 million active bank customers in Nigeria, banks possess valuable big data, consisting of demographic, personal, and professional information of clients as well as transaction history, consumption patterns, and movements. There’s so much that can be done with this data. For instance, lenders can segment their client base […]
Beyond Twitter ban, making social influencing work
Twitter is one of the top microblogging platforms in the world. The social media site has 199 million users, 80 per cent of which are affluent millennials. As of April 2021, Twitter has 38.5 per cent of users aged between 25 and 34 years old. Surprisingly, in 2020, Twitter had […]
Ecobank Nigeria Super Rewards Scheme announce 4 winners
Ecobank Super Reward Scheme winners have been announced, the Bank has given out N1 million each to the lucky winners. FOUR customers of Ecobank Nigeria Limited, including Tsoo Alaye, with an Ecobank Microfinance Special Account representing FCT / Northern Region; Badero Modupe Olufunmilayo, with a Personal Flexi Account, representing Lagos Region; Omiwole Damilare Daniel, […]
Possible ways to earn income online amid high unemployment
Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital technologies. This means that more and more individuals and organisations now rely on technology for a number of activities that were hitherto done manually or physically. The situation is radically different even with those looking to start […]
Creating smartphones for Africa – Justin Maier
For most of us, it is hard to imagine a world without a mobile phone – and, yet, the world’s first short messaging service (SMS) was only sent in 1992 and the first downloadable content sold to mobile phones – the ringtone – was less than 30 years ago, in 1998. Today, we […]
The internet age: It’s time for Africa
Bryan Obonyo, Shay Sade, Monique Touko, David Osafo, and Ian Oplot are a London-born and bred group of friends who one day decided they would record their reactions to Afrobeats music videos by African artists. That fine day occurred, according to their official website, in 2017. Fast forward to 2021 […]