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The World Bank has approved $3 million to support the Nigerian government’s bid to diversify the country’s economy. This is coming after an earlier tranche of $3 million had been provided to support a batch of innovations. The news was disclosed by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the opening...

How these career women defy the odds of religion and gender and are making names for themselves in a predominantly male dominated industry. In the sweltering heat of noon, while the streets are abuzz with the sound of motorists and commuters, a group of people stand at an ATM … Read more via...

Airtel Nigeria has finally launched its first 4G LTE mobile network service, albeit 18 months late. Interestingly, the telco has chosen Ibadan, and not the usual suspects — Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt — for this launch. The announcement was made yesterday at an event in Ibadan, where Airtel …...

It’s no news. The African tech scene is sizzling and a lot of foreign and local players are helping to spice it up (with their investments). Hundreds of private equity firms are equitably distributing resources among potential African startups and venture capitalists are becoming (the) more...

A peaceful weekend was rattled by news that the Zinox Group had acquired Konga, one of Nigeria’s biggest eCommerce giants in a sudden swoop. The Zinox Group is a technology company that built Nigeria’s first internationally certified computer systems and has large substantial stakes in ICT in...

Shortly after announcing our plan for Techpoint Build, we began to receive an outpouring of applications for Pitch Storm. Pitch Storm happens to be one of the core segments of Techpoint Build, where selected startups get to pitch to a panel of judges. Seeing as the top startup wins a cash...