Crypto adoption in Africa continues to grow with Luno’s 45% increase in customers
Crypto adoption in Africa continues to grow at a rapid pace, with Luno today announcing that 45% of one million…
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Don’t allow your NIN to be linked to another person’s SIM – NCC warns subscribers
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has strongly warned telecoms consumers to ensure they do not allow their National Identification Number (NIN) to…
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WhatsApp Introduces New Feature That Allows Users to Join Ongoing Calls Directly From Group Chats
WhatsApp has integrated its joinable calls feature — which lets users join an ongoing group video — directly into group…
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Global Cryptocurrency Market Cap Touches Historic High of $2.5 Trillion as Bitcoin Value Rallies over $60,000
The market capitalisation of all the cryptocurrencies put together has crossed a milestone of $2.5 trillion (roughly Rs. 1,87,42,625 crores)…
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Six reasons why information systems are so essential for Startups
What is it about information systems that makes them so important in the modern world? Why are companies spending so…
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Sendbox Raises $1.8 Million to Digitise Deliveries For African SMEs
Sendbox, the Nigeria-based e-commerce fulfillment platform for merchants in Africa, has today announced the completion of a $1.8 million seed…
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Egypt’s Nawah Scientific adds high-level investor ahead of Series A round
Egypt-based life science startup Nawah Scientific has sold a strategic stake to Essam Abdelhadi, the former vice president Middle East,…
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NITDA begins 5-day digital skills training for 50 journalists
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general of the National Information Technology Agency (NITDA) has inaugurated a five-day capacity training programme for members of…
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The Next Wave: Is Decentralised Finance the key to Africa’s economic liberation?
Decentralised Finance (DeFi) doesn’t only take power away from traditional governmental institutions and corporations, it also may provide an opportunity…
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SEACOM Boosts its IP Network with a Serious Bandwidth Upgrade
SEACOM, a fibre-led telecoms provider and owner of extensive ICT infrastructure across Africa, has announced a 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GE)…
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Piggyvest assures users of funds safety amid N2bn investment loss rumours
Amid rumours that it lost a colossal N2 billion of investor funds to a fraudulent investment scheme, Piggyvest, an online saving…
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North Vancouver May Use Bitcoin Mining to Generate Heat, in 2022
The Canadian city of North Vancouver is considering Bitcoin mining as a way to generate and provide heat to its…
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Bitcoin Scammers Targeting iPhone Users via Dating Apps Like Tinder, Bumble: Report
Sophos cybersecurity researchers identified a Bitcoin wallet filled with tokens worth $1.4 million (roughly Rs. 10 crores) that were collected…
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CBN affirms that Nigerians can use the eNaira without internet-enabled phones
Nigerians without access to internet-enabled phones would also be able to utilize the eNaira currency. This was revealed by the…
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Jack Dorsey Says Square Is Looking to Build a Bitcoin Mining System
Square Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said on Friday the fintech firm is looking to build a Bitcoin mining system…
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Tala, a Kenyan fintech company, has raised $145 million in a Series E round of funding
Tala, a fintech company, announced that it has raised USD 145 million in a Series E funding round led by…
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How Artificial Intelligence is helping to make breast cancer history
Every October for the last four decades, Breast Cancer Awareness Month has helped to raise visibility of the most prevalent…
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PwC, UNDP sign MOU to promote technology initiatives across Africa
The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, and PwC Nigeria recently signed a ground-breaking Memorandum of Understanding, (MOU), to collaborate on strategic initiatives…
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Egyptian e-commerce startup Talabeyah raises $1.1m funding round
Cairo-based startup Talabeyah, which runs a food and grocery B2B e-commerce and distribution platform, has raised US$1.1 million in funding…
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How agritech startups are helping to check food inflation in Nigeria
Techpoint Africa currently operates in a hybrid co-living and remote work environment. About half of the team live on the same…
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Netflix, UNESCO partner to unearth emerging filmmakers in SSA
In a drive to discover emerging filmmaking talents, Netflix and UNESCO have partnered to launch a creative short film competition….
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3 Things To Look for When Upgrading Your PC
Don’t you hate it when your keyboard skills are superior to the power of your computer monitor? Being a keyboard…
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This Week’s Top 4 Google Searches Across Africa
Google Trends publishes the top searches for every day of the week and covers 4 African countries in which it sees…
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What to expect from Apple, Google and Samsung’s big events
Hardware season is heading for a dramatic finale next week, with three events from three major companies, three days in a…
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Does the NFT craze actually matter?
The NFT market is still defying reason, but then again that’s kind of its thing. But one thing I’m especially…
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4 Traits Every Leadership Team Should Invest In
Throughout my career as an entrepreneur and investor, I have had the opportunity to work with business leaders of all calibers —…
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Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa top on Enforceability of Standard Agreement – Absa-OMFIF reports
Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa top 20 other African countries under the enforceability of standard master agreements pillar in the…
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Cathy Smith of SAP Africa scores a spot on Definitive List of Women CEOs
Africa.com undertook a rigorous research project to identify the women who run the largest, most complex businesses on the African…
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Orange Cameroon and the German Development Cooperation inaugurate the 6th Orange Digital Center in Africa and the Middle East
The 6th Orange Digital Center in Africa and the Middle East, which is committed to digital development and innovation and…
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UK, Nigeria hold Economic Development Forum . Welcome LSE entrepreneurship Hub launch
The UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Nigeria, Helen Grant and Nigeria’s Minister of Industry Trade and Investment, Mr. Adeniyi…
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