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- 13 Oct 2016
APIs: Telcos Can Boost Startups, SMEs Fortunes & Compete With OTTs- Alozie
Over the period of ten years the numbers of public APIs have grown globally from 400 to 15,000 with 40 new ones created every week, as sales force gets 50% of its revenues via APIs, while eBay and…
- 22 Mar 2017
Twitter to Launch Live Video API Today
To make life much easier for media publishers to post live video broadcasts, Twitter will today launch its live video API. The API, according to a report by TechCrunch, will let companies hook up…
- 13 Jul 2022
MTN Group Opens Portal for its 2nd MoMo API Hackathon
MTN Group’s Mobile Money Application Interface (API) is inviting developers across several markets to participate in an Open API Hackathon, with a challenge to create a mobile application that uses…
- 6 May 2022
GSMA Launches a Mobile Money API Specification Compliance Service
GSMA, the global organisation unifying the mobile ecosystem, recently launched a Mobile Money API Compliance Verification Service; a quality assurance initiative which aims to reduce the complexities…
- 14 Feb 2023
IBM Acquires StepZen to Help Enterprises Get More Business Value from Their Data and APIs
IBM has announced the acquisition of StepZen Inc, which developed a GraphQL server with a unique architecture that helps developers build GraphQL APIs quickly and with less code. Today’s news marks…
- 4 Aug 2020
MTN Creates API Marketplace to Empower African Developers
MTN has launched a pan-Africa application programming interface (API) marketplace it believes will foster innovation and collaboration across developer and business communities. The Chenosis…
- 13 Oct 2015
Oracle Launches Platform for SOA, API Manager Services Integration
Oracle has launched Oracle SOA Cloud Service and Oracle API Manager Cloud Service, new additions to Oracle Cloud Platform for Integration, a comprehensive suite of integration services that enable…
- 17 May 2020
CreditRegistry Unveils Dud Cheque API Service To Boost Banking Sector Transparent
Nigeria’s largest credit bureau, CreditRegistry, has launched an API (application programming interface) service to validate the financial credibility of cheque issuers to improve confidence in…
- 23 Oct 2019
MTN launches Mobile Money API Hackathon in Five African Countries
MTN Group has granted third parties access to its Mobile Money (MoMo) Access Programming Interface (API) platform. This is in pursuit of its goal to contribute to bridging the financial divide, The…
- 31 Aug 2010
CellTrust Prepares NFC Provisioning APIs Using SecureSMS
CellTrust Corporation has announced that it is preparing patent-pending, NFC-provisioning APIs using SecureSMS, in anticipation of NFC technology rollout which will begin next year. NFC (Near Field…
- 5 Jun 2017
GTBank to Release GTWorld API to Developers
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, has declared interest to release the Application Programming Interface (API) of its flagship GTWorld to third-party developers by next month. In the app development…
- 22 Jul 2025
NITDA, API Partner Against Harmful Online Content
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in partnership with the Advocacy for Policy and Innovation (API), has convened a one-day workshop in Abuja to advance dialogue on the draft…
- 2 Oct 2025
Cybersafe Foundation Launches Global API Security Training for Women Aged 20–40
CyberSafe Foundation, leading purpose-driven organisation working to bridge the digital divide by empowering underserved communities with transformative cybersecurity and AI skills, has announced…
- 4 May 2023
Why all Organisations Should Develop an API Security Strategy
Appknox, an enterprise mobile application security solution and its African partner, CED Technologies have made a case for all organizations across verticals to develop Application Programming…
- 4 Apr 2023
Appknox, CED Technologies to host webinar on how CISOs can build an API security program
Appknox, a plug-and-play security platform and its partner, CED Technologies will on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 by 12 noon host a webinar on how Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) can build…
- 17 Mar 2017
TerraPay supports GSMA to Promote Standardised Mobile Money APIs
TerraPay, a mobile-first international payment network, has announced that it has been working with the GSMA to ensure TerraPay compatibility with the recently rolled out standardized mobile money…
- 29 Dec 2021
Interswitch Offers Product Developers Access to APIs
Interswitch, Africa’s integrated payments and digital commerce company, is providing technology developers in Nigeria with the appropriate tools to create new digital products and solutions with…
- 31 Mar 2017
Access Bank Opens APIs to Developers After 48-hour African Fintech Hackathon
Voice IT start-up has emerged winner of Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) 48-hour Recode Nigeria hackathon sponsored by Access Bank, even as the bank allowed the software developers access to its…
- 12 Dec 2024
NITDA, API Release Whitepaper on the Framework for an Online Harms Protection Bill
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is pleased to announce the release of a Whitepaper on the Framework for an Online Harms Protection Bill in Nigeria. This pivotal…
- 4 May 2022
Norebase Secures $1M in Pre-seed Funding
African tradetech company additionally launches incorporation API service to enable other companies to provide embedded incorporation services to their own customers on their website Norebase, the…
- 22 Feb 2022
Ericsson to Extend Network Exposure to the Edge
Ericsson launches Edge Exposure Server to enable new enterprise and consumer services through simple and enriched APIs for edge applications. 5G and edge computing are opening a world of new revenue…
- 21 Apr 2021
Okra Secures $3.5M Seed Round Led by Susa Ventures
Nigerian fintech platform and Open Finance (API Economy) pioneers, Okra, have secured a $3.5m Seed raise. The round was led by US-based Susa Ventures, with participation from existing investors TLcom…
- 28 Apr 2018
IFC Venture Capital Supports Disruptive Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced that it led the $8.6 million Series A equity investment in Africa’s Talking, a Kenyan based communication-platform-as-a-service (“cPAAS”) API…
- 18 Sept 2019
kwik Delivery Commences Seamless Integrated On-demand Delivery in Lagos
kwik Delivery, a pioneering B2B, on-demand delivery platform operating in Lagos, Nigeria, is announcing today the release of its API to customers. "The most frequent question we got since our launch…
- 14 May 2026
Cross-Border Payments Startup Chimoney Closes Shop After 4 Years
Nigerian-Canadian fintech startup, Chimoney, has announced plans to shut down operations after four years of building a unified API for cross-border payments across 41 currencies. Founder and Chief…
- 14 Feb 2022
Stitch Secures $21 Million Series A Funding Round
API fintech company Stitch has announced a $21 million Series A funding round, led by The Spruce House Partnership. Stitch will use the funding to continue building the future of money movement by…
- 20 Oct 2014
Google Integrates Samsung KNOX Technology to Android 5
Google has officially announced Android 5.0 Lollipop, adding a new design approach to its mobile operating system, especially the Samsung KNOX technology. The new version has over 5,000 new APIs and,…
- 16 Mar 2022
OnePipe, Fidelity Bank Partner to Launch PayGatePlus to Accelerate Online Payments
OnePipe, Nigerian API and embedded finance startup, has partnered with Fidelity Bank, one of Nigeria’s largest banks with an extensive network of branches to launch PayGatePlus, an enhanced version…
- 20 May 2025
CAC, NIBSS Unveil Platform for Data Access to Private Firms
Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in partnership with the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) has unveiled a new Application Programming Interface (API) integration system to allow private…
- 3 Jan 2018
Microsoft Commissions AI School
Microsoft has made a big push into AI over the last couple of years and has its Cognitive Toolkit and its Cognitive Services APIs available to all comers. Now it has launched AI School with…