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- 26 Jul 2015
Airbnb Plans to Expand Further Across African
Airbnb, the world’s leading community-driven hospitality company, announced its plans to explore the sharing economy’s impact and expansion, particularly on the African continent, which represents a…
- 2 Apr 2025
Airbnb Community Fund Donates ₦13 Billion to Nonprofits Worldwide
In a bid to strengthen communities worldwide, Airbnb has announced the recipients of its annual Community Fund grants for 2025. This year, the initiative will distribute over ₦13 billion ($8.5…
- 9 Aug 2022
Tech Companies Making a Difference in Africa
Africa has long been touted as the continent with the most growth potential when it comes to tech and innovation. Many African countries are building their own equivalents of Silicon Valley and tech…
- 31 May 2020
Spontaneous Deregulation tests Regulatory Gaps on Digital Platforms
By Austin Okere There is a perfect storm brewing on Twitter between the President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump and Twitter Founder, Jack Dorsey. “The Trump-Twitter fight ropes in…
- 23 Jun 2016
Top 10 Must-Have Travel Apps
Technology has changed travel in more ways than we can think of: the railway made covering long distances not only quicker than horse-and-cart, but more affordable for the working-class. The…
- 13 Sept 2018
Africa Travel Summit Kicks Off In South Africa
The creme dela creme in African tourism industry on Wednesday converged at Guga Sthebe Arts & Culture Centre in the Langa Township, South Africa to discuss how technology can help more people to…
- 30 Mar 2017
Can Technology and Connectivity Disrupt Insurance?
On my way to the Pinet eInsurance conference hosted in Lagos last week, I asked myself a question. What does insurance have to do with telecom or technology for that matter? Plenty I concluded!…
- 1 Mar 2017
5 Ways to Avoid Your Digital Transformation Journey Ending in Disaster
Opeyemi Olaniran, business group director, Cloud & Enterprise, Microsoft Nigeria writes on Five ways to avoid your digital transformation journey ending in disaster Going on a road trip with…
- 15 Nov 2016
Mastercard: 6 Tips to Avoid Blowing Your Budget this Holiday
Ahead of departing for your festive season break this year, don’t forget that planning your budget is just as important as planning what you will be packing. Mastercard shares a few tips on how to…
- 23 Feb 2017
Business Today, Disrupt or Die (Part 3)
Today, disruptive companies are the fastest-growing in history. In reality, they are movers and shakers in the business world today. They came and smoothly disrupted the business ecosystem. They…
- 24 Jan 2018
TPG Growth to Acquire African Music Company TRACE
Growth equity investment platform TPG Growth has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in TRACE, the market leader in afro-urban music and entertainment. TPG Growth is the…
- 21 Sept 2018
How AMVCA Enriches Nigeria’s Economy through Sold out Hotels and Overbooked Makeup Artistes
The curtains may have closed on this year’s AMVCA awards, but one impressive effect of the showpiece is it’s often overlooked, yet immensely important effect on Nigeria’s economy. Apart from its…
- 1 Jul 2019
Job Losses Loom as Banks Go Hi-tech
The resolve by banks to enhance technology driven services may pose threats to conventional banking such that it will reduce physical expansion and loss of man power while it will increase…
- 16 Sept 2021
Spontaneous Deregulation Tests Regulatory Gaps on Digital Platforms
By Austin Okere There is a perfect storm brewing between Regulators and Technology Platforms. Regulators should ordinarily be one of the most critical enablers of a society. Austin Okere They,…
- 13 Jan 2022
Women in Agile Africa Conference Holds on 27th-29th January 2022
All is now set for the Women in Agile (WiA) Africa Conference 2022, scheduled to hold on 27th-29th January. L-R: Olawale Bakare, National President, Junior Chamber International, Nigeria, Mercy…
- 14 Jan 2022
Nigeria's Socio-economic Development Hinges on ICT Adoption, Utilisation - Danbatta
The adoption and utilisation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is synonymous with empowerment, as it transforms processes efficiently acting as an enabler of effectiveness in…
- 19 Jan 2024
Go Beyond Banking, Do Everything and More with the AccessMore app
The last time a family member of mine booked a plane ticket they had to go to the airport to do it. Imagine if you could book international flights from the comfort of your hands. Imagine being able…
- 14 May 2024
Maad Raises $3.2m Seed Funding to Transform Francophone Africa's Retail Market
Maad, Francophone Africa's fastest-growing tech & logistics platform for informal retailers, today announced the successful completion of its $3.2 million seed funding round (debt & equity).…
- 26 Aug 2024
Kaspersky Finds Users of Google, Facebook, and Amazon most Targeted for Credential Theft in 2024
Google, Facebook, and Amazon are the most frequently targeted brands when it comes to phishing attacks, according to Kaspersky’s recent research among 25 popular global companies. Cybercriminals also…
- 20 Feb 2025
Kaspersky Reports Nearly 900m Phishing Attempts in 2024 as Cyber threats Increase
Kaspersky’s security solutions blocked over 893 million phishing attempts in 2024 – a 26% increase from 2023, when the total stood at nearly 710 million. The surge in attempts (shown in the graph…
- 7 May 2025
Gov. Mbah Tasks Youths to Embrace Technology as Enugu Tech Festival Opens
The 2025 Enugu Tech Festival being organised by the Enugu State Government kicked off yesterday with the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, describing it…
- 4 Jul 2025
Cybervergent Selected as World Economic Forum’s 2025 Technology Pioneer Company
In affirmation of its global standing, Cybervergent, a Pan-African technology company that leverages artificial intelligence to transform how organisations manage risk, governance, privacy, and…
- 8 Jan 2013
40Bn Mobile App Downloads Excites Apple
Apple has announced that customers have downloaded over 40 billion apps, with nearly 20 billion in 2012 alone. The App Store has over 500 million active accounts and had a record-breaking December…
- 1 May 2026
Uber Expands Beyond Rides, Launches Hotel Booking With Expedia
Ride-hailing company Uber has introduced a new feature that allows users to book hotel rooms directly through its app, as part of its strategy to evolve into a broader lifestyle and services…
- 20 Nov 2013
Electronics, Cars are Hottest Items Sold Online-Research
Recent studies on peer-to-peer services and e-commerce, with special focus on the Nigerian market have shown that electronic items, clothes and cars as the products most often sold online. The…
- 26 Sept 2014
Lonely Planet Reveals ‘Unplugged Travel’ On Increase
Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel media company, and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have joined forces to celebrate the 100th anniversary of commercial air travel by…
- 3 Jul 2015
PayPal Unveiled Plans to Buy Money-Transfer Firm Xoom
PayPal unveiled its plans to buy money-transfer company Xoom , keeping up PayPal's effort to touch just about every aspect of the digital payments world. The deal, with an enterprise value of $890…
- 5 Feb 2016
IBM to Bolster Cloud Growth with Developer Tools
IBM's efforts to bolster its cloud offerings could get a boost from new developer tools it is unveiling on Thursday. The tools are aimed at helping IBM stake out more of a claim to an area key to its…
- 10 Feb 2016
Techstars Selects its First Company from East Africa
The international investors that have boosted more than 650 technology startups have thrown their weight behind their first East African company, Kenya’s Bamba Group. US accelerator TechStars…
- 23 Mar 2016
Mobile app Accelerator Neumob Launches in Nigeria, Others
US firm Neumob, which claims to boost app performance and helps them run up to 10 times faster, has announced it has expanded its global network with a launch in Africa, establishing new points of…