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- 16 May 2024
Advancly, Bolt Nigeria Team Up to Provide Drivers With Access To Credit
Advancly, a credit-tech company, is proud to announce its partnership with Bolt Nigeria, to provide drivers on Bolt with access to credit. This strategic collaboration aims to support drivers’…
- 5 Oct 2021
Bolt Launches Bolt Food Delivery Service in Nigeria
To help provide easier access to daily essentials such as food, the leading ride-hailing platform in Africa, Bolt has launched its food delivery service in Nigeria. Bolt Food is the latest category…
- 17 Jun 2021
Bolt Launches Vehicle Financing Programme for Drivers in Nigeria
Africa’s leading ride-hailing platform, Bolt, has launched a vehicle financing programme that will enable drivers to own a car with low equity repayment. This first-of-its-kind offering in Nigeria is…
- 8 Feb 2021
Bolt Facilitates Online Safety for Taxi-Hailing Riders in Nigeria
In a bid to ensure the optimum safety for all riders in Nigeria, Bolt, the fastest-growing ride-hailing platform in Nigeria, recently donated office equipment to the Lagos State Ministry of…
- 19 Aug 2022
Bolt Reels out Post-pandemic Growth to Mark Ninth Anniversary
Bolt, Nigeria’s mobility service, has announced it has quadrupled its business globally since the start of the pandemic, recording its most successful month on record this July. Bolt, which launched…
- 22 Sept 2020
Bolt Expands Operations to Jos
Bolt, leading ride-hailing app in Africa, has expanded its operations in Nigeria with the launch of its services in Jos. This announcement comes shortly after the company announced that it had…
- 17 Feb 2022
Bolt Saves Cost of Operation for Businesses with Special Ride Offering
Ride-hailing service provider, Bolt, is committed to building a sustainable city by easing mobility for Nigerians and is running a solution-based offering for business and corporate offices. The…
- 27 Feb 2023
Cellulant Taps Ibrahim Gbolahan Aminu as General Manager
Cellulant has announced the appointment of Ibrahim Gbolahan Aminu as General Manager for Cellulant in Nigeria. As General Manager, Ibrahim will manage and oversee the day-to-day operations and…
- 11 Oct 2021
Bolt Unveils Driver’s League Challenge, to Reward Winners with Brand-New Cars
Bolt, a leading ride-hailing platform, has launched its new “Bolt Driver’s League” competition for new and existing drivers on the platform across Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa, as part of its…
- 3 Aug 2021
Bolt Raises €600M from Sequoia, Others to Build First-ever Super-app
Bolt, the leading ride-hailing and mobility platform, has raised €600 million in a funding round that increases its valuation to over €4 billion. The funds will boost its new 15-minute grocery…
- 4 Feb 2021
Bolt Advocates Customer Service Excellence for Drivers in new Mega Bonus Challenge
Bolt, the fastest-growing ride-hailing platform in Africa, has today rewarded three drivers in its Bolt Mega Bonus Challenge. This activity which concluded in January 2021 is in line with Bolt’s…
- 27 Jul 2021
Bolt Launches Early Cashout Option
In a bid to further improve the customer experience for their drivers, leading ride-hailing platform, Bolt, has launched an on-demand cash withdrawal option to provide early access to cash earned on…
- 24 Aug 2021
Bolt Partners WeVote to Inspire Voter Registration
In partnership with ACE Centre’s WeVote initiative, leading ride-hailing platform Bolt has launched its MyPVCJourney (My Permanent Voter Registration Journey) initiative as part of its community…
- 22 Feb 2022
Bolt, Fixit45 Collaborate to Improve Access to Autocare Services
Fixit45, has partnered with leading ride-hailing platform, Bolt to provide its community of drivers with access to subscription-based plans that minimize potential mobility disruption and improves…
- 21 Jul 2022
Bolt Introduces PVC Support Initiative to Encourage Voter Registration
E-hailing platform, Bolt has relaunch of its MyPVCJourney (My Permanent Voter Registration Journey) initiative which began in 2021. The initiative was established as part of the company’s community…
- 20 May 2016
Airtel Nigeria, Ericsson on Broadband Chase for Everyone
In the second half of 2015, Nigeria was among the top five countries worldwide in terms of mobile subscription additions, and Nigerian businesses are increasingly adopting mobile-first strategies. In…
- 16 Feb 2024
Bolt Accelerator Program completes post-mentorship exercise for its top 10 winners
Bolt, Africa's leading ride-hailing platform, has concluded the last and final phase of its Bolt Accelerator Program - an initiative in collaboration with The Nest Innovation Park to empower its…
- 12 Mar 2021
Bolt Launches #Drive4WITech Internship Programme to Encourage Women Participation in Technology
In celebrating International Women’s Month and as part of its efforts to drive more participation and inclusion for women in technology, the fastest-growing ride-hailing platform in Africa, Bolt has…
- 23 Feb 2015
Ericsson Radio System Refines Mobile Networks Architecture
Definitely, in big cities like New York, the air space above buildings is valuable real estate– think the Manhattan skyline. Where there is no room to build out, urban planners build upward. Ericsson…
- 20 Apr 2010
Nigeria is Ripe for ICT Valley-Olufade
Toyin Olufade is president, Association of Nigeria Courier Operators (Anco). He is also the managing director and chief executive officer of Swift Couriers Limited and has been in the courier…
- 25 Apr 2021
Twitter’s Investment in Africa
Ejiro Obodo When Twitter announced that it is assembling a team and will soon launch a physical office in Ghana two weeks ago, there was joy and awe in Nigeria. Joy, because the most boisterous…
- 10 Dec 2024
Group Calls for Robust Legal Frameworks to Uphold Human Rights Online
As countries worldwide commemorate International Human Rights Day, Paradigm Initiative (PIN) is calling for the enactment of robust legal frameworks that uphold human rights online. The organisation…
- 24 Jun 2022
Cellulant Recognised as a Leading Payment Platform Solutions Provider in Nigeria for its Tingg Platform
Cellulant, Africa’s payments company, was recognised as the Payment Platform Solutions Provider of the Year in Nigeria at the 13th Beacon of ICT Awards 2022. This award is a recognition of…
- 4 Jul 2016
EBS Seeks PF & FI Improved Collaborations for mPOS Growth
Guests at eNNovators Breakfast Series (EBS) believe that to deepen the adoption Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) in the country, collaborative approach should be explored by Payment Facilitator (PF) and…
- 9 Sept 2015
Top Stories Nigerians “Googled" Most in August, 2015
Enter the ‘Embers, Nigeria! September signals the start of the ‘Year’s ending’ for many but the Month that preceded Month No. 9 was certainly not lacking in incident. The following are the stories…
- 26 Apr 2014
Bankers, Foreigners top EFCC’s Most Wanted List
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released list of wanted persons for various financial and economic crimes, just as the anti-graft agency said it has intensified efforts to…
- 25 May 2023
NITDA, SMEDAN to Institutionalize SMEs in Nigeria
The National Information Technology Development Agency NITDA and the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) have agreed to institutionalise the activities of the…
- 12 Jan 2024
Africa’s Shared Mobility Market to Double by 2030
The size of Africa’s shared mobility market is forecast to double by 2030, to reach $8 billion (R147 billion), and create an additional 550 000 income-earning opportunities on the continent. This is…
- 21 Mar 2014
Kaymu Partners Kinabuti to Boost Youth Entrepreneurship
Kaymu.com.ng, a leading player in the Nigerian online marketplace, has partnered with Kinabuti, one of Nigeria’s vibrant fashion houses with the support of Thea Kuta to train youths of the Orile…