30 results
- 8 Jul 2026
Flutterwave Secures Circle Ventures Investment to Deepen USDC Payment
Flutterwave has secured a strategic investment from Circle Ventures, the venture capital arm of Circle Internet Group, to accelerate the expansion of its USDC payments and settlement infrastructure…
- 27 Aug 2025
Mastercard and Circle Bring Real-Time Stablecoin Settlement to Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa
As stablecoins continue to solve real-world challenges and improve efficiencies across a range of use-cases, Mastercard and Circle are deepening their longstanding partnership to enable USDC and EURC…
- 18 Nov 2019
Facebook to Host Leads of its Developer Circles from Across SSA
Facebook is hosting a Facebook Developer Circle Leads Summit on 20-21st November in Nairobi ahead of its first ever Facebook iD8 Nairobi conference for developers and startups from across the…
- 24 Mar 2026
USDC Stablecoin to Expand Reach in Africa via Circle–Sasai Partnership
Circle Internet Group, Inc., one of the world’s leading internet‑financial platform companies, has entered a partnership with Sasai Fintech, a business within Cassava Technologies, to expand access…
- 13 Dec 2024
Binance and Circle Join Forces to Boost USDC Utility Worldwide
Crypto industry giants Circle Internet Group Inc. and Binance have joined forces in a new strategic partnership announced today at Abu Dhabi Finance Week that will expand adoption of USDC and support…
- 7 Sept 2015
E-Circle Foundation, Sesema PR Launch EMP Project
E-Circle Foundation, a social enterprise that focuses on developing the capacity of average young women in Nigeria and Sesema Public Relations, a marketing communication firm have partnered to launch…
- 30 Apr 2025
Onafriq and Circle Partner to Revolutionize Cross-Border Payments in Africa with USDC
Onafriq, Africa’s largest payments gateway, and Circle, stablecoin market leader and issuer of USDC, today announced their strategic partnership aimed at transforming cross-border payments and…
- 20 Aug 2019
Facebook Unveils “Developer Circles” in Benin
Facebook has launched its “Developers Circles’’ in Benin, Edo, a platform that allows people who are technologically inclined to engage with experts, learn new technology and collaborate with…
- 21 Oct 2022
Shoprite Announces Circle Mall Store reopening 24 months after looting incident
Retail Supermarket Nigeria Limited (RSN), the owners of Shoprite Nigeria, has announced the reopening of its store in Circle Mall in Jakande, Lekki after a 24-month long closure. The decision to…
- 30 Jan 2022
Shoprite Sets to Reopen Circle Mall Store, After 2020 Looting Incident
Retail Supermarket Nigeria Limited (RSNL), owners of Shoprite in Nigeria, has announced plans to reopen the Circle Mall Store. The store which is located in Jakande, Lagos was closed down following…
- 12 Dec 2018
Facebook Strengthens Commitment to Tech Communities with Developer Circles Summit
In continuation of its efforts to create a network of developers across the world as part of its mission to give people the power to build communities and bring the world closer together, Facebook’s…
- 18 Jan 2021
New Horizons Nigeria, Staff Clinch EC-Council Circle of Excellence Awards
New Horizons System Solutions Limited (Nigeria), a member of the world largest private computer training institute, and one of its staff have been announced as the winners of the 2020 EC-Council…
- 21 Feb 2022
Leo Stan @ 66: Africa’s Technology Miracle Child Comes Full Circle
By Henry C. Ibeakolam Rarely in this part of the world would you find a man like Leonard Nnamdi Stanley Ekeh, better known as Leo Stan Ekeh. Leo Stan Ekeh. For starters, Leo Stan, as he is fondly…
- 19 Jun 2013
Uneasy Calm in Aviation Circles as Senate Delays Approval of NCAA DG
Three months after President Goodluck Jonathan nominated Captain Fola Akinkuotu as a replacement for Dr Harold Demuren, former Director General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority(NCAA), the Senate…
- 18 Jun 2021
Nigeria, Six Other African Countries Use Israeli Spyware to Snoop on Citizens
Nigeria and six other countries in Africa are reportedly using the surveillance technology developed by Circles, Israeli telecom company to snoop on the personal communications of opposition…
- 23 Jan 2025
All the Android updates coming to the Samsung Galaxy S25 series and more
Gemini prompt box with “Ask Google Gemini” text. Around is a collection of features and UI components like a black watch, a Gemini Live conversation, a sports score on a Now Bar, and a Circle to…
- 14 Jun 2022
African Healthcare Funders Forum to Connect, Scale Innovative Healthcare Solutions
The African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA), Ashoka, and Social Innovation Circle, sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim as part of their "Making More Health" and Boehringer Ingelheim Social…
- 8 Jul 2018
Mindless, Brazen IP Theft by Government Agencies
Unless stealing and lying being consciously put together in brazen manner in government circles are stemmed; the current fight against corruption is meaningless. Majority of Nigerians continue…
- 7 Dec 2016
Signal Alliance Wins Cisco International Award
Nigeria was recently celebrated and honoured in Seychelles following the Cisco global Winner Circle Corner Award 2016 given to Signal Alliance. The award recognizes a group of top performers who…
- 29 Sept 2013
Celebrating 53 Years of IP Theft, Corruption
Nigeria CommunicationsWeek editorial Unless corruption, stealing and lying being consciously put together in brazen manner in government circles are stemmed; the independence, which the country is…
- 25 Jan 2013
Rising Wave of Authority Stealing
Stealing and lying are being consciously put together in brazen manner in government circles in Nigeria. The same government whose job it is to protect the intellectual property of its citizenry is…
- 28 Jan 2018
LCC to Hike Lekki, Ikoyi Toll Tariffs in February
Lekki Concession Company Limited (LCC), has announced a review in toll tariffs at the Admiralty Circle Toll Plaza and the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge Toll Plaza with effect from Thursday, February 1,…
- 24 Apr 2024
How Tech Enthusiasts Can Garner In-Demand Skills in 2024
In almost every circle, you will find a tech-bro, tech-sis, or tech enthusiast diligently refining their skills, aspiring to secure dream tech jobs that promise financial success and elevated social…
- 17 Aug 2017
Ogunsanya to Lead Discourse on Africa Business at 57th NBA Conference
Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Airtel Nigeria, has been listed among important thought leaders in the corporate and government circles that will speak at…
- 19 Jan 2017
5 Reasons Ebuka Will Make Good Host on Big Brother Naija
So there you have it! Ebuka Obi Uchendu will be the host of Big Brother Naija reality TV show. You can say the media personality has come ‘full circle’ seeing as he was a housemate in the first…
- 15 Jan 2018
Virtual ‘Hawkers’ Will Soon Send Conventional Shop Owners Packing
By Ugwoke Udoka Stagnancy, well, describes the activities of some shop owners. Moving around in circles and not responsive to the advancement of technology and application of these reforms to their…
- 25 Apr 2024
60 Hearty Cheers to Chioma Ekeh, Africa’s Leading Unusual Female Tech
The story has often been told in tech circles of how a relatively unknown Nigerian female student became a sensation of sorts among the international student population back in the early 80s in India…
- 5 Mar 2012
Legend Rewards Loyalty @ ‘Real Deal Nite’
Sequel to the successful completion of its full product circle with the launch in November 2011 of Legend extra stout in Can, the brand has gone a step further in its reward process for 2012 with the…
- 19 Feb 2019
SEC Seals Firm for Illegal Capital Market Activities
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sealed off the premises of a firm, Growing Circle International in Lagos for engaging in illegal fund management activities. Mrs Efe Ebelo, SEC…
- 25 Sept 2022
AfriTECH 2.0: Theme, Date and Venue Announced
Opinion Moulders in the technology and business circle in Africa are set to gather in Lagos, Nigeria (West Africa) on 9 November 2022 for another edition of Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH 2.0)…