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- 30 Sept 2019
Nigerian Tech Community Battles SARS Over Illegal Arrests of Software Engineers
Nigeria’s technology leaders have launched #StopRobbingUs, a campaign to put an end to the common practice where Nigerian police stop young people with laptops and unlawfully arrest, attack or, in…
- 18 Feb 2020
Carbon Launches $100,000 Entrepreneurship Fund to Champion African Startups
Carbon has set up a $100,000 Pan-African fund to address the lack of funding and support holding back budding tech entrepreneurs on the continent. Carbon’s Disrupt fund, the first of its kind by an…
- 22 Apr 2020
Carbon Partners with AXA Mansard to Launch Healthcare Benefits Program
Carbon, Nigeria’s foremost digital financial services company, has partnered with AXA Mansard, a leading provider of insurance products and services, to launch a range of healthcare benefits for its…
- 17 Apr 2023
Google Tightens Rules on Loan Apps, Operators Cry Out
Google, the global search engine, which provides the digital infrastructure, has tightened regulations on Fintech Loan apps by cutting off access to sensitive data including users' contacts, photos…
- 13 Dec 2018
Nigeria’s OneFi Secures First Ever Credit Rating for an African Fintech
One Finance Limited (OneFi) announces that is has been assigned a “BB” rating with a Stable outlook, from Global Credit Rating Co. The company behind Paylater, Nigeria's leading digital financial…
- 8 Mar 2019
OneFi Secures $5M Debt Facility from Lendable
One Finance Limited has announces that it has secured a $5M debt facility for its consumer facing platform, Paylater. The facility comes from New York and Nairobi-based Lendable, a technology-enabled…
- 19 Nov 2016
Dr. Uyi, IBM's Chief Data Scientist, Headlines Nigeria's 1st Data Science Seminar
Nigeria is set to key into the fast growing Data Science sub-sector of the ICT profession with the launch of the Data Science Nigeria, a Corporate Social Responsibility project led by MTN’s Bayo…
- 21 Mar 2019
OneFi Acquires Amplify, Fuels Effort to Shape Nigeria’s Fintech
Amplified Payments Ltd , a fintech company that builds and facilitates payment solutions and digital financial transactions in Nigeria, has today announced its acquisition by One Finance Limited .…
- 29 Oct 2017
OAU Undergraduate, Adeola Wins Data Science Nigeria Bootcamp Hackathon
By peter oluka Adeola Balogun, a young female 400-level Computer Science undergraduate from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has won the Data Science Nigeria (DSN) bootcamp hackathon. The…
- 8 Apr 2019
Paylater Rebrands as “Carbon” to Become a ‘Digital Financial Services Platform’
Paylater, the Nigerian fintech company specializing in consumer lending, today confirmed its much-anticipated name change in light of its growing banking services. Re-launching as “Carbon, the…
- 30 Nov 2016
Data Science Nigeria to Raise New Generation of Datapreneurs
Young Nigerians in their hundreds participated in the maiden workshop for the Data Science Nigeria aimed at positioning the country to benefit from the growing global importance of data and…
- 13 Jun 2019
MEST Africa Hosts Fourth Annual Pan-African Tech Summit
Pan-African entrepreneurial training program, seed fund, and incubator MEST Africa, has concluded its fourth successful MEST Africa Summit, in partnership with Microsoft. The event saw entrepreneurs,…
- 29 Jan 2024
Cost of Mobile Phones is the Biggest Hindrance to Digital Inclusion in Nigeria - Karl Toriola
Karl Toriola, Chief Executive Officer, MTN Nigeria highlighted a significant challenge hindering digital inclusion in the country - the high cost of mobile phones. He said this in an exclusive…
- 19 Jun 2018
Kwesé Poised to Change African Narrative Through Innovative Content
Econet Media's Pan-African broadcast network, Kwesé, is establishing new ways of delivering broadcasting services in a manner that will transform and change the African narrative. Mr. Zachary…
- 2 Apr 2019
Kwesé iflix Rewards Loyal Customers with the Easter Egg Hunt
Leading up to the Easter celebrations, Kwesé iflix has introduced an Easter Egg Hunt to reward loyal users of the mobile television app. The promo launched on Tuesday 26 March and will end on…
- 2 May 2019
You Can Now Watch Bovi’s ‘Man on Fire’ Free on Kwese Iflix App
Fans across Africa can now watch the final performance of Bovi Man on Fire, a stand-up comedy show by one of Nigeria’s biggest comedians, free only on the Kwesé iflix app. Africa’s fastest growing…
- 12 Mar 2019
Paylater Lending app Eyes Full-Service Digital Bank
Paylater, Nigerian retail lending startup, is working on a plan to transition to a full service digital bank after securing a $5 million debt facility from Nairobi-based Lendable, technology-enabled…