30 results
- 4 May 2022
Trucks Transit Parks Launches Digital Product to Accelerate Cargo Movement in Nigeria
Nigerian technology Company, Trucks Transit Parks (TTP) Ltd. renowned for its proprietary software, Eto app, an electronic callup system that has contributed to decongesting traffic in and around the…
- 17 Jul 2022
SNM Rejects Duplication of NBC Functions
Save Nigeria Movement (SNM), a civil society organisation, has kicked against the bill seeking to establish the Society of Nigerian Broadcasters to duplicate the functions of the existing National…
- 15 Aug 2012
Customs, Others Hindering Cashless Policy - Chukwu
Osita Chukwu, national chairman, Save Nigeria Freight Forwarders Importers and Exporter Coalition (SNFFIEC) speaks about the economic losses and maladministration in the ports. According to him, some…
- 29 Nov 2016
Recession: Nigerians Besiege MMM Website
Inspite warnings by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mavrodi Mundial Movement (MMM) scheme has won several hearts across Nigerians, no thanks to the recession. МММ was a Russian company that…
- 6 Jul 2010
Usefulness of Motorcycle Insurance
Motor cycle transportation has become part of the public transportation in Nigeria. Unfortunately, these very vital tools to mass movement are often times not insured. Motorcycle insurance falls…
- 30 Aug 2022
Anchor joins Y Combinator’s Summer 2022 Batch, Announces the Launch of Public Beta
Anchor, a banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform making it possible to seamlessly build financial products in Africa announces its public beta launch. The startup was also accepted into Y Combinator…
- 11 Sept 2020
First virtual Google for Startups class graduates
The first virtual class of Google for Startups Accelerator Africa is graduating this week. The first all-online iteration of Google’s accelerator program for African startups has seen 20 startups…
- 22 Jun 2020
Google Selects 20 Startups for Class 5 Accelerator Africa Programme
Twenty startups have been selected for Class 5 of Google’s Accelerator Africa programme. Previously called Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa, Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 5…
- 6 May 2024
CBN Orders Banks to Charge 0.5 Percent Cybersecurity Levy
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered banks operating in the country to start charging a cybersecurity levy on transactions. A circular from the apex bank on Monday disclosed that the…
- 18 Jan 2010
Expert Says Less than 10m People Have Insurance Worldwide
An insurance expert has lamented the poor penetration of insurance in the world, warning that if the current rate at deepening insurance penetration is not changed, there are indications that only a…
- 8 May 2024
Nigerians Pay Five Levies for Electronic Transactions
A bank customer in Nigeria pays as much as five different charges electronic transactions on one account and Netizens are not happy about it. Only on Monday, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), added…
- 8 Dec 2013
Naira May Hit N200 to $1 By 1Q14-Analysts
Nigerians are sharing bitter experiences over the slipping trend of the naira. Newspapers had reported that the Naira weakened to N171 to the United States dollar at the BDCs by the close of…
- 6 Aug 2026
Digital Assets Coalition Berates NRS Over Inconsistent Stamp Duty on Digital Assets
Nigeria’s $92 billion virtual asset market, built overwhelmingly by young Nigerians and now the largest in Sub-Saharan Africa, risks being driven offshore by the new Guidelines on the Taxation of…
- 21 Jan 2013
Firms Join Hands for Cheque Truncation Solution
Proactive Technologies Limited and Sybrin Systems (Pty) Limited have inked a partnership agreement that will led to the deployment of Sybrin Automated Cheque Truncation Solution to Nigerian banks.…
- 13 Nov 2014
Courier Operators Want Separate Ministry from CommTech
Postal/courier sector in Nigeria has asked for own ministry citing multifaceted challenges facing the industry as well as some savings of over N300 billion for the nation’s economy, which is…
- 15 Jun 2010
Insurance and Banking in Nigeria: Any Relationship?
Under the financial services sector, banks and insurance companies fall within the same tripod, alongside the capital market. As the Central Bank of Nigeria continues in its reform of the banking…
- 15 Mar 2018
Russia Baits FG with Light, $14Bn for Nuclear Power Projects
Despite warnings that nuclear energy has no place in a safe, clean, sustainable future; lobbyists are pushing Nigeria to commit to building nuclear power plants. The lobbyists claim that…
- 26 Oct 2010
Experts Identify Obstacles to Local Content
Foreign investment into Nigeria's telecommunications sector has hit about $12 billion and this is a strong indication that Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is the most vibrant in the…
- 12 Jun 2020
SurePadi Agency Banking Processed N10Bn Transactions In 100 Days
SurePadi, Polaris Bank’s Agency Banking initiative, has serviced over half a million customers impacting directly an estimated two million households across the seven business regions of the Bank…
- 28 Nov 2025
Bitcoin vs Gold: Understanding Safe-Haven Assets in a Volatile World
When investors are most unsure, they reach for assets that retain their value during market turmoil. For institutional and individual investors in Africa, including Nigeria, gold has been the go-to…
- 19 Nov 2025
ActivEdge Group President George Agu Backs Push for Africa’s Digital Independence
Mr. George Agu, Group President of ActivEdge Technologies, has called on the African continent to seize control of its technological future by owning its data, algorithms, and digital infrastructure,…
- 28 Jun 2021
Jack Dorsey: Unpicking Twitter Boss's Passion for Nigeria
By Nduka Orjinmo - BBC News Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is no stranger to controversy but in Nigeria he has become embroiled in the battle between the country's tech-savvy youths and a ruling class that…
- 20 Mar 2020
Jumia Announces Massive Price Slash in its Upcoming Tech Week 2020 Campaign
Jumia Nigeria has announced a price slash offer for customers in its upcoming Tech Week campaign which is scheduled to run from 23rd to 29 th of March. The campaign will run in parallel with…
- 12 Feb 2013
Nigeria’s Air Cargo Terminals Will Boost Farm Exports-Dati
Yakubu Dati, general manager, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has expressed optimism that cargo terminals to be constructed at 12 airports in the country, to help boost export of farm…
- 2 Apr 2026
Flutterwave Secures Nigerian Banking License, Boosts Financial Autonomy
Flutterwave Inc., a leading African fintech giant, has obtained a full banking license from Nigerian regulators, empowering the company to hold customer deposits and manage funds directly in its…
- 27 Jul 2016
FXTM Updates to Latest MetaTrader 5 Platform
Global, award-winning forex broker FXTM has become one of the first to launch the long-awaited MT5 trading platform with the option of hedging. The position accounting system will enable traders in…
- 8 May 2022
How B2B E-commerce Platforms Digitization Aid Nigerian Businesses
The sale of goods or services between businesses, utilizing any of the various online or electronic channels, referred to as B2B e-commerce, is on a steady rise in Nigeria. This rise, both in volume…
- 31 Jan 2020
UBA Revamps NextGen Account with Premium Offerings, Partners DRB LasGidi
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Pan-African financial institution, has revamped its NextGen account which targets students in tertiary institutions and members of the National Youth Service Corps…
- 11 Nov 2016
Nigeria, SA, Kenya Top as Opera Hits100m Users in Africa
Opera, an internet company, has released its State of the Mobile Web Africa 2016 Report, highlighting mobile internet trends across the continent, including consumer browsing behaviour and app usage.…
- 30 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Old Mutual Launches eClaims Channels
Old Mutual Nigeria, has launched an electronic channel to ensure unbroken and convenient access to insurance benefits for its customers, as businesses lockdown to halt the fast-spreading COVID-19…