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- 28 Sept 2021
Yellow Card Secures $15m Funding
Pan-African cryptocurrency exchange, Yellow Card, has announced a US$15m Series A that the company says will be used to ramp up hiring and continue its expansion across the continent. The round was…
- 18 Sept 2016
Smartwatch Growth Swells, Top Five Platforms Unveiled - IDC
A year after the launch of the Apple Watch established a new benchmark for the worldwide smartwatch market, new smartwatch shipments are expected to see only modest growth for the rest of 2016 due to…
- 29 Oct 2019
Nigeria on Bumpy Road to Recovery; Foreign Exchange Reserves in Focus
By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM, The Nigerian economy still remains on a rocky road to recovery in the face of depressed oil prices, US-China trade uncertainty and fears over…
- 15 Sept 2008
Ericsson Launches New IMS IPTV
Leading Internet Protocol TV technology providers have integrated their consumer devices, content protection solutions, video servers and applications software with the new Ericsson IPTV solution, an…
- 19 Jul 2010
Third BOI Board of Directors Inaugurated
The Federal Ministry for Commerce and Industry has inaugurated the third Board of Directors of the Bank of Industry (BOI) Limited towards priming the bank for the strategic role it has to play in the…
- 29 Oct 2015
Huawei Mid-To-High Smartphones Lift Shipments to 60%
Huawei once again focused its efforts on the mid-to-high range as nearly a third of the quarterly shipments were in this price range. Huawei shipped 26.5 million units, up an impressive 60.9% from…
- 13 Nov 2015
Smartphone 3Q15’s 355.2m Shipments is 2nd Highest Level in S/Quarter
According to the latest preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 355.2 million smartphones worldwide in…
- 6 Nov 2022
Africa Investment Forum 2022 Draws $31 billion in Investor Interest
This year’s just concluded Africa Investment Forum Market Days—the continent’s premier investment platform—has drawn $31 billion in investment interest from African and global investors. Combined…
- 14 Apr 2014
Wearable Computing Market to Hit 112m Shipment in 2018
The worldwide wearable computing market (commonly referred to as "wearables") is finally expanding beyond early adopter status to more functional and stylish lifestyle accessories that are making…
- 25 Jan 2017
FXTM: Why Education is Essential in Nigerian Fx Space
Nigeria has entered its worst recession in over 29 years. According to the Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) GDP report, the economy contracted by 2.06 percent in the 2nd quarter of…
- 11 May 2016
U.K. Prime Minister Says Nigeria `Fantastically Corrupt'
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron named Nigeria and Afghanistan among “the most corrupt countries in the world” in a conversation with Queen Elizabeth II and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby on…
- 7 Oct 2021
TLcom Announces 3rd Africa Tech Female Founder Summit
TLcom Capital, the Africa-focussed venture capital firm, has officially announced the launch of the 2021 Africa Tech Female Founder Summit, which will be held virtually on Wednesday 13th October…
- 18 May 2022
Check Point, Provision-ISR Partner to Provide On-device IoT Security for Video Surveillance Solutions
Check Point® Software Technologies, a provider of cyber security solutions globally, has announced it is partnering with an international CCTV market leader Provision-ISR (Israel). The partnership…
- 1 Apr 2015
Nigerian Idol Judges Doze off on Stage
A mild drama ensued at the weekend when two of the celebrity judges on the Nigerian Idol Season 5 TV Reality show catnapped on stage during a drab performance by one of the contestants, Iheanacho…
- 21 Mar 2023
Ransomware Persisted Despite Improved Detection in 2022 - IBM Report
IBM Security released its annualX-Force Threat Intelligence Index finding that although ransomware’s share of incidents in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) held steady at 18%, globally defenders were…
- 7 Sept 2014
Good News as Scientists Find Ebola Vaccines
A pair of experimental Ebola vaccines that protect monkeys from the fatal disease ravaging West Africa have been developed. According to a new study, the vaccine is effective for at least five weeks…
- 29 Dec 2017
Ebuka returns as Big Brother Nigeria host
Ebuka Obi-Uchendu returns to host the third season of Big Brother Nigeria. Organisers of the reality show have confirmed that the media personality, who participated in the first season and…
- 11 Sept 2025
Education Sector Strengthening against Ransomware, but IT Teams Pay Personal Price - Sophos Report
Sophos, a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, has released its fifth annual Sophos State of Ransomware in Education report. The global study of 441…
- 27 Nov 2018
Diamond Bank’s Solvency Crisis Will Further Worsen—Moody’s Warns
The baseline credit assessment (BCA) and adjusted BCA of Diamond Bank Plc have been downgraded from caa3 from caa1 by Moody’s Investors Service. Moody’s Investors Service, foremost global…
- 3 Jun 2026
Aba to Host MTN’s “The Gathering” with Pitchathon Offering ₦5 Million Prize Pool for Emerging Startup Founders
MTN’s Youth cultural and lifestyle event “The Gathering” will hold in Aba at the Prime Event Centre from June 14 to 15, 2026, with a high-stakes Pitchathon designed to spotlight and reward the most…
- 25 Feb 2020
Konga Eyes $10m Daily Turnover by 2024
Konga, eCommerce giant, has revealed that the business will hit the $10 million daily turnover mark by 2024. To realise the target, Konga has disclosed that the growth trajectory and overall…
- 5 May 2021
Nigerian Banks Converge on Tech Experience Centre for FIFA 21 Competition
The Tech Experience Centre, Africa’s cutting-edge technology and lifestyle hub, is set to come alive this weekend as eight leading Nigerian banks do battle to crown the winners of a FIFA 21 Gaming…
- 9 Sept 2020
Digital Currency Group Acquires Luno, a Leading Bitcoin and Digital Asset Exchange
Digital Currency Group (DCG), a global enterprise that builds, buys, and invests in blockchain companies, announced the acquisition of Luno, a leading cryptocurrency exchange. Based in London and…
- 10 May 2021
Multichoice Scraps M-Net +1 TV Channel 5 Years after Launch
Multichoice, Africa's leading entertainment company, has announced the axing of one of its DSTV premium channels, M-Net +1, starting from 16 May 2021. This comes five years after the channel launched…
- 30 Aug 2016
Intelsat Launches 36, 33e Satellites to the Skies
Satellite communications services provider Intelsat has announced the successful launch of its Intelsat 36 and 33e satellites into orbit. The company confirmed signal acquisition of both satellites…
- 20 Aug 2016
Intelsat to Launch New Satellites
Communications satellite services provider Intelsat will launch its Intelsat 33e and Intelsat 36 satellites on 24 August 2016 in what the company describes as a significant moment for a largely…
- 2 Nov 2022
Abbey Mortgage Bank Achieves BBB Rating Status
Following its good capitalization, among others, a pan-African credit agency, Agusto & Co has rated Abbey Mortgage Bank BBB in its latest rating report. The BBB rating from leading Agusto &…
- 11 Jan 2024
Is Ethiopia Africa’s sleeping fintech giant?
By Yohannes Tsehai - Country Manager Onafriq Ethiopia The fintech sector has been one of Africa’s biggest technology success stories. According to one report, the continent’s 678 fintech startups…
- 19 Dec 2017
Ebuka Returns to Host Big Brother Naija Season Three
Popular media personality, Big Brother Naija season one alumnus and season two host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, is returning to host the highly anticipated third edition of the continent’s biggest reality…
- 24 Nov 2022
Why You Should Allocate Media Spend to Spotify
By Carla Harrison, East African Sales Manager, Ad Dynamo by Aleph If I were to pick up your phone right now, there’s a very good chance that I’d find Spotify among your apps. It is, after all, the…