11 results
- 12 Aug 2018
Mines Secures $13M Series A to Grow Digital Credit Platform for Emerging Markets
Mines, a fintech startup re-inventing credit in emerging markets, has closed a Series A round of $13M led by The Rise Fund, a global fund managed by TPG Growth. Also participating are Velocity…
- 14 May 2018
The Rise Fund Leads $47.5m Series C for Cellulant
The Rise Fund, a global impact investing fund managed by growth equity platform TPG Growth, has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a stake in Cellulant, a leading digital payments…
- 9 Jun 2026
Zedvance Targets Threefold Growth in Lending After Disbursing N120bn to SMEs
Adedayo Amzat, Group Managing Director of Zedcrest, parent company of Zedvance, has announced a strategic shift in the firm's asset deployment, committing 100 per cent of its active loan portfolio to…
- 21 Nov 2013
Big Data: Big Hype or Big Value?
Opinion By Olayinka Oni As big data continues to grow, the most successful, competitive organizations will be the ones with the ability to turn that data into game-changing paths to new revenue…
- 17 Mar 2016
Nigeria’s S&T Media Secures $1m Seed Round
Nigeria-based S&T Media has closed on seed financing from early-stage technology venture capital firm, EchoVC Partners, who have committed up to $1m for the company. The official announcement…
- 11 Jan 2022
Afrikrea Secures $6.2M in Pre-series A Round, Rebrands to “ANKA” to Export Africa
Afrikrea, the e-commerce platform for “all things made of Africa'', has announced the successful completion of a US$6.2M pre-Series A round led by Investisseurs & Partenaires and the rebrand to…
- 28 Jan 2026
NITDA, NBC Explore Strategic Collaboration on Digital Transformation, Media Regulation
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, has reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to deepening inter-agency collaboration as he…
- 19 Apr 2026
Tech Shake-Up: Snap Cuts Hundreds as AI Drives Efficiency Push
Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, has announced the layoff of about 1,000 employees as part of efforts to improve efficiency through artificial intelligence. Evan Spiegel, chief executive…
- 22 Jul 2015
Akure Agog for #NCSAkure2015, Speakers Make Case for Digital Nigeria
Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) 12th International Conference tagged #NCSAkure2015 commenced yesterday in Akure, Ondo State, providing opportunities for policy makers, public and private sector, IT…
- 15 Jun 2009
ATMC Optimistic About Banks' Surrender of ATMs
ATM Consortium (ATMC) has expressed optimism that all the banks would relinquish their off-location Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) as plans are underway for eight banks to surrender some 1,500…
- 5 Nov 2014
IDC Reveals Worldwide Retail Predictions for 2015
International Data Corporation (IDC) hosted a web conference, IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Retail Agenda 2015 Predictions, to highlight the predictions based on the IDC FutureScape report…