First Bank
Banking Regulation

CBN Removes Ibukun Awosika & Other First Bank Board of Directors, Reinstates Sola Adeduntan As MD

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has wielded its regulatory big stick on First Bank of Nigeria, by removing all

Google
Accelerator Developer Partnership

Google Offers 40,000 African Developers Scholarships, Opens 6th Accelerator Programme

Google is offering scholarships to 40,000 African developers, through the launch of a new partnership with Pluralsight and Andela. It has also announced

Goodwell Investments
Funding SMEs Venture Capital

Goodwell Investments Launches New €50m Fund to Support High-growth African SMEs

Goodwell Investments, an impact investment firm, has launched Goodwell V. Following on from predecessor funds, Goodwell V aims to channel

Smartphone
Smartphones

Best Budget Smartphones in Nigeria 2021

Most Nigerians want to use high-end smartphones like iPhone and Samsung. However, your bank account shouts and says a big

Google
Accelerator Entrepreneurship Startup

APPLY: Google for Startups Accelerator Africa 6th Cohort

Google for Startups Accelerator Africa is a three-month accelerator program for seed to series A technology startups across the African

Airtel Africa
Airtel Appointment Telecom

Airtel Africa Names Olusegun Ogunsanya As New MD, CEO

Airtel Africa plc has announced Olusegun Ogunsanya as its next MD and CEO. Ogunsanya who is currently the Managing Director

TECNO IS RUMORED TO LAUNCH A SELFIE DOCUMENTARY AT ITS CAMON 17 PRO ONLINE LAUNCH
Event Smartphones

TECNO is Rumored to Launch a Selfie Documentary at its CAMON 17 Pro Online Launch

TECNO is rumored to have introduced the CAMON 17 Pro, the clearest selfie phone of the industry by far as

LACUNA FUND ANNOUNCES ITS 2ND ROUND OF FUNDING TO PROJECTS SUPPORTING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS AFRICA
Africa Artificial Intelligence Funding Technology

Lacuna Fund: Projects Supporting NLP Technologies Across Africa Set to Receive Funding

The Lacuna Fund has announced the second cohort of supported projects. Funding recipients will create openly accessible text and speech

Stalkerware
Cyber security

One Out of Every 100 Mobile Users in Kenya and Nigeria Affected by Stalkerware

With Kaspersky research showing that stalkerware affected one out of every 100 mobile users in Kenya and Nigeria in 2020

AURA
Health Press Release Security

South African Startup, AURA, on What it Takes to go Global

AURA, South Africa’s leading security and medical response platform, recently announced its expansion into Kenya, followed closely by a move into