EscrowLock
Fintech

Nigerian Fintech Startup, EscrowLock Among Winners of $100m Facebook Grant

EscrowLock, a Nigerian fintech startup, has been named among the winners of the $100 million global business grant from Facebook.

IMEI
Government Regulation

‘Do Your Worst, We Won’t Submit Our IMEI Number’, Nigerians Tell FG

Nigerians have taken to social media to outrightly reject the moves by the federal government to collect their IMEI numbers

Twitter
Social Media Twitter

Twitter Relaunches its Public Verification Programme

Twitter has relaunched its public verification program, allowing anyone to apply to be verified. To make the grade for verification, users

Future Africa
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Future Africa Says it Has Invested $3m in 13 Startups in 2021

Future Africa has says that it has invested $3million in 13 startups, bringing our total number of investments as a

Startup Circles
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

South Africa’s Startup Circles Secures R2.1m Investment

Startup Circles, a practical business school for entrepreneurs has secured R2.1-million ($150,000) in funding from US Venture Capital fund, Enygma Ventures.

NCC
customer service Telecom

NCC Resolves 99.2% of Telecom Consumer Complaints in Q1 2021

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has resolved 99.2 percent of service-related complaints received from telecom consumers across the major network

IMEI
Government Regulation Smartphones

NCC to Kickstart Collection of Phone IMEI of Nigerians From July

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been charged with the responsibility to collect the phone IMEI numbers of Nigerians from

Flutterwave
Money Transfer Partnership Payment

Flutterwave Partners With Amole to Facilitate Remittances into Ethiopia

Flutterwave has announced its partnership with Amole, Ethiopia’s largest mobile Digital Wallet platform, to facilitate money transfer into Ethiopia through

Facebook
Facebook Social Media

Facebook Africa launches ‘Made by Africa, Loved by the World’ Ahead of Africa Day

As part of its celebration around ‘Africa Day’ on 25th May, Facebook today announced the launch of its global campaign