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Alibaba, UNCTAD Partner To Train African Entrepreneurs

Alibaba Business School and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) have joined hands again to promote global youth entrepreneurship

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Microtraction  Provides Funding For 2 Nigerian Fintech Startups

Nigerian early-stage fund Microtraction has invested in fintech startups CowryWise and Bitkoin Africa, with more investments set to be announced

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Google Confesses it Lost Out to Microsoft Buying GitHub

A Google executive has admitted the search giant lost out on buying GitHub to Microsoft. Diane Greene Google’s head of

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Nigeria logistics Startup Kobo360 Secures $1.2 million Pre-seed Funding

Nigeria logistics firm Kobo360 has been accepted into YCombinator’s 2018 class and secured some working capital in the form of

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Facebook Reverses Ban on Some Cryptocurrency Adverts

Facebook is reversing its ban on cryptocurrency advertisements and will now allow some preapproved advertisers to promote crypto businesses and services, like

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How Ugochukwu Ifediora Is Tackling Nigeria’s Electricity Problems Through Fedironics

One of the biggest challenges that successive Nigerian administrations have largely and arguably failed to address is electricity. The situation

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Lyft Now Worth $15.1B After Raising $600m In Extra Funding

Uber beware! Lyft is coming strongly for you. Why? We hear reports that Lyft has raised $600 million in extra funding,

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Spam Fight: New Twitter Users To Confirm Account Via Phone Number or Email

To fight spam on Twitter, the micro-blogging site has said it new users will now have to confirm their account

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Continental Free Trade Agreement Will Foster Partnerships Among eCommerce Firms- Jumia CEO

Amidst fears and concerns over the federal government’s delay in signing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement which already had

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UNDP Unveils Youth for Africa and SDGs (YAS!)

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)  has launched a Pan-African Entrepreneurship Portal-Platform, facilitated by Accenture.  The YAS! (Youth for Africa