PlentyWaka
Business Funding Ride-hailing

Plentywaka Launches in Abuja, Raises $300k Pre-seed Investment

Plentywaka, a Nigerian bus-hailing startup has launched in Abuja and has also disclosed that it has bagged $300,000 pre-seed investment

Lagos
Government Health

Lagos Governor Commissions Factory to Produce Face Mask in Line With WHO Standards

Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commissioned a factory to produce medically graded face mask in line with World Health Organisation

NITDA
Government Technology

ICT Contributions to GDP Grows by 1% in First Quarter 2020-NITDA DG

Kashifu Inuwa, Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said that Information and Technology (ICT) contribution to Gross Domestic

Huawei
Artificial Intelligence Cloud Innovation

Huawei Launches Cloud and AI Innovation Centre in South Africa

Huawei has announced the launch of a Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation Centre in South Africa to drive innovation,

Facebook
News Social Media

Facebook Launches Campaign in Sub- Saharan Africa to Help Spot False News

Facebook will begin rolling out a new on-platform campaign across a number of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa as part of

MEST Africa Challenge
Africa Competition Edtech

EdTech Startup, Gradely To Rep Nigeria at Grand Finale of MEST Africa Challenge

Gradely, an edtech startup, has been named the winner of the Nigerian leg of the MEST Africa Challenge Country Final

Twitter
Government Social Media

Buhari is the Most Followed Sub-Saharan African Leader on Twitter-Report

President Muhammadu Buhari is the most followed Sub-saharan African leader on Twitter with 3,121,169 followers, Burson Cohn and Wolfe (BCW), a global communications

Dara Owoyemi
Appointment Venture Capital

Dara Owoyemi Appointed Interim AVCA CEO

Dara Owoyemi has been appointed the interim CEO by the Board of Directors of the African Private Equity and Venture

Bolt
Business Ride-hailing

Bolt Launches ‘Bolt Go’, a Cheaper Option For Riders That Cost 20% Less, in SA

Bolt, formerly known as Taxify has launched Bolt Go, a Cheaper option for riders that cost approximately 20% less than

Jeff Bezos
Ecommerce People

Jeff Bezos Gets Wealthier, Adds $13B to Net Worth

It is no longer news that Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, and CEO is the wealthiest in the world with