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Microsoft
Acquisition Technology

Microsoft Acquires Nuance, the Speech Recognition Firm Behind Siri For $19.7bn

Microsoft disclosed that it is buying the speech recognition company Nuance in a deal worth about $US19.7 billion. The acquisition

Twitter
Social Media Twitter

Twitter to Set up 1st African Headquarters Ghana

Twitter has announced it will open its first African office in Ghana as part of its growth strategy. This was

Appzone
Fintech Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Pan-African Fintech Platform AppZone Secures $10m Series A Funding

Appzone, the Pan-African fintech software provider building proprietary solutions for the continent’s banking and payments industries, has today announced the

Mastercard
Report

Mastercard Study Reveals 81% of Nigeria Consumers are Shopping More Online Since the Start of Pandemic

A Mastercard study on consumer spending* has revealed that over four out of five (81%) consumers in Nigeria are shopping

Tanda
Fintech Funding

Kenyan Agency Banking Startup, Tanda Secures Funding to Expand Regionally

Tanda, a Kenyan agency banking startup, has raised backing in February 2021 from HAVAÍC, Zedcrest Capital, DFS Lab, Victor Asemota

MTN
Banking MTN Telecom

Update on Banking Channel Partners’ Dispute and Expansion of Channel Network

Following the temporary suspension of sales of MTN products through our banking channel partners on April 2, 2021, services were

Jumia
Ecommerce Jumia

Jumia, Others Inaugurate e-commerce Sectoral Group Under LCCI

Jumia and other e-commerce players within the Nigerian tech ecosystem have inaugurated an e-commerce sectoral group under the banners of

Paymob
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Paymob, an Egyptian Fintech Startup, Raises $18.5m Series A Funding Led by Global Ventures

Paymob, an Egyptian fintech startup, has raised $18.5 million in a series A round led by Global Ventures. The round

SEC
Investment

FG Declares Foreign Stock Trading Platforms Like Bamboo, Trove, Rise and Others Illegal

The Federal Government through the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has declared the activities of stock trading and investment platforms

Bolt
Ride-hailing

Bolt is Now Live on Huawei App Gallery

Huawei has announced that the ride-hailing platform, Bolt is now available on its AppGallery. Huawei has also revealed that ride-hailing