Standard Chartered Bank
Banking Digital

Standard Chartered Closes 50% of Nigerian Branches to Focus on Digital Banking

Standard Chartered Bank has disclosed that it will close 50 percent of its branches in Nigeria to focus on digital

BlackBerry
Smartphones

Adios BlackBerry! Once-popular Smartphone Ends Support For All its Classic Devices

BlackBerry, the once-popular smartphone, is winding down support for the classic BlackBerry smartphones that run BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10.

Isizwe
Internet Investment

SA Internet Service Provider, Isizwe Secures $460k From Global Innovation Fund

Isizwe, a South African internet service provider, has secured a $460,000 investment from Global Innovation Fund. Isizwe offers online access

MTN Nigeria
Partnership Telecom

MTN Nigeria Partners With Google and Dotgo to Launch 5G-Standard Messaging Service

MTN Nigeria has partnered with Google and Dotgo to launch RCS Business Messaging (RBM) Services. RBM uses the rich and

MAX
Funding Investment Mobility Venture Capital

Nigeria’s MAX Secures $31m Series B Led by Lightrock

Metro Africa Xpress (MAX), a Nigerian mobility tech startup, has raised a $31 million Series B funding to expand across

Ecobank Fintech Challenge
Fintech

Nigeria’s Trove Finance Wins 2021 Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Ecobank Group has named Trove Finance, a Nigerian stock investment startup, the winner of the fourth edition of the annual

MTN
Internet Telecom

MTN Nigeria Wins Bid For 5G Spectrum

MTN Nigeria has announced that it has won the bid to acquire one of the two 100MHZ spectrum licences in

Education
Edtech Education

How uLesson is Restoring Confidence in Nigeria’s Crippling Education System

Ramshackle primary and secondary schools, low-quality teachers, ill-equipped libraries, and laboratories dominate the education system in Nigeria today. Unfortunately, successive

uLesson
Edtech Education Funding Investment Venture Capital

African Edtech Startup, uLesson Closes $15m Series B Funding Round

uLesson, an African edtech startup, has closed a $15 million Series B investment from Tencent, Nielsen Ventures, and existing investors

MarketForce
Payment

MarketForce, Cellulant Partner For Digital Financial Services Expansion into 5 New Markets in Africa

MarketForce, the B2B retail, and financial services distribution platform, has partnered with Cellulant, to extend the availability of RejaReja retailer ‘super