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Today, DealDey confirmed it’s laid off staffers from its Lagos office. That’s the third major round of lay offs in the Nigerian tech startups scene in the space of three weeks. The BVNpocalypse also entered day 2. We examined all the things that could go wrong with the programme. What else happened today?

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