For every bad rep the African continent gets in terms of its politics, infrastructure shortcomings and poor socioeconomic systems, its technology industry gets a double dose of the opposite. From a gamut of technology startups innovating for some of the continent’s dire infrastructure challenges to a constantly growing community of hubs and enabling programmes, even […]
Here’s the Racksterly story: a ponzi scheme that grew quietly on Facebook during the last half of 2019. It collapsed in January after Flutterwave and Paystack blocked it from accepting payments from subscribers.
There are three things I never joke with: God, family and Lagos traffic. I dread the Lagos traffic. But I would have thought that in the face of innovation and modernisation, traffic in Lagos wouldn’t get any worse. I was wrong.
Gokada has partnered with Jumia to fulfil deliveries for Jumia Food. Some bikers have been cited since last weekend with delivery boxes branded as “Jumia Food.”
Nigerian fintech, Aella Credit has raised a new round of funding as it plans to scale its financial solutions. The microlending company announced a $10 million debt funding from Singapore-based HQ Financial Group (HQF).
Farmcrowdy, a Nigerian agritech platform, has acquired majority stakes in the agro company, Best Foods for an undisclosed amount. The deal will see Farmcrowdy deepen its penetration in the livestock value chain.