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Insight: How Trove built access to US bonds, Chinese stocks and cryptocurrencies for Nigerians

Features, FinTech

8th January 2020

By virtue of his study and work in Dallas, Texas, Austin Akagu was familiar with Robinhood. The $7.6 billion-company lets users in the US trade financial securities from the convenience of a mobile app. But Akagu wanted to be able to buy stocks from his home country Nigeria without going through local brokers. At that […]

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Digital Nomads: From Sagamu to Groningen, in search of renewable energy

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Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

7th August 2020

“What I did in Lagos for the solar company wasn’t really helpful because I learnt the components of the solar panel. It wasn’t an education, it was like learning by rote.”

Factsheet: How to think about product-market fit in Africa

Factsheet

Alexander O. Onukwue

7th August 2020

You are reading Factsheet, our series of specific guides on experiencing and using technology platforms in Africa. Whether you are looking for knowledge on getting your African film on Netflix, raising a seed round or finishing an online design course, we are covering all that. — Shola Akinlade, the chief executive officer of Paystack, believes […]

Nigeria’s new broadcasting code ends content exclusivity and raises fine for hate speech

Features

Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

6th August 2020

It is unlikely that NBC, the industry regulator, doesn’t know the economics and mechanics of the business. What is more likely is that NBC seems to be taking a swipe at MultiChoice’s payTV, DSTV, which has found itself on the wrong end of a Nigerian narrative.

How Africa’s biggest telecom companies are diversifying their revenue streams

Internet, Mobile

Abubakar Idris

6th August 2020

Over the last few years, Africa’s biggest telcos have been diversifying their revenue away from voice services. But the pandemic shows they still have more to do.

The BackEnd: How Sokowatch uses tricycles as warehouses for its African Amazon

The BackEnd

Alexander O. Onukwue

6th August 2020

A trader in a corner shop in Nakuru, Kenya who sells groceries has a hard time getting regular supplies. Distributors don’t bring goods to her because she typically orders small quantities. When retailers like her need to restock, they may have to shutter their shops, hire a taxi and journey to the distributors’ depots. These […]

At EduTech, Olufemi Shonubi is pushing the boundaries of tertiary education in Nigeria

My Life In Tech, people

Kay Ugwuede

5th August 2020

My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa. You only need spend a few minutes with Olufemi Shonubi, General Manager at EduTech, to feel the depth of his fervour to change the way Nigerians learn especially in her tertiary institutions. […]

Doctors don’t often listen to women, simple digital tools can make them pay attention

Features

Kay Ugwuede

5th August 2020

This is a summary of journalist Nana Aisha Salaudeen’s story: a sharp pain registers its presence in her lower abdomen and disappears in 2015. In 2016, it returns with a vengeance and begins an unending series of hospital visits amidst sharp, debilitating pelvic pain, heavy bleeding and the incessant need to pee. Countless medical tests […]

Nigeria’s bike-hailing wars didn’t take off in Ibadan but SafeBoda is making some progress

Features

Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

4th August 2020

“We’re trying to get drivers to care about their daily earnings. Within the first three months, we had twenty drivers that earned ₦4.4 million ($11,335),” Babajide Duroshola told TechCabal