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Top African technology news for December 9, 2016

News

Mobisola Atolagbe

9th December 2016

Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) launches its Digital Rights in Africa report

Paradigm Initiative Nigeria has sent an FOI request to INEC over the release of voters’ data to a third party

Government, News

Stephanie Ohumu

22nd September 2016

INEC has 7 days to reply.

The Digital Rights and Freedom Bill: Laying the Foundation for Nigeria’s Digital Future

Internet, Policy

Guest Author

15th August 2016

By Honorable Chukwuemeka Ujam, Titi Akinsanmi, and ‘Gbenga Sesan.

Paradigm Initiative Nigeria has released a report on the status of internet freedom in Nigeria

News

Tola Agunbiade

17th May 2016

In celebration of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2016

Here’s everything that happened at the Internet Freedom Forum, #IFF2016

Events

Osarumen Osamuyi

23rd March 2016

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Digital Nomads: The Nigerian QA Engineer living in Lithuania, Europe’s ICT Hub

Digital Nomads, Uncategorized

Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

3rd July 2020

What’s the most difficult language you’ve ever learned? This QA Engineer who moved to Lithuania in 2019 shares her tech experiences and how difficult it is to learn Lithuanian.

In Nigeria, new sandbox regulation is a paradox of rigidity and flexibility

Features

Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

3rd July 2020

Will it stifle innovation? Nigeria’s Central Bank’s draft regulations for a sandbox for fintechs is a familiar mix of flexibility and rigidity

Kenya inches closer to collecting digital taxes

Features

Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

3rd July 2020

While the OECD is still in the process of providing guidelines for taxes globally, Kenya is moving forward with its plans to implement digital taxes.

Confirmed: OPay temporarily shutters non-fintech verticals

News

Abubakar Idris

2nd July 2020

Fintech startup, OPay is temporarily shutting down its transportation and logistics verticals in Nigeria as it focuses on building e-commerce services.

Mobile payments in Nigeria have grown 391% in 1 year

News

Abubakar Idris

2nd July 2020

Mobile payments in Nigeria are growing at an incredible pace according to data from the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement Scheme (NIBSS). Latest data shows mobile payments have increased by 391% since May 2019.

Carbon reveals the appeal of fintech transparency in second profitable year, with $17million in revenue

FinTech

Alexander O. Onukwue

2nd July 2020

In an audited report published this week, Carbon, the Nigerian fintech company, declared that it made the naira equivalent of $312,905 in profit after tax in 2019. It’s a second successive year of profit for the business. First conceived as a lending platform, it now projects a “full-service” financial services menu that features investments, personal […]

“Never waste a good crisis”: Mercy Zulu-Hume on the pandemic, opportunities and impact investments in Africa

My Life In Tech, people, Uncategorized

Kay Ugwuede

1st July 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. Mercy Zulu-Hume is part of a team of investors working to fund and support businesses in Africa and India who are impacting their communities particularly unserved and underserved ones and in areas […]

Meet Dellyman, a logistics platform with an interesting aggregator model

startups

Abubakar Idris

30th June 2020

Founded in 2019, Dellyman is an aggregator platform for small scale logistics providers and aims to provide efficient same-day delivery to merchants.