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FillApp: The App That Helps You Save More on Fuel

Apps, News

30th January 2015

TouchFoundry launched “FillApp” in South Africa, a locally developed app that will help save consumers money when it comes to the recent volatility price of fuel in South Africa.

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Nigerian-born Tope Awotona’s Calendly raises $350m

News

Daniel Adeyemi

27th January 2021

Tope Awotona’s cloud scheduling platform Calendly, has raised $350 million from OpenView Venture Partners and Iconiq capital, making the Atlanta-based company now valued at over $3 billion. The high valuation is due to the explosive growth Calendly experienced last year. In 2019, Calendly had less than a million users, now it currently has about 10 […]

Nigerian Telcos, others are now licensed to issue NINs nationwide

Government, News, Policy

Bright Azuh

27th January 2021

If you are one of the 21 million subscribers who are yet to get their National Identity Numbers (NIN), you are in for a treat. The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced that telecommunication companies and some private companies in Nigeria are now licensed to register and issue NIN to subscribers who are yet […]

Oluwaferanmi Ogundipe’s innovative bot analyses and recommends products for black skin

My Life In Tech

Edwin Madu

27th January 2021

For those of you who have been following my skincare journey, you will remember that I spoke to a robot about my problems. Armed with my new bot-recommended skincare routine, I had a virtual sit-down with one the co-founders of BARE, the brilliant startup behind said robot. Oluwaferanmi Ogundipe is her name and building tech for black skin is her game.
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This tech company helped Nigeria Customs generate its highest revenue ever, ₦1.5 trillion in 2020

News

Daniel Adeyemi

26th January 2021

When the pandemic struck, the Nigerian government slashed the revenue expectations of different government departments. For the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the target was slashed from an initial target of ₦1.2 trillion ($3,145,478) to ₦900 billion ($2,359,108.71). But contrary to expectations, at the end of last year, the NCS generated ₦1.5 ($3,931,847.85) trillion; its highest […]

Carbon’s 0% interest loan targets young professionals upgrading their gadgets

FinTech

Alexander O. Onukwue

26th January 2021

Nigerian consumer fintech company, Carbon, has introduced a service that allows users to pay for electronics in instalments at zero interest rates. Aptly named Carbon Zero, the new product comes with a few conditions. It is only available to Carbon customers and they have to be Nigerian-based salary earners with verifiable income and up-to-date bank […]

With $10m and IFC’s backing, TradeDepot is connecting FCMGs to over 40,000 retailers

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Daniel Adeyemi

26th January 2021

“Everyone continually tries to build their own pipe, but it’s inefficient and the system is broken right now. That’s the problem we’re trying to solve.” – Onyekachi Izukanne, CEO & Co-founder, Trade Depot. Prior to co-founding TradeDepot, he successfully co-founded and bootstrapped a technology consulting practice known as C2G Consulting which became West Africa’s leading […]

With $25,000 each, FirstCheck is helping African women in tech rise above misrepresentation

Business, startups, Venture Capital

Bright Azuh

25th January 2021

Globally, women in tech make up about 28.8% of the tech workforce as of 2020. While this number is an increase from 25.9% in 2018 and 26.2% in 2019, reports still show it could take 12 years for women to have equal representation in tech. In Africa, it will take even longer than the estimated […]

What do the next 10 years look like for African entrepreneurs?

Events

Edwin Madu

25th January 2021

On the 19th of January, Future Africa, together with LocalGlobe, set out to answer this question with an event titled “A 10-year view of Entrepreneurship in Africa”.