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Sunday, Feb 19

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How to monitor the 2023 presidential election results with the INEC Result Viewing portal (IReV)

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The 2023 presidential election will hold on Saturday, and the candidates are wrapping up their campaigns. Ahead of…

Saturday, Feb 18

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Microsft restricts Bing AI chats after disturbing conversations

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Hello there! Welcome to another roundup of the major global tech news this week. This week, in what…

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YouTube CEO, Susan Wojcicki steps down after nearly a decade

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After nine years in the role and 24 years overall at Google, Susan Wojcicki has resigned as CEO…

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“Normalize the perception of women building amazing careers in tech” – Adejoke Adekunle, founder of Oddience and The African Tech Woman

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Despite the gender diversity problem in the STEM field, women like Adejoke Adekunle, a Marketing Technology Entrepreneur and…

Friday, Feb 17

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Mastercard partners with Nigerian fintech startup NowNow to improve cybersecurity for SMEs

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Mastercard has partnered with Nigerian digital payment startup NowNow, to help SMEs reduce the risk of cyberattacks. There…

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Bolt completes over 1 billion rides, plans to expand in Africa with €500m investment

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Bolt, one of Africa’s leading mobility platforms, has announced plans to invest €500 million in its operations on…

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Safaricom set to become the first foreign company to launch mobile money services in Ethiopia

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Safaricom, a Kenyan mobile network operator headquartered in Nairobi. is on the verge of becoming the first foreign…

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Meet Waverlite—the fastest way to send and receive money from Canada, China, the UK, the US, and over 40 other countries!

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Waverlite is a digital global payment wallet for immigrants, international students, freelancers, and expanding businesses to send and…

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Bitget announces Panda Farm (BBO) token sale on its re-launched launchpad platform

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Bitget Launchpad offers BGB holders exclusive early access to promising blockchain projects

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How Oluchi Enebeli of Web3Ladies transitioned from a web developer to becoming Nigeria’s 1st female blockchain engineer

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Oluchi Enebeli, one of the most sought blockchain engineers on the African continent, started as a software engineer/web…

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Do Kwon, founder of the imploded Terra, charged with fraud

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The implosion of Do Kwon’s Terra was one of the devastating events in the crypto space last year.…

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Thursday, Feb 16

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Africa’s unicorn, Jumia, records narrowed losses in Q4 2022 after enforcing cost-saving strategy

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...projects that it will reduce its losses even further in 2023 to a range of $100 -$120 million.

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EziPay partners with MFS Africa to enable remittances across Africa

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Award-winning, intra-African, cross-border remittances and digital wallet company EziPay, has partnered with MFS Africa, the continent’s leading digital…

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Nigeria’s mobile transfers hit an all-time high of 108 million in January on the heels of CBN’s cashless drive

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Mobile money transactions in Nigeria hit an all-time high this January, per the latest data from the Nigeria…

How Indian fintech players can benefit from Amazon and Google’s inclusion in RBI’s list of payment aggregators

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Local fintech players can benefit from the decision of the Reserve Bank of India to license big tech…

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Gozem secures new partnership to ease mobile airtime recharge in Africa, starting with Benin

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Gozem, the African super app operating in francophone west and central Africa, has partnered with DT One, a…

Blockfinex buys Fluidcoins in 1st acquisition deal of Nigeria’s crypto ecosystem

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Blockfinex, a UAE-based crypto exchange company, has purchased Nigeria’s Fluidcoins for an undisclosed sum. Fluidcoins, established by technocrat…

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Egypt, South Africa drop as other African countries rise in 2022 internet speed ranking

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Over seven African countries have gone up by five positions in a new internet speed ranking, according to…

BitMama vs TradeFada: A comparison of 2 leading African crypto exchanges

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Cryptocurrencies have become far more accessible for African enthusiasts with the recent rise in popularity and hype, thanks…

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How eFactory is simplifying electricity payment in Nigeria with tech

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eFactory is simplifying electricity payment online with its platform in Nigeria. Several challenges plague Nigeria’s electricity supply and…

Dash CEO placed on ‘administrative leave’ amid financial misreporting allegations

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board replaces him with Kenneth Kinyua, the former CEO of Kopo Kopo, who recently joined Dash for a regional leadership role in East Africa

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President Buhari extends the use of old N200 notes till April 10 amid Naira scarcity

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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari announced today that old N200 notes remain legal tender till April 10, amid a…

MTN Group to invest $1 billion in Ghana after government dropped tax claim

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MTN Group has pledged to invest $1 billion in Ghana over the next five years. The telecoms giants’…

Here are 9 ways Google is powering its products using AI

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Google is using AI, today, to make its products more helpful, including some of its recently announced features...

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Wednesday, Feb 15

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Smile Identity raises $20m to tackle increasing online fraud in Africa

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Smile Identity, an African-based focused solution that provides identity verification and KYC compliance for African faces and Identities,…

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As Nigeria makes herculean shift to cashless society, e-payment transactions record boom

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Nigeria’s current cash crisis, evident by naira scarcity following a now-controversial move to replace three higher-denomination currency notes,…

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How MTN almost ruined Valentine’s day for Nigerians

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It was Valentine’s day yesterday, and many lovers had their thoughts running wild because MTN Nigeria Communications Plc,…