News After doing N1.4 trillion in Agency banking transactions in May, TeamApt wants to "do more" for its users. In May, the value increased to ₦1.4 trillion ($3.5 bn) with 68 million transactions in volume, and between April 2020 and April 2021, the total value of transactions processed has gone up to $16 billion.
News 67% of talent began contemplating their exit less than 6 months before they left - Venture for Africa Venture for Africa launches Africa Tech Talent Retention Report, evaluating reasons behind increasing rates of employee churn among startups
WEF Kuda, 54Gene, Sokowatch, and others named among Technology Pioneers by WEF The WEF's selection included 8 African companies: 54 Gene, Cambridge Industries, FlexFinTx, Kuda Bank, Moringa School, mPharma, Sokowatch and Gro Intelligence.
Under The Hoodie Under The Hoodie—Simbiat Sadiq, Information Security Professional In this Under The Hoodie edition, she tells us about her first encounter with cybersecurity, and her passion for helping a lot of women get into the field.
Events Africa Fintech Foundry launches digital academy with Women In Tech Fireside Chat Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF), will be hosting a Women In Tech Fireside on Friday, June 11 to launch its female digital academy. The event which is powered by Access Bank kicks off at 10 am WAT.
Under The Hoodie Under The Hoodie - Vincent Nwonah, Senior Software Engineer In this Under The Hoodie edition, Vincent tells us about coming from humble beginnings, failing out of school, making a breakthrough in tech, and quitting a job he didn’t love.
News Nigerian Federal Government bans Twitter in the country The Federal Government has announced the indefinite suspension of the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The announcement came in a Tweet on Friday, 4th of June, 2021.
News TalentQL launches Pipeline—an upskilling training to build world-class African engineers Pipeline by TalentQL is focused on training and upskilling mid-level software engineers across the continent to Senior Software Engineers
Under The Hoodie Under The Hoodie - Shedrack Akintayo, Developer Advocate at Cloud Foundry Shedrack Akintayo is a 22-year-old developer advocate at Cloud Foundry. In this edition, we talk to him about what it's like to work in developer relations—a relatively unpopular side of tech.
Spotlight What CBN’s digital currency could mean—transparency vs surveillance While there isn’t yet information on how the CBN’s digital currency will work, it is not a new phenomenon. Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) are a growing trend worldwide.
Under The Hoodie Under The Hoodie - Aderinsola Oluwafemi, Product Designer at Eden Life Aderinsola Oluwafemi is a 22-year-old product designer at Eden Life. In this episode of Under The Hoodie, we talk to her about her journey into tech, and navigating the job market without a university degree.
Events Enye graduates 5th cohort of founder and software engineering teams The Enye Founders Program helps entrepreneurs tackle real-world problems in health, education, transportation, financial, and other socially impactful areas.
Under The Hoodie Under The Hoodie—Emmanuel Adigwe, Product Designer at Co-creation Hub A few weeks before the offer to move to Rwanda came I had been harassed by SARS officials. It had almost become a monthly thing too. On one occasion, I almost spent the night in a cell.
Spotlight Using USSD-technology, Stax wants to increase financial inclusivity for Africans It is estimated that 94% of transactions in Africa are performed via USSD. Stax is building on USSD to power financial transactions across Africa.
Spotlight Inside E-Settlement’s journey to becoming one of Nigeria’s biggest Agency bankers "We want to hit 200,000 agent locations in the next few months," Olaoluwa Ajoodu, CEO of E-settlement
Under The Hoodie Under The Hoodie—Oluwagbenga Osowe Oluwagbenga Osowe has a storied career and has worked at top Nigerian tech companies like Andela, Opay, and Safeboda.
Under The Hoodie Under The Hoodie—Jude Dike, Senior Blockchain Engineer at EPNS In this edition of Under The Hoodie, Jude Dike shares his journey into blockchain engineering and his battles with imposter syndrome, burnout, and finding his feet again.
Spotlight Getting into YCombinator as an African founder We applied to Ycombinator three times before acceptance - and what made us successful was our ability to articulate the problems we were solving and the opportunities therein.
Announcement We launched our first series called "Under The Hoodie" With our Under The Hoodie series, we are shining the spotlight on everyday tech talents who are high-flyers in their fields.
Under The Hoodie Under The Hoodie—Chidera Olibie, Software Engineer at Google In the recruiter's email, she said she saw that I had taken part in many Google competitions and she'd checked my LinkedIn. She wanted to know if I was interested in a job with Google
Newsletter BD Insider 74: Strike, Okra's seed funding, and streaming wars Update on Uber and Bolt drivers strike, Nigerian fintech, Okra's seed raise and Audiomack and MTN's partnership
Spotlight How Whispa Health is creating safe, stigma-free access to sexual health services for Africans While treating sex as a taboo subject has not stopped Nigerians from doing the deed, it has created a culture where sexual health and education, by extension, are grossly ignored.
Spotlight Lemonade Finance, a fintech startup easing cross-border transactions for Africans Cross-border payments are a source of pain for Africans. Lemonade wants to solve the usage restrictions, long transaction completion time and high fees.
Spotlight Meet SpottR - The Nigerian startup looking to change global retail commerce through the power of AI SpottR aims to bridge the retail demand-supply gap by creating a seamless commerce process for stakeholders.
Spotlight Can Fundall become the one-stop shop for the financial needs of young Africans? When Fundall users talk about the product, they’re usually beaming from ear to ear. The company has taken time to listen to its customers on their needs and create products fitted explicitly to them.
