Newsletter BD Insider 78th: Twitter, Chipper Cash, Huawei, and TalentQL Letter 78 focuses on Naija Twitter ban, Chipper cash's unicorn strides, Huawei's HarmonyOS, and TalentQL's Pipeline.
Spotlight Which logistics app should you use in Nigeria? Increase in online shopping spiked the demand for logistics services in Nigeria. I compared four logitech apps to find the best.
Spotlight Nigeria’s digital sector to create 3 million jobs by 2027, says Jobberman Here are three key insights from the Jobberman's digital sector skills gap report.
Newsletter BD Insider 77th: Flutterwave's partnerships, Enye, and Future Africa Letter 77 focuses on Flutterwave's unicorn strides, Enye's 5th cohort, and Future Africa's investment report.
News Nigerian's react to the NCC's IMEI directive The NCC wants to automatically capture phone IMEI's in Nigeria. This story highlights their reason and Nigerian's reaction to the initiative.
News Future Africa exceeds its $1million commitment to female-led startups Future Africa revealed its investment achievements for 2021. The report reveals it exceeded its $1 million commitment to female-led startups.
Spotlight 10 female Nigerian tech professionals Here are 10 female tech professionals leveraging their roles to provide solutions to issues in Africa.
Spotlight 10 female techpreneurs revolutionizing Africa's tech space We are highlighting 10 female techpreneurs in solidarity with the zealous women tackling issues through tech in Africa.
Spotlight 10 Silicon valley venture firms that invest in African startups African startups headquartered in the US received $471.8 million of the total 2020 funding. Here are 10 Silicon Valley investors that invest in Africa.
Newsletter BD Insider 75: ANKA, Ajua's acquisition, and stalkerware report Letter 74 focuses on Afrikera's SaaS solution, ANKA, Ajua's acquisition and Kaspersky's stalkerware report on Nigeria and Kenya.
Spotlight 10 Nigerian venture firms and their portfolio companies Despite the overwhelming amount of foreign funding, Nigerian investors were responsible for nearly one-third of the investments in Nigerian startups.
News Flutterwave named Pioneer on TIME's '100 Most Influential Companies' Flutterwave makes TIME's newly released 100 Most Influential Companies list as 'Pioneer'.
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.
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
News Why Uber and Bolt Nigeria drivers went on strike Uber and Bolt drivers commenced a week-long strike in Nigeria. This story shares insight on the reasons behind the strike and how it affects Nigerians.
Spotlight 10 Nifty tools built by Nigerians Nifty tools are applications, websites, or online resources that people leverage to complete tasks faster. In this story, we reviewed ten nifty tools built by Nigerians.
News NCC lifts SIM registration ban in Nigeria After four months of suspension, the NCC lifts SIM card registration ban in Nigeria.
Spotlight Nigerians lament following the NCC's SIM registration ban The NCC banned SIM card registrations in December 2020 This story highlights Nigerians post ban experiences.
News Twitter launches its first African office in Ghana Twitter has set up its first African office in Ghana, 18 months after Jack Dorsey's visit to Africa.
News Why CBN banned BVN validation for non-bank financial institutions The CBN has banned fintechs and non-bank financial institutions from providing BVN validation service. In this story, we explore reasons behind the ban.
Spotlight Mobile fraud up by 330% in Nigeria, says NIBSS Here are three key insights from the recently released Financial Services Fraud report from NIBSS.
News NIBSS to unify QR codes for payment in Nigeria with NQR The Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement Systems PLC (NIBSS) launched the Nigeria Quick Response Code (NQR). In this story, we compare the NQR and PoS features.
News What Teju Ajani's appointment means for Apple in Nigeria Apple has appointed Teju Ajani as the Country Managing Director for Nigeria. In this story, we highlight what this entails for Apple and Nigerians.
Spotlight CVLoft, the resume writing platform is set to leverage AI to connect African youth with jobs From tweeting about job openings to creating an innovative full-service platform for job seekers and employers in Africa to connect.
Spotlight IWD 2021: Celebrating African women while shining the light on women-focused opportunities For #IWD2021, we feature five women doing amazing things in Africa. Also, we curate women-focused organisations for ladies in Africa to be a part of.
