Spotlight How RCCG's dating app, Redeemers Connect is enabling Christian courtship Redeemers Connect is exclusively for singles, widow[ers] who are in search of Christian partners.
Spotlight Curb your enthusiasm: payment service banks and financial inclusion in Nigeria Can payment service banks help Nigeria achieve its financial inclusion target of 95% by 2024?
Spotlight Korty EO’s approach to marketing: What tech companies can learn from the YouTube queen Korty eo shares her approach to storytelling and how tech companies can improve their marketing
Spotlight 20 African companies listed in the 2021 Inclusive Fintech 50 Twenty African companies including Thrive Agric have been selected by the Centre of Financial Inclusion for the 2021 Inclusive Fintech 50 (IF50).
Spotlight Exclusive interview with Rolake Rosiji: How Jobberman is closing the skills gap in Agri-tech By harnessing and deploying the agency of the growing youth population, there is huge potential to accelerate the prosperity of the sector.
Spotlight Inside Northern Nigeria's emerging tech ecosystem Despite the high rate of poverty, illiteracy, and insecurity in the North, the emerging tech ecosystem in Northern Nigeria will become a viable location if it is enabled.
Spotlight Why Facebook Inc. is now Meta Facebook's cooperate entity is now Meta with the intention to put "metaverse-first" instead of "Facebook"
Spotlight Toju joins the race to "Bank the Unbanked" Toju is making it easier for unbanked Africans to access financial services without breaking the existing layer of trust
Spotlight 6 communities that are building the digital generation of girls in Africa In commemoration of the International Day of the Girl Child, we curated a list of the girls-focused tech communities in Africa
Spotlight Adora Nwodo writes foundational book on cloud engineering Adora Nwodo's book 'cloud engineering for beginners' explores the concept of cloud computing and roles that exist in the sector
Spotlight How the proposed startup bill will drive growth in Nigeria's tech ecosystem. An exclusive Interview with a volunteer supporting the development and passage of the bill, Tomiwa Aladekomo (CEO, Big Cabal Media), on how the Nigeria Startup bill will impact the ecosystem.
Spotlight Nigerian startups dominate the 2021 Google's Black Founders Fund for Africa Nigeria top the list of African startups selected for the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund — part of a $175m long-term commitment toward economic opportunity for Black business owners.
Spotlight Designers can now access free Nigerian mockup images Instead of relying on the frequently used foreign mockup images, Check DC has created Nigerian mockups that can be used for local brand messaging.
Spotlight 8 things the eNaira intends to achieve The Central Bank of Nigeria outlined eight critical objectives that the eNaira should achieve after its pilot launch on October 1st.
Spotlight Is Kuda changing the dial in terms of customer experience? Kuda is at the forefront of challenger banks looking to change the status quo of banking in Nigeria. However, the startup has had challenges with the same age-old issue that have defined their traditional companions.
Fintech Shecluded: A Gender-based Fintech that keeps on giving Shecluded plans to change the lives of a lot of women by ensuring more female-led MSMEs grow to large organizations in the future.
Spotlight Explainer—Was Executive Order No. 5 breached in awarding the eNaira to Bitt Inc? The EO5 directed that foreign companies with demonstrated and verifiable plans for indigenous capacity development can be awarded contracts when local professionals are lacking expertise
Spotlight Predatory lending in Nigeria—what is the way forward? Predatory lenders employ deceptive and aggressive sale tactics to attract unsuspecting borrowers into taking loans they cannot afford.
Spotlight AfriChange is helping Canada’s growing African community remain financially connected to home “We’ve built AfriChange to be useful for anyone in Canada who has to send money to Africa, starting with Nigeria” said Tega Ogigirigi
Spotlight Scrader seeks to transform how young millennials and Gen Z shop online in Nigeria Scrader is a social commerce app built for Gen Zs and Millennials. It is a platform built on reliability, accountability, utility and trust, aimed at redefining what it means to shop online for this demographic.
Spotlight JET Motors wants to lead Africa’s Electric Vehicle revolution The electric vehicle movement is well and alive in Nigeria, led by JET Motor Company—a team of young Africans who are designing EVs for Africans.
Events Recap of Softcom's non-public UnveilingX—a foretaste of its public, DayX Softcom Limited, an innovative indigenous company, hosted an exclusive event to pre-inform select members of the public about the upcoming launch of its products.
Spotlight Deaf Tech Foundation is teaching programming to deaf kids in Northern Nigeria, for free Mercy, a 10-year-old Deaf kid living in Northern Nigeria, had to pause schooling for five years due to her condition. The Deaf Tech Foundation is changing this trend for people like her.
Spotlight CBN's new digital coin to run on closed blockchain The CBN's new digital currency will run on Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain, a permissioned ledger that grants the apex regulator exclusivity and altering power.
Spotlight 9 Nigerian entrepreneurs leading the way for immigrants in the US Nigerians are at the forefront of tech and industry all over the continent, and even abroad. Here's a list of Nigerian entrepreneurs who have founded and led startups and companies in the US.
