Tag: phones

The fear of cash To prevent the spread of COVID-19, African governmentsworked with providers to waive mobile money transaction fees. By the end of March, Kenya and Ghana were ...

ADVERTISEMENT Globcom has said its customers are gushing about the companys cloud storage package called Glo Cloud. The service allows customers to seamlessly back up their files such as ...

AXA Mansard, a member of the AXA Group and global leader in insurance and asset management, has announced its plans to deepen insurance and pensions penetration in the country ...

ADVERTISEMENT MeCure Smart, a smartphone app that allows remote online consultations, has tied up with HelloDocApp, the largest online community of doctors in Nigeria, to bring 10,000+ doctors on ...

ADVERTISEMENT LG Electronics premium InstaView Door-in-Door refrigerator has hit a milestone this month when it reached one million in sales worldwide since its introduction in 2016. With an average ...

The Yoruba culture, in which I was raised, is famous for instilling in children, the need to respect elders. We bow our heads to greet older people, and even ...

ADVERTISEMENT The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has called on financial institutions in the country to give loans to Small and Medium Enterprises especially the Financial Technology (FinTech) ...

A report on Critical African Internet Infrastructure, commissioned by the Internet Society, has said the Internet Exchange of Nigeria (IXPN) in 2020 grew to peak traffic of 125 gigabites ...

ADVERTISEMENT The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami Continuous patronage of foreign made Personal Computers is sabotage against Nigeria, the Certified Computer Manufacturers of ...

It is not at all clear to me why Indians and Chinese are grouped together as Asians. I know their countries share some border, and, although I have not ...

ADVERTISEMENT MainOne said it has invested over $400m in infrastructure in West Africa since inception 10years ago as part of efforts to bridge the digital divide and enable the ...

Huawei’s Rotating Chairman, Guo Ping, has said countries needed to apply 5G technologies to reopen economies which were closed down as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. He made ...

Ive lived in Nigeria all my life, Amarachi tells me at the start of our conversation. Shes a QA Engineer who got a job in Ibadan, Nigerias third most ...

The pace of innovation in Nigerias fintech space in the past few years has been swift. From traditional banking institutions a few decades ago, the financial sector now has ...

Africa is making moves to answer the tricky question of digital taxes in a digital economy. In recent times, Nigeria and Kenya are two countries broadening the conversation on ...

ADVERTISEMENT Adoption of 5thGeneraion (5G) telecom network will drive economic growth and social inclusion in Nigeria, Computer Professionals in the country have said. The president and chairman of Council ...

Fintech startup, OPay is temporarily shutting down its transportation and logistics verticals in Nigeria as it focuses on building its e-commerce services and core payments business. In an email ...

Mobile payments in Nigeria are growing at an incredible pace according to data from the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement Scheme (NIBSS). Latest data shows mobile payments have increased by 391% ...

In an audited report published this week, Carbon, the Nigerian fintech company, declared that it made the naira equivalent of $312,905 in profit after tax in 2019.  Its a ...

My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa. Mercy Zulu-Hume is part of a ...

The Nigerian logistics market is generating a lot of buzz as e-commerce pivots away from singular platforms to individual merchants handling their own deliveries. Dellyman, a Lagos-based logistics provider, ...

In a deal that broadens cross-border financial services within and beyond Africa, MFS Africa, a mobile payments hub connecting banks, money transfer and telecom network operators, has acquired Beyonic, ...

Model castings, backstage rush, lights, cameras, runway, the US$31 billion African fashion industry (PDF)  is always agog almost all year round with vibrant fashion events, big and small.  This ...

A TechCabal roundup about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Africa’s tech industry JUNE 28, 2020 This newsletter is a weekly special focused on the effect of the ...

Every week, Digital Nomads talks to Africans who have left their home countries to study, work and live in interesting countries. It shares their tech experiences in their new ...

Tomi Solanke (center) leads the Trove Finance team. Image credit: Trove Finance It wasnt a proper fundraising play, like a pre-seed or formal seed round. Trove Finance, a micro-investing ...

With strong connections to Nigerias creative community, Paystack Commerce is offering a social commerce product to help them receive payments. On June 23, Paystack became the latest payments company ...

Despite furloughs, salary reduction and job cuts, many Nigerian news media companies will still struggle to stay afloat in the short term. More operational changes may need to happen. ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has made a serious impact on the African smartphone market, much worse than previously predicted. Data from the International Data Corporation (IDC), the market has suffered ...

My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa. Since 2017 when Advantage Health Africa ...