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Valve hints there might not be a Steam Deck ‘Professional’ anytime quickly

Valve hints there might not be a Steam Deck ‘Professional’ anytime quickly

If you recently got a Steam Deck and can’t get enough of it, prepare to keep using it for a while.Valve’s handheld PC gaming powerhouse was one of the best tech launches of 2022, so…

Ventures Platform closes its pan-African fund at $46 million

Ventures Platform closes its pan-African fund at $46 million

Ventures Platform, an early-stage, Africa-focused VC firm, has closed its early-stage and intercontinental fund at $46 million. The fund surpassed its initial target of $40 million and saw participation from several notable investors, including Standard…

Kenyan healthtech startup, MyHealth Africa, raises $1 million

Kenyan healthtech startup, MyHealth Africa, raises $1 million

Healthcare in Africa still has a long way to go before it can adequately cater to the demands of the continent. There are several reasons for the current state of the healthcare sector, but underinvestment…

Wanting again at SA VC exercise in 2022 and what 2023 will carry

Wanting again at SA VC exercise in 2022 and what 2023 will carry

According to the venture capital tracking publication Africa: The Big Deal, Africa was the only continent to record a positive growth venture capital deal value in 2022. However, Nigeria and South Africa, the continent’s two…

WHO boosts operate of Maiduguri  Polio laboratory 

Borno, 15 December, 2022 - One of the 36 States in Nigeria, had been experiencing incessant power outages since 2020, leaving some locations in the state in total darkness, due to the disruption of the…

MTN South Africa declares touchdown of 2Africa subsea cable

MTN South Africa declares touchdown of 2Africa subsea cable

MTN South Africa has announced that it has landed the 45,000 km 2Africa subsea cable in partnership with MTNGlobalConnect, MTN Group’s digital wholesale and infrastructure services company, and the 2Africa Consortium.  The landing, which took…

Schoolyard Bully: NCC-CSIRT warns about malware stealing Fb accounts

Schoolyard Bully: NCC-CSIRT warns about malware stealing Fb accounts

Thursday, December 15, 2022 FACEBOOK and NCC The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has warned against a malware attack that steals Facebook account credentials, also known as Schoolyard Bully. NCC-CSIRT said…

Hospital asks wealthy Nigerians to pay N20 million payments of poor sufferers

Hospital asks wealthy Nigerians to pay N20 million payments of poor sufferers

Thursday, December 15, 2022 Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu and Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi The Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, on Wednesday, appealed to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, organisations and wealthy Nigerians to pay indigent patients’ outstanding bills of…

NAFDAC raids Kano warehouses, arrests two over unregistered merchandise

NAFDAC raids Kano warehouses, arrests two over unregistered merchandise

Thursday, December 15, 2022 NAFDAC office used to illustrate the story The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it raided 10 warehouses in Sabon Gari market in Kano, confiscating unregistered…

CBN urged to stop counterfeiting, hoarding of latest naira notes

CBN urged to stop counterfeiting, hoarding of latest naira notes

Thursday, December 15, 2022 Central Bank governor Godwin Emefiele and New Naira notes used to illustrate the story Economists have urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to take firm control of the quantity of…

133 million Nigerians stay multidimensionally poor in 2022: NBS

133 million Nigerians stay multidimensionally poor in 2022: NBS

Thursday, December 15, 2022 Semiu Adeniran and President Muhammadu Buhari The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says it will begin the zonal dissemination of its MPI report in January 2023. Semiu Adeniran, statistician-general of the…

Why mortgage charges are more likely to drop as 2023 housing outlook stays gloomy

Why mortgage charges are more likely to drop as 2023 housing outlook stays gloomy

On the heels of the central bank’s announcement to raise the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to 4.25%-4.50% on Wednesday, most economists and industry experts were on the same page about the housing…