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Fledging social streaming platform Astrotwig scammed of $20,000 by angel investor

Fledging social streaming platform Astrotwig scammed of $20,000 by angel investor

Astrotwig, a Nigerian platform that combines music streaming with social networking, claims that it lost $20,000 to Mr. Simon Tiwari, an angel investor who offered to invest a convertible loan of $1 million in their…

Backed by political will, Sierra Leone desires to turn into the “Estonia of Africa”

Backed by political will, Sierra Leone desires to turn into the “Estonia of Africa”

Sierra Leone, the tropical nation on Africa’s west coast, may be geographically small, but its tech ambitions are huge. President Julius Maada Bio wants to make Sierra Leone “the Estonia of Africa.” Backed by political…

10 methods to cease your Android hanging or lagging 2024

10 methods to cease your Android hanging or lagging 2024

Dealing with a slow or lagging Android device can be frustrating, but there are several steps you can take to troubleshoot and improve its performance. Here are ten effective ways to address and potentially stop…

Kenyan EV startup Roam secures $24m to scale manufacturing

Kenyan EV startup Roam secures $24m to scale manufacturing

Roam, a Kenya-based electric vehicle company has raised $24 million in equity and debt to expand local manufacturing capabilities in Kenya, scale up production at its new 10,000 sqm Roam Park facility, invest in research…

Teesas desires to cut back the failure price in Nigeria’s college entrance exams

Teesas desires to cut back the failure price in Nigeria’s college entrance exams

Only 14 of every hundred students who took Nigeria’s university entrance exam in 2023 passed, highlighting a crisis in the country’s education system. The numbers for the last five years are dire, with college examination…

Bolaji Agbede named Entry Holding interim CEO

Bolaji Agbede named Entry Holding interim CEO

Access Corporation, the parent company of Access Bank, Nigeria’s biggest bank by assets, has appointed Bolaji Agbede, an executive director at the company, interim CEO two days after the death of Herbert Wigwe. The appointment…

Ethiopia’s inflation jumps to twenty-eight.7% as central financial institution acknowledges alleviation difficulties

Ethiopia’s inflation jumps to twenty-eight.7% as central financial institution acknowledges alleviation difficulties

Inflation in Ethiopia has hit 28.7% with the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) acknowledging that it has been one of the country’s most challenging macroeconomic issues for many years. Based on its monetary policy statement,…

Starlink importation, use, and resale an offence in Botswana, says regulator

Starlink importation, use, and resale an offence in Botswana, says regulator

Botswana’s telecoms regulator has warned the public against the importation, use, and resale of Starlink devices in the country. The importation, use, and resale of Starlink devices are punishable offences in Botswana, according to the…

Subsequent Wave: Enterprise investing is for everybody. Particularly firms

Subsequent Wave: Enterprise investing is for everybody. Particularly firms

First published 11 Febuary, 2024 Investing venture capital may be one of the esoteric branches of high finance, but the core concept of venture investing—taking distributed risks on the chance of enormous upside and limited…

Entry Financial institution mourns Herbert Wigwe, to announce performing Group CEO quickly

Entry Financial institution mourns Herbert Wigwe, to announce performing Group CEO quickly

Access Bank has announced the death of Herbert Wigwe, the company’s founding Group CEO alongside his wife, son, and three other passengers, including the chairman of Nigerian Exchange Abimbola Ogunbanjo, in a plane crash. The…

A revamped Showmax begins its march to 50 million subscribers with a branding masterclass

A revamped Showmax begins its march to 50 million subscribers with a branding masterclass

Editor’s note: For the best viewing experience, click the half-moon icon ☾ at the top right corner of the page to switch to dark mode. Weeks after Amazon Prime beat a hasty retreat from Africa,…

What’s it wish to construct a tech ecosystem in Nigeria outdoors the nation’s tech capital?

What’s it wish to construct a tech ecosystem in Nigeria outdoors the nation’s tech capital?

Editor’s note: For the best viewing experience, click the half-moon icon ☾ at the top right of the page to switch to dark mode. Sanusi Ismaila moved from Lagos to Kaduna in 2014 to set…