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U.S. States File Updated Antitrust Complaint Against Alphabet’s Google
A group of U.S. states led by Texas have filed an amended complaint against Alphabet Inc's Google accusing the…
ALERT: Iranian Hackers Targeting Telcos In Nigeria, NCC Warns
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerians about the existence of a hacking group…
Amazon Settles With California Over Claims It Concealed Covid-19 Cases From…
Amazon on Monday reached a settlement with California’s attorney general over claims it concealed Covid-19 case…
JPMorgan Sues Tesla For $162 Million In Warrants Dispute Around Elon Musk…
JP Morgan Chase filed suit against electric vehicle maker Tesla in a dispute over warrants, according to court…
Bitcoin Drops Nearly 7% Toward $60,000 As Major Cryptocurrencies Plunge
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fell sharply on Tuesday retreating from near-record highs.
Bitcoin fell…
WeWork Shows More Losses In Its First Quarterly Report As A Public Company
WeWork shares were up more than 2% Monday after the company announced third-quarter earnings, the company’s first…
African Fintech Startup Chipper Cash Raises $30M Backed By Jeff Bezos
African cross-border fintech startup Chipper Cash has raised a $30 million Series B funding round led by Ribbit…
Fidelity, Visa And Kingsway Back South African Fintech JUMO In $120M Round
JUMO, a South Africa- and London-based company that offers financial services to entrepreneurs and businesses in…
Nigerian E-Health Pharmaceutical Distribution Startup DrugStoc Secures $4.4…
The pharmaceutical supply chain across Africa has for decades remained fragmented leading to sourcing and…
Telenor And Google Cloud Partner Up To Digitalise Telecom Operations
Telenor and Alphabet Inc's Google Cloud have formed a partnership to digitalise the Norwegian telecom company's…
Apple TV+ hopes to build on rivals’ success with first Korean series
Hot on the heels of Netflix's breakout South Korean hit "Squid Game," Apple has rolled out its first…
IBM, Amazon Partner To Extend Reach Of Data Tools For Oil Companies
International Business Machines Corp and Amazon.com Inc's Amazon Web Services said on Monday they would work…
Musk Continues To Sell Shares After Twitter Poll
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk, has sold an additional portion of his share in his company worth…
6,000 Base Stations Needed For 5G Rollout In 10 Nigerian Cities – GSM Operators
The Global System for Mobile Communications Association says $500m and 6000 base stations are needed for 5G rollout…
WhatsApp Launches Scam Messages Awareness Campaign
A text or WhatsApp message from a “friend in need” asking for money or personal information could be a scammer, a…
WeChat Bargain Hunters Seek Profits In China Property Bond Rout
In late October, as a growing liquidity crisis across China's property sector walloped developers' bonds, a group…
Biden Signs Legislation To Tighten U.S. Restrictions On Huawei, ZTE
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed legislation to prevent companies like Huawei Technologies Co or ZTE…
Toshiba Says It Plans To Split Into Three Firms, Rejects Calls To Go Private
Japanese industrial conglomerate Toshiba Corp outlined plans on Friday to break up into three independent…
Twitter To Launch Dedicated Crypto Team
Twitter is expanding further into the world of cryptocurrencies as the social media giant is setting up a team…
Flutterwave Acquires Disha, A Creator Platform That Planned To Shutter In February
In February, Disha, a Nigeria-based platform that allows digital creators to curate, sell digital content, create…
YouTube Hides Dislike Counts To Protect Creators
In an attempt to make the YouTube platform more hospitable to creators, the virtual content creator platform will…
Xpeng Shares Spike 10% As The Chinese Electric Carmaker Teases New SUV To Launch…
Chinese electric carmaker Xpeng teased a new sports utility vehicle on Friday, with the launch scheduled for next…
Nigeria’s Lending Startup Payhippo Raises $3 Million For SMEs
A lending startup, Payhippo has raised $3 million to support the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the…
ASUS Launches Vivobook 13 Slate OLED
Taiwanese multinational computer and phone hardwares and electronics company, ASUS, on Wednesday,…
China’s JD.com Smashes Through Its Singles Day Record With $48.7 Billion In Sales…
Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has racked up 311.4 billion yuan ($48.6 billion) in sales across its platforms as…
Indonesia’s Tech Giant GoTo Group Raises $1.3 Billion Ahead Of IPO Plans
Indonesia’s GoTo Group has secured $1.3 billion from investors in the first close of an ongoing funding round ahead…
Meta And Microsoft Announce Partnership To Integrate Workplace And Teams
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, on Wednesday announced a partnership with Microsoft that will allow…
Nigeria’s 5G Reserve Price Of $197.4m Among World’s Costliest
Price at par with USA, Germany, China but ahead of India, S’Africa, Egypt
With the Federal Government optimistic…
Meta To Delete Ads Capable Of Fueling Negative Experience Across Its Platforms
Meta, the parent company that oversees Facebook, Instagram and Messenger has reinforced commitment to protecting…
Elon Musk Sells $5 Billion In Tesla Shares After Twitter Poll
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk sold about $5 billion in shares, the billionaire reported in filings on Wednesday,…