Search Engine “Ecosia” Launch $405 Million Venture Capital Fund For Climate Crisis
Ecosia, the search engine that uses its ad revenue no to plant trees, has launched a 350 million euro ($405…
Category: Technology
Nigeria: President Muhammadu Buhari Launch E-Naira
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, launched the eNaira platform. The eNaira is a culmination of several…
CBN Introduces E-Naira Speed Wallet And E-Naira Merchant Wallet
The Central Bank of Nigeria has finally launched its Central Bank Digital Currency called eNaira on Monday. The eNaira was…
President Of Federal Republic Of Nigeria To Unveil Central Bank Digital Currency Today
President Muhammadu Buhari will unveil the Central Bank Digital Currency, known as the eNaira, today at the State House, Abuja.…
PayPal Says It Is Not Interested In Acquiring Pinterest
U.S. payments giant PayPal said that it is not currently interested in buying social media platform Pinterest. Responding to what…
LocalGlobe Leads 7-figure Seed Round For Nigeria’s Eden Life
Nigerian startup Eden Life, a home services app for scheduling food, laundry and cleaning services, has raised a US$1.4 million…
Elon Musk Set To Become First Trillioniare Through His Company SpaceX
Elon Musk, the world’s most renowned entrepreneur and the CEO of two of the world’s largest companies, SpaceX and Tesla,…
Facebook, Twitter, Other Social Media And Digital Advertising Companies Stocks Drop
Shares of Facebook and Twitter and other social media and digital advertising companies are sharply down in after-hours trading, after Snap reported it missed revenue expectations…
PWC And UNDP In Agreement To Support Technology-Enabled Approach In Nation Ecosystem
Price Water House Coopers (PwC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to…
German software giant “SAP” Q3 Revenue Is 20% Above 2020 Q3 Revenue
German software giant SAP on Thursday posted a jump in revenue at its fast-growing cloud unit, which helped boost the company’s earnings…
AFDB, ADFl, And Y’ello Digital Financial Services Agreed On $500,000 Grant For Women
The African Development Bank initiative, the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI), and Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS), the fintech…
Turkey And Nigeria Sign A Bilateral Agreement On Improving Security And Trade
The need to improve security and trade between Nigeria and Turkey formed the highlight of the bilateral agreements signed yesterday…
Bitcoin Hit All Time High
Bitcoin notched a fresh all-time high on Wednesday as investors cheered the successful launch of the first U.S. bitcoin futures exchange-traded…
Bitcoin Hit $64,241 After ETF Listing
The price of Bitcoin surged, near the all-time high after ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF, the first bitcoin-linked exchange-traded fund (ETF)…
Commercial Fifth Generation (5G) Network Is Now Serving More Than 500 million subscribers
Commercial Fifth Generation (5G) network deployment is now in 176 countries around the globe, serving more than 500 million subscribers.…
Kaspersky Unveils Free Platform To Encourages Small Business Security
Kaspersky has unveiled a free platform for small businesses to improve their security. The platform, called ‘Kaspersky Cybersecurity on a…
E-Naira Will Be Available To All Nigerians: CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said the eNaira will be available to Nigerians without Internet-enabled phones. The CBN disclosed…
Release Of New Chip Surge Alibaba Shares
Alibaba’s Hong Kong shares rallied as much as 9% on Wednesday following reports that its founder Jack Ma traveled to Europe and after…
Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors Lose N97 Billion In Q1
Electricity distribution companies have said a total of N97bn was lost in the first quarter of this year to energy…
Chinese EV Maker Xpeng’s Flying Car Aim To Roll Out In 2024
HT Aero, the flying car company backed by Chinese electric carmaker Xpeng Inc. and its founder, raised more than $500…
E-Commerce “Sendbox” Raise $1.8 Million
An e-commerce fulfillment company for small merchants, Sendbox, has raised $1.8m to help small merchants fulfill their e-commerce orders. According…
Facebook To Create 10,000 Jobs In European Union Over The Next Five Years
Facebook plans to create 10,000 jobs in the European Union over the next five years in a push to build…
OPPO Launches New IOS
OPPO, a Chinese consumer electronics and mobile communications company, has launched a global version of its ColorOS 12. According to…
China Continuity Of Internet Censorship Expansion Leads To Shutdown Of LinkedIn In China
Microsoft announced Thursday it will shut down its local version of LinkedIn in China as the country continues to expand its censorship of…
Flutterwave Set To Triple Last Valuation
Flutterwave Inc., a Nigerian payments firm, is seeking fresh funding at a valuation of $3 billion or more, a figure…
United Wholesale Mortgage Stop Plan To Accept Payment In Crypto
U.S. homebuyers apparently aren’t all that interested in paying their mortgages in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. United Wholesale Mortgage, which made…
Facebook To Train Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence Model
Facebook on Thursday announced a research project in which it collected 2,200 hours of first-person footage from around the world…
Credit Card Reader “Sumup” Expand Across U.S By Acquiring Marketing Start-Up “Fivestars”
SumUp, a U.K.-based payment processor, has acquired marketing start-up Fivestars in a bid to expand its reach across the U.S.…
UN Promise To Support Nigeria Industrialisation So As To Achieve Sustainable Development Growth
The United Nations (UN) has promised that it is committed to supporting Nigeria’s industrialisation bid as the country progresses towards…
Kaspersky Blocks 206 Thousand Mobile Malware Attack For Middle East, Turkey and Africa In Six Month
Out of the more than 206 000 mobile malware attacks blocked by Kaspersky solutions for the Middle East, Turkey and…