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Nigeria: International VCs and family offices back Alerzo’s Series A
The process of digitizing the operations of mom and pop stores in Nigeria is serious business right now. In fact,…
PayPal Launches Its Cryptocurrency Service In The UK
PayPal is launching its cryptocurrency service in the U.K. The U.S. online payments giant said Monday it would…
Nigeria: Oasis Capital Strikes Twin Investments In Ivory Coast
Oasis Capital Ghana, which invests in small and medium enterprises across Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire via Oasis Africa…
T-Mobile Breach Hits 53 Million Customers As Probe Finds Wider Impact
T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) said on Friday an ongoing investigation into a data breach revealed that hackers accessed…
‘Twilight’ Investor Sentenced To Five Years Prison In Fraud Case
A technology entrepreneur who invested in the studio behind the "Twilight" films was sentenced to five years in…
China’s SenseTime Says Daily Users Of Its Augmented Reality Tech Number 100…
China's SenseTime, which sells augmented reality technology to other companies, has seen global daily active users…
Twitter Agrees To Seven Out Of Ten Demands – Nigerian Govt
The Federal Government says from the 10 demands put forward to lift Twitter suspension, the microblogging and…
Facebook Launches VR Remote Work App
Facebook on Thursday launched a test of a new virtual-reality remote work app where users of the company’s Oculus…
EXCLUSIVE Facebook Selects Local Journalists Paid In $5 Million Newsletter…
Facebook Inc (FB.O) has chosen 25 local independent journalists to be paid out of a $5 million pot to write for its…
Twitter, Digital Platforms To Pay Tax As FIRS Targets N10.1trn Revenue In 2022
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has set a revenue target of N10.1 trillion for 2022.
Mohammed Nami,…
Chinese Firm Behind The Purchase Of The United Kingdom’s Largest Chip Plant Warns…
The Chinese firm behind the purchase of Britain’s largest chip manufacturing facility earlier this summer has…
Apple Appeals Against Security Research Firm While Touting Researchers
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Tuesday appealed a copyright case it lost against security startup Corellium, which helps…
Tencent Says More Regulations Set To Come As Quarterly Profit Jumps
China's Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) said on Wednesday that the internet industry should brace for more regulations…
Nvidia Forecast Beats Expectations, But Talks On $40 Bln Arm Deal Take Longer Than…
Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) on Wednesday said talks with regulators to clear its $40 billion proposed acquisition of…
Facebook Is Ready To Launch Digital Wallet
Facebook is prepared to launch the Novi digital wallet tied to Diem blockchain-based payment system, said the…
U.S. SEC Says It Charges Former Netflix Staffers For Insider Trading
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday said it has charged three former engineers at…
Aurora Releases Tool To Gauge Safety Of Self-Driving Systems
Aurora, the Silicon Valley self-driving startup founded by former Tesla, Uber and Google executives, has released…
PayPal And Fiserv Partner To Allow Paycheck Deposits Into Venmo Accounts
Getting gig economy workers to send their paychecks directly to a PayPal or Venmo wallet is one of the goals of a…
Crypto Exchange Binance Hires Former US Treasury Criminal Investigator
Binance said on Wednesday it had appointed a former U.S. Treasury criminal investigator as its global money…
Robinhood’s Shareholders: Are Crypto Wallets Coming And Do We Get Hoodies?
When Robinhood Markets Inc (HOOD.O) reports quarterly financial results on Wednesday for the first time since…
BlackBerry Software Flaw Could Impact Cars, Medical Devices – U.S. Agencies
A cybersecurity flaw in a software designed by BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO) could put at risk cars and medical equipment…
Huawei Will Return To Smartphone Throne’ Despite Crippling Sanctions,…
Huawei Technologies' (HWT.UL) chairman said while U.S. sanctions have choked its smartphone business, it will not…
China Seeks To Tighten Rules On Unfair Internet Competition, Sending Tech Shares…
China’s market regulator issued draft rules on Tuesday aimed at stopping unfair competition on the internet, as…
T-Mobile Says It Found Unauthorized Access To Data
T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) on Monday acknowledged a data breach but said it was yet to find if any customer…
Beijing Takes Stake, Board Seat In ByteDance’s Key China Entity – The…
The Chinese government has taken a stake and a board seat in TikTok owner ByteDance's key Chinese entity, Beijing…
Roblox Bookings Miss Wall St Target As Easing Curbs Hurt Online Games
Roblox Corp's (RBLX.N) quarterly bookings missed market expectations on Monday, as easing restrictions slowed the…
Analysis: Decentralised Finance: Latest Front In Crypto’s Hacking Problem
For most of the 13-year life of cryptocurrencies, exchanges were the epicentre for cyberheists. Now, a bigger…
Finnfund Backs Telecom Infrastructure Provider With Debt
Finnish development finance institution Finnfund is backing Bandwidth and Cloud Services Group (BCS), a telecom…
International Investors Lead F Intech Startup Moove’s Series A
Moove, Nigerian based mobility fintech startup raises $23m Series A funding to help it expand swiftly. Founded in…
Investment In Data Centre To Hit $174bn By 2023 — Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric, weekend, disclosed that investment in the data centre would hit $174 billion by 2023 following…