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Investors Value China’s Ant Group At Over $200 Billion After IPO Halt…
Some of Ant Group’s global investors have valued the Chinese fintech firm at over $200 billion based on its 2020…
Fintech Company Flutterwave Announces Partnership With PayPal
Flutterwave, the $1bn fintech company founded by Nigerian-born Silicon Valley enthusiast, Olugbenga Agboola, has…
AFL-CIO Urges U.S. To Block Imports Of Solar Products From China’s Xinjiang
The leader of the AFL-CIO, the largest U.S. labor federation, is calling on the Biden administration and Congress…
Nokia To Cut Up To 10,000 Jobs Over Next Two Years
Finnish telecoms group Nokia said on Tuesday it plans to cut between 5,000 and 10,000 jobs within the next two…
News Corp Inks Australia Facebook Deal, Signalling Truce After Blackout
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp reached a content-supply deal with Facebook Inc in Australia, the companies said on…
Microsoft Rolls Back Update To Fix Access Issues For Thousands
Microsoft Corp said early on Tuesday glitches that affected access to workplace messaging app Teams, Outlook.com…
Microsoft Could Reap More Than $150 Million In New U.S. Cyber Spending, Upsetting…
Microsoft stands to receive nearly a quarter of Covid relief funds destined for U.S. cybersecurity defenders,…
Bitcoin Intraday Trading Pattern Emerges As Institutions Pile In
Bitcoin has shown a tendency lately to clock its intraday low in the Asian or European session, and end near daily…
U.S. Stocks Edge Higher; Yield Spike Hits Tech
U.S. stocks eked out a record, though rising Treasury yields continued to weigh on technology stocks. The dollar…
Harnessing The Power Of Mobile Marketing To Drive The Growth Of Fintech Across…
Although relatively new, fintech has become a hit with Africa’s mobile-first population. While traditional…
Netflix May Crack Down On Password Sharing
If you're using your sister's boyfriend's dad's Netflix account — listen up.
The streaming giant is testing…
Exclusive: Posco’s Steel Plant In India Faces Disruption, Hampering Auto…
Operations at South Korean steelmaker Posco’s plant in India’s western state of Maharashtra have been disrupted by…
Nigerian Payments Startup Flutterwave Now Valued At Over $1Bn. Raises $170m
Nigerian payments startup, Flutterwave, has closed a $170m Series C funding round, the largest amount ever secured…
With Green Energy, Japanese Governor Wants To Take Fukushima Out Of Nuclear Shadow
A decade after Japan’s devastating nuclear meltdown, the governor of Fukushima hopes the prefecture can step out of…
China Semiconductor Trade Association Establishes Work Group With U.S. Counterpart
The Chinese Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA), a major trade association for China’s chip industry, will…
FCMB Introduces Paperless And Cardless Transactions At Branches, ATMs And POS…
Customers of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) can now seamlessly carry out an array of transactions with just their…
Nokia Signs Patent License Pact With Samsung
Nokia has struck a deal with Samsung to license patents covering its innovations in video standards, the Finnish…
Tesla Raises Price Of Variants Of Model Y, Model 3, Model S
Tesla Inc has increased price of its Model Y Long Range and Model S Plaid plus by $10,000, the electric-car maker’s…
China’s Smartphone Shipments Build On Post-Pandemic Rebound In February
China’s smartphone shipments increased more than threefold in February 2021 from a year ago, government data…
Millions Of Websites Offline After Fire At French Cloud Services Firm
A fire at a French cloud services firm has disrupted millions of websites, knocking out government agencies’…
Huawei Customer United Group Considering Changing Telecom Gear Vendor
Balkan telecoms and media company United Group is considering switching parts or all of the Huawei equipment that…
Fire Destroys Servers At French Data Company OVHcloud
An overnight fire at French cloud computing company OVHcloud, which this week started the process for a potential…
Experts Brainstorm On Marketing Communications
A marketing and advertising publication, Marketing Edge, is set to host leading experts in the integrated marketing…
Brands Hope To Cash In On Clubhouse Audio App Frenzy
Last month, during a live game show on audio-chat app Clubhouse, tech entrepreneur and investor Noah Lichtenstein…
Chinese Ev Trio Eye Hong Kong Listings This Year To Raise Combined $5 Billion…
U.S.-listed Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers Li Auto Inc, Nio Inc and Xpeng Inc plan to list in Hong Kong as…
Transcorp Hotels Launches Digital Platform
Transcorp Hotels Plc has announced the launch of ‘Aura,’ a new digital platform through which people can book…
We Spent N966bn On Pipeline Repairs, NNPC Replies Augf
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has explained that it spent N966bn to repair pipelines between 2010 and…
Panasonic To Buy U.S. Software Firm Blue Yonder For $6.5 Billion, Says Nikkei
Panasonic Corp will buy U.S. software firm Blue Yonder for 700 billion yen ($6.45 billion), the Nikkei reported on…
China Outlines Push To Develop Domestic Engine For C919 Jet In Five-Year Plan
China will push forward with the development of CJ1000, a turbofan jet engine designed to power the homemade C919…
Jay-Z Sells Majority Stake In Tidal To Jack Dorsey’s Square
Both parties confirmed the acquisition in a statement via their respective Twitter handles on Thursday.
As part of…