Gokada, a popular motorbike hailing service in Lagos has shut down for the next two weeks. In a Medium post published by its CEO, Fahim Saleh, he revealed that all Gokada pilots will be off the road and the app will be temporarily unavailable starting from today, Wednesday, August 14th, 2019. According to the post, […]
By Niyi Tabiti: This year seems to be year when most startups will change name, re-brand with more products. It started already with Piggybank leading the way. The online saving platform is now known as The Nigerian startup as Piggyvest. Taxify has also announced that it has now transformed to BOLT. The new name will […]
Yuichi Ishizuka, President and CEO of Canon Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA), a global provider of imaging technologies and services, visited Kenya as part of a regional tour of Africa. The visit reinforces Canon EMEA’s commitment to drive innovation in the region’s imaging industry, adding value to the Kenyan market and the country’s economy. […]
Lagos, Nigeria 28.01.2019 – Sèmè City, the International Knowledge and Innovation City, has partnered with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading philanthropic organization empowering African entrepreneurs to train and empower additional 50 Beninese entrepreneurs. Sèmè City will join a growing list of governments, development agencies and private sector organisations partnering with the Tony Elumelu Foundation to explore the Foundation’s sustainable model […]
Jumia’s marketplace for restaurants has launched a late-night delivery service to enable customers to order food up until midnight. The Managing Director of the company, Guy Futi disclosed this at a press conference held at Krispy Kreme, Victoria Island, Lagos. “We introduced the late-night delivery service to accommodate customers who order food at night. The late night […]
Diamond Bank Plc has continued to deliver on its promise of going beyond banking by organizing an entrepreneurial training program targeted at young creatives in partnership with Facebook and Afrinolly Creative Hub tagged: ‘Facebook for Creators’. The Area Manager, Diamond Bank Plc, Chigozie Onyecha, said that the bank believed in small and medium scale enterprises […]
Telecom giant, MTN Nigeria lost its precious shares value by 7.5 per cent as Nigerian Government demanded $2 Billion tax arrears from the company. Just last week, the central bank of Nigeria ordered MTN to return the sum of $8.13 Billion it allegedly repatriated to South Africa. MTN gave a brief statement to the market in […]
Going through the numerous outputs of some bloggers in this part of the world these days could be as discouraging as they come as some of them appear to have lost focus. The challenge they pose is a tragedy of our time, when we thought we should be having the best of time with information […]
By Niyi Tabiti: Paylater loan transactions have surpassed that of last year, with loan transaction flying at the speed of Russian jets. The co-founders of the Fintech company, Chijioke and Ngozi Dozie, disclosed this information on twitter. The company provide loans for individuals through a mobile app that is only accessible for now on android […]
By Gistmaster: Dr Williams Micheal, a Nigerian medical doctor was arrested for fraudulent act. He purchased a porsche car valued at N28 Million in Nigeria. Williams paid the car dealer by pretending to make payment of the said amount into his account. The dealer received alert, which was later found to be fake. When he […]