In 2020, 37 percent of women in Sub-Saharan Africa had access to a bank account, compared with 48 percent of men. In North Africa, the figures are even more discouraging in North Africa where only two-thirds of the adult population…
In a historic moment for Nigerian telecoms, MTN Nigeria has today officially turned on its fifth-generation (5G) mobile internet services at 190 sites across the West African country, with the main concentration of sites in Lagos and Abuja, according to…
Nigeria’s Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has dealt a series of fines to MultiChoice Nigeria, and other media companies in the West African country, amounting to $12,000 (N5-million) for airing a BBC documentary that the Commission says “glorified the activities of bandits…
Getting paid for work is not an easy task in Nigeria. There’s always some sort of issue with the structures of the banks; it can be transferring money from one account to another or even withdrawing a relatively small amount.…
Forex trading is a developing trend all over the world. In terms of retail forex trading, Nigeria is a major hotspot, as evidenced by the increasing amount of daily trades. There is a huge demand for the top FX and…
Late last week, Google announced that its Equiano undersea cable, which successfully landed in Togo last month, has arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, marking the cable’s second stop along Africa’s Atlantic coast. Back in 2019, when Google introduced Equiano, the company…
ETAP, a Nigerian insurtech startup has announced today the securing of $1.5-million in pre-seed funding, which according to the company, will be used to grow its team and drive the adoption of its car insurance options across Africa. Starting in…
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has announced it has acquired a fibre pair on the Equiano subsea cable, allowing Liquid to transport traffic up to 12 Terabits, bringing a much-needed increase in international…
MultiChoice has increased the monthly prices for its DStv and GOtv packages in Nigeria, according to an announcement on Tuesday. The same announcement claimed the cause of the price hike was the rising costs of inflation and business operations. [Tweet…
Microsoft, the US-founded tech megacorp, and West African solar-based internet service provider Tizeti have announced a new collaboration to boost high-speed internet in Nigeria with the “Airband initiative”. The initiative will see the rollout of high-speed Airband internet infrastructure in…