Africa’s digital financial services provider, Moniepoint Inc, has rolled out a transformative initiative, DreamDevs with its call for entries. This program seeks to nurture the continent’s brightest minds, equipping them with practical tech skills and invaluable real-world experience that will mitigate current challenges around tech talent sourcing in Africa. DreamDevs targets very recent graduates with…
Nigeria’s Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) has partnered with a United States (U.S)-based SBTS Group LLC to equip Nigerian youth with the needed digital skills for global competitiveness. The partnership between the DBI and SBTS is essentially designed to address the nation’s digital divide, digital literacy deficit and drive job creation. Described as a milestone for…
Subscribers have faulted the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, over his statement that telecom subscribers in the country will have to pay between 30per cent and 60 per cent in end user tariffs. They said the minister’s statement reflected his insensitivity and is contrary to the agreements reached between the Consumer…
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has reiterated that the Federal Government would not allow telecoms companies to increase tariff by 100 per cent. For some years now, the telecoms companies have been asking for increase in tariff, citing rising operational cost, inflation and naira devaluation among others. Tijani, who was…
After over a decade of stagnant telecom end user tariff regime, the Federal Government, yesterday gave an indication that indeed, there will be a review, but not the 100per cent pushed for the mobile network operators (MNOs), themorningstar.com.ng reports on the implications of the development. For most part of last year, the push for an…
Start-ups in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and others on the continent raised $2.2 billion last year in equity, debt and grants (exc. exits), according to latest data compiled by Africa: The Big Deal. While this is a good amount in absolute terms, it represents a -25per cent drop when compared to the $2.9billion that were…
An estimated 2.6 billion people in Nigeria and other parts of the world are currently offline accounting for 32 per cent of the world’s population. This is down from the newly revised estimate of 2.8 billion for 2023, which represents 35 per cent of the population, according to new figures from the International Telecommunication Union…
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has reiterated its commitment to drive foster innovation, promote digital literacy and empower young Nigerians with the tools and opportunities to realise their potential and contribute to Nigeria’s growing digital economy. Meta gave the commitment during its first Youth Summit in Lagos, a forum that brought together over 200 young professionals,…
A leading online platform for African language learning, Lingawa, has successfully closed a $1.1 million pre-seed funding round that coincides with the company’s rebranding from TopSet to Lingawa, signaling its expanded mission to connect global audiences with the richness of African culture and heritage. The funding round attracted notable investors, including Zrosk, WEAV Capital, Kaleo…
