The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani has promised government support for indigenous technology companies, through collaboration. The minister gave the promise in Lagos during his visit to Imose Technologies smartphone/tablet assembly factory. Satisfied with his on-the-spot assessment of the factory, Tijani said the assessment of Imose Technologies factory, would enable…
Nigeria based fintech Moniepoint has raised $110 million in new funding from investors including Google to scale up digital payments and banking solutions across Africa, the company has said. Sources close to the transaction said the new funding valued Moniepoint above $1 billion, giving it “unicorn” status – a term for privately-owned business valued at…
Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, said the World Bank has provided a significant boost to Nigeria’s efforts to deploy 90,000 km of fibre across the country. The minister confirmed this in a post to his X account. While the specifics of the support—whether financial or otherwise—were not released, Tijani previously…
