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Some top drivers send their kids to school abroad – Bolt

Some top drivers send their kids to school abroad – Bolt

As the debate about whether e-hailing drivers earn enough income to survive, leading e-hailing company, Bolt, has insisted…

Nigerian edtech platform aptLearn shuts down after 4 years, to focus on strategic reset and AI pivot

Nigerian edtech platform aptLearn shuts down after 4 years, to focus on strategic reset and AI pivot

Nigerian edtech platform aptLearn has announced the shutdown of its current version, aptLearn 1.0, marking the end of…

Rockstar Games suffers massive breach as hackers steal 78.6 million records

Rockstar Games suffers massive breach as hackers steal 78.6 million records

A cybercrime group has claimed responsibility for a major data breach at Rockstar Games, the company behind Grand…

X might be launching a crypto product to ‘fix rough year’ for digital currencies soon

X might be launching a crypto product to ‘fix rough year’ for digital currencies soon

Nikita Bier, head of product at X, delivered what may be the most telling hint yet about the…

With less than 0.2% coverage, Nigeria’s emergency care system needs urgent digitalisation – Report

With less than 0.2% coverage, Nigeria’s emergency care system needs urgent digitalisation – Report

An industry report by Salvus Emergency has identified a lack of real-time data and digitalisation as a major…

Meta set to overtake Google as world’s largest ad platform by 2026

Meta set to overtake Google as world’s largest ad platform by 2026

Meta Platforms is on course to overtake Google as the world’s biggest digital advertising company by the end…

Binance co-founder CZ talks going to prison and the cost of moving first in new memoir

Binance co-founder CZ talks going to prison and the cost of moving first in new memoir

Few figures have shaped the modern payment and cryptocurrency industry as visibly as Changpeng Zhao, popularly known as…

How Baobab Microfinance Bank is Powering Small Businesses from the Inside Out

How Baobab Microfinance Bank is Powering Small Businesses from the Inside Out

If you run a small business in Nigeria, you already know, access to the right financial support can…

Telecoms Theft: Monitoring and real-time detection key to curbing losses in Africa

Telecoms Theft: Monitoring and real-time detection key to curbing losses in Africa

In the past few days, African telecom operators reported losses related to equipment theft and vandalism incidents. First,…

How to apply for FG’s ₦25k/month technical and vocational training programme

How to apply for FG’s ₦25k/month technical and vocational training programme

The Federal Government has opened applications for the second cohort of its Technical and Vocational Education and Training…