20 Powerful Best Social Listening Tools

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Today, a business’s reputation may determine its survival or demise. Customers may rapidly disseminate your praises or make you look to be an inept devil via social media. Knowing what people are saying about you on social media allows you to respond correctly and, if necessary, perform damage management. Many of these Social Listening tools … Read more

NCC Licensed Starlink by Elon Musk to Operate in Nigeria, Mozambique

starlink by Elon musk

According to a tweet on Elon Musk’s official Twitter handle on Friday, the billionaire CEO announced that the satellite internet service, Starlink by Elon Musk has been approved in Nigeria and Mozambique. The development marked the arrival of the service in Africa, just days after Musk expressed optimism about the service’s launch to the continent. … Read more

Top Insurtech Startups in Africa right now

Insurtech Startups in Africa

Insurance technology is the adoption of technology innovations to create a more efficient insurance model. Unlike fintech, agri-tech and healthtech, Insurtech is one technology sector that is vastly untapped in Nigeria.  According to a recent report, Africa’s whole insurance industry is valued at about $68 billion in terms of GWP and is also ranked eighth … Read more

MTN’s massive entry into the metaverse with 144 plots of digital land

MTN metaverse

Africa’s biggest telecom company, MTN buys 144 acres of digital land in Africarare. (Africa’s first Virtual Reality metaverse featuring digital land) as the first African company to join the metaverse.  According to information from the company’s website and social media handles. The new purchase is in line with MTN’s transitioning efforts to go from just … Read more

African fintech Flutterwave valuation to over $3B after $250M Series D fund

Flutterwave valuation

African Fintech company Flutterwave has tripled it’s valuation with a newly raised $250 million Series D round. The payment company is now worth over $3 billion in just twelve months. The Series D round had in participation lead investor B Capital Group and other participating investors like Alta Park Capital, Whale Rock Capital, and Lux … Read more

From Fintech to Football, Shola Akinlade launches Sporting Lagos FC

Shola Akinlade launches Sporting Lagos FC

Nigerian Fintech mogul, co-founder and CEO of payment platform Paystack, Shola Akinlade launches Sporting Lagos FC (Football Club) ahead of the 2021/2022 season in the Nigeria National League (NNL). With this move, Shola is now the latest football club (Sporting Lagos FC) owner in the Nigerian professional football league at the moment, making his childhood … Read more

Netflix Commits $1m Towards Scholarships In Africa

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Netflix, the world`s main amusement streaming service, has introduced a commitment of US$1 million toward the newly-set up Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund (CESF) for movie and TV college students in Sub-Saharan Africa. The scholarship fund forms a part of Netflix`s worldwide Netflix Creative Equity Fund released in 2021 to be allotted to diverse projects … Read more