Daniel Iyanda Iyanda

Former Reporter at Condia
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Airtel Money launches Developer Portal to provide open APIs

Airtel Money has launched a new Airtel Africa Developer Portal to provide open APIs. How has MTN's API marketplace, Chenosis, fared?

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OnePipe closes $950,000 pre-seed round from Sherpa, Techstars, others

OnePipe is a Nigerian fintech company that aggregates financial services, in the form of APIs, from banks and fintechs into a standardised gateway for others (service providers) to use.

Spotlight

InvestSika is making investing accessible to all Africans, starting with Ghanaians

InvestSika is on a mission to make investing accessible to all Africans. With a mobile money account and smartphone, you can start trading and investing in the stock market with as little as GH₵60 ($10 or ₦3,820).

Fintech

All you need to know about Paystack, the biggest Nigerian startup acquisition

Here is all you need to know about Paystack, the biggest Nigerian startup acquisition and Stripe's biggest acquisition yet. The deal is reportedly worth over $200 million (₦76.6 billion).

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Certificate of Incorporation will now have Tax Identification Number, says CAC

Business owners will no longer need to apply to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to get their tax identification number (TIN). They would now get it with their certificate of incorporation from the CAC.

Spotlight

Digital banks: ALAT, Kuda, Rubies, Eyowo, V by VFD, and Sparkle compared

After 75-year-old Wema bank launched ALAT in 2017, we have witnessed the launch of a digital bank every year since then.

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Five Nigerian startups got into Y Combinator’s 2020 winter batch

Eleven years ago, the first Nigerian company got into Y Combinator—an American seed accelerator. The Nigerian company was the defunct online advertising platform, PetaSales.

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Top 10 most innovative companies in Africa

Fast Company named Twiga, mPedigree, Copia, Piggyvest, MPost, Tizeti, Tongoro, Lumkani, Kobo360 and 54gene as the top 10 most innovative African companies.

Opinion

Lagos bans tricycles and bikes, what’s next for bike-hailing startups?

The Lagos State Government has announced the ban of tricycles (AKA "Keke NAPEP" or "Maruwa") and motorbikes (AKA Okada), including ORide, Gokada and MAXOkada. But by the book, there is a wiggle room for bike-hailing startups to negotiate the sanction.

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Full list of areas tricycles and bikes have been banned in Lagos

Effective from Saturday, February 1, 2020, tricycles and motorbikes are restricted from operating in six local government areas, nine local council development areas, 10 major highways and 40 bridges across Lagos State—the commercial capital of Nigeria.

Opinion

Top 10 tech companies to work for in Nigeria

One global engineering-outsourcing company, three American multinationals, three fintechs, one e-commerce firm, one global IT support company and one indigenous technology firm.

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32 Tech Communities for developers, designers and product managers

32 Tech Communities for developers, designers, digital and growth marketers, and product managers in Nigeria.

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