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Flutterwave partners LSETF, donates ₦5 million to MSME Recovery Fund

Flutterwave has donated ₦5 million to help businesses affected by the recent unrest in Lagos.

MTN Nigeria appoints Karl Toriola as new CEO, Ferdi Moolman to become GCRO

MTN is pleased to announce the appointment of Karl Toriola as the MTN Nigeria CEO, effective 1 March 2021.

Winners of African Development Bank AgriPitch Competition to share $120,000

The African Development Bank AgriPitch competition is open to youth aged 18 to 35 who hold African nationality or citizenship and who submit their application online by 23rd October

What should your brand be doing during #EndSARS protests?

Guest Authors: Onalaja and Ojewunmi make five recommendations to companies trying to decide on their stance during the #endSARS protest.

Fundall, a digital banking platform raises $150,000 in pre-seed funding

Led by Black Knight Capital, a pre-seed stage investor, Fundall has raised $150,000 to deepen its footprints and challenge existing digital banks.

Facebook set to open a new office in Lagos, Nigeria, operational in H2 2021

Facebook’s office will be home to various teams servicing the continent from across the business, including Sales, Partnerships, Policy, Communications as well as Engineers.

Vantage Capital invests $28.0 million in Cliniques Internationales du Maroc Group (CIM) Holding

Vantage’s funding will enable the founding family to part-finance the extension of the existing clinic in Marrakech and the opening of new clinics in Tangier and Casablanca

Esusu raises $2.3m seed-extension to scale nationwide

Esusu, a start-up operating in the United States co-founded by Abbey Wemimo has raised $2.3 million in a seed extension round backed by LinkedIn's Executive Chairman, Jeff Weiner.

Standard Chartered and Airtel Africa form a partnership to drive financial inclusion across Africa

Airtel Money’s customers will be able to make deposits and withdrawals from Standard Chartered bank accounts. And Standard Chartered's corporate client will be able to pay directly into Airtel money customers wallet.

Tek Experts, Microsoft renew partnership aimed at developing Women in IT in Nigeria

For Nigeria to recover from the effect of the coronavirus, it has to fast-track its digital transformation championed by the NCC.

Jack Ma Foundation’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) selects Top 50 Finalists of 2020 “Africa’s Business Heroes” Competition

The 50 finalists were selected from over 22,000 applications all over Africa, representing 21 African countries.

NBS and Softcom to host Webinar on leveraging data for inclusive growth in Nigeria

NBS and Softcom will host a webinar on how to leverage data to drive inclusive policy, revenue generation and improved governance in Nigeria.