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BD Insider, Letter 151: Poor tech marred Nigeria’s election

In BD Insider, 151, we examined the Nigerian elections, Netflix's price reduction in sub-Saharan Africa, why BNPL startup Tabby is suspending operations in Egypt.

How to monitor the 2023 Nigeria election’s results online

Aside from INEC Election Viewing Portal, you can monitor Nigeria's 2023 elections online via Stears Elections, Civic Hive Election Results Portal, Dataphyte Elections Portal and UZABE by Connected Development.

Planet42 raises $100M to scale its vehicle rental offering in South Africa and Mexico

South Africa-based mobility startup, Planet42 has raised $100 million in equity and debt funding to scale its operations in South Africa and Mexico

EXPLAINER: Network freeze is not a network shutdown or outage

Some of the campaigns ahead of Nigeria's general elections have been fueled by misinformation. With less than 48 hours to presidential and federal legislators elections, misinformation is at its peak.

How do these African founders hire and manage talents?

Talent is vital to the growth of every company. These African founders share how they have been able to hire, manage and retain talents at their companies.

Amidst “layoffs for restructuring”, Bolt wants to hire a country manager in Nigeria

In a move to improve its operational processes in Nigeria, ride-hailing company, Bolt has laid off 24% of its workforce in the country.

Kenyan HR payroll provider, Workpay lands $2.7 million pre-Series A

Workpay has secured a $2.7 million pre-Series A round from Launch Africa and other investors, to expand across Africa.

BD Insider, Letter 150: Over $400K spent on Starlink purchases in Nigeria

CcHub to invest $15 million into 72 African edtech startups. Meanwhile, Nigerians are gobbling up Starlink via Payday, Chipper and others.

How Fluidcoins acquisition will enable Nigerian-led crypto exchange Blockfinex

UAE-based crypto exchange, Blockfinex has acquired Fluidcoins Nigerian crypto payment gateway in an undisclosed deal.

CBN did not authorise banks to collect old ₦500 and ₦1000 notes

The Central Bank of Nigeria has debunked reports that it authorised commercial banks to start accepting the old ₦500 and ₦1000 notes.

Famasi secures pre-seed to build Africa’s digital pharmacy infrastructure

Nigerian healthtech, Famasi Africa has secured an undisclosed pre-seed in a round led by Microtraction, to build the pharmacy infrastructure for African digital healthcare.

Old ₦200 notes will be legal tender for 60 days — President Buhari

To ease the supply pressure on citizens, Nigeria's President Buhari has approved the use of old ₦200 notes as legal tender until April 10 2023..