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Johnstone Kpilaakaa

Johnstone is a journalist covering innovation and social responses in Africa. He is 2024 MTN Media Innovation Fellow at School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University in Nigeria. He was formerly a senior reporter at Condia.
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Inside Healthtracka’s efforts to provide prompt COVID-19 testing in Nigeria

In June 2021, Healthtracka started providing prompt COVID-19 testing for Nigerians to make up for the international travel requirement. How far has this gone?

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VALR secures a $50 million Series B fund to expand across Africa

South African crypto exchange VALR has raised a $50 million Series B fund in an equity funding round by Pantera Capital.

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Turaco partners with AXA Mansard for Nigerian expansion

East Africa's Turaco has announced its expansion to Nigeria through a corporate partnership with AXA Mansard

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From April 1st, Google will charge 7.5% VAT on ads in Nigeria

Google has announced that its Nigeria-based advertisers will be charged 7.5% value-added tax (VAT) on all ad placements from April 1, 2022.

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MTN Group invests in the metaverse, buys 144 plots of virtual land

MTN Group has bought 144 plots in Ubuntuland, a South African virtual land for an undisclosed sum.

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BD Insider: Binance’s crypto education, Egypt’s $50 million VC fund

BD Insider, Letter 102 covers Binance's crypto education in Nigerian universities, Egyptian $50 million venture capital fund for tech startups and Weaver Fintech's acquisition of PayJustNow

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One year after launch, Nigerian users generated 1.3 million playlists on Spotify

Since Spotify's launch in Nigeria, the average number of artists streamed per user has grown by 60%, and Nigerian music fans have created 1.3 million user-generated playlists.

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Startup Accelerators

Accelerators give startups the opportunity to test run their business model in a safe space so they can spot weaknesses and adjust things as they go along.

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AFEN partners with Plateau Smart Tourism to digitize tourism in Plateau state

AFEN Blockchain is partnering with Plateau Smart Tourism to virtualize tourism sites in Nigeria's "home of peace and tourism".

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Hausa readers can now understand the African tech ecosystem

To provide news and insights to Hausa readers as to what is going on in Africa’s tech ecosystem Munnir Abdulhamid, an android developer based in Northern Nigeria launched Tech Hausa, a tech news blog covering Africa in Hausa language.

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Voyance gets $500,000 pre-seed, launches two flagship products Manhattan DB and Sigma

The $500,000 pre-seed round was led by Beta.Ventures, an early-stage investment firm supporting leading tech entrepreneurs and tech-enabled startups in Nigeria.

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Canza Finance secures $3.27 million to empower underserved sub-Saharan Africa SMEs with financial services

Nigeria's Canza Finance has closed a $3.27 million seed round to empower underserved sub-Saharan Africa SMEs with financial services

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