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In 2 years, SafeBoda has recorded over 3 million rides in Nigeria. What’s next?

Since January 2020 when SafeBoda started operations in Nigeria, it has made with over 3 million rides made by over 10,000 riders and over 100,000 passengers.

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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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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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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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Flutterwave 3.0: New products, major rebrand as African fintech giant goes beyond payments

A few days after becoming Africa's most valuable startup, Flutterwave hosted a flagship event to unveil its major rebrand and also announce its prospect for the coming years.

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Meet Whipik: The Future of Storytelling

Whipik is doing for writers what YouTube, TikTok, and Spotify have done for video and music creators. Dubbed the future of storytelling, Whipik is helping writers capture their slice of the $104 billion Creator economy.

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Alternatives to Spotify and Apple Music: African music streaming platforms

Spotify is a pioneer in music streaming and is arguably the best-known service, Apple Music runs second to Spotify in terms of subscribers. However, there are African-focused music streaming platforms that you can explore.

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How Africhange is serving the remittance needs of African Canadians

Africhange enables anyone in Canada to send money to Nigeria, Ghana and Mexico at the best rates, without unnecessary fees.

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Succeeding in tech as a non-technical person: How these 20 pros did it

I asked 20 non-tech professionals how they broke into tech, their most interesting career highlights, and the challenges they face due to their non-technical background.

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Meet Nguvu Health — a startup building a mentally strong Africa by making therapy affordable and accessible

For as low as ₦3,000 you can get therapy sessions for a whole week at Nguvu Health.

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Books tech professionals should read in 2022

We curated books that tech professionals — engineers, marketers, entrepreneurs, designers — will find interesting.

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How African startups can apply for the Sandbox Metaverse Accelerator Program

The Sandbox Metaverse Accelerator Program will enable the development of the open metaverse by investing in 30 to 40 blockchain startups a year, up to $250,000 in each startup.

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