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“I support the Government’s decision…”, says Bolt Driver in Lagos State

Lagos state is set to enforce new regulations on ride-hailing companies like Bolt and Uber.

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Carbon reports ₦112.6 million PAT and 2.2 million active customers

Carbon reported a profit after tax of ₦112.6 million in its 2019 financial result. Carbon also revealed that it has 2,272,997 active customers.

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Keepwork WFH-300 product review by Benjamin Dada

Benjamin Dada's review of Keepwork WFH-300. Keepwork is a power bank that has the capacity to charge laptops and phones multiple times before dying.

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All you need to know about Uber’s digital wallet, Uber Cash, launch in Africa

How you can make money from cryptocurrencies, and how to avoid getting scammed. For the purpose of this article, I focus on Bitcoin.

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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

These are the top 10 most innovative companies in Africa: Twiga, mPedigree, Copia, Piggyvest, MPost, Tizeti, Tongoro, Lumkani, Kobo360, and 54gene.

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Favour Ori sells his educational resource app for ₦22 million

The College Situation App is a platform that connects students—mostly Nigerians and Africans—with schools, scholarships, and fellowship programmes in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries abroad.

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Google’s first Africa Developer Space launched in Lagos is free for all

The Google Developer Space would serve as a hub for Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa and can be used by members of the Africa tech community, free of charge.

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Gbenro Dara, former Cheki boss, joins Opera as Managing Director of OList

Gbenro Dara has joined Opera as the Managing Director of OList, the online marketplace and classified ads business of Opera in Nigeria.

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PayJoy partners Transsion, others to provide instalment payment plans for smartphones

PayJoy—a consumer and smartphone financing startup—has signed an agreement with Transsion Holdings and three other original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to enable instalment payment for their devices.

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Kayode Adegbola ends six months stint at Gokada to start Golborne Road Advisory

Kayode Adegbola, the director of government and regulatory affairs at Gokada, has ended his six months stint with the bike-hailing startup to start his venture, Golborne Road Advisory.

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Meet the six Nigerian women selected for the US 2019 TechWomen Programme

The 2019 TechWomen programme, which will run for five weeks, has six Nigerians alongside 100 emerging leaders, converge in the San Francisco Bay Area.