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Afropolitan Funded By Eche Emole and Chika Uwazie Raised $2.1 million pre-seed

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June 22, 2022
Afropolitan, a community-as-a-service company for the African diaspora, has raised $2.1 million in pre-seed. VCs who participated include Hashed, Atlantica Ventures, Microtraction, Cultur3 Capital, and other unnamed investors. The round also saw some angel investors, including Balaji Srinivasan, Elizabeth Yin of Hustle Fund, Shola Akinlade of Paystack, Ian Lee of SyndicateDAO, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji…
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Meet Vault Hill’s New Head of Gaming, Tayo Kalejaiye

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June 16, 2022
Leading Creative Director, Tayo Kalejaiye, has joined the outstanding team building the world’s 1st human-centric metaverse – Vault Hill City (VHC). As the Head of Gaming. Tayo brings a wealth of experience in gaming, NFT, and augmented reality that will upscale the game development in VHC. With over 15 years’ experience spanning across Graphic Design, Film Production, Game Development and…
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Chipper Cash and Esusu make Forbes Fintech 50 list of 2022

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June 13, 2022
American business magazine, Forbes, has included two African-owned startups, Chipper Cash and Esusu, among 2022 Edition or Forbes Fintech 50. The latest Forbes Fintech 50 winners were confirmed on the Forbes official website on Wednesday. Ham Serunjogi and Maijid Moujaled. Ripples Nigeria gathered that Chipper Cash was founded by two Africans, Uganda’s Ham Serunjogi and Ghana’s Maijid…
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Jumia Launch e-Doctor Service On JumiaPay App

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June 13, 2022
Jumia, the leading pan-African e-commerce platform, today announced the launch of e-doctor, a telemedicine service which aims at providing quality, affordable and digital real-time healthcare consultations in Nigeria. Consumers will have access to a licensed doctor through…
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NITDA Moves To Buy Nigerian Tech Startups 

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June 13, 2022
The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and its agencies like NITDA will work closely with Nigerian startups to ensure the procurement of technology solutions without going through unnecessary bureaucratic processes, an official said. Upon approval by the…
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Four things To Learn From MTN and Meta’s ICT and Business Skills Training

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June 10, 2022
The final session of MTN Foundation’s ICT and Business Skills training was held on Friday, May 20, 2022, in partnership with Meta. The training was led by Chikwenze Raphael and Timothy Ukaegbu from the Small Business team at Meta, and here are four things we learnt: Importance of having an online presence: As entrepreneurs in a digital age, it is important to have an online presence. Having an…
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