Uber today announced a significant milestone — it has completed 1 billion rides across all its markets in Africa. This feat translates to over 10 billion kilometres in terms of distance covered, according to the company.
This milestone for Uber is coming nearly a decade after the mobility tech company set up shop on the continent in Johannesburg, South Africa. It has since established a presence…
Viral Coffin Dance Meme Sold As NFT For Over $1m
May 31, 2022
Benjamin Aidoo has sold his viral coffin dance as NFT for over $1 million approximately (GHC 7.45m).
Ghana’s Dancing Pallbearers have sold their Coffin Dance meme for over $1 million on NFT.
The NFT was acquired by Dubai-based recording agency, 3F Music.
Leader, Benjamin…
With operations spread across Nigeria, Senegal and Ivory Coast, BetaStore, a tech-enabled B2B retail startup, has closed a $2.5 million pre-series A funding round.
The fund will enable BetaStore’s expansion into Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon by the…
Leading digital identity and consumer analytics technology company, VerifyMe Nigeria, has launched a digital plate number verification service that verifies motor vehicle and motor owner data instantly via plate numbers.
With products such as license plate verification, VerifyMe continues to bring relevant products to market to help power growth in the fintech, insurance, and services industries.
Purit unveiled Nollywood Actress and Producer, Toyin Abraham Ajeyemi as Brand Ambassador.
May 28, 2022
In light of celebrating 30 years of protecting generations, Purit welcomed and unveiled their latest Purit Mum, Nollywood actress and producer, Toyin Abraham Ajeyemi to the Purit family.
Speaking during the press conference, Managing Director, Saro LifeCare, Gbemileke…
Juliet Ehimuan is a Nigerian technology expert and entrepreneur who currently serves as Director, @google West Africa . She was named by Forbes as one of the top 20 power women in Africa, by the London Business School as one of 30 people changing the world; and featured in…
TechPreneur: Get To Know Funke Opeke Of MainOne
May 27, 2022
Funke Opeke is the CEO of the MainOne Cable Company. After a twenty-year career in the United States, where she was the Executive Director at Verizon Communications Wholesale Division. She moved to Nigeria to work as the Chief Technical Officer at MTN Nigeria Communications (MTN). She also advised Transcorp on the acquisition of NITEL (Nigerian Telecommunications Limited) and briefly served as the…
TechPreneur: Get To Know Oluchi Enebeli Of Crevatal
May 27, 2022
Oluchi Enebeli is Nigeria’s 1st female Blockchain Engineer, she has a background in building scalable blockchain services to enhance crypto interactions across products as well as developing smart contracts with varying business logic.
She is quite fascinated by the…
Business Man EMMANUEL UMOH Acquires A Lexus SUV
May 27, 2022
Business man EMMANUEL acquires a Lexus SUV that he posted up on his IG page with the music “Elevate by Drake” and caption “…25 got me feeling like 🤭”
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Why Cryptocurrency’s bruising comedown matters
May 27, 2022
BITCOIN offices in Istanbul, Turkey seen on May 11, 2022. . Parallel to the global stock market, which has been stretched by the Fed’s 50 basis point policy rate hike, he sold $1 billion in cryptocurrencies to keep the stable coin TerraUSD (UST) at $1. UST, which rose to $ 0.95 yesterday, fell again to $ 0.36 today. The daily loss of LUNA, the cryptocurrency of the Terra network, reached 97…