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Airtel Nigeria unveils Commercial Data Centre to support businesses

Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, on Tuesday April 12th in Lagos unveiled its state-of-the-art Tier 3 data centre for commercial use, declaring its mission to help provide perfect uptime and peerless security for servers it houses as well as cloud services for businesses and government establishments across the country. Awarded the high-end Tier 3 ANSI/TIA-942…
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Business Explorer

Nigeria’s equities market gains additional N383bn

Nigeria’s equities market closed further in the green zone on Thursday, May 5, rising by 1.42 percent or N383billion as investors maintained their bargain appetite for some value counters earlier seen trading below analysts target prices. The market reached a new high following significant gains in Guinness Nigeria, Nigerian Breweries, Conoil and others. The Nigerian Exchange Limited All-Share…
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StartupsVetted Brands

Lastmile Financials Ltd. launches PayMasta

Capitalizing on the importance of Workers’ Day on Monday, Lastmile Financials Limited, a Nigerian fintech, has officially launched PayMasta, a new product to cater to the needs of Nigerian employees, seeking to cut their wages ahead of payday. At the heart of PayMasta is…
Startups

Norebase Secured a $1 million Pre-Seed Funding

Norebase, a Nigerian-based tradetech company launched in 2021, has secured a $1 million pre-seed funding round to accelerate plans to build a plug-and-play company incorporation technology. According to the company, the funding will broaden its trademark registration technology stack, bolster its existing team of world-class talents and develop more research-led solutions. The Funding was co-led…
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Startups

$2.25bn Raised By African startups in first four months of 2022

A total of $2.25 billion was raised in funding activities by tech companies in Africa in the first four months of 2022, according to data from the Big Deal compiled by Max Cuvellier, Head of Mobile for Development, GSMA, and Maxime Bayen, Senior Venture Builder for BFA Global. The $2.25 billion represents 2.5 times the amount the startups raised by the end of April 2021, five times the amount…
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