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VerifyMe Launches Instant Vehicle License Verification Service in Nigeria

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.
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Start your Product Marketing Career with Alt School Africa

The tech space has come a long way from being an industry many believed was closed off and reserved for only a few programmers with genius-level IQs and god-like statuses. Over the years, we’ve seen the tech space become even more decentralised. More people continue to…
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Internet subscriber growth fail to lift 9Mobile

While MTN, Globacom, and Airtel saw a significant increase in the number of internet subscribers added in Q1 2022, 9Mobile continues to lose internet subscribers despite the increase recorded in internet subscription rate from 143.2 million in January to 145.2 million in March 2022, data from the Nigerian Communications Commission shows. In the period under review, 9Mobile lost about 100,000…
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Nigerian startup, Topship secures $2.5 million

Nigerian logistics startup Topship has raised a US$2.5 million funding round as it continues to build the “Flexport for Africa”. Launched in June 2020, Topship allows African businesses to export and import cargo, freight and parcels to their suppliers, distributors…
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Spain fines Google 10 million euros

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has imposed a penalty of ten million euros on Google for transferring data to third parties without a legal base to do so and for hindering citizens’ right to erasure. According to the Agency, these contravene Articles 6 and 17 of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). AEPD said it found out that Google had passed information that could…
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ELECTRONIC ARTS SPORTS TO STOP MAKING FIFA VIDEO GAME

Popular video games publisher Electronic Arts says it is going to stop making Fifa branded football titles. It is one of the most profitable brands in gaming history, but the cost of the licence was one reason why the decision was made to ditch the partnership. EA will…
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Google unveils first smartwatch, new phones, virtual cards and more

Google on Wednesday and Thursday held its annual developer conference where it revealed an expanded line of new products and services. At its first in-person developer conference in 3 years, the tech giant announced 3 new smartphones and its first in-house smartwatch as well as plans to release a new tablet next year. Google also announced updates to several of its most popular tools including…
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