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Over $300 million stolen by hackers as 4 Crypto firms suffer major attacks

In the space of just about a month and a few days, four major cryptocurrency firms have been attacked and over $300 million lost as hackers succeeded in gaining access to thousands of crypto wallets. With the crypto industry already unsettled with the complaints of un-stabilized prices, the recent commotion has displaced over 10,000 traders who trade under four different firms. For Harmony…
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Technology

Valley Top Launched A Social Networking Platform 'Valutok' to enrich its users financially

The founder and chief executive officer of Valley top Communications Limited Mr. Andrew Odoe has launched a social networking platform, Valutok to enrich its users financially for their daily activities on the platform. Odoe spoke on his drive towards the initiative, linking it to the pandemic era and the financial struggles that people were faced with despite their social media usage while…
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MSME survival fund records over 1,258,183 beneficiaries in two years

The Project Coordinator, MSME Survival Fund and Guaranteed Offtake Scheme, Tola Adekunle, has stated that over 1,258,183 beneficiaries have benefitted from the Federal Government’s Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) survival fund. Indeed, the MSME fund launched by the Buhari-led administration in 2020 was to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic especially on vulnerable MSMEs and…
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Banking

Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) Earn N125.39b in 2021

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has said that Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) generated total earnings of N125.39 billion in the financial year ended 31 December 2021. The total earnings of the PFAs indicate a 14.33 per cent increase, when compared with total…
FintechTechnology

Oui Capital launches a second fund of $30 million called the 'Oui Capital Mentors Fund II'

In July 2021, Nigerian fintech startup, TeamApt, announced its Series B round with participation from Global Ventures, Oui Capital, Kepple Africa Ventures, Gbenga Oyebode, and a few other angel investors and VCs. Today, one of the investors in that round – Oui Capital – is announcing the launch of its $30 million fund called the Oui Capital Mentors Fund II. The fund has a mix of local and…
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