David Afolayan
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David is a tech Writer and Digital communications strategist. He is a keen observer of topical developments in the global tech space.
He follows the news, gets the details, reads between the lines and points out what is evident but not obvious.
David has about 9 years of cognate experience in branding, digital communications, content strategy and tech journalism. He has offered communications consulting services to key industry leaders and corporate organisations in the technology, banking and support services sector.
He has a Master’s Degree in the English Language from the University of Lagos.
David Afolayan is the Co-founder and Content Chief at Technext.
Undersea cable cuts: voice, data services restored by 90%- NCC
According to the NCC, all operators who were impacted by the cuts have taken recovery capacity from submarine cables which were not impacted by the cuts...
NIN-SIM linkage: NIMC, NCC collaborate to smoothen process for Nigerians
Nigeria’s identity management agent, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and its counterpart telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications…
Nigerian blockchain company, Zone raises $8.5m in oversubscribed seed funding round
The raise marks a pivotal moment for Zone as the company continues to build a Blockchain-based decentralized payment infrastructure for financial services providers...
Identity verification startup, Youverify raises $2.5m pre-series A
This brings the total funds raised by the identity verification startup to $5 million...
A US Federal agent and a Kenyan executive: Families reveal the identity of detained Binance executives in Nigeria
According to a statement by a representative of the families of the detained Binance executives, their names are Tigran Gambaryan, a former crypto-focused US federal agent, and Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan...
Health tech company, MDaaS Global raises $3m to expand service across Nigeria with BeaconOS
This round of financing brings MDaaS Global’s total investment to $6.8 million...
Poor network quality: MTN Nigeria blames fibre cuts, apologises to users
Leading Nigerian telco company, MTN Nigeria has blamed fibre cuts for the recent difficulty in making calls and…
d.light, Chapel Hill Denham announce $7.4m fund for off-grid solar expansion in Nigeria
Global transformational household products and affordable finance for low-income households provider, d.light has announced the closing of a…
PiggyVest hosts ecosystem leaders’ roundtable on the Nigerian financial landscape
One of the important conversation points was debt and the proliferation of loan apps. According to the report, almost 4 in 10 Nigerians are in debt...
Selar announces N100,000 tuition support for 50 final-year Nigerian students
Africa’s largest creator platform, Selar has announced the launch of its school tuition support project tagged ‘Selar Tuition…