Oluwadamilare Akinpelu is a lover of the Tech World. He is a calm person and also a protean writer.
Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has secured sub-licensed media rights to broadcast a live English Premier League match per week on free to air television for the 2019/2022 rights cycle. Leading sports marketing company, Integral Sponsorship and Experiential Marketing Limited is ...
For its 4th cohort, edtech incubator, Injini has selected 6 African startups for its accelerator programme. Of the selected startups, Nigerian edtech startup, 1 Million Teachers, made the cut. A 3 phased four-month programme, Injini Accelerator provides funding as well as ...
Recently, the Lagos state government placed a ban on commercial motorcycles and tricycles (ride-hailing startups inclusive) in some areas of the state. The immediate effect of this is an inadequacy in transportation services around the state. As such, ...
It’s 2 days to Valentine. That period of the year when lovers are preparing to spend a romantic evening together with lots of fun and eatables in between. Generally many people see Valentine’s Day as the perfect day to do something ...
Samsung Unpacked held yesterday and as usual, the smartphone giants gave its other competitors new flagship devices to compete with for the year. The smartphone maker unveiled 5 devices – including three versions of its new flagship device, the ...
Almost every Nigerian who has had an experience dealing with Nigerian banks in Nigeria can relate to one thing – the customer is not always king. You ...
Beyond pivoting to deliveries, Gokada has revealed its renewed interest in their water transport business, GBoat. Speaking with Technext, the startup’s CEO, Fahim Saleh, acknowledges that this is the perfect timing to ‘test’ the service as it wants to launch ...
Recently, we reported that bike-hailing startup, Gokada had fired up to 70% of its staff. The decision to sack about 7,000 of its workers came just 2 days after a ban on motorcycle and tricycles was implemented by ...
It’s beautiful Monday morning ushering in an interesting week of events in the African tech space. And for you, our esteemed readers, we at TechNext have compiled a list of the key events coming up between February 10 – 15, 2020. International Day of ...
Barely a week after the implementation of the ban/restriction on commercial motorcycles, including bike-hailing startups, Lagos state has began to clampdown on taxi-hailing companies while implementing laws for commercial drivers. Drivers of the various ride-hailing platforms are currently being ...
