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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...
Nigerian blockchain association releases self-regulatory guideline for crypto exchanges amid Binance row
This is coming in the wake of a standoff between the federal government of Nigeria and crypto exchanges suspected of manipulating the foreign exchange market
Court orders Binance to share transaction details, names of Nigerian users with the EFCC
A Nigerian high court sitting in the country’s capital, Abuja has ordered the popular crypto trading platform, Binance…
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...
Damaged undersea cable: NIMC denies data breach as Ghana’s NCA says repairs could take 5 weeks
Authorities in Ghana said that fixing the damaged undersea cable would take at least 5 weeks
Heirs Holdings launches tech subsidiary, appoints Obong Idiong as CEO
Heirs Holdings has announced the launch of a new subsidiary, Heirs Technologies Limited. According to a statement, the new…
BIC brings African talents to life at a first-of-its-kind metaverse gallery in the region
Throughout the year, the gallery will showcase artwork of artists from the region including Southern, Eastern, and West Africa...
Ride-hailing platform, inDrive raises $150m from General Catalyst to fuel growth and innovation
Ride-hailing app, inDrive has raised $150 million in a financing extension round. This is coming a little more…
Identity verification startup, Youverify raises $2.5m pre-series A
This brings the total funds raised by the identity verification startup to $5 million...