The effect of Open Banking on Banks digital solutions
On Friday, 12th January 2018, the United Bank for Africa (UBA) announced Leo their chatBot which leverages Facebook’s…
Meet Twinder – a Tinder-like bot on Twitter by 4 Nigerians
Update, 14th January, 2018: The section “A case for Twinder” has been significantly improved with more analysis Twinder is…
A look at how Mark Essien built Hotels.ng from zero to ~$10million
First, you build an online business, offline – Following the launch of their international hotels’ booking site, hotel.africa…
Google and Amazon are feuding and this is how it affects you
Amazon and Google, two of the world’s largest public companies (judging by market capitalisation – both above the…
App Review: First impressions of the ALAT 2.0 + GIVEAWAY!
In May 2017, we wrote about the entrance of a new bank (mobile and web) which some have…
Start-up Europe comes to Africa supported by the European Commission
Start-up Europe will be coming to Africa (SEC2A) this October. Startup Europe is an initiative of the European Commission,…
5 ‘hidden’ things Google Search does incredibly well
Google for Nigeria brought with it several announcements/awareness and improvements to Google’s core consumer products in Nigeria most…
Microsoft Philanthropies fulfills $1 billion commitment to non-profits, promises to engage startups and incubators for next wave
Microsoft Philanthropies has fulfilled its three-year commitment to donate $1 billion in cloud computing resources to help non-profit…
Ride-sharing startup, GoMyWay is shutting down all operations by the end of October 2017
Nigerian ride-sharing service launched mid-2015, GoMyWay (which is simply a compound word derived from Go, My and Way)…
Why Twitter is increasing tweets from 140 characters to 280
Yes, Twitter is increasing tweet capacity to make them 280-characters long (effectively two times the 140-characters we are…