Over the weekend, when I needed to fix my generator pull cord, YouTube came to the rescue. Elated, I proceeded to share my experience on Twitter. What started as appreciation for the gold mine that is YouTube soon grew into commentary on the African tech ecosystem. Me: YouTube is a global treasure! My generator cord cut & I […]
If anyone embodies the aspirations of women in tech, it would be Titi Akinsanmi because she’s been there, done that, gotten the video and the T-shirt. Influence is subjective, but the consensus is that an influencer can shape how people act by causing them to change their convictions on a subject. Akinsanmi does this excellently in her […]
Before fintech took over, eCommerce was the darling of the Nigerian tech ecosystem. The ecosystem bloomed a little over a decade ago — expectedly so since eCommerce was huge globally — with mostly startups that had online shopping ideas occupying the space. With the likes of DealDey, Efritin.com, Gloo.ng, and Konga shutting down, getting acquired, […]
Africa-focused eCommerce company, Jumia, is looking to raise millions of dollars from investors by selling 9 million American depositary shares (ADS) and 18 million ordinary shares. The company made this filing on March 18, 2021. ADSs are stocks offered by non-US companies, available to be purchased by US investors. Secondary sales like this are usually […]
These days I rarely spend time on Twitter. However, a long thread by one Bayo Adeyinka on the bird app caught my attention recently; it began with: “Your Career Is Not Just About Your Hard Skills…Soft Skills Do Matter. The higher you progress in your career, the more you understand that your career is not […]
US-based payments company, Visa, has announced that users can now settle transactions with USDC, an Ethereum based stablecoin backed by the US dollar. Visa is partnering with Crypto.com, one of the world’s largest crypto platforms, to pilot this feature, and will extend it to other partners later in the year. Visa’s plan has been in the works […]
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