Uber’s booming business in Lagos, Nigeria, has hit a major speed bump. The local government has begun cracking down on Uber drivers, requiring them to pay huge sums to register for special taxi licenses. Drivers of the ride-hailing app in … read more
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to Nigeria, his first to sub-Saharan Africa, has put the country’s tech businesses firmly in the world’s spotlight. Zuckerberg staged a surprise visit to the country’s economic capital Lagos on Tuesday and his first stop … read more
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg met with entrepreneurs and software developers in Nigeria during his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa. Zuckerberg is “learning about the startup ecosystem in Nigeria,” Africa’s most populous country, he said Tuesday in a … read more
According to TechLoy, Facebook is partnering Coollink, a Lagos based Internet Service Provider (ISP), to launch Express WiFi in Lagos. Express WiFi is a Facebook initiative to bring Internet connectivity to undeserved locations around the world. It does this through … read more
A new smartphone app aims to keep Nigerians one step ahead of flooding during the annual rainy season. The “WetIn app” is free to download for Android phones and gives users in three flood-prone Nigerian states advanced notice when an … read more
Many undergraduates in Nigerian universities dabble in internet fraud. Nicknamed “yahoo-yahoo” after the international web portal and search engine, this perfidy has become a way of life for the young con-artists. Many of these fraudsters – dubbed “yahoo-boys” – have … read more
Don’t know your Poké Stop from your Gym? Confused about the difference between Incense and Lure Modules? Well worry no more, Pokémon beginner, we’ll have you up to speed in no time with our guide to the basic information you … read more
It’s safe to say Nintendo’s hit mobile game Pokemon Go is more suited for playing in the clean, well-lit streets of San Francisco or the impeccably-maintained parks of New York. Anarchic Lagos on the other hand, with its seemingly suicidal … read more
Nigeria’s telecoms regulator has directed phone networks to give subscribers the option of activating a ‘do not disturb’ (DND) feature to prevent being spammed by promotional texts. Networks have to provide a code “to allow any subscriber who does not … read more
Nigerian is ranked third in mobile online shopping worldwide, a report by Paypal has said. PayPal is the most popular way Nigerians pay for cross-border online purchases and 55 percent of Nigerian cross-border shoppers have used the platform for purchases … read more