F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Tackle infrastructure, skills challenges to boost tech sector, say Nigerian experts
Nigeria must overcome its infrastructure challenges and shortage of skills if it is to help the country’s nascent tech scene to grow, say analysts…
Jumia Nigeria’s former MD secures $850k funding from Interswitch for new venture
Pan-African integrated payment, processing and transaction switching company, Interswitch, has announced it has made an initial investment of US$850 000 in Africa Courier Express…
A tale of two online shopping giants: Konga & Jumia put to the test
They both claim to be the largest ecommerce platform in Nigeria and Africa — even though they won’t make their sales figures publicly available…
Jumia partners with First Bank of Nigeria so shoppers can pay in installments
“Those days of saving up all you had only to buy one single product are over,” Jumia boasts. Nigerian ecommerce has always had a…
