Accenture Ventures joins Seed Round lead Susa Ventures, to invest in and expand Okra’s data infrastructure across Nigeria
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As the eBusinesslife International Girls in ICT Day holds tomorrow, Thursday, April 22, 2021, more corporate organisations have come to align with the campaign geared at sensitising young girls to take up career paths that are related to ICT. The event which is slated to hold at Oriental Hotel has attracted support from MTN Nigeria, Galaxy Backbone, VDT Communications, Inq Digital, SystemSpecs and Caleb Ayanwusi Foundation. Nigeria’s telecommunication regulatory body, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has earlier taken the lead as a partner to the event. Themed: “Expand Horizons, Change Attitudes: Breaking Gender Norms in Career Choices,” the event is…
Cyber Era NG, one of the leading ICT and Digital Economy publications, has wrapped up plans to partner Tradepass, a B2B Conferences and event organizers, on two potentially industry-disrupting virtual events for the African tech community namely BYTES ’21: LIVE – Africa and 3rd Edition CyFrica: LIVE. Confirming this development, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Cyber Era NG, (https://www.cyberera.com.ng) Clifford Agugoesi said his organization was tapped by Tradepass as Media Partners for the twin events taking into account its consistent qualitative and quantitative reportage of the ICT industry and the Digital Economy. Agugoesi said of this choice: “This is a clear…
The Nigerian lender would buy over 78% of BancABC Botswana for an undisclosed cash amount of about 1.13 times the book value plus a two-year deferred payment.
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated has announced the appointment of Akin Dada as the new Executive Director of Corporate and Investment Banking. Dada has over 30 years of banking experience in client coverage, strategic transaction initiation and advisory dialogues across various client segments, including the public sector, telecoms, FMCG and oil and gas. He has an MBA from the University of Warwick, UK, and a degree in political science from the University of Ibadan. He succeeds Amin Manekia, who retired from the group in 2020. Prior to joining Ecobank, he was the Managing Director for Citigroup Cameroon, where he worked for 26…
Truecaller has introduced a new identity solution for businesses to bolster safety and eliminate fraud. The enterprise solution dubbed Truecaller Business Identity allows businesses to verify their identities using a green verified business badge, accurately presenting the name, photo and logo of the organization. Truecaller says the new solution brings greater trust and efficiency in communication between businesses and clients as it gives confidence to consumers, knowing that the caller is a verified business by Truecaller. Apart from the green Caller ID and green Verified Business badge, a verified business on Truecaller gets a verified tick mark icon and can…
Oduwa Coin, the first indigenous Cryptocurrency designed to empower people of African descent has unveiled its latest blockchain optimization called IVIE. The developers of Oduwa Coin have come up with a new line of on-chain executions for its fungible currency after three years of network operations. The blockchain upgrade is an addition to the existing Altcoin source code. IVIE will enable network improvement, staking algorithm, removal of bugs, optimized wallet, and much more within the Oduwa network, powered by its native cryptocurrency known as Oduwa Coin. The official launch scheduled for rolling out the ODUWA network’s latest optimization (IVIE) will…
Seychelles-based Securities, Commodities and Derivatives Exchange (SECDEX), and KOINON, the global Digital Coin and Token-based payment platform have announced a collaboration to interlink mobile money and digital assets. The two will foster the intersection of African B2C and B2B payments and dynamic asset conversion between fiat currencies, cryptocurrencies and a broader range of digital assets. This initiative comes at a key time in the mobile payments industry growth as evidenced by Mastercard’s recent $100million investment in Africa’s Airtel which focuses on mobile payments and financial inclusion. This latest partnership combines KOINON’s cryptocurrency digital payment coins (KOIN) and Stablecoins, plus their…
Ericsson has announced plans to create an Automation Hub in Nigeria to support operators for improved consumer experience. Ericsson Automation Hub is an open innovation platform, inspired by lean startup methodology in which the Ericsson team works in close dialogue with customers, users and partners to showcase and reach the high potential that network automation allows in configuration, provisioning, assurance and orchestration of network services. The Hub will enable service providers to gain the ability in their environments to govern, manage and orchestrate hybrid networks holistically and in real-time and as a result, offer an enhanced consumer experience. DigitalTimesNG understands…
Forter, an e-commerce fraud prevention company, has announced a partnership with Flutterwave, one of Africa’s leading payments technology companies. The first of its kind in Africa, the partnership will enable merchants to accurately identify legitimate buyers from fraudsters, resulting in increased transaction approvals and reduced friction in the purchasing experience, all without the fear of fraud. Flutterwave is Africa’s largest payment service provider, servicing more than 290,000 businesses and processing over 140 million transactions worth over $9 billion worldwide since inception,. The partnership with Forter provides merchants with the confidence to accept more transactions and online shoppers with the flexibility…