The Fintech Unicorns Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria
Eric Osiakwan Celebrations are in order because Nigeria turned 61 on 1st October 2021. In the “KINGS of Africa’s Digital Economy”, I recognized Nigerians for their hustle and that hustle has to date produced four of the leading fintech unicorns in Africa namely, INTERSWITCH, FLUTTERWAVE, CHIPPER CASH and OPAY. You can make that five if […]
La Petite Damba Partners With The Trade Hub To Construct Guinea’s First Modern Fonio Processing Facility
Valued At Over $1.2M La Petite Damba was recently awarded a $258,000 co-investment grant by the USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub) to fulfill its objectives of scaling up and automating its fonio processing, as well as increasing its storage capacity in the rural Fouta Djallon region of Guinea. Founded in 2016 […]
Historic NFT Donation To Plant 837,000+ Trees
Woodies NFT Donates $217,000 Worth of ETH to Trees for the Future Regenerative agroforestry nonprofit Trees for the Future (TREES) received a historic non-fungible token (NFT) donation from artist collective Woodies NFT through cryptocurrency, totaling 73.824 ETH (Ethereum) or $217,000 (USD). The donation is one of the ten largest known charitable donations by an NFT project in history. “We’re ecstatic to be part of the growing world of cryptocurrency and NFTs and wholly recognize the exponential potential this tool has in […]
D’Banj Releases Phantastic New Album, ‘Stress Free’
D’Banj released his much-anticipated new album, “Stress Free”, on Friday, October 1 – a fresh, new body of work from the Afrobeats superstar. While embodying a successful career, “Stress Free” shows a polished artist who is not only experimenting but having fun, along with slick production values (featuring the spectacular skills of music producer Rexxie). […]
