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Daily Archives: October 17, 2018

Open collaboration meets professionalism: A tour of Credit Direct’s new office space

Credit Direct Limited is a micro-basic lending organisation under the FCMB Group. Check out this pictorial tour of their new headquarters. Techpoint.Africa [...]

October 17, 2018 Technology Business & StartUps

Depuis Cotonou, les startups nouvelle génération d’EtriLabs se développent pour le reste du monde

Situé dans la banlieue de Cotonou, à l’intérieur d’un magnifique duplex blanc avec une vue donnant sur la piste de l’aéroport de Cadjéhoun, EtriLabs est un accélérateur à l’avant-garde du décollage silencieux de la révolution technologique du Bénin Techpoint.Africa [...]

October 17, 2018 Technology Business & StartUps

Out of Cotonou, EtriLabs’ new generation startups are building for the world

Located in the suburb of Cotonou, inside a magnificent white duplex overlooking Cadjehoun Airport’s runway, is EtriLabs, one accelerator at the forefront of the silent uprising of Benin’s technology revolution. Techpoint.Africa [...]

October 17, 2018 Technology Business & StartUps

Attend Google DevFest near you

Attend a DevFest near you — DevFests are community-led, developer events hosted by GDG (Google Developers Community Groups)  chapters around the globe focused on community building and learning about Google’s technologies Techpoint.Africa [...]

October 17, 2018 Technology Business & StartUps

#Gandujegate: Police ban students from protest against Kano governor

The police in Kano have banned the Kano chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) from embarking on a rally to call for the resignation of the governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, over an alleged $5 million bribe. Mr Ganduje [...]

October 17, 2018 Government and politics

Obi is okay but South-East leaders were not consulted, Umahi insists

Chairman, South-East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi, yesterday said the zone was not against the choice of former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, as running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) standard-bearer, [...]

October 17, 2018 Government and politics

Bus veers off bridge, plunges into river

A fully loaded 14-seater bus skidded off a bridge into a nearby river along Okogbe-Mbiama axis on East-West Road, Ahoada West Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that three hours after the bus swung into the flooded [...]

October 17, 2018 Incidents

Report: Nigerian startups raised $35.5 million in Q3 2018, 52% less than Q2

The third instalment of the quarterly report of funding in the Nigerian Internet space sees companies raising at total of $ 35.5 million, which is less than what we saw in the second quarter. Techpoint.Africa [...]

October 17, 2018 Technology Business & StartUps

Senate in rowdy session over alleged $3.8b subsidy funds

The sitting of the Senate was yesterday uproarious following a resolution to probe operation of an alleged $3.8 billion Fuel Subsidy Under-recovering Fund by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The key players in the rowdy session were Majority Leader, [...]

October 17, 2018 Government and politics

EFCC detains Fayose as Fayemi threatens probe

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose. “I can confirm to you that he has been detained. We entered the EFCC with him but we were asked to go later. But up till [...]

October 17, 2018 Government and politics