SeamlessHR Secures $9M Series-A Extension to Drive African Expansion
SeamlessHR, a leading Nigerian HR tech company, has successfully raised a $9 million Series-A extension round, according to sources familiar...
Nigerian Cloud Providers Unfazed by AWS’s Naira Payment Move
Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently announced it would accept naira payments, stirring Nigeria’s cloud market. However, local providers like Okra...
Nigeria Immigration Service Temporarily Shuts Passport Portal for System Upgrade
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced a temporary shutdown of its passport portal for domestic applicants as part of...
Trump Pushes for 50% U.S. Ownership of TikTok
President-elect Donald Trump has announced his intention for TikTok, the Chinese-owned short-form video app, to be at least 50% owned...
Waza Launches Lync for Multi-Currency Business Banking
Waza, a YCombinator-backed B2B payments company, has launched Lync, a banking product for managing multi-currency accounts and international payments. The...
TikTok Goes Dark in the U.S. Ahead of Ban, Disappearing from App Stores
TikTok stopped working in the U.S. late Saturday, disappearing from Apple and Google app stores. This comes ahead of a...
Is This the End for TikTok in the US?
The Supreme Court has upheld a controversial law mandating TikTok's China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell its American operations by...
AWS Now Accepts Naira Payments, Shaking Up Local Cloud Players
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced it will now accept payments in Naira. This move is expected to significantly reduce...
Trump Considering Delaying TikTok Ban To Save It
President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly planning to delay the impending ban on TikTok, creating a window of 2 to 3...
Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, launches first rocket
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin achieved its first orbital flight of its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket early Thursday as it seeks...
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