Netflix Increases Prices as Revenue and Subscribers Surge
Netflix is set to raise subscription prices in Argentina, Canada, Portugal, and the United States. In a letter to investors,...
Piggyvest Pays ₦835B in 2024, Total Payout Reaches ₦2 Trillion
Piggyvest, one of Nigeria's top savings platform, reported paying out ₦835 billion to its customers in 2024. The company now...
Meta Removes LGBTQ+ Themes from Messenger
Meta has quietly removed the "trans" and "nonbinary" themes from its Messenger app. This is coming just as the company...
Globacom CEO Ahmad Farroukh Resigns After One Month Amid Internal Challenges
According to multiple sources, Ahmad Farroukh, appointed CEO of Nigerian telecom giant Globacom, has resigned after only one month in...
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...
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