Author: Akin Naphtal

ING. Digital Nigeria Limited, the leading-Edge solutions provider, with innovative business-relevant services in Edge AI and IoT, SDN/SFV for Edge Cloud, Secure Access Services Edge and Elastic Edge in Nigeria, has carted home two awards “Enterprise Solutions Provider of the Year” and “Digital Services Provider of the year“ at the just concluded Tech Innovation Awards (TIA) 6th edition. The award, formerly referred to as Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards (NTITA)has been acknowledged as the foremost and most celebrated award in the Tech industry, it recognizes individual and organizations at the forefront of digitization with innovative products and services in…

Huawei a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure has won two major awards at the 6th edition of annual Tech Innovation Awards formerly called Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards (NTITA), widely known as Nigeria’s ICT Oscars Awards Out of a longlist of several hundreds of companies, Nigeria Tech Innovation Awards (TIA) juries selected Huawei for ‘Excellence in 5G Technological Innovations’ award. The award was conferred on the Company as a reflection of Africa’s tech ecosystem’s high recognition of Huawei’s continuous efforts to enhance the possibilities of mobile and digital technology. The jury not only praised…

MTN Nigeria has pledged its commitment to accelerating Africa’s digital economy through various digitalization strategies, including the mPulse Spelling Bee Competition which is open to primary and secondary school students between the ages of 9 -15 years. The mPulse Spelling Bee Competition is Nigeria’s first digital spelling bee competition, and it has operated a digital model since its launch as part of the company’s effort to promote education and digital literacy among the younger population. During the competition, participants are logged into the MTN mPulse website where they virtually familiarize themselves with facilitators and fellow participants and take rounds to…

Cameroonian startup Mungenow has launched a guesthouse-booking platform aimed at helping travellers to and across Cameroon’s major cities – and eventually the rest of Africa – to find verified and affordable places to stay, no matter their budget. Live now with listings from Buea, Limbe, Douala, Yaounde and Kribi, Mungenow aims to connect travellers with affordable and reliable accommodation, and allows them to use a variety of payment options. A key – yet possibly not scalable – feature is that the startup claims to verify all these guesthouses itself in order to guarantee quality. Co-founder and CTO George Enow said…

Kenyan startup Turaco, an insurtech platform driving mass market insurance adoption, has announced the close of a US$10 million Series A equity funding round to help it double down on expansion via strategic partnerships. Founded in 2019, Turaco is a distributor, broker, and key customer interface between the underwriter and the end consumer. Its B2B and B2B2C business model sees it form partnerships with top tech-enabled companies with a large pool of customers or staff in emerging markets, including some of the continent’s most trusted brands such as Sun King, One Acre Fund, Tugende, M-KOPA and VisionFund. Through its active…

Nigerian startup SafeSenda has launched an application that simplifies the management, exchange, conversion, spend and settlement of cryptocurrency into naira bank accounts. Launched by Nkechi Iyke-Ukaegbu and Ikechukwu Ukaegbu earlier this year, the SafeSenda app simplifies the process of managing and converting crypto assets via an easy-to-use interface. Ukaegbu said the startup had been inspired by the lack of a safe and simple process for crypto-to-naira exchange and settlement to local bank accounts in Nigeria. “Due to a hostile regulatory environment in Nigeria, most of the transactions in the surging crypto trading and exchange market are done via P2P platforms.…

InstinctWave, an ISO-certified Africa’s premium B2B event management specialist is proud to announce the participation of one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world, HIS Towers as a silver sponsor of the 7th Africa Digital Economy Summit and Awards (ADESA), which will take place on Friday, 21st October 2022 in Accra, Ghana. Representing one of the world’s largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the Africa value chain, IHS Towers as a Silver sponsor of this year’s event will be critical in driving discussions around the role of…

Leading information, communication and technology publication, TechBerg is set to unveil the Top 25 Tech Personalities who are at the forefront of digitalization in Nigeria at the sixth Tech Innovation Awards (TIA) on Saturday, September 17th in Lagos. The Tech Innovation Award (TIA) is an annual award powered by InstinctWave, publishers of Techberg magazine in partnership with the Africa Digital Economy Forum (ADEF) to celebrate excellent and innovative individuals and companies who are championing the digitization of the Nigerian economy with innovative products and services while also keeping the technology industry attractive. The Tech Innovations Awards will host innovative tech…

Nigerian blockchain payments startup Bitmama has closed out its US$2 million pre-seed funding round, which it will use to expand its operations. Launched in 2019, Bitmama provides a secured blockchain infrastructure that allows users across Africa to transact Bitcoin, Ethereum, Celo and other cryptocurrencies. Simultaneously, its payment solution Changera enables cross-border payment and remittance for businesses and individuals in Africa and globally. The startup, which currently operates in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya, closed a US$350,000 pre-seed funding round in October of last year, and has now raised an additional US$1.65 million to bring its total round size to US$2 million.…

Safaricom has expanded its network coverage in Ethiopia, with a recent large-scale customer pilot in Bahir Dar and Adama cities. The two cities are the fourth and fifth the telco is carrying out a pilot test in after Dire Dawa, Harar and recently in Haramaya in Oromia region. The customer pilots in Bahir Dar and Adama cities is part of Safaricom’s city-by-city regional network roll-out as it intends to switch its network and services in 25 cities in Ethiopia by April 2023 even as it gears toward the national launch in October. Safaricom Ethiopia intends to achieve this by working…