Gitex Africa: Start-ups carving their way
Africa’s largest tech fair and start up show ended on Friday (May 31). Some 1,500 exhibitors, companies, entrepreneurs, innovators, and startups from over 130 countries were set attended. The event’s second edition was being held in Marrakech. Moroccan start-up Yola…
12-year-old wins $50,000 US spelling bee prize
Mastering words such as “cricetine” and “indumentum”, 12-year-old Bruhat Soma clinched victory Thursday in the United States spelling bee. The seventh-grade student from St. Petersburg, Florida, beamed as colorful confetti rained down after he won the tiebreaker. “Bruhat Soma from…
SA Election Results Portal Down During Vote Count
SA Election Results Portal Down During Vote Count The website of South Africa’s electoral commission site went down amid the counting of votes on Friday morning. According to Reuters, the glitch caused the results page from this week’s parliamentary election…
US varsity honours Nigerian PhD student, Saidat Balogun
Southern Illinois University (SIU) in the United States has awarded the 2024 Distinguished Student Award to Nigerian Saidat Rasaq Balogun. Saidat, a doctoral student at SIU, was honoured alongside seven other students from the university’s campuses in Carbondale, Edwardsville, and…
Top 5 most expensive football stadiums in the world
Football is the most popular sport in the world with 4 billion fans globally, and has evolved to be business ventures with state-of-the-art stadiums. In this piece, we will examine a few of the most expensive football stadiums ever built…
Aba Power adjusts tariff
Almost two months after the other 11 electricity distribution firms in Nigeria increased their tariff for Band A customers due to the prevailing economic situation in the country, Aba Power Ltd has adjusted its tariff. Its managing director, Ugo Opiegbe,…
Samuel Eto’o apologises to Cameroon coach Brys
Former Cameroonian star forward and now football federation president Samuel Eto’o apologised Thursday to national team coach Marc Brys, with whom he had been involved in a heated exchange this week. The ex-Barcelona striker also confirmed Brys would remain in…
Kuda raised nearly $100m in five years, says CEO
Kuda Technologies, a fintech company operating in Nigeria and the United Kingdom, has raised close to $100m in funding over the past five years, the Chief Executive Officer, Babs Ogundeyi, announced on Wednesday. Ogundeyi made the disclosure during a panel…
First results announced from South Africa election
The first results have been announced from what is seen as South Africa’s most closely fought elections since the African National Congress (ANC) came to power 30 years ago. With results from around 22% voting districts counted so far, the…
AfDB pledges $2.9 billion to agriculture development in Nigeria, others
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced an investment commitment of $2.9 billion to agriculture development in Nigeria and several African countries. AfDB President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, committed in a statement published on the AfDB’s website on Tuesday, at the…