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Asante, a Nigerian-led fintech Selected for the Mastercard Start Path Program's six-month duration Asante Financial Services, a Mauritius-based Fintech startup led by Nigerians, has been selected to join Mastercard's Start Path program. Asante provides high-impact digital financial services contributing to Africa's growth by providing sustainable lending to underserved small businesses and individuals. The Mastercard Start Path Program connects a diverse network of innovators and startups wit.

Carry1st Raises $6 Million to Enter Africa's Gaming Market Carry1st, a publisher of mobile games focused on Africa, has raised $6 million in funding to enter the continent's billion-dollar gaming market. Carry1st offers a comprehensive publishing solution for its partners, including distribution, localization, user acquisition, marketing, customer experience, and monetization. Konvoy Ventures led the round, and a Colorado-based venture capital firm focused on video games. Jackson Vaughan, man.

The Federal Government Extends the NIN-SIM Linkage Until June 30 Nigeria's Federal Government has extended the deadline for mobile subscribers to link their National Identity Number (NIN) to their SIM cards once more. With the new deadline of June 30, the NIN-SIM linkage exercise will have received its fourth extension. The two-month extension from the original May 6 deadline comes in response to complaints from several Nigerians, including UTME candidates who have yet to register for the NIN..

China cannot just stop talking about the Bill and Melinda Gates divorce  Bill and Melinda Gates' divorce has sent shockwaves throughout China, where the co-founder of Microsoft (MSFT) has achieved a level of celebrity unmatched by almost any other Western entrepreneur. By Wednesday, the "Bill Gates' divorce" hashtag had accumulated over 830 million views and 66,000 discussion posts on China's Twitter-like Weibo — far surpassing the 91 million views accumulated when Amazon (AMZN) fou.

Why Nigerian Retailers Can Access Just 30% of their Credit Needs and How Fintechs Can Assist Retailers in Africa's consumer goods sector are one of the most powerful engines of economic development. Regrettably, they can only obtain less than 30% of their credit needs. Over 80% of these retailers in Nigeria are female. While documenting the needs of these women entrepreneurs has been both enlightening and exhausting. And what is most intriguing is how a capitalist world has overlooked a market .

Nigerians' Most-Searched Topics in April Demonstrate Their Appreciation for Music Icons and Opposition to Sexual Molestation April was loaded! It contained the good, the bad, and the ugly, and public interest was piqued by each. The month's most searched terms reflect a strong appreciation for indigenous musical icons and a strong disdain for sexual molestation. Here are the most frequently searched terms and their associated meanings from Oliver de Coque and Baba Ijesha to Ramadan and Dr Isa .

Sony and Discord Partnership Sony and Discord announced a partnership deal in which the latter's popular gaming-focused chat app will be integrated with PlayStation's built-in social tools. It's a significant move, and one that comes as a surprise given how recently acquisition talks were in the air. Sony appears to brought a better deal than Microsoft, taking an undisclosed minority stake in the company ahead of a rumoured initial public offering. The brief announcement post does not specify .

Is it better to invest in Bitcoin or Real Estate? Real Estate and Bitcoin are well known investment platforms that generate significant global interest.  Real estate investment is a form of investing that dates back to thousands of years. In contrast, Bitcoin has been around for less than a decade but has already generated a massive ROI greater than that of some traditional investment platform. The comparison between these two distinct investment options arose due to the massive increase i.

MTN Earns $385.1Bn in Q1 2021 Despite a 5 million-subscriber loss MTN, Nigeria's largest telecom company, is on track to meet its double-digit revenue growth target this year. The telco reported a 17.2 percent YoY increase in service revenue to N385.1 billion in the first quarter of 2021. This is an increase of 5.4 percent from the previous quarter's N365.2bn. This feat was accomplished despite the pandemic's impact and a decline in subscriber numbers. The breakdown reveals that voice revenue.

Microsoft Partners with the Federal Government to Fight Corruption and Provide Five Million Nigerians with High-Speed Internet and Digital Skills Microsoft has partnered with the Nigerian Federal Government to launch several projects to accelerate the country's transition to a more digital economy. Microsoft identified three critical pillars that will aid in establishing a strong foundation for a digital economy in Nigeria following extensive consultations with the government: connectivity, sk.