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Loan sharks have been ordered to stop compounding interest by Babatunde Irukera of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) Babatunde Irukera, the FCCPC's Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has directed that loan applications no longer accrue compound interest. These loan apps, also known as loan sharks, have been posting disparaging messages about defaulters on the internet| Many Nigerians claim to have collected the loans during the pandemic shutdown, which .

FTX Africa to continue to educate the general public about cryptocurrencies adoption FTX.com, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has made a significant investment in a similar initiative, this time on university campuses across the continent, following the success of the #FTXAfricaCryptoTour in several African cities. The #FTXAfricaCampusTour is expected to be bigger, better, and jam-packed with fascinating details, essential knowledge, and best practices from the digital currency ec.

Aisiki has set out to transform food distribution in African As part of a corporate round of funding, Aisiki, a Nigerian food-tech startup, has raised funds to expand its core food distribution platform across Nigeria and into the wider African market. Following a grant from the United States Agency for International Development in October 2021 as one of the winners of its $4 million Covid-19 Nigeria Challenge, Aisiki has been in beta mode since May 2021 and was officially launched in December.

Kenya e-commerce Sokowatch raises $125M, changes its name to Wasoko  Nairobi-based e-commerce platform Sokowatch has announced a $125 million funding round with a total value of $625 million. In the United States, Tiger Global and Avenir Growth Capital were the primary investors in the funding round. Sokowatch has attracted new investors, including Binny Bansal, co-founder of Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart, and Sujeet Kumar, CEO of Udaan, India's largest business-to-business e-commerce p.

Google and the Tony Elumelu Foundation launch fellowship programme to assist 1M African entrepreneurs  A new Google.org Fellowship was announced on March 16, by the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Google, with the goal of expanding access to TEFConnect to one million additional Africans. This is part of the Foundation's mission to empower young African entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries. At a ceremony held at the Foundation's headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria, in which several Afr.

How to set up a business in Africa that serves customers internationally Evidence suggests that Africa has made significant progress toward realizing its goal of becoming the launching pad for the vast majority of new businesses in the developing world. Africa, on the other hand, has a very different track record when it comes to sustaining and growing startups. Only a handful of African startups with global impact exist on the continent, with the vast majority of them operating in the technolo.

Which online trading and investment apps are the most secure? With the invention of the internet, individuals were able to trade financial instruments on various exchanges from the comfort of their own homes, making access to trading opportunities easier. International brokers have taken advantage of this opportunity and created a variety of apps that allow them to connect with people regardless of where they are located. Recently, there have been reports of security breaches on some trading .

The Benefits of Studying Artificial Neural Networks Artificial neural networks (ANNs), usually simply called neural networks (NNs), are computing systems inspired by the biological neural networks that constitute animal brains. An ANN is based on a collection of connected units or nodes called artificial neurons, which loosely model the neurons in a biological brain. Each connection, like the synapses in a biological brain, can transmit a signal to other neurons. What is the importance of neura.

The Benefits of Studying Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is a wide-ranging branch of computer science concerned with building smart machines capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence. Artificial Intelligence theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages. Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ab.

Studying Antenna Theory An Antenna is an array of conductors (elements), electrically connected to the receiver or transmitter. Antennas can be designed to transmit and receive radio waves in all horizontal directions equally (omnidirectional antennas), or preferentially in a particular direction (directional, or high-gain, or “beam” antennas). In radio engineering, an antenna or aerial is the interface between radio waves propagating through space and electric currents moving in m.