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Dec 23, 2024 · The debate was upturned when, in April, Mooves raise was listed among the global top raises for Q1 2024. But then, Uber drivers operating under the Uber Go platform were thrown into panic after reports made the rounds that Moove, the company financing their Suzuki S-presso vehicles, is planning to increase their weekly remittances.. The cars were issued on hire purchase with a four-year ...

12 hours ago · Ride-hailing company, inDrive has rejected accusations that it was offering low fares on its platform, insisting, on the contrary, that its bargaining model helped drivers survive the dry month of January. The company’s Country Representative, Timothy Oladimeji, disclosed this in response to a Technext query into the matter.

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2 days ago · Recall that in January, the United States government awarded a $2,095,000 grant to Nigeria to help boost the country’s digital infrastructure. The fund was stated to be invested into deploying 90,000 kilometres of new fibre optic backbone infrastructure across Nigeria.

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3 days ago · Data released by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System has revealed that transaction value through Point of Sales (PoS) terminals in Nigeria hit an all-time yearly record of N18 trillion in 2024.The increase was majorly accredited to …

Technext.ng is the go-to site for news, reviews and Insightful analysis in the Nigerian tech space. We publish Technology and business-related content with a deliberate emphasis on the African narrative and the desire to mirror the impact of technology on the continent.

Dec 25, 2024 · For the students and faculty at PAU, the project wasn’t merely about the mechanics of robotics. “The space industry in Africa is not doing so well and there’re a lot of innovations currently ongoing in the Western world…We thought about many things and tried to see how we can contribute to the space industry.Looking at Nigeria for example, I think there’s a lot of things we need to ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Interest in the African startup space witnessed a significant decline in 2024 as 520 investors backed over 430 tech startups across the continent with at least $100k in funding during the year. This is according to data made available by African tech startup analytics company, Africa the Big Deal ...