Google Announces $4m Black Founders Fund for 60 Start-ups Across Africa

BusinessInvestingTelecommunicationGoogle Announces $4m Black Founders Fund for 60 Start-ups Across Africa

PilotnewsMay 17, 2022

Google on Tuesday said that 60 eligible  black-founded  start-ups  would receive  a total of four million dollars  in the second  cohort  of Google  for Start-up  Black Founders Fund  (BFF) Mr. Folarin Aiyegbusi, Google’s Head of Start-up Ecosystem, Africa,  made this known in a statement announcing the opening of applications for Google for Start-up Black Founders Fund for Africa. Aiyegbusi said that following the success of the first cohort in 2021, Google increased its commitment in 2022 with additional...

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Google Launches Built-in Virtual Credit Cards For Chrome

BusinessNewsTelecommunicationGoogle Launches Built-in Virtual Credit Cards For Chrome

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 12, 2022

Google has launched an autofill system called Virtual Card Numbers on its Chrome browser, which will let users hide their credit or debit card numbers while making purchases on the web. Google made the announcement on Wednesday at its annual developer conference. According to the company, the virtual card is for online purchases, adding that the card keeps the user’s ‘real’ card information hidden thereby protecting the user from fraud. “When you use autofill to...

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Rihanna Launches Fenty Skincare And Beauty Products In Nigeria, 7 Other African Countries

BusinessFashionRihanna Launches Fenty Skincare And Beauty Products In Nigeria, 7 Other African Countries

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 12, 2022

Popular Barbadian singer, Rihanna, is set to launch her skincare brand in Nigeria and other African countries. The 34-year-old expectant mother made the announcement on her social media handles. Rihanna, born Robyn Rihanna Fenty, stated that her brands, Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skincare, will launch in Africa on May 27, 2022. She wrote, “I’ve been waiting for this moment!! @fentybeauty and @fentyskin are finally dropping in AFRICA!!!” The billionaire singer also hinted at bigger projects...

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IPMAN Alert Nigerians To Prepare For Worst Fuel Crisis

BusinessEconomyOil & GasIPMAN Alert Nigerians To Prepare For Worst Fuel Crisis

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 11, 2022

KANO — The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has alerted Nigerians to prepare for the worst fuel crisis unless the Federal Government prevails on the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to pay its members their outstanding claims amounting to over N500 billion. Bashir Danmalam, the IPMAN chairman in Kano state made the terse remarks while addressing a news conference in Kano, maintained that the failure of the NMDPRA to pay...

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Airline Operators In Nigeria To Suspend Services

Aviation-AirportsBusinessNewsAirline Operators In Nigeria To Suspend Services

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 7, 2022

The Airline Operators of Nigeria says flight operations in Nigeria will be suspended beginning Monday next week due to skyrocketing prices of aviation fuel. This is contained in a statement signed by the President of the Airline Operators of Nigeria, Alhaji Abdulmunaf Yunusa, and 9 other operators. According to the Airline operators, they cannot continue to deploy and subsidize their services at the expense of their business. They urged travelers to make alternative arrangements, as...

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ASUU Launches Bottled Water Factory In Jos

BusinessEducationNewsASUU Launches Bottled Water Factory In Jos

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 5, 2022

JOS — The University of Jos chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has launched a bottled water and beverage factory in Jos. The University of Jos Academic Staff Cooperative Investment company Limited (UJASCICL) bottled water and beverage factory located at Dong community of Jos North Local Government Area of the state was commissioned by ASUU National President, Prof. Victor Osodeke on Thursday. Speaking at the commissioning, Dr Lazarus Maigoro, chairman of the...

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The Billionaires From The East Will Buy Twitter From Elon Musk For $70b – Cubana Chief Priest

BusinessLifestyleThe Billionaires From The East Will Buy Twitter From Elon Musk For $70b – Cubana Chief Priest

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 28, 2022

Celebrity barman, Cubana Chief Priest, claims that he’s making efforts alongside some other billionaires from the Eastern part of Nigeria to buy Twitter from the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. Cubana took to his Twitter page to state that he will team up with Obi Cubana and E-Money and other billionaire friends from Southeast to acquire Twitter from Musk at a higher price of $70 billion. “We are making progress on submitting our offer to...

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Nigerian Communications Commission Approves 1,843 Phone Brands For Nigerian Market

BusinessTelecommunicationNigerian Communications Commission Approves 1,843 Phone Brands For Nigerian Market

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 27, 2022

ABUJA — The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved 1,843 phone brands for the Nigerian market. The new approvals represent a total increase of 351, from the 1,492 phones approved in 2020 by the regulator. The telecommunications regulator disclosed this in its ‘Type Approval’ regulation published on Tuesday. “The mobile handsets approved have been tested and found to meet the applicable Type Approval standards required to allow them to be sold to consumers and operated...

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Indonesia-Nigeria Trade Volume Reaches 2.46bn Dollars

BusinessEconomyIndonesia-Nigeria Trade Volume Reaches 2.46bn Dollars

PilotnewsApril 27, 2022

Trade volume between Indonesia and Nigeria reached 2.46 billion dollars between 2016 and 2021, says Amb. Usra Harahap, Ambassador of Indonesia to Nigeria. Harahap said this on Tuesday in Abuja while fielding questions from newsmen, when he said about 25 Indonesian companies had invested in Nigeria. He said trade between the two countries kept increasing in the last six years. “In 2016 it reached 1.59 billion dollars and in 2021 it increased to 2.46 billion...

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Twitter Confirms Billionaire Entrepreneur, Elon Musk, To Buy Platform At $44bn

BusinessTwitter Confirms Billionaire Entrepreneur, Elon Musk, To Buy Platform At $44bn

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 26, 2022

Twitter on Monday confirmed it is selling the platform to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk in a deal valued at $44 billion. The sale was a dramatic shift for the board, which had originally maneuvered to block Musk from taking the social media network private. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Musk said in a joint...

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