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Nigeria’s iDICE Tech Fund Finally Lands With a $729K Startup Grant: Three Years, $618M Pledged, and the First Check Is ₦1 Billion for 100 Founders Three years after Nigeria launched one of Africa's most ambitious digital byFatima OladunniMarch 17, 2026
NDPC to Nigerian Content Creators: Filming Strangers for TikTok Violates Privacy Law—And Yes, You Can Be Prosecuted On March 13, 2026, Nigeria's data protection regulator put content creators on byFatima OladunniMarch 16, 2026
CBN Mandates Automated AML Systems Across Nigerian Financial Institutions On March 10, 2026, CBN killed manual anti-money laundering compliance in byFatima OladunniMarch 13, 2026
Africa NewsFebruary 26, 2025 Entrepreneur Academy by 54 Collective Closes Its Doors After Years of Impact. The Entrepreneur Academy, an initiative by 54 Collective, is officially winding byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaApril 2, 2024 Nigerian startup Thepeer forced to shut down due to regulatory hurdles. Three years after securing nearly $2 byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsMarch 28, 2024 LetsChat, from TikTok’s Parent Company, Closes Shop in Africa. LetsChat, the ambitious instant messaging venture developed by ByteDance, the byBolu Babalola
Fintech NewsMarch 10, 2024 Flutterwave shuts down barter card service. African financial technology behemoth Flutterwave has announced it will be byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaFebruary 19, 2024 Flutterwave-owned Disha to shut down operations next month. Disha, the no-code platform designed for creatives and acquired by Flutterwave byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJanuary 25, 2024 Nigerian Startup Cova, Aiding Investment Tracking, Shuts Down. Founded by ex-CEO and founder at Printivo, Olu’yomi Ojo, and Yomi Osamiluyi, the byFatima Oladunni
MoonsightsDecember 27, 2023 Funding Drought in Africa: 15 Startups That Could Not Weather The Storm in 2023 There is undoubtedly a turbulent phase unfolding in the tech world, marked by byMuhammed Mustapha
