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In this edition of the Next Wave, we talked about Nigeria's talent problem and how startups would need to adopt a more nuanced approach to talent development, acquisition, and retention.

Young entrepreneurs are returning to the homeland their parents left behind to build businesses in the booming technology hubs of Lagos

Nigeria Bans Twitter After President’s Tweet Is Deleted The popular social media site had removed a post by President Muhammadu Buhari threatening secessionists in the southeast of the country. Some saw President Muhammadu Buhari’s now-deleted tweet as a threat against the Igbo ethnic group that is in the majority in Nigeria’s southeast.Credit...Pool photo by Ludovic Marin June 5, 2021, 8:24 a.m. ET DAKAR, Senegal — Nigeria has blocked Twitter after the social media site del...

Users take to social media platform to blast authorities’ decision to ‘indefinitely’ suspend its operations.

Alexander O. Onukwue 14th May 2021 Nigeria Vice President Yemi Osinbajo with members of the Paystack team at their Lagos office in April 2018 Share this article One landmark acquisition, several funding rounds and meaningful expansions have drawn attention to Nigeria’s potential to become an enabling environment for businesses. Nigerian tech startups are raising larger seed rounds and pursuing unique global ambitions than at any other time in the last decade. But in the la...

Improving Diversity in the Technology Bubble The future of innovation values diversity. For tactical strategies, look to global entrepreneurs. Unstoppable Get a glimpse of how to overcome the mental and physical fatigue that is standing between you and your full potential. Email Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It is no secret that the diversity of the workforce at technology firms is a big problem. Between 2013-2017, only 1% of VC-backed entrepreneurs ...

Views: Visits 7 On Saturday, Mark Essien, software developer and founder of Nigeria’s biggest online hotel booking site, celebrated a doctor, Omotayo Ojo, who did brain surgery on his dad.

• NARD won’t call off strike until demands are met • NMA can only intercede when govt pays arrears On Saturday, Mark Essien, software developer and founder of Nigeria’s biggest online hotel booking site, celebrated a doctor, Omotayo Ojo, who did brain surgery on his dad. He wrote: “After two emergency ruptured aneurysms, brain surgery in Lagos and a massive scar across his head, my dad is back to his same jolly self. The doctors say his survival was miraculous, the neurologist says t...

It was 10pm on a Friday. Work had dragged on for too long. But it wasn’t like the work in question was even about to end. The client had ruled that her brief must be done and dusted by tomorrow, Saturday, on the am. So, to the office everyone must return first thing in the morning. Or perhaps let’s grind all night, see how far we get? Um, no. We were all definitely fagged out, let’s pack it in for the night and head home—to recharge and return, say, at 7am and clean up what’s left. Ah...