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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 Presidentâs 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 Buhariâs now-deleted tweet as a threat against the Igbo ethnic group that is in the majority in Nigeriaâs southeast.Credit...Pool photo by Ludovic Marin June 5, 2021, 8:24 a.m. ET DAKAR, Senegal â Nigeria has blocked Twitter after the social media site deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened secessionist groups in the southeast of t...
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 last 18 months, major regulatory events that ended motorcycle-hailing and suspended cryptocurrency tra...