US-based Stripe Acquires Nigerian Startup Paystack for $200m
Nigerian payments startup Paystack has been acquired by US-based payments giant, Stripe in a $200 million -range deal. That makes this the biggest startup acquisition to date to come out
Nigerian payments startup Paystack has been acquired by US-based payments giant, Stripe in a $200 million -range deal. That makes this the biggest startup acquisition to date to come out
America’s electric vehicle company Tesla has reduced the price of its Model S sedan to $69,420. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said in a tweet on Wednesday that the “the
Apple Inc unveiled its latest range of iPhones, a product line that Wall Street expects will kick off a new cycle of sales growth for the world’s largest technology company.
Microsoft announced legal action Monday seeking to disrupt a major cybercrime digital network that uses more than one million zombie computers to loot bank accounts and spread ransomware, which experts
Facebook has announced it will remove all content on its platform that “denies or distorts the Holocaust.” The company says this expansion of its hate speech policies is a response
Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a method for editing DNA with precision. Frenchwoman Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna discovered one of gene technology’s
In the future, the skies could be as crowded as the high street with Hyundai Motor is betting on flying cars to be introduced by 2028. South Korea’s biggest automaker
Anti-virus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been arrested in Spain and faces extradition to the US where he has been charged with tax evasion. Prosecutors say he failed to file
Apple is no longer selling headphones and wireless speakers from competitors such as Sonos Inc., Bose Corp. and Logitech because the company is making plans to launch its own new
Microsoft has announced plans to build three data centres in greater Athens, providing investment of up to one billion US dollars to the Greek economy. The announcement by the US
Facebook will ban ads that wrongly claim victory in the US presidential race. The news comes a week after the company announced it would reject ads from Donald Trump or
A US judge has issued a temporary injunction preventing a ban on future downloads of the TikTok app. The app had faced being blocked from Apple’s App Store and Android’s
Fraud and Phishing have become very common at this time due to the rise in fraudulent activities. Many organisations and businesses have been at the forefront of educating their customers
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, has announced two new additions to its entry-level smartphone family, the Nokia 3.4 and Nokia 2.4, a new accessories range and HMD Connect
Microsoft unveiled Xbox Series S, an all-digital next-generation console designed to deliver everything that is core to next-generation gaming – faster load times, higher frame rates, and richer, more dynamic
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