Ejike Kanife
Journalist at Freelance
▶️Journalist. ▶️Finalist: @PWC_Nigeria Media Excellence Award. ▶️Editor: @technextdotng. ▶️MMA Analyst: @premiumtimesng and @arisetv
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1 week ago |
technext24.com | Ejike Kanife
In 2014, Uber became the first company to launch an e-hailing service in the Nigerian market. The company sold the idea of making the driving gig a convenient and profitable income stream for all, especially people who owned cars. Owing to the economic realities and high unemployment, the new gig work became the real deal. Young and old Nigerians swarmed the platform to make their daily bread. Comrade Ibrahim Ayoade is one of those.
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1 week ago |
technext24.com | Ejike Kanife
Leading ride-hailing company in Nigeria, Bolt, has debunked reports that it is removing its Economy Ride category for users in Rivers State, noting that the category was only deactivated for drivers guilty of multiple misconduct in the state. The company disclosed this in a chat with Technext on the matter. Recall that the Rivers State chairman of the Nigerian e-hailing union (AUATON), Comrade Omoruyi Amos, in a statement released to Technext, said the company has made silent updates to its app.
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1 week ago |
technext24.com | Ejike Kanife
Venture funding into African startups enjoyed a major boost in April 2025, as startups across the continent raised a total of $343 million during the month. This was disclosed in a report by African startup funding analytics company, Africa the Big Deal. This represents a colossal improvement from the discouraging month of March, when startups were only able to raise $5o million, representing a 586 per cent increase.
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1 week ago |
technext24.com | Ejike Kanife
The Rivers State Council of the Amalgamated Union of App-based Transporters of Nigeria has kicked against a series of recent changes introduced by e-hailing company, Bolt, describing them as lacking in depth, sustainability and fairness. This was contained in a statement by the State Chairman of the union, Comrade Omoruyi Amos.
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1 week ago |
technext24.com | Ejike Kanife
Leading ride-hailing company in Africa, Bolt, has launched a first-of-its-kind dashcam project in South Africa. The project, which utilises drivers’ phones in place of actual dashcams, is described by the company as a significant progress made in the bid to improve the safety of drivers operating on the platform..
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Apart from danfo and keke drivers, I don’t remember seeing any other persons with disabilities driving in Lagos
Lagos plans number plates for identification of people with disabilities https://t.co/daIheVkPjo
Self-defence will cause anarchy so better to just have one party killing everyone else to preserve the peace. This is the kind of people in power across Nigeria
Self-Defence Will Cause Anarchy – Jigawa Governor Replies Danjuma https://t.co/6YoSghZ3j6 https://t.co/LPpT63RLvk
We don’t appreciate Aba products enough
Since many Americans discovered that there is no difference between designer bags and Chinese factory bags, they are no more going back!😅 https://t.co/fpK26ATKBK
