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1 month ago | 
theprincelyx.medium.com | Muhammed Akinyemi
Temitayo Akinyemi (fka Muhammed Akinyemi)·Follow7 min read·--notMohammadMohammedMuhammad. It used to be:Muhammed Adedeji AkinyemiAdedeji AkinyemiMuhammed Akinyemi. However, much has changed in nearly three decades of my life. And I would like to re-introduce myself. The first time I carried double identities was when I was born.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
archivi.ng | Muhammed Akinyemi
issue 111 mins readBy Temitayo Akinyemi 10 October, 202411 mins readThe rise of Peter Obi in Nigeria's last presidential election was a scenario few saw coming. His candidacy under the Labour Party banner, traditionally seen as a fringe entity, disrupted the political status quo and sparked a conversation about the viability of a true third force in Nigeria's political landscape.
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May 30, 2024 | 
techcabal.com | Adonijah Ndege |Joseph Olaoluwa |Kenn Abuya |Muhammed Akinyemi
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has proposed amendments to the Competition Act, signalling a tougher stance against Big Tech as the government moves to protect local companies from anti-competitive behaviours. Anti-competitive behaviours include companies executing mergers and acquisitions to kill their competition, restricting third-party services on their platforms, and limiting customers’ options by linking only the main and complementary products.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
techcabal.com | Adonijah Ndege |Kenn Abuya |Muhammed Akinyemi |Ganiu Oloruntade
Kenyan lawmakers have passed a preferential trade deal with the European Union (EU), ending a political flashpoint with neighbouring East African Community (EAC) partners who refused to adopt a joint deal in 2016. The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) will give Kenyan traders duty-free and quota-free access to the $13.9 trillion European market. According to the EU, total trade with Kenya reached $3.5 billion in 2022, representing a 27% jump from 2018.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
techcabal.com | Muktar Oladunmade |Uma Edwin |Abubakar Idris |Muhammed Akinyemi
This article was contributed to TechCabal by Sylvia Brune. In the last decade or more, it has been said that mobile penetration and increased internet access will usher in economic growth in Africa. But does smartphone penetration and internet connectivity automatically lead to economic growth or are there resulting digital challenges that could gravely affect economic outcomes?
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
techcabal.com | Adonijah Ndege |Frank Eleanya |Muhammed Akinyemi |Abraham Augustine
The Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) has acquired a stake in Ethiopia’s first-ever securities exchange for an undisclosed amount in a fundraising that has seen the Horn of Africa nation raise $26.6 million, surpassing the target it touted to investors in 2023. The Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) last year set to raise $11.07 million to start operations as part of a larger push by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to liberalise and modernise the economy.
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Mar 31, 2024 | 
techcabal.com | Kenn Abuya |Timi Odueso |Muhammed Akinyemi |Ganiu Oloruntade
Uganda’s annual inflation rate for March 2024 fell slightly to 3.3%, down from 3.4% in February 2024. This remains below the Bank of Uganda’s (BoU) target of less than 5%. The development comes after the BoU maintained the central bank rate (CBR) at 9.5% in February 2024, in a bid to manage inflation. Data seen by TechCabal suggests this decline is primarily due to a steady core inflation rate of 3.4% in both periods.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
techcabal.com | Frank Eleanya |Muhammed Akinyemi |Mariam Muhammad |Stephen Agwaibor
The Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) wants to bring about 100 Nigerian companies to Marrakech, Morocco where the second edition of the event in Africa (GITEX Africa) is taking place in May 2024. Last year only seven tech startups from Nigeria, out of 450 global startups, participated in the event.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
techcabal.com | Frank Eleanya |Joseph Olaoluwa |Muhammed Akinyemi |Abraham Augustine
Since the death of Herbert Wigwe, the founding Group CEO of Access Holding Plc on 9 February 2024, several tech founders and executives have been pouring encomiums on his impact on their lives and businesses. “I called him the Oracle of Isiokpo. My oracle. Because if Warren Buffet was the Oracle of Omaha; the best investor in America, then we needed our oracle in Africa. And his name was Herbert Wigwe.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
techcabal.com | Stephen Agwaibor |Muhammed Akinyemi |Abraham Augustine |Ephraim Modise
Africa is heavily reliant on agriculture. Over the past decade, agriculture has constituted 42-48% of total employment on the continent. Subsistence farming is a mainstay of many African countries, especially south of the Sahara, which boasts a quarter of the world’s arable land and has an estimated 33 million smallholder farms, with agriculture contributing to 17% of gross domestic product (GDP). Yet, the region produces only 10% of global output and imports most of the food it consumes.
