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Three years of covering tech and innovation in Northern Nigeria

Oct 23, 2024 | benjamindada.com | Johnstone Kpilaakaa

Sometimes, a single conversation can change the trajectory of your entire career. These words were brought to life during a serendipitous Sunday night in Abuja. I was attending a week-long campus journalism training programme when I found myself exchanging stories about journalism and freelance opportunities with Ope Adetayo, Nigeria's correspondent for Reuters, and Agbaje Ayomide, publisher of TechGyrant.
Bendada.com is now Condia

Oct 23, 2024 | benjamindada.com | Daniel Adeyemi

Six years ago, Benjamin Dada returned from the UK after doing a one-year Master’s program in IT and Management with an itch. His academic background combined with his knack for writing and desire to help others led him to start a tech-focused news and analysis blog. And so Benjamindada.com was born, the platform mirrored the burgeoning African tech ecosystem. As startups sprouted, the digital economy surged, and internet culture flourished, so did we.
These two Nigerian immigrants want to fix software documentation for over one million tech professionals

Oct 22, 2024 | benjamindada.com | Victory Emmanuel |Daniel Adeyemi

Patrick Giwa never imagined his transition from academia to business analysis would lead him to co-found a tech startup. As a Nigerian immigrant navigating career pivots and imposter syndrome in the UK, there was no roadmap to follow. But everything changed in April 2022, when amid his experiments with Artificial Intelligence (AI), he launched an AI-powered Chrome extension that allows other business analysts to generate user stories. To his surprise, it gained 2,000 users in just four weeks.
OmniRetail acquires Traction Apps, to process ₦2 trillion for SMEs annually

Oct 21, 2024 | benjamindada.com | Daniel Adeyemi

OmniRetail has acquired Traction Apps, a Nigerian-based merchant solution platform which raised $6 million last year. The combined entity will now process about ₦2 trillion and facilitate loans worth ₦200 billion annually while serving 180,000 customers across wholesale and retail sectors, positioning itself as a leader in the FMCG space.
BD Insider: Another casualty in Africa’s streaming market

Oct 21, 2024 | benjamindada.com | Jesutofunmi Adedoyin

🍔Quick Bite: Local telecom companies in Africa have struggled to sustain their streaming platforms, often losing out to global giants like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Showmax, however, has emerged as a success story, capitalising on local content and strategic partnerships, but like Netflix, it now faces challenges in balancing pricing with profitability in a competitive market. 🧠 The BreakdownThe African streaming market has proved tough for local telecom companies to crack.
EXCLUSIVE: Paid HR’s new cross-border payroll feature allows employees to receive salaries in 49 currencies

Oct 20, 2024 | benjamindada.com | Joseph Olaoluwa

Paid HR (formerly Pade HCM), a Nigerian HR tech SaaS startup with over 100 African businesses on its platform, has launched a cross-border payroll feature allowing employees to receive their salaries in 49 currencies, including dollars and pounds. This move follows Paid HR’s recent introduction of a revised pricing structure that includes no upfront fees and the launching of PaidHiring, an applicant tracking system.
Kenyan Startup Octavia Carbon secures $3.9M for CO2 removal

Oct 18, 2024 | benjamindada.com | Victory Emmanuel

Octavia has recently secured $5 million in seed funding to scale its direct air capture (DAC) technology, with backing from Lateral Frontiers, E4E Africa, and advance carbon credit sales. Founded in 2022 by Martin Freimüller and Duncan Kariuki, Octavia Carbon's innovative DAC machines extract CO2 directly from the air, liquefy it, and inject it deep into basalt formations in the East African Rift Valley. Over time, the CO2 mineralises into rock, providing a permanent storage solution.
BD Insider: Ampersand revs up EV production in Kenya

Oct 18, 2024 | benjamindada.com | Jesutofunmi Adedoyin

In this letter, we explore:Ampersand opens larger EV production facility in KenyaSpaceX’s Starlink aims for Gigabit speedsEthiopia’s central bank introduces new FX policyWe also curated updates on startup funding in Africa, weekend reads, and several opportunities. Ampersand is revving up its electric motorcycle production in a big way with the opening of a massive new factory in Kenya.
Lagos Red line mulls hybrid power system, to curb diesel overhead

Oct 17, 2024 | benjamindada.com | Joseph Olaoluwa

On Tuesday, the Lagos state government launched its red line, a 37km rail line connecting Oyingbo to Agbado. The train is the second intra-city rail system, following the inauguration of the Blue Line last year. Lagos State Governor Babajide Samwo-Olu led the first passengers aboard the rail system, who were earlier in the month. The red line launch comes two years behind schedule after missing projected timelines.
Ampersand’s new Nairobi factory to triple electric motorcycle production

Oct 17, 2024 | benjamindada.com | Victory Emmanuel

Nairobi just got a major boost in its electric vehicle scene. Ampersand, a leading provider of electric motorcycles in Kenya, has opened a new manufacturing facility that will triple its production capacity. This expansion is a step forward in the company's mission to provide sustainable and affordable transportation solutions across East Africa.