LONG term strategic planning is giving the electronic commerce platform, Jumia a heads up against its competition that appears to be shedding weight due to recession. The company’s global chief executive officer (CEO), Jeremy Hodara admitted recently that the company may have not made enough gains in its five years of operating in Nigeria, but because of long term planning, the recession and forex challenges did not in any way slow down its operations.

NIGERIA has had long standing gaps in the availability of credit or loans to individuals and businesses within underserved demographics of the Nigerian population; this has led people to experience difficulties in accessing unsecured, short-term micro-loans from financial institutions.

POPULAR Start-up Andela may be heading to the big stage after conveniently securing a whopping $40 million funding, to help it connect trusted African software app developers to the global technology ecosystem. Andela, prides itself on building high-performing engineering teams with Africa’s most talented software developers.

ONE of Nigeria’s energy solutions providers, Cloud Energy, has introduced a multi-function Solar Home System, which it said would keep Nigerians constantly connected to electricity.

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called on the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, to explain the circumstances surrounding the N2.5 billion it allegedly gave to one of the signal distributors, owned by a private-sector establishment.