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Folake Balogun

Folake Balogun is a renowned tech journalist who offers insightful and critical analysis of the African rapidly growing digital economy, particularly within Nigeria. She closely monitors the health of the African startup ecosystem by covering significant venture capital trends, investment deals, and the challenges faced by emerging firms. Known for her deep dives into the fintech sector, she covers the evolution of digital payments, dynamics of major financial innovations and also extends to emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the future of connectivity by providing context to their economic and social impact.
674 Articles

Stears, Ventures Platform unveil first-ever liquidity index for African private markets

Stears, Africa’s financial data provider, in partnership with Ventures Platform, one of…

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Tech experts urge Nigerian creatives to embrace AI as a tool for career sustainability

Nigerian artists and professionals in the creative industry have been urged to…

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FG opens portal for N50m student venture capital grant to fund future Nigerian unicorns

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Education, has officially launched the…

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How a young founder’s $20,000 seed paved the way to leading Veefin Nigeria

A $20,000 seed investment for Miracle Nwankwo in 2023 was a foundational…

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Zedcrest Wealth Launches New In-App Digital Learning Platform to Promote Financial Literacy

In a bid to bridge Nigeria’s financial literacy gap and empower individuals…

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Google agrees to pay $40.2m to South African news outlets following content visibility inquiry

Google has agreed to pay more than $40.2 million (688 million rands)…

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Four co-founders of Cursor are now billionaires

The artificial intelligence (AI) coding revolution has generated an unprecedented wave of…

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Paystack suspends co-founder, CTO Ezra Olubi amid sexual misconduct allegation

Paystack, a Nigerian payments technology company owned by Stripe, has suspended its…

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