It is an undeniable fact that the acquisition of Paystack by Stripe being the first-ever start-up out of Nigeria to get into the Y Combinator accelerator program and the deal in which Flutterwave secured $170 million from a leading group of international investors as part of a successful Series C round, underscores two interesting points. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria on the 27th day of January 2021 in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 4 of the Quarantine Act[1] signed the six (6) part Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Health Protection Regulations 2021[2] (the “Regulation”) in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health posed by the incidence and
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Banking in Nigeria remains a lucrative sector, notwithstanding the high level of competition. A vast majority of consumers are underserved, thus creating a gap in the market. Lack of access to services, especially in rural areas, and poor user experience contribute to the wide gap in the financial services sector across the consumer spectrum. This
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The UK is the first country in the world to approve a vaccine for COVID-19. The approved vaccine is produced by Pfizer/BioNTech and this approval is paving the way for mass vaccination. The UK’s Medicines regulator, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), says the vaccine, which offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19 illness,
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From World Health Organisation With several African countries now expanding COVID-19 testing, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have launched a network of laboratories to reinforce genome sequencing of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, in Africa. Twelve
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African countries engaging in ground-breaking COVID-19 vaccine initiative From World Health Organisation While the race to find safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines continues, African countries are signing up to a ground-breaking initiative, which aims to secure at least 220 million doses of the vaccine for the continent, once licensed and approved. All 54 countries on
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Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has since been declared a global health emergency of international concern and has occasioned severe global socioeconomic disruption. As a consequence of this unprecedented disruption, the ability to do business and perform contractual obligations have been adversely affected. Given the fact that parties to commercial agreements have been foisted with
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