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US SEC approves ETFs to track Bitcoin
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US SEC approves ETFs to track Bitcoin

The United States Securities Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved the first U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds to track Bitcoin. Notwithstanding warnings from several authorities and investor advocates over the products’ hazards, the Securities and Exchange Commission said it had accepted 11 applications, including those from BlackRock, Ark Investments/21Shares, Fidelity, Invesco, and VanEck. According to issuers, the majority […]

FBNQuest announce retirement of its MD, DMD
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FBNQuest announce retirement of its MD, DMD

The board of directors of FBN Holdings Plc has announced the departure of Kayode Akinkugbe as Managing Director and Taiwo Okeowo as Deputy Managing Director of its subsidiary, FBNQuest Merchant Bank Limited. The Times reported that the Group stated in a notice to the Nigerian Exchange Limited and the investing public that the retirement follows the successful […]

Google signs $3bn US hydropower deal amid AI energy race
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Google lays off engineering workers

Google on Wednesday announced the layoff of hundreds of workers from a variety of departments, including services and engineering. The divisions that are impacted include the Devices and Services PA team, which oversees Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit hardware, and the voice-activated Google Assistant, which is a part of the knowledge and information product team restructure. […]

Amazon Prime Video lays off workers
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Amazon Prime Video lays off workers

Days after Twitch laid off workers, Amazon is cutting back on Prime Video and MGM Studios, laying off “several hundreds” of workers, according to The Information. By the end of this week, Amazon will have notified most other locations and has started notifying the impacted workers in the United States. Packages comprising separation money, transitional […]

Uganda to destroy $7.3m worth of expired Covid vaccines
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Uganda to destroy $7.3m worth of expired Covid vaccines

An audit report has revealed that Covid vaccinations worth 28.1 billion Ugandan shillings ($7.3 million; £5.8 million) are due to be withdrawn from health facilities and destroyed. According to the report, the Ugandan government obtained around 5.6 million doses of these COVID-19 vaccines through a World Bank loan. The report submitted to parliament on Tuesday by Uganda’s Auditor General, […]

Mobile users spent $171bn on apps in 2023 - Report
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Mobile users spent $171bn on apps in 2023 – Report

Mobile users worldwide spent $171 billion in China through third-party Android app shops, Google Play, and the App Store in 2023. This was disclosed in data.ai’s newest State of Mobile 2024 study. When compared to 2022, 2023 spending reflects a 3% rise. Last year, however, app downloads climbed by only 1% to 257 billion. According […]

Chevron Nigeria appoints new chairman
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Chevron Nigeria appoints new chairman

Chevron Nigeria Limited has a new Chairman and Managing Director, Jim Swartz. This was announced in a statement on Wednesday by General Manager, Policy, Government, and Public Affairs Chevron Nigeria Limited, Esimaje Brikinn. Swartz, who was the Vice President of Capital Projects in Houston, Texas, prior to his appointment, was named Chairman and Managing Director of […]

NGX to draw in more investors - CEO
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NGX reports first loss of N638bn in new year

The Nigerian Exchange Limited’s market capitalization fell for the first time in the new year. The market’s eight-day surge came to an end on Wednesday, when the market cap fell by around N638 billion to close at N44.885 trillion. This comes just one day after the market cap surpassed N45 trillion. Although the All-Share Index, […]

Top ten most powerful passports in the world
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Top ten most powerful passports in the world

Passports provide a gateway for destinations. With 2024 underway, the Henley Passport Index sheds light on the major participants in the international economy as well as the effects and aftereffects of the pandemic and wars. It also offers us a preview of what’s to come. It rates all 199 worldwide passports based on the number […]

Nigeria's inflation will fall to 21% in 2024 - Cardoso
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Ghana’s inflation rate drops to 23.2%

Ghana’s inflation rate fell to 23.2% in December 2023, a considerable decrease from the 26.4% reported in November 2023. According to Bloomberg, to battle inflation, the Bank of Ghana’s monetary policy committee kept the policy rate at 30% in November for the third time in a year. The continuous decrease in inflation data has fueled […]

X removes support for NFT profile images
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X removes support for NFT profile images

Microblogging platform X, formerly known as Twitter has quietly removed the feature that allowed users to select NFT as their profile image. This follows after Elon Musk’s X revealed a broad plan for the business in 2024 that included further AI-powered capabilities. Amidst all of this, the functionality was first introduced in January 2022 under […]

Elon Musk blames 'Supervillain-Level' cyberattack for X outage
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Elon Musk’s X to launch peer-to-peer payments in 2024

Social media company, X, has plans to launch a peer-to-peer payment system on the platform this year as part of Elon Musk’s efforts to make it into an ‘everything’ app. Musk has been outlining plans to alter the platform once known as Twitter since acquiring the company more than a year ago, including payments, creator tools, […]