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Apr 14, 2025

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Official News From Last Week

Chowdeck, the Nigerian food delivery startup hired Henry Whyte, Bolt Ghana’s senior operations manager amid its expansion into Ghana
FairMoney, a Nigerian fintech company, saw a significant 62% surge in gross revenue, reaching ₦121.9 billion in 2024, largely due to its strategic shift towards relying on customer deposits to fund lending operations.
Pascal Dozie, Founder of Diamond Bank and former Chairman of MTN Nigeria passed away at the age of 85.
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Nigeria's credit rating to B, citing improved policy credibility and reduced near-term risks to macroeconomic stability as key factors driving the upgrade.
ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, has become the world's most downloaded non-gaming app, surpassing Instagram and TikTok in March 2025 with a staggering 46 million downloads.
Zap Africa has shared exclusive documents with Technext, revealing that it has registered the "ZAP" trademark under the financial affairs, insurance, and monetary affairs category - the same class in which Paystack claims to have registration.

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As you know, this isn't your regular tech newsletter, so let's get into some of the most intriguing happenings on "tech Twitter" from the past week.

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1… Now this is hilarious

Michael Scofield of our time…Lol

Chase your dreams with this level of audacity (legal dreams abeg)

2… In retrospect it could be him signaling “Keep me, I’m a hotcake”

Eiii lmaooo

What does someone even do after this

A wise man once said “You go explain tire, no evidence”

Petrite is a Nigerian e-commerce company that specializes in pet products and services. We operate entirely online, offering everything from pet food and toys to medications and grooming supplies for cats and dogs. Petrite is known for its wide range of inventory, fast delivery across major cities, and reliable customer support. We also provide personalized shopping features to make pet care simple and stress free. At our core, Petrite is a one stop shop built to serve pet parents across Nigeria.

3…. They must not collect Remote from our hand oh

4… Paid HR is diversifying

Well, if you put it that way

Oya now

Okay, maybe PaidHR is just following in the footsteps of the big boys
1/2

2/2

Or is still just another move to become profitable?

5… Speaking of Work culture

Interesting lol

So sometimes it might depend on your manager, hmmm

6…ZAP by Paystack is still in the news. Zap Africa claims it registered in the rightful class before Paystack did, showin the documents to Technext.

While it still faces trademark dispute Big Tech This Week reveals it doesn’t have the CBN approval to operate

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oh well,

We will be here to give you more updates

Paystack clarifies that it doesn’t need an approval from the CBN

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