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Top Story: As Nigerians Struggle With Tax Policy, KeepAm Is Building Tools for Compliance
When KeepAm launched, it targeted a group that Nigeria’s tax system has historically struggled to reach, which are the remote workers, creators, freelancers and small operators who earn first and think about tax later.
Rather than treating tax as an annual administrative burden, KeepAm reframes it as a background process embedded in daily work. The web-based app encourages users to log income as it comes in, attach related expenses, and store receipts continuously, building a record that can later be translated into formal tax filings.
Its founder, Emmanuel Olorunshola, built the product around two linked realities. First, a growing number of Nigerians now earn digital and cross-border income that falls under tax rules they do not fully understand. Second, many of these earners miss legitimate deductions simply because they do not keep structured records. KeepAm is designed to sit between those two problems.
“We use multi-layer validation with Nigerian-specific patterns,” Olorunshola said. “Common issues include mixed currencies (we auto-convert to NGN), cash transactions (we allow with confidence scoring), and informal descriptions.”
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Africell Partners UNDP to Provide IoT Tools, and Digital Skills to UniPods in Sierra Leone and The Gambia
Africell has announced a partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to provide high-speed connectivity and digital tools to UniPods in Sierra Leone and The Gambia.
The collaboration will equip these university-based innovation spaces with 4G MiFi devices, high-speed internet, and Internet of Things (IoT) technology, giving young innovators the infrastructure needed to develop, test, and scale solutions for local and global development challenges.
“This collaboration plays to everyone’s strengths by combining Africell’s connectivity expertise with UNDP’s innovation network. By equipping the UniPods in Sierra Leone and The Gambia with Africell’s signature internet services, we are investing in young Africans and helping to turn raw talent into successful enterprise,” said Ziad Dalloul, CEO of Africell Group and President of the Africell Impact Foundation.
The collaboration also includes accelerator programmes and digital skills training, helping participants turn ideas into scalable solutions. UniPods are part of UNDP’s broader timbuktoo initiative, which supports African innovation ecosystems through university-based maker spaces, policy labs, and thematic industry hubs.
Quadri Adejumo brings you all the details. Read here.
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Saudi Startup Viero Raises $1.2 Million to Simplify Logistics and Build a Fintech Backbone for Fleet Operations in MENA. Yakub Abdulrasheed brings us the details, here.
Quote of the Day:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke.
Thank you for joining me yet again this evening. Stay safe, and see you tomorrow for the next tech newsletter.
Best, Quadri
