Headline Options: 1. TalkaMobile Joins Forces with FasterCapital to Revolutionize Africa’s Smartphone Market 2. TalkaMobile Partners with FasterCapital EquityPilot Program to Accelerate Growth in African Smartphone Sector 3. FasterCapital Backs TalkaMobile’s Mission to Deliver Affordable, High-End Smartphones Across Africa Lagos, Nigeria & Dubai, UAE – Aug 03 2025 TalkaMobile Limited, an innovative Nigerian startup developing high-end, affordable Android smartphones tailored for African consumers, today announced a strategic partnership with FasterCapital through its EquityPilot program. This collaboration aims to accelerate TalkaMobile’s entry and expansion across key African markets, leveraging FasterCapital’s global resources and expertise to disrupt the continent’s competitive smartphone industry. Addressing Africa’s Smartphone Market Opportunity Africa’s smartphone market is rapidly expanding, with Nigeria alone boasting over 120 million mobile subscribers and a growing shift from feature phones to smartphones. Despite dominance by brands like Tecno and Infinix, significant gaps remain in delivering durable, secure, and high-performance devices tailored to diverse consumer segments—from entry-level to premium users. TalkaMobile targets this underserved demand by offering feature-rich smartphones with cutting-edge specifications such as long-lasting batteries, advanced fingerprint security, and the latest Android OS, designed specifically for African consumers’ needs. TalkaMobile’s Innovative Solution and Market Differentiation TalkaMobile’s product lineup includes the Lux Fold, Legend, Zest, and Lifestyle models, each engineered with superior build quality, multimedia capabilities, and user-centric features like wireless charging and Sony camera sensors. The startup’s unique value proposition lies in combining affordability with premium specifications, backed by a 12-month warranty and robust customer service. Early market testing and Voice of Customer (VoC) feedback have validated strong consumer interest, positioning TalkaMobile to capture significant market share in Nigeria initially, with plans to expand into Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, and beyond. Accelerating Growth with FasterCapital’s EquityPilot Program Through the EquityPilot program, TalkaMobile gains access to FasterCapital’s extensive network of mentors, technical experts, and capital-raising support. FasterCapital’s rigorous selection process underscores TalkaMobile’s potential to innovate within the competitive African smartphone landscape. The partnership will fast-track product development, market entry, and scaling efforts, enabling TalkaMobile to meet ambitious sales targets and operational milestones within the next 24 months. “TalkaMobile exemplifies the kind of visionary startup that can redefine the African smartphone market by addressing real consumer needs with innovative technology and affordability. Our EquityPilot program is designed to empower such companies with the resources and strategic guidance necessary to scale rapidly and sustainably,” said Hesham Zreik, Founder and CEO of FasterCapital. “Partnering with FasterCapital validates our mission to deepen smartphone penetration across Africa by delivering premium yet affordable devices. Their support accelerates our roadmap to becoming the continent’s leading smartphone brand, enabling us to expand beyond Nigeria into multiple African markets within five years,” said Erastus-Divine Thompson, Founder and CEO of TalkaMobile Limited. Growth Trajectory and Future Plans In the coming months, TalkaMobile will focus on finalizing product launches in Nigeria, enhancing marketing campaigns, and strengthening distribution channels across 1,600+ retail points. The company plans to introduce upgraded smartphone models within 8-12 months, incorporate customer feedback continuously, and expand operations into Ghana and South Africa by year two. TalkaMobile is actively pursuing additional capital to fund manufacturing scale-up and regional expansion, aiming for a 20-40% market share in Africa’s smartphone sector within five years. About TalkaMobile Limited Founded by a team of experienced entrepreneurs, TalkaMobile Limited is a Nigerian startup dedicated to transforming Africa’s smartphone market through affordable, high-end Android devices. With a focus on innovation, durability, and customer-centric service, TalkaMobile aims to empower African consumers and businesses with technology that enhances productivity and connectivity.
About FasterCapital FasterCapital is a global venture builder and online incubator dedicated to co-funding and co-founding innovative startups. Established in 2014, we are now #1 venture builder in terms of number of startups that we have helped, money invested and money raised. It supports startups worldwide through various programs, including funding assistance, business development, and technical support. The EquityPilot program is designed to help early-stage startups build scalable solutions with mentorship, strategic guidance, and network support.
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Questionnairae: Should I be Worried about this Gecko? Are Geckoes really agents of witchcraft?
Many of you are spiritually dumb, wall geckos are evil forget those that are carnal and take things easy whereas the spiritual controls the physical. If you like, allow it up be there always
I am a business consultant that assist clients in preparing business plan and financial projection( The Excel sheet analyses your projection to see if the business is profitable or not).
I also register your trademark ( less than what lawyers charge) hahahahahaha.
Don't jump to conclusions when you know nothing about what happened, Katherine was a violent woman and I am saying this because they were my family friends and I know for sure she was always fighting and Frank on the other end knowing that he's a public figure never got involved
His show sponsors don't care if he was married, cohabiting or divorced. It was all about the domestic violence aspect.
He has receipts for everything but not the abuse he meted out. He has always avoided addressing the domestic violence issue directly, preferring to focus on diversionary tactics and unrelated stories instead.
As to him remarrying again after divorce, that is not an achievement and neither does it prove anything about his domestic character.
He is a "rich man" by Nigerian standard and he is famous to boot, if he wanted 10 wives at once, he could have gotten them without fuss.
You acted in a childish manner and very wrong, those that impregnated those girls are not inlaws yet but you that have paid the dowry. Come on man, stop this vituperations and act as a matured human.
Go back and apologize, you just disgrace your wife and they will use this against her anytime there is a little quarrel.
The issue between your wife is you is that, you want to be free, you can't be YOUNGIE forever, try as much as possible to love her and make a better home for your children I beg of you
BlindAngel: Good evening Nairalanders, few months ago I posted here regarding how my wife forced me into marriage that I wasn't in anyway ready for because she got pregnant. I posted about the regret I'm still battling until date, because the love isn't there from my own end and I'm also not in anyway attracted to her physically. I have told her severally that I want to option out of the marriage and not doing again but until date she has refused to let me go.
Back to the main point, my wife lost her dad this morning. Her deceased dad has two wife's and several concubines that gave birth to lots of children, my wife doesn't know some of her half brothers and sisters.
So I went to their family house this morning to console them. The eldest son of the family (her half brother) told me and another in law that we'd be the one to pay for mortuary expenses and casket, and when the burial is getting closer they'd give us a list of things to buy and we'd both bring one goats each.
To be brutally honest I wasn't mad because of this latest expense, I got furious immediately and right on the spot because of the pressure my wife pressured me into getting married to her, by now I'd have been totally free of these unnecessary expenses. More than 19 of her sisters, both biological and half sisters that has given birth, no single expense was listed for their man that they got pregnant for and has a child for. But I and the other in law that paid dowry are the one going through these unnecessary expenses.
So immediately he told me about everything, I charged at my wife right on the spot, right in front of her mom, her brothers, her sisters and some of her friends that came for condolence visit. I got so furious and started shouting at the top of my voice, I reminded her how she forced me into marriage that I'm not in anyway prepared and ready for, both physically, psychologically, emotionally, financially. (I have been reminding her regarding this almost on a daily basis and whenever we are quarreling.
I reminded her how she threatened me with suicide and our of fear of the unknown I wasted almost 4m in getting married to her. I told her that I'd have been free of these expenses if not for her pressure.
Immediately she burst into tears, and started crying endlessly.
Her mom and sisters started yelling at me and I yelled back at all of them. They told me I met her a Virgin and now she's no longer good for me (truly, the whole family thought that I was the one that took her virginity) My wife and I agreed to keep it a secret, but the constant remainder from her mom and sisters made me let the cat out of the bag, I told them that I didn't met her a Virgin that she has already started having sex when I met her, they didn't believe me but with my tone, I know they'd.
I also made mentioned that I'm not buying any goat or paying for mortuary or taking any list from them. That it's their dad and they should take care of every responsibilities, after all he has uncountable children, why putting some of the expense on me? I walked away, and switched off my phone until now that I'm just putting it on.
I know that I acted wrongly and allowed my anger to get the best part of me. But I was furious because no single bill went to her sister's baby father's, absolutely nothing was listed for them. I got furious because these expenses won't be on me right now if not for her pressuring me into marriage that I want ready for. I was furious because I and the other in law that they billed became the scape goat by doing the right thing by getting married and not leaving theirs daughter In ruins, where as those that got their daughter pregnant without getting married to them were totally free from these unnecessary bills. I'm in so much pains and regret right now.
Buy bitter Kola and Garlic, cut them into pieces and boil them together and drink every 30 minutes to action
websta: Hello men, Please, help me out. My relationship is about to fall as I'm a 2 mins man and my girl is complaining and extremely annoyed. Pls what can I do last longer? How do I last longer? I love my babe and I want to be able to knack her well. I'm so disappointed in myself.
The complaint of the IOCs refusing to sell to Dangote is a pure lie from the pit of hell, you are going to buy the crude the them on credit and pay back in like 3 months and the guys said okay, let's add something on top for cushion the effects of waiting for 3 months to get our pay and you refused .
Na you alone want chop money and the diesel you are selling is half refined simply because you don't want to spend money to complete the refining.
Dangote hasn't done anything to benefit Nigerians
Nonsense
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•Imported crude makes production costs higher, may affect petrol price – Dangote source
Most of you folks searching for a job don't know anything and like you folks generalised, how do you feel the HR department receiving a bad written application and the person searching for a job behaving lackadaisical too.
There are so many one man business doing very well and taking care of their members of staff.
Oga, PLEASE MOVE ON,she is done and trust me the other guy will use and break her and she will.come back begging you
Lukmanraji: My gf of seven years has been giving me attitude recently which I noticed sometimes last year. I observed that she always check my phone to look for something to hold against me. Yes, she suspected that I'm having something with someone. So, every time she's around me, she always find one or two thing that will lead to argument and all that. Aside that, the respect, love and intimacy between us reduced drastically.
Fast forward to this year, She successfully read a chat on my phone where I was talking dirty with someone. That's the genesis of the whole mess I'm in right now. She just walked out quietly and decided to end it all. Since then, I've not been myself because this is the person I have planned to live the rest of my life with. So, I started begging her but she's not giving me any green light. I called, messaged her but no response. I asked my Junior brother to beg on my behalf but she didn't succumb to that not until my dad intervened to apologize on my behalf.
So, she call me that we need to see. I rushed to visit her and apologize again and again. She agreed to continue with the relationship but she hasn't forgiven me. After few weeks of the whole issue. I suspected that she's hiding something from me. Then one fateful night, I spy on her phone when she was unlocking her phone. That night, I was able to access her phone while she was asleep.
I checked her WhatsApp, I discovered that she has been clearing her chat with one particular guy who happens to be her friend from NYSC since 2021. They became close as they both work in the same financial institution but in a different branch. Then I went further to her Instagram page to see what's going there.
To my greatest surprise, I discovered that they have been having an affair since 2023. My gf has been throwing herself to this guy, they have been going to the cinema together and other places. On her birthday, my babe and this guy went out together without my knowledge, they both book uber to somewhere without my knowledge, they were both sharing their feelings online, talking about marriage, how to raise their kids irrespective of their religion differences and my babe even throwing herself to the guy for sex. Everything thing I found in their chat especially how my babe has been treating this guy with love and respect is the opposite of how my babe has been treating me lately.
So, I screenshoted all the evidence and save on my phone. I then challenged her that she's cheating on me with that guy but she blatantly denied it. Not until I showed her all the evidences with me before she began to cry fowl and started debunking all I saw. She claimed that they are not true, they were just playing and not into any thing serious. They are friends and that's how they banter each other online. All her excuses were not genuine but I still forgive her on one condition that I don't want to see her with the guy again and she should cut off any form of friendship or relationship between them because I had done something more than that to her just recently and she forgive me.
Meanwhile, during the cause of this issue, I proposed to my gf that we should take this relationship to the next level by seeing her parents this year and maybe by the end of the year, we do the whole thing. The shock response I got from her was that she's not in a rush to settle down with me. Not even this year as she's just healing from the heartbreak I caused her and I can't use marriage to tie her down then I continue breaking her heart. There's no how I tried convincing her that I am a changed man now as I am ready to take responsibility and be a responsible person.
After few weeks, I logged into her whatsapp on my system and then again I found out that she's still talking to this guy and they were even planning on going out again. I got angry and send proof to her but guess what, my babe para for me for cloning her whatsapp on my system. Hell almost let lose that evening. This time around, she felt unapologetic about the primary issue that I warned her to desist from. Funny enough, after close observation, I learnt that they move their chats from whatsapp to Snapchat where their chat is just "view once". Then I knew that this lady is not ready to stop talking to this guy. I have shouted over and over this matter but this time around, my babe is now feeling lackadaisical about this issue.
Right now, my babe is now comfortable with the guy and she's now sitting on defense about this matter. In our last conversation, my GF literarily told me that she doesn't love me anymore. And then she started rewinding all my past during the cause of the relation and using it as an excuse for not been able to love me like she used to. In our conversation, the only thing she didn't mention is that we should go on our separate ways (break up) but everything she said to me indirectly simply means that she is done with me.
I felt unloved as this is the woman I never placed anyone above, this is the woman I've nurtured when we were in school and outside school. I respected her and love her so much that she has become part of me. My parents, family and friends are expecting us to tie the knot soon but here is my babe telling me she's not in love with me anymore. I felt unloved about this whole thing and I'm heartbroken.
I am lost and crying inside silently as I never expected someone I have sacrificed something huge for before to be acting like this to me. I'm depressed. I need mature advise from you guys. Thank you.
'My names are 'is often used in courts because the justice, lawyers from both end must know all your names so that when References are made to such names, they will know it is you.
But outside the court, ' My name is the most appropriate .
ify2016: Introducing ourselves is something we do in our everyday life in Gatherings, Meetings, or in Classroom. We usually introduce ourselves by saying: “My name is Tochukwu”, “I am Tochukwu”, “Hello everyone, I’m Tochukwu”, “Hey guys, I am Tochukwu” or “My name’s Tochukwu”.
The duality of English language has however resulted into controversy in the appropriate manner we should introduce ourselves. While some are of the opinion that the appropriate and grammatically correct manner of introducing yourself is saying “My name is Tochukwu Anayo”, some others suggest that the appropriate way of introducing yourself is saying “My names are Tochukwu Anayo-Enechukwu” in order to show plurality of your name.
These conflicting opinion is the reason for writing this article which examines whether ‘My name is’ or ‘My names are’ is the correct form of introducing yourself.
cause to reveal his dual identity, the rare plurality will apply and the writer may introduce himself by saying: My names are Anayo Tochukwu and Charles Lee (pseudonym name).
The similarity with the two aforementioned exceptions is its resemblance of plurality and the use of the conjunction ‘and’ which we cannot normally use while introducing ourselves. Thus, these exceptions come in handy in very special circumstance and can never fall under the conventional form of introducing your name. Hence, saying “My names are” is wrong, while saying “My name is” is the correct way of introducing your name.
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You that is a love-vendor nko? You think being a hard man in marriage works, nonsense it doesn't. Small children hiding behind a laptop or a phone to write nonsense about a man bring a simp.simply because he has appreciated his wife. I bet you, you are the most of all simpleton
Nigeria is the only part of the globe where they celebrate people for behaving like a normal human being or performing their duties⚠️
You will never see a white man, indian, Chinese or even an Arabian man with this kind of long epistle of jargon over a woman♂️
I have never come across a clip or text where foreign men are worshipping and praising their women, whenever i come online all i see is foolish African men disgracing themselves😔😔
Your wife is simply doing what you married her for and is no big issue you bloody simp💯
If you feel you need to show her love for being a good wife, please do that secretly and stop blocking our online space😡
Oga, your wife's younger brother is your inlaw and you need to ring.and hear from.him of the balance of 3.5m is his contribution or something.
If you are not.comfortable with the arrangement let both your wife and his brother know. Don't listen to anyone that calls you a SIMP.
You love your wife and wants her comfortable and anyone who doesn't like should go hug a TRANSFORMER.
QED
Freethought: My wife loves the comfort that comes with a car(i mean, who wouldn't) , she talks about it everytime. Last year, i made some savings and decided to get a car buh unfortunately, with the help of a trusted mechanic, i made a bad buy which i sold at a loss shortly after i bought it.
This morning , my wife told me her younger brother wants to get her a car and she told him she has 1.5 million naira ready (she was asked dou). The guy promised to get the car for her this weekend as long as the 1.5 million is readily available.
Now my issue is, this 1.5 million she told her brother she has is the money i got from the sale of my bad purchased car. The boy did not know the source of the money and probably think his sister actually have 1.5m to add to what he has to get the car.
I really do not know what to do rn cos i know getting the car will make her very happy and i do not want to hinder that, but I'm not really comfortable with the whole arrangement. I really don't know what to do.
The car he wants to get, according to my wife is valued at 5m.
Some.of you will configure what is not to confuse someone and think you are smart.
advanceDNA: What happened to a 3.5M car if he actually wants to buy a car for his sister?? Why must it be 5M naira car...... Either ur wife wants to run u marital street or the brother wants to run ur wife//you confirm street..
Wateva the case is ...u won't like the outcome after u drop the money
[ You MUST BE SICK IN THE HEAD AND STUPID FROM THE WOMB for writing this rubbish
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What is the state using the profits for?
Are they impacting on the common lives of her people? Because you will find every Akwaibom person doing househelp in almost every state in Nigeria.[/quote]
This is absolutely nonsensical, did you grow up to see Africans using fork and knife to eat our local foods or you just want to form nonsense table etiquette.
I use my hand to eat eba, come my house come beat me
If you marry wrong these are the things you get but if you marry the right person, you will enjoy your marriage. It's a mindset you MUST change, whether you are going to marry an American, British, Chinese, indian or.......... , there are challenges in marriage which you must work together with your husband to overcome through prayers, understanding, love and respect for each other.
Aa a woman you MUST first respect your husband to derive the best from him but if you copy and paste the OYIBO lifestyle of FEMINISM, YOU GO SUFFER.
You must contribute to the success of the marriage, you must make financial intelligence an important ingredient, don't spend money anyhow, don't hold your money from him, don't report the issues in your marriage to a third-party NO MATTER what happened.
If 2 people don't agree, they can't work together
Persephone1: [i]"Marry a typical Nigerian Man at your own peril"
When I type these words, it's not from a place of hate towards men ( I don't hate anybody) It is from careful analysis of marriages to Nigerian Men which mostly lack genuine love, empathy and kindness. Nigerian Marriages are mostly driven by "needs" and "means" to an end. Too systematic and unnatural and the one with the highest bargaining chip gets the most benefit.
Our mothers didn't teach us enough about Men. They didn't know either until they got married, unfortunately they are still learning about Men too. That is why the popular saying "Ile oko ile eko ni" (Your husband house is a school) is usually the soothing balm to unfavourable experiences a wife has with her husband. One question I always ask myself when I hear these words as parting words of advice for young wife is. Does that mean she is getting married into a strange,unknown and possibly unfavourable world? Why represent her husband as an unending course? And will she ever graduate and be relieved of painful lessons?. Ask these women these questions and they will shake their heads in mockery but the truth is, They weren't taught enough about the Men they are getting married to. How would they when they didn't know who they are either. To understand another person there must be a certain level of self awareness you have reached yourself. This way you have enough level of intelligence to be a perfect judge of character. But when a woman believe all she needs to be is a good cook and good konji reliever then all she will seek is a man who has Kitchen and bed.
Men are the worst in this joke of an institution. Configured to believe all they need to posses is Financial ability to provide. The upbringing of the typical Nigerian Man is very very wrong. Trained with little to no empathy,kindness, self care, sense of belonging, self love but burdened with sense of responsibility brought up like a robot to "provide" only. Most Nigerian men are robotic minded, unable to connect emotionally without aide yet this men are expected to naturally see their brides as a part of themselves. Wishful thinking if you ask me. And when some men luckily achieve this, the society (Men and Women) mock him. Aside this, they don't readily know what they want and are easily tossed by the society.
We create a society devoid of emotional engagement but want the benefits emotions birth. Compassion and affections brings liberty, a man who lacks these will see his wife as his slave and property, he gets to do with her what he seem best and not what is good for her. We really have a long way to go as a Society.
REVEALED: Mr Caleb Westberg, CSU’s registrar since November 2020, said that Mr Tinubu did not apply for a replacement certificate, nor was he ever issued one -
Mr Caleb Westberg, the registrar at Chicago State University, during the deposition that lasted about 5.5 hours said Mr Tinubu’s certificate, dated June 22, 1979, and tendered to INEC on June 17, 2022, was not issued by the school and its administrators could, therefore, not be able to authenticate its source.
You guys are liars from the pit of hell, tufiakwa
Naija2023: Chicago State University registrar: We get 30 enquiries a day on Tinubu, confirms graduation
Go and read history my friend and stop this, blacks were the first people to occupy the locations called India and even China too
GYBABA: Jeez, she's an Asian that's just dark skinned probably due to been exposed to harsh weather conditions or her genes are responsible. Don't you see dark skinned Indians when you watch Bollywood movies? These guys are mostly used as thugs, criminals, henchmen & stuff. Do blacks even have that hairstyle she has naturally? Nawa for you ooo
Oga, I am a married man and a faithful one for that matter, I will tell you the truth, you are an idiot for going outside your marriage to commit adultery. No matter how you cover it with many excuses, it doesn't hold any water.
Build up your mind to love your wife and your love making will be rekindled. It's your mind my friend
I cant say if this problem is peculiar and I would sincerely appreciate mature comments and suggestions.
My marriage is just about a year old though I had an on/off online friendship with my now-wifey since 2017 before we decided to get serious late 2021. Our physical courtship was kinda brief - about 6 months - while we both resided in the same state but different Cities (about 3hrs apart).
I used to be very sexually active in my previous relationships - trust me when i say I'm quite good in bed - but with my now-wifey, I decided to limit the sex part cos i felt at a man's age (tho my sisters also advised same) that there r other things to look out for in a woman. So basically, we did not get too intimate during courtship. Worryingly, even the few times we did it, I rarely got to orgasm cos she couldn't match my stamina.
Fast forwards to 1 month into the marriage, I was diagnosed with High blood pressure which the doctors advised BP drugs might affect my libido but it will later regulate/normalize. Then the problems started! First, I get aroused normally with good turgidity enough to penetrate my Wifey's tight "body" but I tend to loose erection after some mins of thrusting and that's the end. Never comes back on again. Few times I was able to finish but that's not without alot of mental imagination to make me finish ontime.
Very worryingly for me, I decided to check myself with other women and dear readers, I achieved stronger turgidity and no fail moment. That was my first shock.
Summarily, my wife and I still dont live together but this situation has gone worse now. I got no sexual feelings towards her and na by force we dey manage run 1 round in weeks. Meanwhile, I get sex requests from other girls on a daily. I'm very sad about this situation especially when i look at my wife because she ought to be enjoying this thicke alone forever.
As a man, you can imagine how you'd feel when your woman feels ur impotent while other women are bugging you for your time.
Various extreme thoughts have crossed my mind and I'm seriously bothered which isn't even good for my health. Should i confess to my wife?
Madam go.on your knees and ask your Heavenly father for the way out. Humans instinct and advice might not be enough. Thank you
Vyvyanvyvy: Hello guys, I am a 36 years old single mother of four. My son will be 15 in August, first daughter 10 in october, my third 5 and youngest 3 by june.
I have separated from my husband because he didn't want my son to come and live with us, I have been taking care of them singlehandedly for 3 years.
I have been friend with this man, a widower who is 57 years and a father of 2 children. He is asking for my hand in marriage. To be honest, I don't want to be married again, all I want is to focus on raising my kids because I have been through a lot in my previous marriage and I don't want another marriage wahala.
He asked for my hand in marriage, I rejected him and I had explained to him why I don't want to marry again. I told him what my ex did, he said he is a mature man he will love me and my children and he will never hate them or ask them to leave his house. I told him I have to think about it and I will get back to him ASAP. But I am still scared to accept his proposal because I don't want history to repeat itself and he is still on my neck. He wants me to accept his proposal. I am confused.
Please advice me. Is it a wise choice for me to get married again after everything I have been through in the past?
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