Dave Ibemere

Education: Bachelor of Science Mass Communication (2015), Master of Science Mass Communication University of Lagos (2018), Google News Initiative (GNI) News Lab: Advanced digital reporting 2024

Experience: Business/Financial Analyst, BusinessDay Newspaper (2017-2019), Data journalist/financial analyst, Dataphyte (2019), Business Editor/HOD, Ripples Nigeria (2019-2021)

Awards: Staff of the Year, BusinessDay Research (2019), Awardee IFRA (French government) research award, UNILAG(2018), Information is a Beautiful international award-longlist nominee (2019), Top Business Editor Legit.ng (2022, 2023, 2024)

Dave Ibemere is a senior business editor at Legit.ng. He is a financial journalist with over a decade of experience in print and online media. He also holds a Master's degree from the University of Lagos. He is a member of the African Academy for Open-Source Investigation (AAOSI), the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations and other media think tank groups. He previously worked with The Guardian, BusinessDay, and headed the business desk at Ripples Nigeria. Email: dave.ibemere@corp.legit.ng.

4214 articles published since 20 Sep 2021

Author's articles

Meet Owolabi Salis, the first Nigerian man to travel to space

Meet Owolabi Salis, the first Nigerian man to travel to space

18 days ago

Taraba State backs tech start-up Izesan Limited's move to preserve its indigenous languages

Taraba State backs tech start-up Izesan Limited's move to preserve its indigenous languages

a month ago

DStv announces exciting new smartphone games, players to get rewards

DStv announces exciting new smartphone games, players to get rewards

a month ago

Nigerian travel YouTuber Desmond to embark on solo road trip across 16 West African countries

Nigerian travel YouTuber Desmond to embark on solo road trip across 16 West African countries

a month ago

Founder urges edtech sector to embrace African languages innovation

Founder urges edtech sector to embrace African languages innovation

a month ago

Another telecom launches in Nigeria with 0724 phone number, plans to sell minutes, not airtime

Another telecom launches in Nigeria with 0724 phone number, plans to sell minutes, not airtime

a month ago

CcHUB faces more criticism over Edtech Fellowship as group alleges bias, favouritism

CcHUB faces more criticism over Edtech Fellowship as group alleges bias, favouritism

2 months ago

Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), which administers the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship, has responded to various allegations about its selection process.

ngCERT alerts Nigerians using Android phones on malware targeting WhatsApp, banking apps

ngCERT alerts Nigerians using Android phones on malware targeting WhatsApp, banking apps

2 months ago

The Nigeria Computer Emergency Response Team (ngCERT) under the Office of the National Security Adviser has released a high warning to andriod users.

Full list: WhatsApp officially stops working on 31 selected iPhones, Android smartphones

Full list: WhatsApp officially stops working on 31 selected iPhones, Android smartphones

2 months ago

Popular messaging app WhatsApp has officially stopped working on select iPhones and Android smartphones, with another update expected in two years.

Dumena criticises CcHUB, alleges gaps in edutech Fellowship cohort sponsored by MasterCard

Dumena criticises CcHUB, alleges gaps in edutech Fellowship cohort sponsored by MasterCard

2 months ago

Nigerian Edutech startups Dumena and Izesan have released an open letter critiquing the selection process of the CChub Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship'

Elon Musk announces new rival for WhatsApp, other messaging apps, lists features

Elon Musk announces new rival for WhatsApp, other messaging apps, lists features

2 months ago

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Tesla and Social Media X (formerly Twitter) has intergrated new features into message App of X to rival Whatsapp.

Nigerian edtech startup Izesan calls for transparency in CcHUB fellowship program

Nigerian edtech startup Izesan calls for transparency in CcHUB fellowship program

2 months ago

Izesan Limited is seeking an explanation from Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) over the selection process for its fellowship after being rejected three times.

Apple to share over N152bn to iPhone, MacBook users, shares link to apply

Apple to share over N152bn to iPhone, MacBook users, shares link to apply

3 months ago

Apple is facing lawsuit from its customers and have announced plans to pay out $95 million to users of iPhone, MacBook, iPad, HomePod and Appl TV.

Google introduces new feature to make stolen Android phones difficult to sell, use

Google introduces new feature to make stolen Android phones difficult to sell, use

3 months ago

It will no longer be easy to resell stolen Android devices, as Google has decided to implement a new feature that will render the stolen phone useless.

FG reacts to Meta plans to close Facebook, Instagram access in Nigeria after $220m fine

FG reacts to Meta plans to close Facebook, Instagram access in Nigeria after $220m fine

3 months ago

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has reacted to reports that Meta the parent company of Facebook, wants to leave Nigeria.

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