Pulse Digital Picks: A round up of our best digital platforms

But in case you missed anything, let’s quickly take you through the journey that has brought us here.

Day 1: Carbon

First up in this series was the Online Banking Sector where Carbon, a pan-African financial solution accessible via smartphones, was our pick.

Carbon’s excellence at effectively providing individuals with access to credit made them an easy choice here. And also for the fact that they are a fee-free, interest-earning wallet, simple payments solutions, high-yield investment opportunities and easy-to-use tools for personal financial management.

Day 2: Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative

In the second article of the series, Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative [ANPI], took center stage, being our choice from the list of Entrepreneurial Competitions in existence now.

ANPI was born as a direct result of Alibaba founder, Jack Ma’s first-ever visit to Africa in 2017, and their focus is on providing African entrepreneurs with an inclusive platform to be able to showcase and develop their talent and business ideas.

Day 3: Kwik Delivery

When it was time for the last mile logistics sector, we went with Kwik Delivery, the leading last-mile app-based delivery service in Lagos.

Kwik pride themselves on our readiness to provide fast and accurate delivery, as they are engineered by powerful technology to solve logistics and transportation needs across Africa.

Day 4: Jumia

On day four, our pick for the Best E-commerce website was Jumia, an online marketplace in Africa for electronics, gadgets, and fashion among other things.

Since starting out in Lagos in 2012, with the goal of proving that e-commerce was possible in Africa, Jumia now has a presence in more than 10 countries. The company also offers logistics services, which enables the shipment and delivery of packages from sellers to consumers.

Day 5: Jumia Food

For the Online Food Delivery category, Jumia Food is Nigeria's No. 1 Online food delivery platform.

They are doing great work in partnership with several restaurants to deliver delightful meals and delicacies that customers can enjoy across major Nigerian cities including Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Ibadan.

Day 6: YouTube

For day 6, our focus category was ‘Best Video-On-Demand Platform’. And the pick there was YouTube, a well-known, online video-sharing platform.

An obvious global force when it comes to sharing video content online. Youtube has become a part of everyone’s daily lives - whether you are seeking you are a creative, entertainer, student, business person or just a random consumer of interesting content.

Day 7: MDaaS Global

In this episode of the series, we reckoned with the outstanding MDaaS Global, one of the Digital Health Solution companies fusing technology into the administering of public and private healthcare.

MDaas is a leading healthtech company with the goal of unlocking modern diagnostics for Africa’s next billion. They currently operate a network of tech-enabled diagnostic facilities across four states in Nigeria as well as a COVID-19 sample collection site in Ogun State.

Day 8: Paga

On day 7, Pulse picked from the digital payment sector, where Paga has been doing tremendous work in bringing easy money solutions to Nigerians.

Paga is Nigeria’s first and leading emerging markets mobile money company, and they have taken leadership in the fintech ecosystem by being the pioneering mobile money and wallet driving platform in Nigeria.

Day 9: Bamboo

The Digital service sector in focus on day 8 was the online Investment sector. And our pick was Bamboo, an online investment platform on a mission to provide Africans with real-time access to global investment opportunities right from their mobile phones or computers.

Day 10: Jobberman

In the 9th edition of Pulse Digital Picks, we turned our attention to the training and recruitment sector, where Jobberman has been carving a niche for itself since 2009.

Jobberman started as a recruitment and job search platform and grew into an all-encompassing career platform offering online career advice, personalised HR solutions for both individuals and institutions as well as training services for jobseekers.

Conclusion

Having spotlighted several creditable brands and companies, this series comes to a close on the confidence that everyone who has followed up till now will be able to find trustworthy and reliable digital service providers that deliver the utmost best every single time.