Located in the suburb of Cotonou, inside a magnificent white duplex overlooking Cadjehoun Airport’s runway, is EtriLabs, one accelerator at the forefront of the silent uprising of Benin’s techno…
Depuis Cotonou, les startups nouvelle génération d’EtriLabs se développent pour le reste du monde
Situé dans la banlieue de Cotonou, à l’intérieur d’un magnifique duplex blanc avec une vue donnant sur la piste de l’aéroport de Cadjéhoun, EtriLabs est un accélérateur à l’ava…
A case for e-hailing services in Francophone West Africa
Francophone West Africa should be the hub for e-hailing services on the continent. Here are 3 reasons why.…
SimplePay might be dead, but the fintech industry faces far bigger threats
Nigerian fintech startup, SimplePay is effectively dead. Its sad demise is bringing to light a serious issue of fraud in the industry…
Malgré les défis territoriaux, le premier laboratoire d’incubation du Togo, WoeLab, progresse avec détermination
WoeLab est le premier laboratoire d’incubation et de fabrication de technologies au Togo. Situé dans la capitale Lomé, le laboratoire se concentre sur la création de technologies durables dans u…
In spite of territorial challenges, Togo’s first incubation lab, WoeLab is advancing with purpose
WoeLab is the first technology incubation and fabrication lab in Togo. Situated in the capital city of Lomé, the lab is focused on creating sustainable technology in a local context by utilising mater…
Assessing the Facebook Nigeria Initiative, 4 months after NG_HUB launch
Months after unveiling the Facebook Nigeria Initiative, a product of which is the NG_HUB in Yaba, Lagos the outline for the initiative remains unclear…
Village Capital and Techpoint to co-host panel discussion on accelerator models in Africa
Village Capital, in partnership with Techpoint, is hosting a panel during the Lagos Startup Week, to discuss the value proposition of accelerators, both African and international.…
Pitch Friday September: A date with two sweethearts
Following the debut of Pitch Friday in Ghana, we immediately cast focus on the Nigeria edition. Here’s how it went down.…
The state of e-hailing services in Ghana
The e-hailing market in Ghana is a two-horse race between Uber and Taxify. Here’s a review of their present state in Accra.…
Leti Arts wants to ignite the African games industry revolution from Ghana
Leti Arts, an almost decade-old gaming development company based in Ghana, is pioneering a unique approach to interactive gaming for the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa.…
Techpoint Pitch Friday Ghana, inaugural edition, was a success!
Excited, apprehensive, confident, these were all emotional states we found ourselves at various points as Techpoint, since its pan African move, prepared towards its first-ever event outside the shore…
Paga raises $10m Series B2, finally going global
Nigerian fintech company, Paga recently announced a new $10 million Series B funding led by the Global Innovation Fund…
Tizeti raises $3m to expand its unlimited internet service across Africa
A year after raising seed funding of $2.1 million from international investors, Tizeti has announced raising $3 million in a new series A funding round.…
RecyclePoints and 2 other startups from Africa shine at the 2018 Zambezi Prize
At the just concluded 2018 Zambezi Prize held in Nairobi, Kenya, three startups from the financial tech landscape in Africa were awarded financial rewards due to challenges they are solving within the…
BudgIT has appointed Gabriel Okeowo as its new CEO
BudgIT GM Operations, Gabriel Okeowo has been appointed new CEO, in place of Oluseun Onigbinde who has enrolled into the Obama Foundation Scholars Programme at Columbia University, New York.…
Paystack secures $8 million Series A funding round
Nigerian fintech startup, Paystack has just announced a Series A funding round of $8 million, surprisingly backed by American fintech company, Stripe and a host of other foreign investors.…
Why you no longer hear about Nigeria’s fast rising tech-talent accelerator, Switch
For a while now, there’s been speculation mounting around the possible non-operation of one of Nigeria’s fast rising tech-talent accelerators, Switch. After a bit of digging, here is what …
11 startups unveiled for Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa second cohort
Barely two months after rounding up its first Launchpad Accelerator Africa class, Google unveils 11 startups in its Lagos facility for class two of Launchpad Accelerator Africa…
Online tutoring marketplace, Prepclass secures significant Series A funding
Following its last investment from GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund, online tutoring marketplace, Prepclass has gone on to secure a new Series A funding round from Rise Capital.…