Imanah Oluseyi

Venture Garden Nigeria gets $20m Investment Fund from Convergence partners

Venture Garden Nigeria just raised the sum of $20 million from Convergence Partners to enable the investment holding company accelerate its strategic plans in Nigeria, and across the West African. According to Bunmi Akinyemiju, Venture Garden Nigeria’s CEO “We...

Imanah Oluseyi

8 years ago

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SA-based price comparison site, "Click n Compare" expands to Nigeria and Kenya

A South African based price comparison site for mobile, broadband, insurance, banking and travel, is expanding to Nigeria. The Co-founder/CEO of the firm, Ryan Marx said that “Click n Compare’s unique value proposition is the fact that we have positioned ourselves ...

Imanah Oluseyi

8 years ago

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Twitter lifts 140 character limit from DMs

Today, Twitter finally lifted the 140 character limit from its Direct Messages, what this means is that you can now type as much characters as you like in a single Direct Message before sending unlike before when it was limited. This change was to have taken effect a ...

Imanah Oluseyi

8 years ago

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Village Capital partners Gearbox to launch first Hardware Accelerator program in Africa

Village Capital has just launched its first Hardware Accelerator program in Africa. The company recently partnered with iHub's Gearbox, a hardware maker space, with support from The Lemelson Foundation, The Doen Foundation, SGII, and VC4Africa to launch the pro...

Imanah Oluseyi

8 years ago

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Truppr is expanding to Kenya and Zimbabwe

Fast rising Nigerian startup, Truppr, is set to expand outside the country and Nairobi and Herera seems to be its first preferred locations. Truppr, found by Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) co-founder Bosun Tijani, seems to be seing positive growth over the years both in te...

Imanah Oluseyi

8 years ago

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Arnergy Solar Secures Funding to Promote Off-grid Solar Home Systems in Nigeria

Lagos-based renewable energy provider, Arnergy Solar Limited, has secured funding from Bank of Industry to provide off-grid solar systems for over 1000 homes in Nigeria. The project which is also supported by the United Nations Development Program is part of the com...

Imanah Oluseyi

8 years ago

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#UberPitch Lagos: Pitch your startup from the back of an Uber

Seedstars World competition which is set to take place in Lagos on July 31 has partnered with Uber to launch #Uberpitch. Startups will be given 10 minutes to have a shot at the last spot during the #Uberpitch event holding on July 28th at Victoria Island, Lekki ...

Imanah Oluseyi

8 years ago

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Nigeria is Africa’s 2nd most attractive retail market

Nigeria has been ranked Africa's 2nd most attractive retail market after Rwanda in A.T. Kearney’s 2014 Africa Retail Development Index . The company which ranks countries offering the highest and lowest investment opportunities on a scale of 1( lowest) to 100 (highest...

Imanah Oluseyi

8 years ago

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infoDev Business Analytics Toolkit is aimed at helping Tech Hubs

infoDev has released a Business Analytics toolkit to help tech hubs analyse their performances, and also improve their planning & collection of data. The toolkit is aimed at helping tech hub managers understand how to conduct performance measurement, improve the...

Imanah Oluseyi

8 years ago

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Airtel now 3rd largest network in the world

According to World Cellular information service (WCIS), Bharti Airtel is now the 3rd largest mobile network in the world after climbing a step higher from its previous position in the global ranking. The Indian mobile network which was established in 1995 in New Delhi ...

Imanah Oluseyi

8 years ago

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Ride sharing app Raye7, from Cairo, and 30 others to pitch at DEMO Africa in Lagos

Ride sharing app Raye7 has emerged winner of the last DEMO Africa mini-event which was held in Cairo. The ride sharing app is a mobile app that facilitates ride-sharing within existing social networks - such as within a work or school community. Raye7 will be competing...

Imanah Oluseyi

8 years ago

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What Google is doing to curb unwanted mobile ad clicks

You know when you are browsing a web page and you mistakenly click on an ad, or those annoying pop ups that come just as you are about to click on an option in an app. Well, Google has taken note of such unwanted ad clicks as a recent study has shown that about 50% of...

Imanah Oluseyi

8 years ago

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Microsoft Office for Android is Finally Here

Microsoft Office apps for Android are now available for all Android devices. Office apps which was released back in May as "Office for Android preview" has been in its beta stage until now. The Microsoft Office apps include PowerPoint, Word and Excel. The apps also com...

Imanah Oluseyi

8 years ago

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You can now undo sent messages on Gmail

Finally! the "undo send" option has graduated from Gmail Labs and is now official for use on the web version of the search giant's email service. The undo send feature as some already know, allows you cancel a mail you are sending within a short amount of time which can...

Imanah Oluseyi

8 years ago

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DStv under investigation by CPC for Human Rights Violation

Investigation by the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) is underway against DStv for human rights violation due to a plethora of complaints from subscribers. In a notice of commencement of investigation signed by the Council’s Director General, Mrs. Dupe Atoki, and s...

Imanah Oluseyi

8 years ago

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