Following its expansion to South Africa, Kiakiaprint, a Nigerian print-on-demand startup, is now live in the North American countries of Canada and the US. Here’s what you need to know about the expan…
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Adewale Yusuf steps down as publisher of Techpoint Africa to launch tech talent startup, TalentQL in Ile-Ife
After stepping down as the Publisher of Techpoint Africa, Adewale Yusuf has turned his sights to TalentQL, an Ile-Ife-based talent startup he founded with Sultan Akintunde of DevCareers and Opeyemi Aw…
Nigerian API fintech, Mono, raises $500k pre-seed, wants to build Plaid for Africa
Founded two months ago, Nigerian API fintech startup, Mono, has raised $500k in pre-seed funding from Lateral Capital and Ventures Platform among others. It will be used to expand the team and scale t…
In conversation with Obinna Ukwuani, Chief Digital Officer at the Bank of Kigali
A Nigerian entrepreneur and former Paystack executive was recently appointed chief digital officer of Rwanda’s Bank of Kigali. In what has been a fruitful journey for the past seven years, we take a p…
Innoson Vehicles set to launch IVM Connect, its ride-hailing service in Enugu
Nigerian car and bus manufacturer, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing plans to launch ride-hailing service, IVM Connect in a few weeks. It will start with Enugu and expand to other cities in the coming mon…
How a 3D visual effects video of a drone delivering a carton of Indomie fooled the internet
Anisiuba Uche who made the Indomie drone delivery video talks about how he got into visual effects (VFX) and how his 35-second video that fooled the internet came together.…
Nigeria’s Kiakiaprint takes print-on-demand business global with Canva partnership and South Africa expansion
In three years, Kiakiaprint has quietly grown to become one of Nigeria’s largest print-on-demand startups. It is going a step further by partnering with Canva and expanding globally, beginning with So…
Wallets Africa raises fresh capital from Samurai Incubate, Mozilla, and Michael Seibel
Nigerian fintech startup, Wallets Africa will use the undisclosed funding to provide digital banking for small businesses. Investors include Samurai Incubate, Michael Seibel, Y Combinator, Mozilla, an…
Mozilla, via its incubator, wants to invest up to $75k in African early-stage startups
US-based Internet company, Mozilla, known for its Firefox browser, is going VC mode. With ticket sizes from $10,000 to $75,000, the company’s Builders Incubator is looking to invest in pre-startup and…
Former Binance Labs director, Yele Bademosi launches ‘Bundle’, to unify traditional fintech and open finance
Launching officially today, Bundle will create a world where traditional fintech and open finance co-exist in parallel through the power of blockchain technology…
Nigerian startup,Termii graduates from Y Combinator Winter 2020 Batch
Termii joins the likes of Paystack, Flutterwave, BuyCoins, Tizeti, and other Nigerian startups that have graduated from the Y Combinator incubation program, an opportunity it will leverage to raise fu…
“Nigerian startups raised $377m in 2019, more than twice the value of 2018.” — Report
Nigerian tech startups raised a total of $377m in 2019, almost twice what they received in 2018. Find out how they did in this annual report.…
GIG Logistics looking to partner ORide, others, on deliveries: What this means for the logistics sector in Lagos
With the Lagos okada ban came Gokada’s pivot to deliveries, and according to new information, GIGL is in talks to partner ORide, others, as ride-hailing platforms look to exploit another loophole in t…
Techpoint and Pettysave to host Patrick Brown, mayor of Brampton, Canada
During his four-day visit to Nigeria, Patrick Brown, Mayor of Brampton, Canada will be meeting key traditional leaders in Nigeria as well as stakeholders of the Nigerian tech community…
“We need to go into Cockroach Mode” — Gokada founder and CEO, Fahim Saleh, addresses layoffs and pivot
Following the news of Gokada’s mass layoffs, founder and CEO of the motorcycle-hailing startup, Fahim Saleh, explains why Gokada took this decision and why it’s making a pivot.…
Motorcycle-hailing startup, Gokada lays off most of its workforce
Reports reaching Techpoint suggest that Gokada has let go most of its staff. Coinciding with the recent motorcycle ban in Lagos, it is said that the startup has been going through layoffs since its tw…
Techpoint Africa to host Peter Salovey, President of Yale University, in Lagos
Join Techpoint in hosting the President of Yale University, Peter Salovey, and other senior Yale University officials at a town hall meeting this Thursday, 16th of January 2020. The interactive discus…
Founder of defunct OyaPay is now co-founder of a new startup, Voyance, after leaving Paystack
Following a dispute with a family-tied investor, Abdulhamid Hassan shut down OyaPay earlier in the year and joined Paystack. But he is now making the journey back into entrepreneurship with Voyance. W…
Nigerian web hosting company, GigaLayer, acquires Russian web hosting company, HUB8
It is not often you hear about a Nigerian startup acquiring a foreign-owned company. But Nigerian web hosting company, GigaLayer has acquired Russian-owned HUB8, a leading global web hosting company.…
Termii, a Nigerian CaaS startup, secures $30,000 seed fund from Transsion-backed incubator, Future Hub
A Nigerian Communication-as-a-Service startup, Termii, announces a $30,000 seed fund secured from Transsion-backed Future Hub…
