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Healthlane in more hot water as lingering debt and fresh accusations trail the Sequoia and SVB-backed startup

Victoria Fakiya

2 weeks ago

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Startups

Healthlane raised $2.4m, then went from a great workplace to owed salaries, layoffs, and fund diversions. Now it’s reportedly raising a Series A

From “great work culture” to owed salaries, layoffs, and fund diversions: An exposé on Healthlane’s activities in Nigeria and Cameroon

Victoria Fakiya

6 months ago

Startups

5 months after expanding to South Africa, Nigeria’s Kiakiaprint goes to the US and Canada

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 expansion.

Tage Kene-Okafor

2 years ago

Ecosystem

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 Awoyemi of Jobberman.

Tage Kene-Okafor

3 years ago

Startups

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 to Ghana and Kenya.

Tage Kene-Okafor

3 years ago

Expert and African

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 peek under the hood.

Emmanuel Paul

3 years ago

Mobility & Logistics

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 months

Oluwanifemi Kolawole

3 years ago

Animation & Gaming

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.

Samuel Okike

3 years ago

Startups

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 South Africa.

Tage Kene-Okafor

3 years ago

Startups

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, and 9Yards Capital.

Tage Kene-Okafor

3 years ago

Startups

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 startup teams.

Tage Kene-Okafor

3 years ago

Fintech

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

Ifeanyi Ndiomewese

3 years ago

Startups

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 funds soon

Oluwanifemi Kolawole

3 years ago

Startups

“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.

Yinka Awosanya

3 years ago

Mobility & Logistics

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 the Lagos okada ban.

Emmanuel Paul

3 years ago

Exclusive

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

Ifeanyi Ndiomewese

3 years ago

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