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StySwap wants to free AI images from the prompt

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How Mark Essien’s 4-month old product made $2.3 million with less than 30 customers

Mark Essien

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From scanning newspaper job listings to building MyJobMag: A founder’s bootstrapped journey to 1 million monthly users 

Ogugua Belonwu, founder, MyJobMag

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He quit GTBank, his startup failed: This founder reinvented himself to an exit and venture scale in the diaspora

Seyi Fabode, founder Asimov Grid | techpoint.africa

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How an Israeli product manager built and sold an African tech talent startup within 3 years

Commit and Savannah founders

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From coding on phone to leading global engineering teams: How Ayodele Samuel turned early constraint into a global tech career

Samuel Adebayo

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This platform wants to help upcoming Nigerian artistes market their music and earn royalty payments from streams

The SongDis team | techpoint.africa

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GoCab raises $45m to scale its drive-to-own model after hitting $17m in ARR

GoCab team

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How an unexpected TikTok video took this Delta State creator from repairing radios and cutting hair to over 500k followers across social media

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Bridging the gap: How Daniel Adeboye makes complex code easy to understand for developers worldwide 

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Inside Owllup’s community-driven approach to talent development in Africa

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This startup is building the digital infrastructure to preserve and monetise Africa’s fine art

Adaobi Orajiaku, co-founder, Atsur

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271 tech events  in 2 years – Esohe Igbinoba shares valuable insights from her journey

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From MTN’s Who Wants to be a Millionaire to tech founder: This sickle cell warrior is building a Tier IV data centre in Nigeria   

Ugi Augustine Ugi

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Alexander Zanders is building the Equifax of African agriculture with UfarmX

Alexander Zanders |techpoint.africa

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How a failed medical donation inspired a new approach to African entrepreneurship

African Impact Initiative

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This 22-year-old built a startup that match makes Nigerian students with universities

Fiyinfoluwa Enis, co-founder, Kollegescout | techpoint.africa

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From ₦36,000 to CEO: Jane Egerton-Idehen on building wealth through tech careers

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This Northern Nigerian engineer is using AI to turn personal lyrics into AI-generated songs

Bukar Mamadu | techpoint.africa

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How Clarus wants to fix one of Africa’s most expensive startup mistakes

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StySwap wants to free AI images from the prompt

Millions of AI images are created every day, often guided by long prompts. StySwap wants to change that, using a single reference image to generate high-quality photos.

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How Mark Essien’s 4-month old product made $2.3 million with less than 30 customers

Mark Essein’s new product made $2.3 million in four months from less than 30 customers. Interestingly, HNG played a big played a big part in this. Here’s his advice to potential competitors who want to challenge Tripdesk.

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From scanning newspaper job listings to building MyJobMag: A founder’s bootstrapped journey to 1 million monthly users 

In this edition of After Hours, Ogugua Belonwu, the founder of MyJobMag, shares his journey of leveraging technology to transform how Africans find jobs.

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He quit GTBank, his startup failed: This founder reinvented himself to an exit and venture scale in the diaspora

In this edition of Techpoint Diaspora, Seyi Fabode, a Nigerian founder in the diaspora, shares his journey from the streets of Lagos to founding cleantech startups in the UK and US.

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How an Israeli product manager built and sold an African tech talent startup within 3 years

After working in Ghana, an Israeli product manager founded Savannah to connect African developers with global companies. The bet paid off with an acquisition just three years later.

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From coding on phone to leading global engineering teams: How Ayodele Samuel turned early constraint into a global tech career

From coding on his phone and working in cybercafés to building systems used by millions, Ayodele Adebayo’s journey shows how consistency, learning in public, and community can shape a lasting career in tech

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This platform wants to help upcoming Nigerian artistes market their music and earn royalty payments from streams

After struggling to monetise a viral song, Melody Nehemiah launched SongDis to fix Africa’s music distribution and earning gap.

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GoCab raises $45m to scale its drive-to-own model after hitting $17m in ARR

GoCab has raised $45 million in fresh funding after reaching $17 million in ARR, validating its model that helps ride-hailing drivers acquire vehicles while building sustainable incomes.

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How an unexpected TikTok video took this Delta State creator from repairing radios and cutting hair to over 500k followers across social media

In this edition of After Hours, content creator John-Avah Oghenekaro shares how he went from tinkering with radios to over 500k followers across different social platforms.

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Bridging the gap: How Daniel Adeboye makes complex code easy to understand for developers worldwide 

From dismantling DVDs in Lagos to scaling global platforms, Daniel Adeboye is the engineer turning complex code into simple solutions. Discover how his journey from building in public to Northflank is redefining Developer Relations as a driver for global growth.

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Inside Owllup’s community-driven approach to talent development in Africa

In Nigeria, trending is easy, but getting paid is hard. Owllup is changing that by blending mentorship with a skill-to-wallet fintech pipeline.

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This startup is building the digital infrastructure to preserve and monetise Africa’s fine art

Atsur is building the digital infrastructure that allows African artworks to be tracked, authenticated, and traded securely.

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271 tech events  in 2 years – Esohe Igbinoba shares valuable insights from her journey

She attended 271 tech events in two years and turned it into a personal brand. Esohe Igbinoba breaks down how strategic event selection, follow-ups, and visibility can open doors to investors, founders, and decision-makers.

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From MTN’s Who Wants to be a Millionaire to tech founder: This sickle cell warrior is building a Tier IV data centre in Nigeria   

In this edition of After Hours, Ugi Augustine shares his early experiences with technology and how he leverages technology in fighting sickle cell.

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Alexander Zanders is building the Equifax of African agriculture with UfarmX

Zanders dreams of his startup one day becoming the foundational credit tool to facilitate successful farmer lending across Africa.

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How a failed medical donation inspired a new approach to African entrepreneurship

Born from a failed charity effort, Africa Impact Initiative backs market-creating businesses across Africa. Its patient model prioritises sustainability, offering capital, diaspora networks, and long-term support.

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This 22-year-old built a startup that match makes Nigerian students with universities

Born from a personal experience, Kollegescout wants students to search and compare Nigerian universities. filter institutions by location, tuition fees, and admission criteria.

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From ₦36,000 to CEO: Jane Egerton-Idehen on building wealth through tech careers

Jane Egerton-Idehen started in tech earning ₦36k as a corps member, running 24/7 satellite shifts for extra pay. Now MD/CEO of NIGCOMSAT, she advises: chase challenging opportunities and skills first, financial growth will follow.

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This Northern Nigerian engineer is using AI to turn personal lyrics into AI-generated songs

In this edition of After Hours, we follow Bukar Mamadu and how he turns his poetic lyrics into AI-generated songs while also juggling a full-time job at a university.

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How Clarus wants to fix one of Africa’s most expensive startup mistakes

Many startups don’t fail because of bad products but because they never figure out how to sell and scale them. Clarus is building the GTM systems that help founders turn great ideas into repeatable growth.

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