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Ever wondered about the team that started the Jumia dream and what they’ve been up to? Here’s your answer.
Over the past 48 hours, the “Ant Wey” trend has taken Nigerian and Ghanaian Twitter by storm. To find out how it all started, Techpoint chatted with Amen-Omoregie Osamudiamen, the personality behind the trend.
You see Gokada bikes almost everywhere in Lagos traffic but what do you know about the team that makes it happen? Find out
9mobile has announced the appointment of Mr Phillips Oki as its new Chief Financial Officer.
We had a chat with Olugbenga Agboola on his first day as the new CEO of Flutterwave. Here’s what he had to say.
When Tunde Yusuf was in Senior Secondary School 1 (SS 1), he got introduced into the tech world. These days, despite having not graduated from the university, he’s the Lead Back-end Developer at Findworka.
On June 11, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo inaugurated a 50-man Advisory Group on Technology and Creativity to enhance entrepreneurship in Nigeria. Here’s a list of the group’s tech entrepreneurs and investors.
Francisca Agho quit her investment banking job to start a business in carpentry. She’s the founder of a My Lady Carpenter, a Kitchen designs outfit based in Port Harcourt. In this interview, she shares her story and some tips for budding entrepreneurs.
Online sports betting has become something of a lucrative subset of the billion-naira lotto industry. As a pioneer in that space, NairaBet needs no introduction, neither does its founder, Akin Alabi. Equally as known for his free business seminars and hit business book Small Business Big Money, as he is for NairaBet, Akin did not…
Theodora Isola is the founder of Tiva Creatives, a platform that offers virtual assistant services and growth marketing automation for startups and small businesses. In this interview, she shares her story and plans to bring more women into tech.
Over the past 3 years, I have interviewed more than 50 successful founders and CEOs within the Nigerian internet and tech startup space through my Founder’s Table series. A recurring theme that I have observed in interviewing them is that they all read. So in 2017, I started pooling together book recommendations from founders I…
Yesterday, the Co-creation Hub took to Twitter to announce Damilola Teidi as its new Director on Incubation. Damilola takes over from Tunji Elesho, who before now also doubled as — and still remains — Managing Partner/Director, Growth Capital by CcHub. Today is a great plus one news day at the Hub! We are uber glad…
Even on the off-chance that the names Bola Akindele and Courteville Business Solutions don’t ring a bell, as long as you’ve had to register a vehicle in Nigeria, you must have at least heard of AutoReg. The story of the man behind the above brands is one of sheer serendipity. Before he left paid employment in…
It is the dream of many secondary school students in Nigeria to gain admission into an institution of higher learning immediately after school, but not for Samson Goddy. After completing his secondary education at 16, he decided to take a break from school. In his words, “I wanted to prepare myself as a computer scientist…
Based in Lagos, LoshesChocolate produces made in Nigeria chocolates. Founder, Femi Oyedipe shares her entrepreneurial journey and passion for chocolates.
In a classroom at the Electronic Engineering Department of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), a lecturer teaching the theories and principles of engineering mentioned an equation and its constituent constant. A curious student wanted to know the value of that constant and how it applied in real life, he wasn’t ready for the answer.…
As the CEO of one of Nigeria’s largest enterprise internet service providers, Muyiwa Ogungboye prides himself in his capacity to endure hardship. But things were so difficult in the earlier days of building his company — eStream Networks — that he almost threw in the towel twice. On one occasion, crucial equipment got fried up,…
A decade ago, Chimezie Emewulu and Chibuzor Onwurah left behind impressive academic degrees and a promising professional career to pursue their passion for solving problems using technology. They founded Seamfix, a leading provider of technology solutions and services in Nigeria and Africa. “Our vision is to build platforms that enable millions of businesses and individuals to…
Tobi Eyinade is the founder of Roving Heights, an online book distribution and sales platform. Tobi shares her passion for books and more in this interview.
A well-funded business with poor execution will still die — Collins Onuegbu, founder Signal Alliance
Fresh from completing his mandatory youth service in Jos, Plateau state, Collins Onuegbu decided it was in his best interest to relocate to Surulere, Lagos which he considers the hub of the tech industry at the time. “I decided I was going to be in the tech industry since I had a degree in electronics…