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Highlights of Techpoint town-hall meeting with Peter Salovey, President of Yale University
On Thursday afternoon, Yale University President, Peter Salovey visited the Techpoint Africa HQ in Lagos, Nigeria for an interactive discussion with the technology entrepreneurship ecosystem. Here are…
How Femi Longe, co-founder of Co-creation Hub, wants to tackle unemployment in Africa with his new startup, Qiesto
After leaving Co-creation Hub, Femi Longe turned his sights to a new challenge, Qiesto. Here, he tells us how and why he is trying to solve one of Africa’s biggest problems: unemployment.…
Where does having fewer expat founders put the Nigerian startup ecosystem?
Public perception often ties foreign expat involvement in the African ecosystem with higher prospects. With Nigeria as a major outlier, this is really not the case…
President Muhammadu Buhari signs Finance Bill into law: What it means for the tech ecosystem
On Monday, Nigeria’s Finance Bill was signed into law, effectively changing the tax regime for small startups and bank account holders, and could cause an upset for e-commerce in the country.…
Are motorcycle-hailing startups adopting offline methods in order to scale their tricycle verticals?
The emergence of motorcycle ride-hailing startups ushered in three-wheeled services last year. But unlike their predecessors, these services are likely easier to scale offline than online.…
Bankole Oluwafemi, editor-in-chief of TechCabal, leaves Big Cabal Media, the company he founded
After almost six years as founder of Big Cabal Media, Bankole Oluwafemi announces his departure from the company to seek new adventures.…
Nigerian mobile payment company, Paga, hires Ian Cleverly as its Group chief financial officer
With 15 years experience as CFO of different companies, Ian Cleverly gets hired by Nigerian payment company, Paga, as its new Group CFO to help with the company’s international expansion.…
What you need to know about Andela and Flutterwave co-founder, Iyin Aboyeji’s Future Africa Fund for startups
Future Africa recently announced the launch of three initiatives in its focus areas — capital, coaching, and community. We take a look at the Future Africa Fund, and this is what co-founder, Iyi…
Meet ARED, the Rwandan company revolutionising how people charge phones and access digital content in Africa
Creating jobs and connecting communities with digital content while using solar energy is a feat most entrepreneurs can only dream of. However, Rwandan entrepreneur, Henri Nyakarundi started ARED to d…
CBN's revised guidelines not enough to pose a threat to fintech platforms in Nigeria
In a bid to deepen financial inclusion, CBN revised bank charges to a seemingly tolerable extent, but a lot is left to be desired when compared to what is offered by various fintech platforms…
If passed into law, Nigeria’s Finance Bill will exempt small and early-stage startups from paying taxes
Highlighting the provisions of the finance bill, Nigeria’s minister of finance has revealed that firms making less than $68,500 annually, do not have to pay taxes while medium-sized business will have…
Techpoint Awards 2020: Nominate your favourite startups, tech communities and companies
Techpoint Awards 2020 will focus on startups, tech communities and tech companies, operating in Nigeria, and active between January 2015 and January 2020. Nominations are now open to the public. But t…
These Nigerian startups shut down in 2019; what we can learn from them
Behind all the glamour, humongous fundraising figures and flamboyant founder personalities is the reality that running a startup is hard. Here’s what we can learn from some startups that had to …
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…
Rensource Energy secures $20 million series A led by CRE Venture Capital and Omidyar Network
Almost two years after raising $3.5 million in bridge financing, renewable energy startup, Rensource Energy, has raised $20 million in series A to expand and offer more services.…
Chipper Cash raises $6 million seed round to expand into southern African markets
After raising a seed round of $2.4 million back in May, Chipper Cash has raised an extended seed round of $6 million to expand into southern African markets.…
OPay takes another step towards becoming Africa’s WeChat with new messaging feature
OPay continues to try out different services on its mobile application with a messaging feature now added to an existing log of 15 services. We explore what this might mean for the startup’s super app…
This Lagos-based startup is making it easier for people to plan events
If you have ever had to plan an event, word is that you got a headache from all the stress. Before you try to plan another, find out how Planit can make it relatively easy for you.…
Despite numerous exits, the African classifieds market still has every prospect of success
How recent activities by Jiji and insights from its co-founder/CEO point to the fact that there are still prospects for the classifieds space in Africa.…