Following the proposals of the recently convened tech advisory committee on COVID-19, NITDA begins working on exemptions for startups offering essential services during the lockdown, but other cushion…
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With Africave, smaller companies can access quality software engineering talent
Despite numerous players in Africa’s software outsourcing space, hiring the best software talents can still be a drag. Founded in 2019, Africave is proposing itself to smaller companies as a bet…
How betrayal can ruin your business; the healing role of good workplace culture
There’s a strong correlation between workplace trust and business success. But with trust missing, productivity is adversely affected. Find out the role workplace culture plays in avoiding betrayal…
How to keep your business afloat in uncertain times
With the world prepping for lasting change amidst great uncertainty, founders have to adopt survival/recovery practices despite how companies may now have the tendency to delay decisions making…
Microtraction portfolio rises to 15 after investment in edtech startup, Gradely
Microtraction makes its first investment of 2020 in edtech startup, Gradely. This makes Gradely the first recipient of Microtraction’s revised standard deal and the second edtech startup in the …
WellaHealth is providing affordable and accessible healthcare services to Nigerians, starting with malaria
With ₦450 per month, WellaHealth gives Nigerians access to malaria tests and drugs. However, the startup has set its sights on being the go-to solution for all health financing needs in Nigeria and Af…
Ventures Platform announces seven startups to help fight coronavirus in Nigeria
Following its decision to fund projects aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus, Ventures Platform has selected seven startups, providing $2,000 equity-free grants and other resources to help them …
Nigeria’s business support system: Perception versus reality
Reports claim that Nigeria has conditions conducive enough for business success, but given some founders’ reservations about these claims, we consider how they may have been able to survive in spite o…
Talent and location might be the key to unlocking the Abuja technology ecosystem
Even with a tech ecosystem, it’s hard to tell from a business standpoint what drives innovation in Abuja. This piece takes a holistic view of the opportunities and challenges of the Abuja techno…
These women are driving diversity and inclusion in US workplaces with ‘Dipper’
Diversity and inclusion in workplaces, for people of colour, is one of the most-debated topics in the human resources space in the US. Dipper is trying to address that by making people share their exp…
Here are the African startups that pitched at Y Combinator’s Winter 2020 Demo Day
197 startups pitched online at the just concluded Y Combinator Demo Day with 5.5% of the list made up of 12 African startups from Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Algeria.…
Ideate, collaborate, and co-build is the mantra for Lagos-based startup studio, CeedCap
Unlike incubators and accelerators, startup studios are relatively new, and few in Africa. Meet CeedCap, a Lagos-based startup studio on a path to help entrepreneurs build successful 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 fu…
Meet the undergraduate giving youths access to industry experts through Mentorships.ng
Growing an interest or talent without intellectual support can be hard, yet access to industry experts isn’t commonplace. But the founder of this edtech platform, Mentorships.ng, believes youths can h…
The 10 most innovative African companies in 2020 according to Fast Company
Fast Company, an international media brand, recently released its list of the most innovative companies in the world. Of the 434 companies listed, find out which ten African companies made the list.…
Lagos-based identity verification company, Youverify, raises seed round investment of $1.5 million
Youverify, a Lagos-based startup that helps automate due diligence and compliance by using data-driven decisions has announced a seed round equity financing of $1.5 million led by Orange Digital Ventu…
Ekocab Nigeria, in partnership with Lagos state government, launches an e-hailing platform for yellow taxis
The transport scene in Lagos appears to be set for another twist as Ekocab Nigeria, in collaboration with yellow taxi transport unions and the Lagos state government, launches an e-hailing service in …
In conversation with Johnny Enagwolor, co-founder of PlentyWaka on scaling despite government regulation
The Lagos okada ban gave bus-hailing platforms a chance to scale, however, a new set of regulations may halt such progress. Here, Johnny Ena tells us how bus-hailing startup, PlentyWaka, is thriving i…
What you should know about education technology (edtech) models in Nigeria
From exam preparation to the management of school data, different edtech solutions operate using various tools all aimed at achieving optimal learning outcomes. We take a look at some select models an…
Abuja-based innovation hub, Work and Connect, launches a sandbox project for startups
Work and Connect, an innovation from Abuja, offers a variety of support to entrepreneurs in Nigeria’s capital city and with its Connect Lab arm, it is creating a sandbox project to accelerate early-st…