Since introduced into the travel industry, global distribution systems like Amadeus have made online airline bookings easy. This is what Travel 4.0 wants to achieve for Nigeria’s fragmented road trans…
Startups
Ex-Konga boss, Sim Shagaya’s edtech startup, uLesson raises $3.1 million in seed funding
uLesson, an edtech startup founded by ex-Konga boss, Sim Shagaya has raised $3.1 million in seed funding from TLCom…
Understanding Nigeria’s digital skill development space, a discussion with Eyitayo Ogunmola
This discussion with Eyitayo Ogunmola, founder of skills development platform, Utiva, clarifies the state of the digital skill development space in Nigeria, the challenges, and how to grow the industr…
Motorcycle-hailing operators in Nigeria’s biggest city may pay up to $503,000 annually to operate
After protracted negotiation battles with government and transport unions, motorcycle-hailing operators in Lagos have reached a dangerous middle ground…
Nigerian web hosting company, GigaLayer, acquires Russian web hosting company, HUB8
It is not often you hear about a Nigerian startup acquiring a foreign-owned company. But Nigerian web hosting company, GigaLayer has acquired Russian-owned HUB8, a leading global web hosting company.…
Termii, a Nigerian CaaS startup, secures $30,000 seed fund from Transsion-backed incubator, Future Hub
A Nigerian Communication-as-a-Service startup, Termii, announces a $30,000 seed fund secured from Transsion-backed Future Hub…
The Lagos state government is on a mission to convert recreational parks into makeshift innovation centres
Moving away from the typical use of parks for recreation, the Lagos State government, through LASPARK, gives innovation-driven firms free spaces within state-owned parks for erecting low-cost innovati…
Konga ex-boss, Sim Shagaya started and failed at these 4 projects before finding success
Sim Shagaya’s brainchild, E-Motion Advertising was recently acquired and we reported it as his first company. However, we take a look at four different projects Sim started and failed at before …
Nigerian-based medical logistics startup, LifeBank commences drone delivery
Nigerian-based medical logistics startup, LifeBank is adding ‘Beyond Visual Line Of Sight’ (BVLOS) drone delivery to its methods of transportation, a first of its kind for an African-led c…
Konga founder Sim Shagaya’s earliest company, E-Motion Advertising acquired by Seyi Tinubu’s Loatsad Promomedia
In 2005, barely 7 years before Sim Shagaya founded Konga, he ran an outdoor advertising company called E-Motion Advertising. The company just got acquired by Seyi Tinubu’s Loatsad Promomedia.…
Nigeria’s LifeBank wins $250,000 from a Jack Ma Foundation initiative
LifeBank wins $250,000 from the Jack Ma Foundation (through the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative). The medical logistics startup beat 9 other African startups competing for a share in $1 million tot…
3 startups graduate from Itanna second cohort accelerator programme
Honeywell Group-backed corporate VC, Itanna releases the second batch of startups from its accelerator programme while revealing plans to support startups transitioning into West African markets…
While waiting for Unicorns, should Africa settle for Gazelle startups?
The search for Africa’s Unicorn startups is ongoing, but some investors, who don’t see the discovery happening anytime soon, have suggested Gazelles as a less fancy but effective name for its ecosyste…
Nigerian fintech startup, Osemo Borealis is promoting financial inclusion for unbanked businesses
Accessing loans at an affordable interest rate without collateral can be quite a pain for unbanked businesses. Osemo Borealis, a blend of digital and traditional banking, offers relief to small busine…
Is your startup failing? Tell your employees
Transparency with employees about business growth may not prevent imminent lay offs, but it will lessen the heartbreak that comes with sudden job loss. Here is why and how startup founders should prep…
Interswitch enters the health-tech scene as it acquires eClat Healthcare
Digital payment giant, Interswitch Group has acquired Nigeria and Swaziland-based eClat Healthcare, providing customers access to healthcare across different interaction points beyond hospitals…
Mini-grids and solar home systems: Why startups scale slower in the former
Experts say mini-grids are the fastest way of providing electricity for the millions of people living off-grid in Nigeria, but most startups still focus on solar home systems. Here are some of the rea…
Digital platform, REACH is helping businesses and individuals keep track of their money
Today, many internet-based platforms promise users convenient savings. But REACH is one platform going against the usual practice with a service focused mainly on expenditure. Read to find out how…
From Katsina to the world: How Abdulhakim Bashir, founder of AI startup, Chiniki Guard, rose to international prominence
Success can be attained regardless of background. Here is the story of how Abdulhakim Bashir, a Katsina-born software engineer, who built an AI-based security solution made it to the global stage desp…
How mobility and logistics startups are overtaking fintechs as darlings of the Nigerian startup ecosystem
A look at how startups in the mobility and logistics sector in Nigeria have been getting all the attention with respect to funding as well as expansion moves.…