Startups
In nearly a decade, hundreds of entrepreneurs have emerged with innovative startups across the African continent. We provide insights on their experiences and highlight the activities of investors who fund them.
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Months after unveiling the Facebook Nigeria Initiative, a product of which is the NG_HUB in Yaba, Lagos the outline for the initiative remains unclear
Leti Arts, an almost decade-old gaming development company based in Ghana, is pioneering a unique approach to interactive gaming for the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Since Nigerian mobile payments company, Paga was founded in 2009, its technology has been managed and supported in Ethiopia. We reached out to Paga to find out why, here’s what they had to say.
2 years after it was announced, there are strong indications that the proposed $1.4 billion incubation hub in Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria will never be actualised.
NALA is allowing Tanzanians access financial services through a mobile application that requires no Internet connection.
Nigerian fintech company, Paga recently announced a new $10 million Series B funding led by the Global Innovation Fund
There is a discrepancy between mobile money platform, Paga’s 9 million unique users claim and industry figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria, as quoted by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System.
A year after raising seed funding of $2.1 million from international investors, Tizeti has announced raising $3 million in a new series A funding round.
Estate Intel is a Nigerian-based startup that provides data on commercial properties across Africa, to enable market participants make data-driven decisions.
Investors consider different criteria before investing in startups. This article, by Techpoint Publishing Partner, Babalakin and Co highlights some of these and goes further to discuss legal and regulatory risks that can prevent investments.
A few months ago, two of the most prominent fintech startups in Nigeria, Flutterwave and Paystack began issuing Point of Sale (PoS) machines to their merchants. However, a couple of weeks ago, they suddenly stopped. We did some digging to find out why.
At the just concluded 2018 Zambezi Prize held in Nairobi, Kenya, three startups from the financial tech landscape in Africa were awarded financial rewards due to challenges they are solving within the space.
Following a successful $12m ICO in May, blockchain startup, Kora is working to address remittance challenge in Africa. It also wants to become the first $5 billion tech startup in the continent while at it.
For a while now, there’s been speculation mounting around the possible non-operation of one of Nigeria’s fast rising tech-talent accelerators, Switch. After a bit of digging, here is what we found.
Nigerian fintech startup, Paystack has just announced a Series A funding round of $8 million, surprisingly backed by American fintech company, Stripe and a host of other foreign investors.
The Lagos Angel Network (LAN) has particularly been involved in two public deals; the investment in Café Neo and Big Cabal Media, worth a combined ₦50 million. But that was the last we heard of LAN or their activities. This interview with LAN executive secretary, Nwanne Okafor clarifies what the syndicate has been up to.
Following its last investment from GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund, online tutoring marketplace, Prepclass has gone on to secure a new Series A funding round from Rise Capital.
Barely two months after rounding up its first Launchpad Accelerator Africa class, Google unveils 11 startups in its Lagos facility for class two of Launchpad Accelerator Africa
Far from the glitz that surrounded Eazyhire when it launched, the online leasing platform appears to be on a decline. This interview with founder Josh Okpata explains what is going on with the startup.
Following a few months of innovation roadshows, city tours and virtual shortlisting, DEMO Africa has announced the selection of the 30 finalist startups for the 2018 edition of the annual conference.