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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Paga recently hired the co-founders and a top engineer of ChopUp, a Nigerian gaming company which Paga CEo, Tayo Oviosu is an open investor in. Here’s how it went down.
After only 3 years of operating in the financial tech space, TeamApt claims to record impressive milestones while still shunning institutional investment.
Crop2Cash is an Ibadan-based startup which officially launched in May this year. Its major product, Supply Base helps agro-processors to completely manage the end-to-end of their supply chain
By working with students, mostly from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and fresh graduates, Terragon wants to fix the unemployability problem in Nigeria.
Google has announced the winners of the first Google Impact Challenge in Africa at simultaneous events held in Lagos, Nairobi and Johannesburg. 36 non-profits and social enterprises were awarded a share of $6m in grant funding.
If you have ever struggled with having to include “black” in online image search queries and still not getting satisfactory results, you would certainly relate with the problem Iwaria is attempting to solve.
Headlining the eCommerce narrative in Nigeria are stories of leading companies marred by struggles of online payment infrastructure, poor road networks that complicate logistics and a slow pace of customer base growth. But Foodlocker, a startup in Ibadan, may have figured the solution to these problems.
Techpoint founder, Adewale Yusuf shares his experience attending Web Summit 2018 and his drive to get more African startups on the global stage
Every year, tech enthusiasts, startups and students gather for GenesysIGNITE in Enugu. This year’s edition was the bomb
Guest contributor, Chinedu Okoro shares some insights into the acclaimed Igbo Apprenticeship model and considerations for seamless integration with contemporary business practices
Guest contributor, Enyioma Madubuike takes a close look at the Tunisian Startup Act, the promise it holds for startups and what Nigerian legislators can learn from it.
Set in the heartland city of Owerri, Imo State, the latest in the series of the Startup South events, #StartupSouth4, came lining with days of engaging activities.
As crowdfunding is becoming an increasingly popular fund-raising alternative for startups on the international scene, Temidayo Dauda (for Techpoint Publishing Partner, Babalakin and Co) explores the legal implications for startups in Nigeria.
After debuting its CSR initiative, The Bulb, which saw 3 budding entrepreneurs gain immediate access to infrastructure and mentoring, Enov8 Solutions Limited will be making it an annual project
In May 2017, the Movable Assets Act was signed into law. It’s been over a year and many SMEs still cannot access loans due to lack of proper implementation of the law.
CcHUB founder and CEO, Bosun Tijani confirmed to Techpoint that the CcHUB Growth Capital fund has investment in four startups. He also revealed plans to increase the capacity of the fund and ticket sizes for single investments.
As Akinwunmi Ambode prepares to step down as Lagos state governor in 2019, we overview some of his administration’s startup-focused initiatives and their chances of continuity.
Azimo founder and CEO, Michael Kent talks about the company’s partnership with Interswitch as well as his thoughts on the role of regulation for businesses.
The third instalment of the quarterly report of funding in the Nigerian Internet space sees companies raising at total of $35.5 million, which is less than what we saw in the second quarter.
Located in the suburb of Cotonou, inside a magnificent white duplex overlooking Cadjehoun Airport’s runway, is EtriLabs, one accelerator at the forefront of the silent uprising of Benin’s technology revolution.