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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Gloo.ng has finally announced a pivot from its former e-commerce business to e-procurement.
Following confirmation that there is actually no ongoing criminal case, unlike we have been led to believe, perhaps the real lessons from the Marek vs Nigerian investor saga are about due diligence and corporate governance in the Nigerian startup space
VALR, a South African startup that’s yet to launch, has raised the $1.5 million in a seed funding round that was led by Bittrex — a United State blockchain trading platform.
This is apparent in the frequent Twitter annoncement of Nigerian developers emigrating to Germany, Amsterdam or Canada
Some of the activities of the Nigerian companies in the cryptocurrency space as reported in the Nigerian Startup Funding Report 2018.
Nigerian NBA star, Andre Iguodala joins the board of directors of African eCommerce giant, Jumia
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There’s no telling how launching in Abeokuta will impact on the business. But it seems Pickmeup is squaring up with the challenges nicely.
Nearly 4 years after launch and a period of bootstrapping to profitability, Nigerian fintech startup, TeamApt raises $5.5 million in Series A round.
Figures from the 2018 Nigerian Startup Funding Report show that crowdfunding is here to stay irrespective of regulators’ stand on it.
We recently took a tour of PrepClass’ headquarters located in Yaba, Lagos. Here’s what it looks like.
From all the evidence that Techpoint has been able to gather so far, it is difficult to classify Marek Zmyslowski’s possible outwitting of his Nigerian investors as ‘criminal’ .
Fintech startup, OyaPay has shut down its operations. The founder shares what led to the demise and how they managed to move on to a happy ending.
Polish citizen and former Jovago (now Jumia Travels) MD, Marek Zmyslowski published a now viral post claiming he was placed on Interpol’s most wanted list, at the behest of an unnamed powerful Nigerian businessman.
Download Techpoint’s comprehensive report of Nigerian startup funding activities in 2018, which includes how they raised a total of $178 million in the year.
Ingressive Capital wants to invest betwee $50,000 to $100,000 in early stage African startups,
A quick guide to focusing on the right business metrics that truly matter to building a long-lasting startup
Union Bank launches ‘Tech Ventures’ to support tech businesses at various stages of their life cycle
Union Bank has launched Tech Ventures, an initiative designed to support emerging technology companies and help them nurture their ideas to fruition
The remarkable backstory of the founding of Pitch Storm 2019 winner, Estate Intel which metamorphosed from a mere blog into a bona fide technology company that provides data-driven insights for commercial real estate.
With its stainless steel, clean cooking, IoT-enabled stoves, PowerStove has an ambition to rid Nigeria of the old, traditional ways of cooking
