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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The number of Nigerian startups getting admitted into foreign accelerators has been on the rise over the last 3 years. But one particular accelerator is gaining the most traction.
Techpoint and Hub One are partnering Transsion Future Hub to host a Chinese-African startup connect event.
Financial technology startups in Nigeria are breaking down investment opportunities for everyone, irrespective of their disposable income.
Application is ongoing for indigenous startups to win up to $30,000 seed funding at the third edition of GenesysIGNITE.
After heading Jobberman for 10 years, Ayodeji Adewunmi has moved on to Gokada as investor and co-CEO.
In January 2019, Nigeria’s ICT policy agency, NITDA released the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) draft to provide a framework for safeguarding the rights of persons to data privacy. Following the April 25 deadline for implementation, it seems most Nigerian internet startups are still not fully complaint.
Beyond enabling seamless cashless payments in the Nigerian public transportation system, Gona wants to bring overall efficiency into the system.
Tingo Mobile is connecting African farmers to international markets by bringing together every player in the agriculture value chain with its Nwassa platform.
How MaketAam is taking a new route to provide value to every player (both sellers and buyers alike) in the online marketplace.
DHL recently launched a new eCommerce platform called Africa eShop. Apparently, there’s more to it than we were led to believe.
Boomplay, Africa’s fastest rising music streaming platform, recently raised $20 million in Series A funding. What does this mean for the continent’s music streaming market?
The first cohort of Facebook and CcHUB’s FbStart Accelerator recently graduated from a 6-month intensive programme. We take a surface-level look at their prospects in the Nigerian market.
Efforts by Konga, one of the leading eCommerce platforms in Nigeria, to attain profitability within the next couple of years by expanding to other West African countries.
Nigerian Startup Funding Report for Q1 2019 shows that startups raised more funds than they did in Q1 2018.
Ghana faces big threats in its waste management sector, but Jumeni, a startup founded by 3 young Ghanaians, has an interesting solution. Find out what it is
After being granted the much coveted switching license by the Central Bank of Nigeria, three year-old electronic payments company, TeamApt could have its work cut out for it
How Branch is going after Africa’s unbanked population, following its recent partnership with Visa and a successful $170m investment round.
Despite generating revenue in excess of $220,000 in 2015 alone, fashion-focused eCommerce store, Traclist shut down in 2017. In a recent chat, the founders reveal lessons learnt from their failure and the motivation for starting over with a new product called Sendbox.
