Startups

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4 ways to grow your small brand using the 2018 FIFA World Cup

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nHub expands operations to include an outsourcing centre

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Easyshop Easycook secures seed financing to help drive food safety in Nigeria

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Lagos-based startup, TradeDepot raises $3 million in first external seed funding

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VP Osinbajo’s recent tour of Lagos startup community could have been more productive

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There are strong indications that PayPorte could be owing months of employee wages

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Placements: The journey from FUTA to Washington DC

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Zinox Group acquires Konga

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How a team of ex-Interswitch engineers bootstrapped their startup to profitability within 2 years

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Lagos-based SMEs are embracing the remote work culture and it’s working

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I shut down my VoD startup, Afrostream after 2 years. Here’s why

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The rise of the internet farmers

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FlexiSAF is on a mission to generate ₦4bn annual revenue from automating Nigerian schools

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MAX Go, an on-demand motorcycle transportation service, launches to take on Lagos traffic

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PrepClass is addressing Nigeria’s educational issues one student-tutor relationship at a time

PrepClass students

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What it takes to build a billion-dollar internet business from scratch in Nigeria

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A non-techie’s guide to building a tech startup from the idea stage

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Getting your parents to believe in your Startup

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7 prominent Nigerian startups that started from the university

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Startup Profile: LetsDesignStudios — get creative architectural designs for your building projects in 3D





















4 ways to grow your small brand using the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Here are some ways brands can still leverage on the massive audience of the forth-coming FIFA World Cup in Russia to grow their brand.

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nHub expands operations to include an outsourcing centre

the decision to expand the outsourcing centre aspect of its operation, according to Oluwadaser David, nHub founder, is premised on the increasing uptake in request for its remote developers

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The fund, which is estimated between $500,000 and $1 million, will further enable Easyshop Easycook to optimize its online platform and existing farm-to-last-mile supply chain

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Lagos-based startup, TradeDepot raises $3 million in first external seed funding

TradeDepot has reportedly received $3 million in funding from Partech, a venture capital firm specializing in information and communication technologies, and operating in Europe, Paris, Berlin, as well as San Francisco in the US.

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VP Osinbajo’s recent tour of Lagos startup community could have been more productive

Last week, Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, visited Lagos on a personal tour of its tech community. But his visit his visit was disappointing as what follows is a list of matters that were surprisingly not addressed.

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There are strong indications that PayPorte could be owing months of employee wages

A group of former staff members of Payporte claim that the company has failed to pay their salaries since November 2017 despite being a major sponsor of BBNaija. Could these allegations be true?

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Placements: The journey from FUTA to Washington DC

Placements journey to Washington evokes memories of a humble beginning, one that many “now established” startups in the tech industry can relate with.

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Zinox Group acquires Konga

The Zinox Group has reportedly acquired Konga but the financial aspects of the deal are still not in the public domain. The acquisition encompasses all of Konga; its eCommerce domain, Konga.com, KOS Express which is its logistics arm, and  KongaPay, the integrated mobile money payment channel. According to a ThisDay report, Head of Corporate Communications at the…

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How a team of ex-Interswitch engineers bootstrapped their startup to profitability within 2 years

Sighting a difficulty Nigerian banks struggle with, they left their stable jobs and formed TeamApt to take on the challenge.

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Lagos-based SMEs are embracing the remote work culture and it’s working

This article was published in 2017. “Won’t you go to work today?” If you have to answer this question or a different version of it frequently, especially with the suspicious glare that it typically comes with, then you probably belong to the league of remote workers. Well, in this part of the world, that could…

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I shut down my VoD startup, Afrostream after 2 years. Here’s why

Editor’s note: The following exposé was originally published in French by Afrostream founder, Tonjé Bakang. Dear subscribers, partners, entrepreneurs, and friends, On September 13, 2017, two years almost to the day after the launch of the Afrostream video-on-demand service, we stopped the marketing of subscriptions. The service closes definitively in France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and in 24…

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The rise of the internet farmers

When you think of farming, the image of a farmer in a remote village with hoes and cutlass comes to mind. That is changing with the age of internet farmers

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FlexiSAF is on a mission to generate ₦4bn annual revenue from automating Nigerian schools

There are over 80,000 educational institutions in Nigeria, FlexiSAF wants to help 10,000 among them automate their internal process

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MAX Go, an on-demand motorcycle transportation service, launches to take on Lagos traffic

Lagos residents are all too familiar with the unpredictable mess that is Lagos traffic. Whether it’s that important meeting on the Island or the movie screening you’re running late for, Lagos traffic is no respecter of time. For decades, the popular 100cc motorcycle taxis known as Okadas have provided a bit of relief from this phenomenon.…

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PrepClass is addressing Nigeria’s educational issues one student-tutor relationship at a time

Average pupil/teacher ratio in primary schools alone is at about 42:1. PrepClass is hereby leveraging technology to scale the impact and reach of education.

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What it takes to build a billion-dollar internet business from scratch in Nigeria

In 2004&2005 respectively, Mark and Seun each conceived an internet business idea. Both so much believed in their dream, they decided to drop out of school

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A non-techie’s guide to building a tech startup from the idea stage

Many successful tech startups were founded by non-techies. Here is a guide to help you as a non-techie to make your tech idea a viable product.

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Getting your parents to believe in your Startup

With traditional careers being over populated and the increasing amount of unemployment in the country, entrepreneurship has become the possible escape route for many. However, most middle-aged Nigerian parents are still stuck on the belief that a child needs to go to school, head on for NYSC and after that carry their credentials about in search…

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7 prominent Nigerian startups that started from the university

A world led by young innovators would have been difficult to imagine years back, today Nigerian universities have raised effort to encourage entrepreneurship

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Startup Profile: LetsDesignStudios — get creative architectural designs for your building projects in 3D

LetsDesignStudios is an all-around 3D architectural visualisation company that renders 3D services in Modelling, Rendering, Interior Design and branding.

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