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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One of Nigeria’s pioneering online grocery startups, Gloo this week announced they will be shutting down eCommerce operations in February.
Ugandan solar energy company, SolarNow has raised a $9 million credit fund to expand depolyment of off-grid solar systems and appliances across Uganda
New reports show DealDey; Nigeria’s premier deals website, has been dysfunctional for four years now.
Oui Capital is a $10 million fund to bridge the funding gap for African early-stage ventures.
South African multinational internet and media group, Naspers has shut down another of its subsidiaries in Nigeria.
An example of how a lack of proper market research can be a bane of startups in Africa
In the past month, users have noticed an complained about the inactivity on the DealDey website. We have reliable confirmation that the eCommerce platform has shut down operations in Nigeria.
Ability Elijah, CEO and founder of online music beats marketplace, CakeTunes, shares his journey to shutting down the startup barely a year after in launched in Nigera
Taking a break this Christmas season is essential for startuppers and here are a few convincing reasons why
Wakanow, an online travel agency focused on West and East Africa, has secured a $40 million mega investment deal from global alternative asset manager, The Carlyle Group.
From Cotonou, RightCom is solving the customer experience challenges of enterprises across the globe
RightCom is a Cotonou, Benin based tech company that builds customer experience management platforms, helping hundreds of global businesses to better understand their customers’ needs.
Gitgirl is a social impact organisation that wants to help 13 million African women in their tech careers with an interesting formula
After almost a year, the Pitch Storm stage at Techpoint Build will once again be lit up. This time, with exciting pitches and faces from across the continent. Here are the competing startups.
Ugandan startup, mScan emerged winner at the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018
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.
