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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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Former Apple CEO and former VP and president of Pepsi-Cola, John Sculley, yesterday announced the launch of a new Venture Capitalist firm, Obi Ventures to invest in early stage startups in Africa and emerging markets. Yesterday, at a media chat held at the iHub in Nairobi, John Sculley unveiled Obi Mobiles, an affordable brand of…
The Co-creation Hub Lagos has officially announced the graduation of the first venture, BudgIT, from its incubation programme. BudgIT is platform that specializes in demystifying government finance expenditure for the everyday Nigerian. Founded in 2011 by ex-Banker, Seun Onigbinde and Joseph Agunbiade , BudgIT was the result of a 48-hour “Tech-in-Governance” hackathon held at the…
That’s it. Microsoft will partner with Jobberman to create an employability portal. And as the Microsoft Twitter account said, Everyone is Invited. You are invited to the signing of the Employability Portal MOU with Jobberman on Thursday 12th March 2015. — Microsoft Nigeria (@MicrosoftNG) March 12, 2015 The terms of the MOU and whether Aiki…
Steadily and steadily, Supermart is steadily taking over the grocery industry. The grocery delivery company has just announced a new service that allows customers to pay a fixed fee once for an unlimited number of grocery deliveries valid for 30 days with no minimum basket size. The new service is called SuperMart Prime and when…
A few weeks ago, we were speculating whether Tiketmobile was staging a comeback. Well, now we have it on good authority that they are back. Their social media activity was the first hint; but the complete redesign of their website was the major clincher. It’s never been easier to get a taxi to/from the Abuja…
VC4Africa, an online community that helps entrepreneurs meet with investors, has launched a new platform – Partner Pages – to help organisations target African startups better, whilst promoting partnership opportunities. With Partner Pages, event organizers, accelerators, incubators and other stakeholders in the startup ecosystem can now engage with the VC4Africa community via branded pages published on the…
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We broke the news of African Internet Holdings entry into Yaba neighbourhood earlier this year. The building, which is an extension of the E-Centre, houses Kaymu, Jovago, Lamudi, Carmudi, Easy Taxi and Hello Food. The office has been officially opened and press were invited to have the first look and here are some pictures of the…
The Africa Angels Network (AAN) is a network of angel investors that invests in Africa-focused startups, primarily in the tech sector. Founded in July 2013 by Pule Taukobong – a former software developer who found his way into the world of corporate investments and Asset management – the Africa Angels Network has invested in 18 high potential startups…
Information reaching us confirms that online shopping platform, Konga.com is on the verge of launching a new feature that might excite 3rd party merchants who sell on the Konga Marketplace. The company is about to hand over the reins of the entire delivery process to merchants. Apparently, this is a well sought-after feature by merchants who would…
Here’s a highlight of the stories that made headlines on Techpoint this week: Free Wins “Wait you’re giving me over 20 million music downloads for free (legally) if I buy your phone”? Find out how Tayo Ogundipe’s SOLO Phone is reshaping the way Nigerians consume media content. 7 in a Million So you’ve been nursing…
Gamsole has released a teaser video in anticipation of its soon-to-be-released game title, Gidi Run. Gidi Run is a three dimensional endless runner set in Lagos, and is based the relationship between Policemen and transport workers. The comical video teaser features Musa, a truculent cop who has set up a makeshift checkpoint at which he…
Supermart.ng, an online grocery delivery service that launched in April 2014 and rapidly becoming a familiar brand in the Nigerian online business market is no doubt a pride of this nation as it has continued to wow and impress stakeholders in the online marketing industry especially amidst the obstacles and rough bends rocking the Nigerian…
SeeYoo, a ‘pre-meeting app’, that is available for iOS and Android, lets you alert friends that you are OMW (on my way), chat with them during your journey, and share your exact whereabouts on a map. The app also includes “push-to-talk” voice messaging, where you just tap and hold on the microphone on-screen button to…
Easter is coming and ChopUp is asking all of us to join them in doing something different this Easter. The company will release a new game: Chicken Escape. The premise: Don’t kill the chicken. Spare it, and let’s help it escape. Here and taking a play out of Rovio Games’ book is ChopUp’s latest game,…
The Blackberry Leap is BlackBerry’s latest foray into making touchscreen phones, but this time, there’s a twist. Blackberry believes that this new smartphone will appeal to the young people and startup founders audience in particular. The Blackberry Leap features a 5″ 1280 x 720 display, 2MP front facing, 8MP rear facing cameras, 2800 mAh non-removable…
Without a doubt, the startup ecosystem in Nigeria has been bubbling and full of life in recent years. One can’t deny the fact that a lot is going on with quite a number of indigenous startup success stories to show for it. Here are 7 convincing reasons to join the train
Spring, an accelerator that just launched is taking a different a totally different approach from the rest. Spring aims to find, fund and advise up to 90 entrepreneurs who are developing products aimed specifically at the millions of girls in Africa and around the world who live in abject poverty. The new accelerator already has…
Complustech Nigeria Limited has launched Church+ v2, a solution for churches, fellowships and Ministries to overcome administrative and management dilemmas. The solution is set to reach at least 10,000 churches across the country within the next six (6) months offering better Membership and People Management; Performance Analysis; Accounting; Improves SMS and Email communication. Particularly…
Writer and professional photographer, Adewale Yusuf interviewed two of the founding fathers of E-commerce in Nigeria, the Co-Founder and former Managing Director of Nigeria’s No 1 online retailer Jumia, Tunde Kehinde and Former Chief Operating Officer of Jumia, Ercin Eksin. The founders of ACE Africa Courier Express shone a pretty bright light on the future…
This morning, we announced the launch of the Dial-4-home, an offline service for house-hunters for its users in Kenya looking to find ideal homes using their phones; and now the service has launched for Lamudi users in Nigeria too. The Dial-4-Home hotline has been developed as an extension to Lamudi’s market-leading Internet platform to extend…