Hotels.ng has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Akwa Ibom state government to provide remote internship for residents of the state in a bid to promote local tech talent. The hotel booking …
8 things I learnt from Mark Essien, founder of Hotels.ng
August’s AMA with Mark Essien, the founder of Hotels.ng is done and it was amazing! For the first time, we had a studio audience and it turned out nicely, thanks to our super-creative production…
Ask Mark Essien, founder of Hotels.ng, anything on Techpoint AMA Live Sessions
Get a chance to be a part of our studio audience. Follow Techpoint.ng on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Answer the questions. Watch out for the final announcement See you there! Techpoint AMA Live S…
Behind the scenes of SPARK and Hotels.ng investment in ogaVenue
Last week, SPARK and Hotels.ng’s announced a $45,000 investment in ogaVenue, an online events venue booking platform. The investment is remarkable, as it comes at a period when Nigeria’s economi…
Hotels.ng, Printivo and 34 other Nigerian Startups make it to SpeedUP Africa’s bootcamp in Ghana
SpeedUp Africa, a 4 Day Growth & Investment focused Startup Bootcamp for African startups has announced the list of startups that made it for this year’s competition in Ashesi University, Gh…
134 million Foreign Tourists in Africa by 2030: Who’s winning?
Kenyan Deputy President, William Ruto said the number of tourists to Africa is expected to reach 134 million by 2030, and that will be from 56 million in 2014. Ruto further said there’s the need…
9 tech companies building Nigeria’s future
Editor’s note: This article was published in 2015 and was relevant to its time. Over the course of the last 5 years, we have seen the rise of many technology powered companies trying to address …
Hotels.ng Founder, Mark Essien is proof that Nigerian Technical Founders can make great CEOs
Hotels.ng CEO, Mark Essien, is one of the few successful Nigerian startup founders with a technical background. His online hotels booking and reservation startup recently raised $1.2 million in fundin…
Checkout Hotels.ng’s awesome new office space in Yaba [PHOTOS]
The last time we reported about Hotels.ng, the company was hosting a Machine Learning Hackathon for local developers. Before that, the online hotels booking platform was in the news for raising $1.2 m…
Developer? Hotels.ng Invites You to its Machine Learning Hackathon
Hotels.ng will be holding a machine learning hackathon on Saturday, 1st of August to develop an algorithm that will efficiently predict which users are most likely to cancel a hotel booking. In a pres…
Hotels.ng raises $1.2 million in funding
Hotel reservation startup, Hotels.ng, has secured an investment of $1.2 million from international investors EchoVC and Omidyar Network. This is the startup’s first investment funding round, fol…
Want To Hire Geniuses? Here’s An 8-Step Guide…
…But maybe vary your questions on every turn. Hotels.ng founder, Mark Essien sent out the strangest tweet on Monday night. Looking to employ full-time genius. Job description: Be smarter than 95…
Vote And Get A Free Hotel Reservation – Hotels.ng
Mark Essien’s online hotel booking platform, Hotels.ng is now offering a chance to win free hotel reservations to people who participate in the in the upcoming national elections. The startup is…
Hotels.ng to sponsor first hackathon in Northern Nigeria
The largest Hotel Booking Agency in Nigeria, Hotels.ng has entered into an agreement to be sponsor for the first hackathon in Northern Nigeria. Code name: HackJos. The HackJos Hackathon to be held in …