Nigerian media startup, Stears, just raised $600,000 in seed funding. Techpoint caught up with Preston Ideh, the chief executive officer, to find out what this means for the team and the media space i…
Hello African Startup, need money? WeChat’s $3.5m fund to the rescue
Fast rising instant messaging platform WeChat recently announced the roll out of a R50 million seed fund for startups in the mobile space. That roughly translates to about £3.5 million (or ₦695 milli…
Printivo secures six-figure seed funding from EchoVC
Nigeria-based digital printing startup, Printivo, has closed on seed financing from early-stage technology venture capital firm, EchoVC Partners. According to a Press Release sent to Techpoint, the si…
Youngsoul’s Pursuit to Revolutionise the Nigerian Education System
Over the week, I had the opportunity of chatting with Youngsoul founder, Adeboye Oshinaga who shared some insight into the company’s role in the Nigerian educational system, the challenges as well as …
Applications For The Second Cohort of The Leadpath Nigeria’s Accelerator Program Have Begun
LeadPath Nigeria is a technology startup accelerator which launched in March 2014 and then threw open its doors for technology startups to apply for enrolment in the first cohort of the accelerator pr…
