10 African startups, predominantly from Nigeria and Egypt, featured in @ycombinator’s Winter 2021 batch demo day. This is slightly less than those selected in 2020, and it’s once more domi…
Nigerian fintech startup, Blueloop, gets YC backing as it plans global expansion
With plans to ease cross-border payments in Africa, Nigerian fintech startup, Blueloop has entered the @ycombinator W21 batch. Having recorded impressive growth since its launch in 2020, it’s doubli…
21 out of the 51 West African startups that raised $1m+ in the past decade went through an accelerator
Of the 51 startups that raised $1m or more cumulatively in the past decade, 21 (41.2%) passed through an accelerator. We take a look at some of the reasons why founders choose them in the first place.…
Here are the African startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 Demo Day
Y Combinator held its Demo Day online for the 2020 summer batch. Five African startups made the cut out of 192 that participated in the 2-day long event.…
Building two YC-backed startups in five years: A discussion with Jesse Ghansah
Ghanaian entrepreneur, Jesse Ghansah co-founded media startup, OMG Digital in 2015. Five years later, he’s working on Swipe, a fintech startup. In this interview, he shares his journey starting …
Y Combinator reduces investment size to $125k, cites economic concerns
US-based accelerator, Y Combinator, has announced that it will cut its ticket size from $150k to $125k for its future batch of startups. However, the accelerator is maintaining its equity stake of 7%.…
Wallets Africa raises fresh capital from Samurai Incubate, Mozilla, and Michael Seibel
Nigerian fintech startup, Wallets Africa will use the undisclosed funding to provide digital banking for small businesses. Investors include Samurai Incubate, Michael Seibel, Y Combinator, Mozilla, an…
Here are the African startups that pitched at Y Combinator’s Winter 2020 Demo Day
197 startups pitched online at the just concluded Y Combinator Demo Day with 5.5% of the list made up of 12 African startups from Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Algeria.…
Nigerian startup,Termii graduates from Y Combinator Winter 2020 Batch
Termii joins the likes of Paystack, Flutterwave, BuyCoins, Tizeti, and other Nigerian startups that have graduated from the Y Combinator incubation program, an opportunity it will leverage to raise fu…
A growing infatuation with VC funding is driving Nigerian startups towards one foreign accelerator
The number of Nigerian startups getting admitted into foreign accelerators has been on the rise over the last 3 years. But one particular accelerator is gaining the most traction.…
5 Nigerian startups make Y Combinator’s Winter Batch 2017
We can confirm that 5 Nigerian startups will be demoing at Y Combinator’s Demo Day come March 20th to 22nd, 2017…
7 Nigerian startups get a nod from Silicon Valley investors
Over the past couple of months, some of the biggest names from Silicon Valley have visited Nigeria. Ever since there have been speculations on which Nigerian startups would catch the attention of thes…
9 Nigerian startups fly to San Fransisco for Y Combinator’s batch of interviews
Editor’s note: This article has been updated and the names of the startups extracted. We wish them the best in the upcoming interviews. **********************************************************…
5 lessons to take from Y Combinator’s visit to Nigeria
In August, Y Combinator announced that they would visit 11 countries between 5th of September and 1st of October. Interestingly they made a visit to Nigeria on a tour of the ecosystem, visiting a coup…
Startup Founder in Nigeria? Prepare to meet with Y Combinator in Lagos
The Y Combinator Summer 2016 program had startups from all over the world sign up for an opportunity to get funded and also get mentored. Seeing that about 30% of the startups funded after the Summer …
These young Africans are about to disrupt the way you ship from overseas to Africa
People travel everyday, especially Nigerians. If you travel a lot, chances are you’ve become the designated transporter of goods among family and friends. But what if I told you such an often ex…
Why aren’t Black Tech Founders and Executives speakers at Major Tech Conferences?
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Oo Nwoye’s blog. As with any blog post on race, I have to include a prelude. This post is neither meant to be combative nor to apportion …
