Nigeria-based lending and business financing platform, Payhippo, has been accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2021...
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Flutterwave becomes one of Y Combinator’s 40 most valuable private companies
Almost six months after its previous publication, on July 1, 2021, Y Combinator (YC), a US seed-stage accelerator,...
Nigeria, Egypt dominate as 10 African startups pitch on Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day
In 2019, our then startup editor, Ifeanyi Ndiomewese, analysed how a growing infatuation with VC funding was driving...
Nigerian fintech startup, Blueloop, gets YC backing as it plans global expansion
Nigerian fintech startup, Blueloop, has been accepted into the Winter 2021 batch of US-based accelerator, Y...
21 out of the 51 West African startups that raised $1m+ in the past decade went through an accelerator
In 2006, some entrepreneurs and an investor came together in Colorado, USA, to launch an accelerator. This accelerator...
Here are the African startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 Demo Day
Divided into winter and summer batches, US seed accelerator, Y Combinator (YC) invests $150,000 yearly in selected...
Building two YC-backed startups in five years: A discussion with Jesse Ghansah
In 2012, Jesse Ghansah, Prince Boakye Boampong, and Dominic Mensah began trying their hands on a new project, OMG...
Y Combinator reduces investment size to $125k, cites economic concerns
US-based seed-stage accelerator, Y Combinator (YC), is reducing the standard deal of its investment from $150,000 to...
Wallets Africa raises fresh capital from Samurai Incubate, Mozilla, and Michael Seibel
Nigerian fintech startup, Wallets Africa, has raised an undisclosed round of investment. Founded in 2018, Wallets...
Here are the African startups that pitched at Y Combinator’s Winter 2020 Demo Day
Twice a year, US seed accelerator, Y Combinator, invests $150,000 in selected startups, in exchange for 7% equity....
Nigerian startup,Termii graduates from Y Combinator Winter 2020 Batch
Termii, a Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS) startup, co-founded by two Nigerians just graduated as one of...
A growing infatuation with VC funding is driving Nigerian startups towards one foreign accelerator
Editor's note: All figures quoted in this article are sourced from publicly disclosed funding announcements. While...
5 Nigerian startups make Y Combinator’s Winter Batch 2017
Twice in a year, Y Combinator's latest batch of startups present to a specially invited subset of a larger network of...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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