January Funding Roundup: funding news from across Africa in the month of January
African Startups that raised Economies dwindling all over the globe. But somehow, someway, these startups managed to raise (in case you were wondering where all the money went). IrokoTV ($19 Million)...
View ArticleFrom Medical Doctor to Entrepreneur: Dayo Olakulehin, inventor of the D-box,...
It was 2012, and a young doctor, Dayo Olakulehin, sat in the Olikoye Ransome Kuti Children emergency ward in Lagos, trying to stay awake. He had been manually ventilating a five year old boy for over...
View ArticleHow to handle a ruined delivery (and a deadline) like a boss; CakeMayor CEO...
It’s not everyday we get to peek behind the curtain of an entrepreneur’s daily grind. Recently, Mayowa Ojo, the “mayor” of CakeMayor, took to Twitter to share how a deadline, Lagos traffic and a ruined...
View ArticleEnterprise Challenge 2016: Meet Richard Branson, receive mentorship, get grants!
Are you creative? Do you stand out from the crowd? Do you value a challenge? Are you brimming with innovative ideas or solutions which can make a difference in Nigeria? Do you have a passion for...
View ArticleHere’s one way to raise funds for your business during an economic downturn
Countries all over the world are in dire economic straits, African nations included. And while SMEs are touted as major drivers to help grow an economy, the truth is a lot of SMEs will crash and burn...
View ArticleWest African SMEs are successfully using Facebook to build their brands and...
Last week, Facebook executives met with advertising agencies and founders of small and medium sized businesses from Ghana and Nigeria. The meeting focused on how small businesses can get great returns...
View ArticleHere is ABAN’s list of top influencers in Africa’s tech startup scene
African Business Angel Network (ABAN) has compiled a list of “top Twitter influencers” in Africa’s tech start-up scene. The list places Rebecca Enonchong, founder and CEO of AppsTech at the top of the...
View ArticleHere are 6 Angel Investor Networks in Africa
It’s still too early to say the African startup scene has matured, but there is incredible progress in the scene. Last year, African tech startups raised over $185 million. This year, the figure will...
View ArticleNeed funding for your startup in Nigeria? Here are 9 things you must do
Early last year I took up a role in a technology seed funding company. Before then, I had just been on the management team of a few technology companies that had raised money for growth. My perception...
View ArticleTech startups: Apply to Intel’s Growth Academy and grow your startup...
Intel West Africa and CcHub partner up to help Lagos startups hack their grow through the Growth Academy. Growth Academy is a 3 month accelerator for new and existing tech startups in Lagos, Nigeria to...
View ArticlePass.ng CEO, Samson Abioye, discusses his startup’s recent hot streak and...
Pass.ng has a noble goal – using technology, the platform’s aim is to build an optimal examination testing and learning environment for students. The eLearning startup has been on a hot streak for a...
View ArticleNdidi Nwuneli writes on what every entrepreneur should know about starting
Starting a new venture is not an easy feat. It is like embarking on an adventure, unclear about the path and with no guarantee of success. However, it is an extremely rewarding adventure – one that...
View ArticleThe one growth hack startup founders learn in accelerators
In this age of information overload, it’s easy to get carried away with all the data your business intelligence software is capturing. It’s so easy, that a lot of founders focus on the wrong KPIs for...
View ArticleFor Nigerian SMEs, Facebook may be your best bet for social media advertising...
For small businesses, advertising has always been a heavy burden. A quick look at the ad budget of some large scale enterprises and you’ll understand that the barrier to entry for traditional media...
View ArticleHow to become rich in a time of a dying naira
The Naira is falling down! For those who don’t know – the Naira, Nigeria’s currency used to trade at N160 to a dollar. It was very stable for a long while, and then shortly after the oil prices started...
View ArticleMainOne hosts IT community at NERDSUNITE 2016
Nigerian Internet Service Provider, MainOne, will be hosting the IT community at the 2016 edition of its NERDSUNITE event tagged, Let’s Meet on Common Ground. Leading experts in the IT industry will be...
View ArticleThree ways you may be burying your small business and not even know
If you’re an outsider looking in, it’s easy to think running a startup is a good retirement plan. Pursue your passion, be featured on tech websites and magazines every other month, get millions of...
View ArticleStartups: Apply to the MTN Enterprise Challenge powered by Jumia and win $25,000
Applications are now open for the MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge powered by Jumia. The MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge powered by Jumia is a pan-African competition which will bring together over 1000...
View ArticleHow this Ghanaian startup got Bukola Saraki, a Nigerian Senator, to endorse...
WhatsApp hit the 1 billion user milestone on February 1, 2016 joining a very exclusive club of services with a billion users and above. With just a handful of apps serving 1/7th of the global...
View ArticleUsing WhatsApp and Mobile Money, this Zimbabwean musician made over $5,000...
Piracy and poor distribution infrastructure have been the bane of musicians in several African countries. A lot of artistes have returned to hustling even after having mega hits that achieved “national...
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