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Benjamindada.com 2022 Year in Review: Coming of age

2022 was our coming-of-age year. We doubled our team, grew our user base by 50% and registered for tax. Find out more about what we did and how we performed.

Recap of how we executed SantaBen 2022

SantaBen 2022 has come to an end and the winners have been contacted. We had 284 applicants split almost evenly between male and female. Twelve people emerge as winners!

Santaben 2022 Application Form

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All you need to know about SantaBen 2022

Benjamin Dada returns with over $100,000 worth of tech scholarships, thanks to training and infrastructural partners. Participants stand a chance to win laptops, solar inverters and skill training.

BD Charts

Data about the state of tech in Africa.

November tech and startup events: London is the new Lagos

There were 10 key events evenly split across Lagos and London. While the ones in Lagos were more talent focused, those in London were business and investment focused. It's interesting to have these many events with a huge Lagos/Nigerian delegate representation.

Lagos to launch VC Fund writing bigger cheques than before

The Lagos state government has disclosed its plan to launch a venture capital fund to enable Nigeria's tech ecosystem.

BD Insider, Letter 131: Africa’s next unicorn—who and when?

BD Insider, letter 131 discusses Nigerian tech national heroes, Safaricom fuliza loans, Telco's ₦80 billion unrecovered USSD debt and the search for the next unicorn.

Flutterwave VP Design, Ted Oladele: “I am not a designer”

Ted OIadele is one of the most impactful tech people in Nigeria, but little is known about his journey. In this 2,000-word deep dive, Benjamin Dada takes you through Ted's background, work philosophy and future plans.

BD Insider, Letter 127

BD Insider, Letter 127 covers MFS Africa's expansion into Nigeria, the 5G launch in Tanzania and Jumia's plan to leverage Zipline's drone technology for deliveries in Ghana.

Three years after exiting his first startup, Segun Adeyemi launches Anchor, a YC-backed BaaS fintech

Segun Adeyemi has launched a new startup, Anchor, three years after he exited Amplifypay. Anchor becomes the first BaaS company to be backed by YC.

Step-by-step: How to buy dollars from CBN in Nigeria (aka apply for PTA) with add. context

Buying dollars in Nigeria can be an extreme sport, this is a step-by-step guide on how to buy dollars from the Central Bank of Nigeria.