Benjamin Dada Dada

Why African healthtech startup, 54gene’s seed raise is important to the rest of the world

In less than six months, 54gene secured an early-stage funding of $4.5 million which signals the potential for massive impact and profitability

Venture Capital firm, Oui Capital partners American IT multinational, IBM to support startups in its portfolio

Via the Startup with IBM program, Oui Capital portfolio companies can no get access to $120,000 worth of IBM Cloud credits and over 130 IBM services.

A comprehensive recap of the 4th MEST Africa Summit

Here is everything that happened last week in Nairobi, Kenya at MEST Africa Summit 2019, held in partnership with Microsoft.

Ghanaian startup, Truckrtech emerges winner of TechCircle’s 2019 Pitch2Win competition

A Ghanaian startup, Truckr(tech) emerged the winner of the just concluded "Pitch2Win" competition that held in Lagos-Nigeria.

10 Nigerian startups to compete at ‘Pitch2Win’, organised by TechCircle and Japan’s Freakout holdings

Organised in partnership with Japan's Freakout holding, TechCircle has invited the top 5% of Nigerian startups that applied to Pitch2Win ₦1 million on June 12. Read on to find out who the selected startups are.

Early-stage Maritime startup, MVXchange set to build the future of Offshore Support Vessels chartering in Africa

Nigerian Maritime startup, MVXchange is on a mission to build the future of Offshore Support Vessels (OSV) chartering in Africa, announces pre-seed round close.

How Micdee designed Softcom’s new campus, Eko Novo

In 2017, 12-year-old Nigerian tech company—Softcom consulted innovative architecture and design firm, Micdee Designs to build its new 1768-square-metre tech campus. Here is how Micdee did it.

How much does Andela make?

Andela, the company building distributed engineering teams with Africa’s top software engineers, will now officially recruit mid and senior level developers directly into the company to match clients demand.

Meet SafeBoda—the ride-hailing startup that just closed a Series B round co-led by GOJEK and Allianz X

Ugandan bike-hailing startup, SafeBoda has secured a Series B investment co-led by Allianz X and Go-Ventures. This was announced on Tuesday, May 7 by Allianz X.

Ex-Andelan, Babajide Duroshola joins SafeBoda as Country Head, Nigeria

Ex-Andelan, Babajide Duroshola has told benjamindada.com that he is joining ride-hailing startup, SafeBoda as their Country Head in Nigeria.

The growing developer marketplace in Nigeria; how is Yasé.io different?

Dividends of the ongoing “everyone should learn to code” conversation is already evident, as Nigeria continues to export software development expertise. For instance, in September 2018, a former technical team lead at Andela, Adebayo Adesanya left to German IT firm, Candis.io and has since worked there as a Senior Software Engineer. Similarly, in February 2019, […]

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STEMCafe, a hands-on learning centre for kids aged 5-18 launches her first hub in partnership with ENYO Retail and Supply.