Iyanda Iyanda

Carbon launches $100,000 entrepreneurship fund to support African startups

Carbon has set up a $100,000 fund to support African startups.

Highlights of the 2020 Innovation Showcase Week

Highlights of the 2020 Innovation Showcase Week organised by Facebook in partnership with Co-creation Hub.

Hackathon4Justice 2.0 winner is a solution that prevents child abuse

Predex—a team of University of Lagos and Covenant University students—has emerged winner of Hackathon4Justice 2.0 organised by Andela in partnership with Facebook and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Applications are now open for the Africa4Future Acceleration Programme

Startups across Africa can now apply for the 2020 Africa4Future Aerospace Acceleration programme,

10 reasons why you should attend the Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence townhall

TechCabal will be holding its first townhall of the year

Innovation Showcase Week to display the best of West African innovation

Facebook, in partnership with Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), will be holding the second edition of its annual Innovation Showcase Week (ISW).

Farmcrowdy acquires Best Foods Livestock and Poultry Limited

Farmcrowdy has announced its acquisition of Best Foods Livestock and Poultry Limited to deepen its footprint in the livestock value chain.

Lagos State explains why Gokada, Oride & MAXOkada are affected by the ban on tricycles and bikes

The Lagos State Government has said the reason Gokada, Oride, MAXOkada and other bike-hailing startups are affected by the ban on tricycles and bikes is because they are part of the problem

Google’s first Africa Developer Space launched in Lagos is free for all

The Google Developer Space would serve as a hub for Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa and can be used by members of the Africa tech community, free of charge.

Oui Capital invests in Mauritius first app-based mobility startup, Vite

Oui Capital—an Africa-focused venture capital firm—has made an undisclosed pre-seed investment in Vite Technologies, the first app-based mobility startup in Mauritius

Lagos bans tricycles and bikes, what’s next for bike-hailing startups?

The Lagos State Government has announced the ban of tricycles (AKA "Keke NAPEP" or "Maruwa") and motorbikes (AKA Okada), including ORide, Gokada and MAXOkada. But by the book, there is a wiggle room for bike-hailing startups to negotiate the sanction.

Full list of areas tricycles and bikes have been banned in Lagos

Effective from Saturday, February 1, 2020, tricycles and motorbikes are restricted from operating in six local government areas, nine local council development areas, 10 major highways and 40 bridges across Lagos State—the commercial capital of Nigeria.