Johnstone Kpilaakaa Kpilaakaa

Johnstone is a journalist covering tech and social responses in Africa. He is currently an MTN Media Innovation Fellow at Pan-Atlantic University in Nigeria. He was formerly a senior reporter at Condia.
Opinion

As losses mount, rising costs push Nigeria’s telecom sector towards a tariff hike

Nigeria’s telecom sector is under severe financial strain, with surging costs and mounting losses pushing operators to call for an urgent tariff hike.

Mobility

inDrive avoids ban in Nigeria’s capital, secures licence

inDrive started offering rides in Abuja in March 2023 and quickly became popular, with users averaging 212 rides each in the first few months. 

Fintech

Brass co-founders exit as fintech gets acquired by Paystack-led consortium

Following the acquisition, Brass will continue to build and support its customers and grow with a new leadership team.

Features

Inside the online food delivery market in Northern Nigeria

While phone calls remain the go-to method for online food delivery in Northern Nigeria, a growing appetite exists for a more streamlined approach.

Mobility

Exclusive: Nigeria’s first women-only ride-hailing app, HerRyde, “hibernates” after a year

After a year of operation in Nigeria’s capital city Abuja, HerRyde, a women-only ride-hailing platform has “hibernated” to re-strategise and source for funding ahead of a near re-launch.

News

Chowdeck CEO talks $2.5M seed funding and the Nigerian food delivery market

Last year, Chowdeck onboarded Chicken Republic, West Africa's largest fast-food chain. This move has led to an increase in order volume of 250% on Chowdeck.

News

Sim Shagaya launches The Honey Badger Fund (HBF) to back African entrepreneurs

Sim is popular for pioneering the e-commerce movement in Nigeria through his company, Konga which he founded in July 2012. He raised about $80 million with Konga pre-2020 when capital was scarce in the African tech ecosystem.

Deep Tech

In Africa, AI is enabling experts to detect medical anomalies in baby cries

Currently, the Ubenwa software identifies early signs of birth asphyxia, and can potentially determine learning milestones based on cry triggers.

Startup Life

How these African female founders navigate co-founder relationships

Research shows that 65% of all startups will fail because of co-founder tension, these African female founders; Juliet Odumosu and Ijeoma Akwiwu, talk about how they manage co-founder relationships.

Startup Life

Inside the implementation of the Nigeria Startup Act

Its four months since Nigeria's president assented to the country's startup act, and only 32% of states in the country have indicated interest to domesticate the Act.

Startup Life

How do these African founders hire and manage talents?

Talent is vital to the growth of every company. These African founders share how they have been able to hire, manage and retain talents at their companies.

News

Autochek acquires CoinAfrique to facilitate auto financing in Francophone Africa

Francophone Africa is home to many of the fastest-growing economies on the continent, as well as the fastest-growing brand new car market - Côte d’Ivoire.

Advertisement Ad
Advertisement Ad