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Kippa names Duke Ekezie-Joseph, former Chief Growth Officer as President

Kippa, the fast-growing fintech startup offering digital business and financial management solutions for SMEs in Africa, today announces that co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer (CGO) Duke Ekezie-Joseph has assumed the role of President.

Techstars launches in Lagos, to invest in African fintech and proptech startups

Techstars has launched the Lagos Techstars Accelerator Program in partnership with ARM Labs Lagos.  

What are Layer-1 and Layer-2 Blockchains and why are they so important?

First proposed by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, the Scalability Trilemma refers to a blockchain’s ability to balance three core fundamentals that determine its functionality and operability– security, scalability, and decentralization.

Zero to Scale: Abdoul Kadry Diallo — Co-founder & CMO at ANKA

In this edition, Abdoul Kadry Diallo — co-founder & CMO at ANKA talks about ANKA's growth story, the importance of hiring a CTO and the e-commerce landscape in Africa.

Zero To Scale: Damilola Soyombo — Founder/CEO of Skooqs and TCKZone

In this edition of Zero to Scale, the founder and CEO of Skooqs and TCKZone Oluwadamilola Soyombo talks about how edtech startups can get more spotlight and Skooqs milestones and impact in less than a year with only grant funding.

How the informal sector can solve Nigeria’s tax woes

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific period, according to Investopedia.

Zero To Scale: Kenneth Obiajulu — Co-founder and CEO of Agricorp International

In this edition of Zero to Scale, Agricorp CEO Kenneth Obiajulu talks about the role of technology in agriculture and how Agricorp is different from other agritech startups.

Float secures $17 million to bolster digital lending in Africa

Float, a Ghana-based fintech startup has raised $17 million to boost its cash management and digital lending platform for African small- and medium-sized businesses.

4DX Ventures and Flutterwave make first Francophone Africa investment, pumps $2.4 million in CinetPay

CinetPay, a digital payment platform for merchants in Francophone Africa today announced a $2.4 million seed round from Flutterwave and 4DXVentures.

Bitmama to enable digital natives transitioning into the blockchain industry

Bitmama has launched the "Bitmama Credit Programme" to equip digital natives globally with skills and resources that will position them in the blockchain ecosystem.

Zero To Scale: Ayodeji Balogun—CTO and Co-founder of Terragon Group

In this edition of Zero To Scale, we speak with Ayodeji Balogun, CTO, about the challenges of pivoting from a digital agency to a tech-first company.

Zero To Scale: Joshua Chibueze, CMO and Co-founder, Piggyvest

In this episode of Zero To Scale, Joshua talks about building Piggyvest from a tweet-inspired idea to one of Nigeria’s biggest technology companies one customer at a time.