“Nigeria represents both the present and the future of the internet”, says Tim Berners-Lee on Lagos visit

To mark the 30th anniversary of the internet, founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee took to Lagos to see the growing tech ecosystem

Gloo.ng completes pivot from e-commerce to e-procurement, Gloopro

After over five years of running Gloo, the management of PayMente Limited decided to move away from e-commerce into e-procurement citing early-stage profitability of the latter.

Jack Ma’s Foundation appoints Nigeria’s Network of Innovators and Incubators as regional partner for the $10 million Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative

The Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) has appointed the Network of Incubators and Innovators in Nigeria (NINE) as its West Africa regional partner.

Medium CEO, Ev Williams resigns from Twitter’s Board

Ev Williams, a Twitter co-founder who left the company in 2011 but remained on its Board has announced resignation from the Board to focus on other things

Application for Silicon Valley Internship Programme closes on February 24

Application for the Silicon Valley Internship Programme (SVIP) is set to close on Sunday, February 24, 2019. The second track of the SVIP, in partnership with GBx-x, accepts female engineers with a STEM degree from outside of Europe.

HotelOnline management clears the air about Marek’s involvement with the company

Business partner, Havar talks extensively with Benjamin Dada about the Savanna <> HotelOnline (Polish entity) merger, where Marek was a shareholder.

Winning regional finals, does Publiseer stand a chance at the Startup World Cup Final?

Publiseer, a free digital publishing platform founded by the (identical) twins–Chidi and Chika Nwaogwu, will be representing Nigeria at the Grand Finale of the 2019 SWC

Nigeria’s CcHUB expands to East Africa, launching Design Lab in Kigali, Rwanda

Co-creation Hub plans to invest up to $11 million in Rwanda, to go along with their expansion into the country.

Ingressive Capital: Startups, get your ‘first cheque’ in less than 30 days

Ingressive Capital is looking to invest between $50,000 and $100,000 or not in early stage African companies within less than 30 days of application.

Telecom regulator—NCC—temporarily lifts “Do Not Disturb” restriction ahead of elections

NCC has partnered with INEC through the telcos to deliver voters' education over existing mobile network of 172 million subscribers.

Oui Capital, an Africa-focused venture capital firm is open for business!

Olu Oyinsan alongside partners has launched a $10 million fund targeted at high-growth tech startups in Africa.

#StartupSouth debuts radio programme on entrepreneurship via Wish 99.5FM

#StartupSouth set to launch radio programme focused on entrepreneurship education on Wish 99.5FM.