UN Youth Day: Celebrating Africa’s Digital Potential

In the month of UN Youth Day, I’m delighted that we will be recognizing just some of these talents from across the region.

DoGood.Africa is easing the funding of social impact projects

DoGood.Africa has launched a platform that connects non-profits and social impact projects in Africa with donors and volunteers. On DoGood.Africa, you will find projects that align with your values to donate to and volunteer for. Empower Makoko, Light Up Kaduna, and Love in the...

Lori Systems expands to the rest of Africa, hires African experts

Lori systems has appointed Uche Egboi and Efayomi Carr as COO and Head of Strategic Finance, respectively.

Farmgate Africa and Agricsquare unify under Farmcrowdy

Farmcrowdy Group has announced the unification of its subsidiaries, Farmgate Africa & Agricsquare, to form a bigger Farmcrowdy-its flagship company.

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.

Fidelity Bank to host SME Funding Connect in August

Fidelity Bank will be hosting SME Funding Connect in Lagos on August 7, and subsequently in Kano and Port Harcourt.

DIT and Innovation Corner launch Lagos Immersion

Application for the United Kingdom's Department for International Trade (DIT) and Innovation Corner's Lagos Immersion hackathon is now open.

Gokada partners with Lagos State Government to plant 100,000 trees

Gokada commits to planting 100,000 trees in partnership with Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK).

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.

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.

Microsoft opens Africa Development Centre in Nigeria, Kenya

Microsoft has launched the Africa Development Centre (ADC), with two initial sites in Nairobi, Kenya, and Lagos, Nigeria. The development centre in Kenya was launched on May 14, while the launch event of the Nigerian centre will take place on May 17.