Ingressive invests $250,000 in three Nigerian startups

Ingressive Capital—an early stage venture capital firm—has cut three Nigerian startups a cheque of $250,000 (₦90.3 million).

Meet Ifedapo, the creator of IGdm and co-founder of LykDatApp—a fashion image search

Ifedapo Olarewaju, an open source developer at Transloadit, created IGdm—a desktop messaging app for Instagram—and co-founded LykDatApp—an image search application for fashion products.

Go Global Africa 2020 is now open for application

Go Global Africa is now for open for applications from Kenyan, Nigerian and South African entrepreneurs

Flutterwave becomes Endeavor’s first investee in Nigeria with a $35 million Series B round

Flutterwave has raised $35 million in a Series B round. The money will be spent on technology and business development to increase Flutterwave's market share across the nine African countries it currently operates.

Funding your mutual funds with Stash will now cost a dime

The love of Ope from Cowrywise costs a dime. A processing fee will now be applied when funding your mutual funds with Stash.

[Updated] Why MTN customers have been experiencing slow internet speed

MTN apologizes for slow Internet speed and difficulties customers have been experiencing in accessing data services. The problem is beyond its control.

Nigeria should not send a man to space. It is pointless

Space exploration is a worthy capital-intensive venture Nigeria must undertake, but experts believe sending a man to space is immaterial

Five Nigerian Startups will be pitching at Africa Startup Summit

From zero participation last year to having 50% representation, five Nigerian startups, namely HouseAfrica, Limestart, OkwuEco, Riby and ThankUCash, will Pitch Live at 2020 Africa Startup Summit

Right of Way charges have been baulking broadband penetration

State governors disrespected the harmonization of RoW charges policy. The disregard span the lifetime of the first national broadband plan. What's the way forward?

What’s the state of coding and developer jobs in Nigeria?

Insights into the coding tools and programming languages to learn, how employers think of skills, compensation, work flexibility and experience, and the state of the developer community.

Carbon announces Kenya launch, says its vision is to become a pan-African digital bank

Carbon has officially announced its launch in Eastern African, Kenya, as its aims to become a pan-African digital bank

Rensource Energy secures $20 million to provide value-added services for SME

Rensource Energy has secured $20 million in a Series A round. The fresh funding will support the expansive growth of Rensource Energy and the roll out of its tech-enabled value-added services (VAS) for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).