Bumpa raises a $200,000 pre-seed round to build the Shopify for Africa

Bumpa, has announced the close of its $200,000 pre-seed round as it looks to help retailers manage and grow their businesses.

ear1 announces the close of its $520,000 pre-seed round

In an exclusive with benjamindada.com, ear1, the African social media startup that allows people to talk to influencers and professionals for a small fee, has announced the close of its $520,000 pre-seed round.

Bitnob launches Fantasy Premier League competition, winner to get $1000 at the end of the season

Bitnob, the Nigerian cryptocurrency startup that lets you save in Bitcoin for the daily cost of lunch, is rewarding its users with a Fantasy Premier League competition for the new footballing season.

Flutterwave backs Nigeria’s D’Tigers for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics as exclusive payment partner

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, will partner with the Nigerian basketball team, D’Tigers, as they head to Tokyo to compete for gold at the 2021 Olympic Games.

UK Nigeria TechHub announces the graduation of 10 startups from the iNOVO Accelerator Programme

Designed to empower 10 early-stage Nigerian startups that are solving challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, in January 2021, the UK-Nigeria Tech Hublaunched it’s iNOVO Accelerator Programme for early stage startups building innovative solutions to tackle the challenges caused by COVID-19 across the Education, Agriculture and Health sector in Nigeria.

What CBN’s digital currency could mean—transparency vs surveillance

Earlier this week, the governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank—Godwin Emefiele, announced the regulator’s plan to float a digital currency called the eNaira.

SEC’s new brief targets Nigerian companies offering foreign investments

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission released a circular targeting WealthTech companies offering foreign-based investments in the country.

Meet the 10 African startups and their founders that got into Y Combinator Winter 2021

Ten African startups have made it into the Y Combinator Winter ’21 batch. This brings the number of African startups in YC to 50.

What Teju Ajani’s appointment means for Apple in Nigeria

Teju Ajani announced on March 9, 2021 that she has resumed at Apple as the Managing Director for Nigeria.

DoktorConnect—The Medicare app ushering in the future of Healthcare

Josmol, a health technology company on a mission to make quality healthcare available, accessible and affordable for Nigerians this week launched Nigeria’s most robust telemedicine offering—DoktorConnect.

Nigerian eCommerce solution, Salescabal, relaunches as Bumpa

Salescabal, an online store and inventory management system has just unveiled a new name, a new logo and a new website as part of an extensive rebranding initiative. The service will now be known as Bumpa.

Treford set to hold its first product design bootcamp

"My plan is to invest millions of dollars into Africa over the coming years. I believe it is the future", says Sahil Lavingia in a chat with Benjamin Dada.