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.

OnePipe closes $950,000 pre-seed round from Sherpa, Techstars, others

OnePipe is a Nigerian fintech company that aggregates financial services, in the form of APIs, from banks and fintechs into a standardised gateway for others (service providers) to use.

Enyata to support 50 Nigerians with Macbooks and six-month Pluralsight subscription

Enyata has launched Project BuildUp, an initiative aimed to empower 10,000 Africans over the next five years with the resources they need to grow in the tech industry.

Ayoba partners AppsFlyer to become Africa’s largest instant messaging app

Ayoba, the instant messaging app launched by MTN Group in April 2019, has partnered with AppsFlyer to become the largest digital platform in Africa.

EXCLUSIVE: Chat with Flutterwave’s Global Head of People Strategy, Mansi Babyloni

Registering a vehicle on Plentywaka continues to provide an opportunity to earn extra income