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- 19 Oct 2020
Catalyst Fund, Others Launch $4.3M Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator
Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), announced the Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital…
- 26 Jan 2016
EchoVC Tips Innovation Fund as Disruptive Strategy For Job Creation
EchoVC Pan-African Investments Nigeria Limited, has advocated for the Federal Government to consider injecting more innovation funds in the ICT‎ as catalysts for job creation, economic recovery…
- 17 Feb 2015
InterSwitch Launches $10m e-Payment Growth Fund
Interswitch, a leading pan-African integrated payment, processing and transaction switching company, announces the launch of a new $10 million ‘ePayment Growth Fund’. The fund is intended to serve as…
- 15 May 2018
The Rise Fund Leads $47.5m Series C for Cellulant
The Rise Fund, a global impact investing fund managed by growth equity platform TPG Growth, has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a stake in Cellulant, a leading digital payments…
- 29 May 2024
AfDB, Others Pledge Support for Climate Action Africa Forum Deal Room
African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledged its support for the 2024 Climate Action Africa Forum (CAAF24) Deal Room, taking place from June 19 to 20, 2024, at the Landmark Event Centre in Lagos,…
- 23 Aug 2024
FCMB Asset Management's Private Debt Fund Targets Mid-Sized Businesses
FCMB Asset Management Limited (FCMBAM), acting as Sponsor and Fund Manager, with technical support from TLG Capital Investments Limited (TLG Capital), United Kingdom, recently launched Nigeria's…
- 10 Apr 2026
PowerLabs to Scale Intelligent Energy Orchestration Across Africa with New Funding
PowerLabs aims to expand its platform into Nigeria's most energy-intensive sectors with the new funding. Providing hospitals and industrial hubs with the intelligent, automated control required to…
- 11 Oct 2021
Mono, Nigerian Fintech Startup Secures $15m Series A
Mono, Nigeria's tech-driven fintech startup, has closed a $15,000,000 Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. Target Global, General Catalyst and SBI Investment are new investors who joined in…
- 4 Oct 2021
Coca-Cola Foundation Doles out $300,000 Grant to Train 5,000 Women on Transformative Skills
In a bid to improve the lives of women across Lagos State, Nigeria; Karis and Eleos Hand of Hope Foundation has announced the launch of the second edition of its women empowerment programme themed…
- 21 Jan 2021
African Tech Start-up Funding Passes US$700m in 2020
2020 was a record year for investment into the African tech start-up ecosystem, with more start-ups raising more money, from more investors, than ever before. This is according to the sixth edition…
- 10 Jul 2024
Innovate Africa Launches with $2.5M Angel Fund for Early-Stage Africa-Focused Startups
Innovate Africa, an angel investment fund that supports early-stage founders in funding life-changing ideas, taking startups from conception to product and financing innovative ventures, has launched…
- 29 Jul 2025
Moonshot Returns with a Defining Third Edition, Charting Africa’s Next Phase of Innovation
Moonshot, Africa’s flagship tech and innovation gathering, officially announces its third edition. Scheduled to take place from October 15 –16, 2025, at the Eko Convention Centre in Lagos, Nigeria,…
- 29 Aug 2018
Paystack Secures $8 million Series A Funding
Paystack, a Nigeria-based startup providing payments tools to businesses in Africa, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Stripe, and includes Visa, follow-on funding from…
- 24 Aug 2015
Obsolete IT Assets Jeopardizing Business, Technology Deliverables- IDC
The continued surge in the number of obsolete IT assets is jeopardizing both business and technology deliverables that are essential for an enterprise's success in digital transformation. A new…
- 12 Feb 2016
FG Plans Tax Incentives to Boost Jobs in ICT Industry
Federal Government is set to introduce incentive packages for start-up companies in the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Industry so that they can help Government to realize the three…
- 9 Oct 2014
IDC’s ITAM Study to Ease Cybersecurity Mandates
The International Data Corporation (IDC) has announced a new Buyer Case Study, “IT Security: World-Class Enterprise Eases Cybersecurity Mandates,” (Document # 251741). The new document outlines the…
- 7 Sept 2020
Coca-Cola Empowers 1,000 Magboro Women with Vocational Skills
The women of the Magboro Makogi community will not be forgetting the month of August in a hurry. Through a Coca-Cola Foundation-sponsored program; Catalyst For Change, over 1,000 women were, over…
- 12 Sept 2024
15Wins Ventures Embarks on ₦5bn Fundraising to Empower Nigerian Startups
Dutch-based venture builder, 15Wins Ventures, is in the process of raising a ₦5 billion venture fund, aiming to supercharge the growth and scalability of high-potential startups across Nigeria. The…
- 31 Jan 2017
EIN Partners Lonadek & RAEng To Launch Engineering Training Scheme
Energy Institute Nigeria, in partnership with Lonadek’s Cedar Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Centre (STEM) and the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE), have launched a 4-month Graduate…
- 12 Jan 2021
Coca-Cola Foundation Empowers Over 4,600 Women in Five Months
A women empowerment and capacity building program sponsored by The Coca-Cola Foundation in partnership with Karis and Eleos Hand of Hope Foundation, tagged, “Catalyst for Change” has come to an end…
- 29 Oct 2024
Moniepoint Secures $110 Million Investment to Scale Digital Payments, Banking Solutions
Moniepoint, Africa’s fastest-growing fintech, has successfully raised US$110 million in equity financing, to power the dreams of millions of businesses and their customers across Africa and the…
- 28 Oct 2024
Moniepoint Secures US$110m Funding to Scale Digital Payments and Banking Solutions
Moniepoint Inc, africa’s fastest-growing financial institution has successfully raised US$110 million in equity financing, to power the dreams of millions of businesses and their customers across…
- 21 Oct 2025
Banks' Funding Failure: The Shocking Rot In Nigeria's Intervention Programmes
By Blaise Udunze For over a decade, the Nigerian government and its financial institutions have launched a flurry of intervention funds, all with the promise to empower industries, revive the…
- 16 Jun 2026
Trashverse Recycling Technology Emerges Winner as MTN’s The Gathering on 100 Pitchathon Concludes with N5m Awarded in Aba
MTN Nigeria has successfully concluded the Aba leg of its youth cultural and creative movement, The Gathering on 100. The 18-hour event marks a significant milestone for entrepreneurship in Eastern…
- 12 Feb 2024
ALX Partners Institute of Continuing Legal Education, LSETF, HFM to Empower Tech Careers
Nigeria tech career accelerator, has announced strategic partnerships with the Nigerian Bar Association Institute of Continuing Legal Education, the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) and…
- 14 Sept 2021
Nigeria's N15trin InfraCorp Kicks off in October
The Infrastructure Company (InfraCorp) being created by the Central Bank of Nigeria, African Finance Corporation and the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority to raise N15 trillion will be unveiled…
- 16 Sept 2020
Buhari Okays Establishment of CBN-Led Infraco
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of an Infrastructure Company (Infraco) to be driven by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in partnership with the African Finance Corporation…
- 30 Mar 2009
Diamond Bank Votes N300m for SME Financing
Plans have been finalized by Diamond Bank Plc to lend out N300 million to operators in the micro, small and medium scale businesses in the country, before the end of April this year. In a statement…
- 21 Apr 2021
Okra Secures $3.5M Seed Round Led by Susa Ventures
Nigerian fintech platform and Open Finance (API Economy) pioneers, Okra, have secured a $3.5m Seed raise. The round was led by US-based Susa Ventures, with participation from existing investors TLcom…
- 13 Jul 2010
Central Bank, Iran, Pakistan Adopt Common Banking Rules
The eight-member developing economies are adopting a common regulatory framework for their banking sectors. Members of the D-8 are Nigeria, Egypt, Malaysia, Turkey, Iran, Bangladesh, Indonesia and…