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- 5 Oct 2021
Pacer Ventures Launches Pacer Labs to Support Digital Acceleration in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa venture firm Pacer Ventures is set to further unlock the power of digital transformation in Africa with the launch of Pacer Labs, a software development firm born to support the…
- 23 Feb 2022
Canza Finance Raises $3.27M Seed Round to Empower Underserved Sub-Saharan Africa SMEs
Canza Finance, an emerging markets neobank that is building the world’s largest non-institutional-based financial system, announced the completion of its $3.27M seed round. The fundraising round was…
- 5 Dec 2023
Experts Call for More Collaboration within Startup Ecosystem at ThriveAgric’s Abuja Tech Converge
Agricultural technology company, ThriveAgric, has concluded the debut edition of the ‘Abuja Tech Converge - TechXcelerate’ conference held in partnership with OCP Africa, a subsidiary of OCP Group,…
- 29 Apr 2022
Techstars, ARM Labs Partner to Launch Accelerator in Lagos
Techstars, a global investment business that provides access to capital, one-on-one mentorship, and customized programming for early-stage entrepreneurs, in partnership with ARM Labs, a Lagos-based…
- 1 Jul 2026
Google Rolls Out Fresh AI Projects Across Africa, Opens New Innovation Hub
Google Cloud has unveiled a series of new artificial intelligence (AI), digital infrastructure and skills development initiatives aimed at accelerating Africa's digital transformation. President…
- 22 Feb 2024
12 African Startups Draw Full House as Techstars Hosts Demo Day in Lagos
Techstars, the most active startup investor in Africa, held its second pan-African Demo Day in partnership with Lagos-based innovation program, ARM Labs. The ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator Demo…
- 25 Jan 2021
TLcom Leads $6mn Series A Fund in Pula
Pula, an African InsureTech service provider startup that specializes in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a $6mn Series A fund…
- 2 Aug 2015
Incubation Road-Trip: Ampion Announces 2015 Venture Bus Africa, Partners
Ampion has announced partnership with Transparency International, the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) and leading financial institutions in West Africa. The partnerships will span two…
- 30 Jun 2026
Bank of Industry Appoints Kuramo Capital as Manager of Dice Fund of Funds
The Bank of Industry (BOI), the Implementing Agency for the Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) Programme of the Federal Government of Nigeria, has announced the appointment of…
- 2 Aug 2010
WAC Accelerates Delivery of Open Applications Platform
The Wholesale Applications Community (WAC), an alliance of telecommunications companies committed to building an open applications platform, has announced its formation as a corporate entity, as well…
- 21 Nov 2016
AfDB, EIB Launch Initiative to boost Innovative Entrepreneurs Across Africa
Boost Africa Initiative, a unique partnership in support of innovation and entrepreneurship across Africa has been launched on Monday, in Abidjan by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the African…
- 27 May 2019
FirstBank Convenes Fireside Chat, Promotes Awareness On Cyber Security
FirstBank of Nigeria Limited has announced that the fourth edition of its Fireside chat would hold on Friday, May 31, 2019 at its Digital Innovation Lab in Yaba, Lagos. The topic, Cyber…
- 14 Dec 2016
Global Development Initiatives: USAID’s Experience in Africa
Global development initiatives are increasingly becoming prominent in improving technology, especially, in the African ecosystem. I recently had a chat with Jill Moss, the Technical Adviser, Global…
- 8 May 2026
Joshua Ichor, Nigerian Innovator Bags Europe’s €60m Fellowship
Joshua Ichor, a Nigerian geoscientist and innovator, has secured a rare invitation into the prestigious EWOR Fellowship, one of Europe’s most selective founder programmes built for outlier…
- 25 Oct 2019
Meet Some Of The Speakers For AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2019
The AfriLabs Annual gathering is, the largest pan-African summit of tech innovation hubs and stakeholders, from across Africa and the diaspora, scheduled to take place from the 28th - 30th October…
- 22 Mar 2024
Lagos State University Gets Innovation Lab
Switchcon, an educational technology company, has launched Infinolab, a tech innovation lab, in Nigeria. The lab was launched at Lagos State University, marking a significant milestone in…
- 11 Jun 2013
Nigerian Youths, Technology & the Future
In this digital age, the backbone of every economy is hinged on Technology with entrepreneurship driving the growth of the entire system. We see Technology powering every facet of human endeavor,…
- 20 Jul 2026
FG to Support 12 Tech Startups with N482m under iDICE
Federal government has launched a N482.4 million investment fund to support 12 tech-enabled Nigerian startups. The initiative under the federal government of Nigeria’s Investment in Digital and…
- 5 Feb 2026
Google Calls on Africa’s AI Trailblazers for 10th Startup Accelerator Cohort
Google has flung open applications for its landmark 10th cohort of the Startups Accelerator Africa, doubling down on nearly a decade of continent-wide tech propulsion by targeting Series A pioneers…
- 10 Oct 2017
Andela Raises $40m to Connect Africa’s Engineering Talent into Global Technology Ecosystem
Andela, the company that builds high-performing engineering teams with Africa’s most talented software developers, has announced that the company has secured $40M in Series C funding. The…
- 24 Sept 2013
Cyberoam Announces Launch of Next-Generation Firewall Appliances
Cyberoam, the leading global provider of network security appliances, on Tuesday unveiled Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) in its NG Series appliances. The product comes with Layer 8 Identity-based…
- 26 Sept 2019
Nigeria's CcHUB Acquires iHub of Kenya
Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), the leading technology innovation centre in Nigeria, has acquired Kenya’s iHub for an undisclosed fee. The deal will see iHub’s team become part of CcHUB’s wider central…
- 26 Jun 2016
IFC Aims to Spur Innovation in Emerging Markets
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, plans to double to $1 billion its portfolio of venture capital investments over the next two years to support technology entrepreneurs and accelerate innovation…
- 7 May 2023
Qualcomm Unveils Shortlisted Teams for the Inaugural Qualcomm® Make in Africa Mentorship Program
Qualcomm Technologies, has announced the selection of 10 startups to participate in the inaugural Qualcomm Make in Africa startup mentorship program, as part of the Qualcomm Africa Innovation…
- 19 Nov 2020
Founder Institute Lagos Opens Application for Cohort IV
Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator based in Silicon Valley with chapters across 220 cities around the world has opened its portal for cohort IV. In Nigeria, FI…
- 9 May 2017
Google Hosts Largest Publisher Summits in Africa
Google will this week host Google for Publishers Summits in Lagos, Nigeria and Nairobi, Kenya. The Summits will see over 200 publishers from across the region gather to get an opportunity to explore…
- 4 Jun 2019
Nestlé Africa Innovation Challenge To Boost Entrepreneurship In Nigeria
Nigeria’s quest to boost local entrepreneurship received a huge support with the launch of Nestlé’s Research and Development (R&D) innovation challenge, which was unveiled in Lagos. The…
- 11 Mar 2020
Lagos Fintech Week2020 Organizers Unveil Speakers
Over 20 leading women in the financial technology will gather to discuss how to break down barriers identified in the ecosystem at the FemTech in Fintech Forum (FiFF), as part of series of events…
- 6 Aug 2025
Mastercard Highlights Africa’s $16.5Bn AI Potential and Path to Digital Empowerment
Mastercard has today released its latest whitepaper, Harnessing the transformative power of AI in Africa, a pan-African study of the continent’s readiness, opportunity and roadmap for responsible…
- 30 Jul 2025
Google Announces $37m Funding in Africa
Google has outlined a wave of AI support across Africa, representing $37 million in cumulative funding — including previously committed but unannounced funding — to research, talent development, and…