14 results
- 6 Feb 2018
Google Accelerator Focuses on Emerging Markets
Technology conglomerate Google has chosen 24 start-ups from developing markets around the world, including Nigeria, out of thousands of applications to participate in a two-week boot camp to take…
- 27 Aug 2018
Google Kicks off Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 2
Google on Monday launched its second Launchpad Accelerator Africa class as part of its ongoing efforts to support entrepreneurship on the continent. It would be recalled that the first Launchpad…
- 19 Mar 2019
Google Announces Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 3
Google has announced third Launchpad Accelerator Africa class as part of its ongoing efforts to support entrepreneurship on the continent. This third class, which starts on 1 April 2019,…
- 14 Oct 2020
#EndSARS: Nigeria’s Tech Startup Scene Faces Horrors of Police Brutality
Nigeria’s bubbly tech startup scene which is awash with “young-and-getting-it coders and tech entrepreneurs” has been disproportionately affected by the SARS menace. According to weetracker.com,…
- 2 May 2021
Startups Ecosystem Critical To The Future Of Nigeria – Osibanjo
The Vice President of Nigeria, His Excellency Professor Yemi Osibanjo, said that startup ecosystem is one of the vital tools in finding solutions to Africa's various challenges, according to him,…
- 29 Apr 2021
Startups Ecosystem Critical to the Future Of Nigeria – Osibanjo
Professor Yemi Osibanjo, Vice President of Nigeria has said that startup ecosystem is one of the vital tools in finding solutions to Africa's various challenges, according to him, these challenges…
- 6 Sept 2021
Endeavor Nigeria Unveils Inaugural Cohort for its ScaleUp Program
Endeavor Nigeria has unveiled the inaugural cohort of entrepreneurs for its new 10-week Endeavor ScaleUp Program that aims to support Nigeria’s most promising, high-impact business leaders.…
- 20 Sept 2021
Endeavor Nigeria Reveals Speakers for Catalysing Conversations 2021
Endeavor Nigeria, the leading community of high-impact entrepreneurs in Nigeria, has announced that its 3rd annual scaleup entrepreneurship summit, Catalysing Conversations, will be held on Thursday,…
- 8 Dec 2021
Bento Aims to Digitise HR, Payroll in 10 New African Markets in 2022
Bento, a pan-African digital payroll and HR Management (HRM) platform, has announced its launch into Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda to grow the company’s reach across the continent. The company describes…
- 17 Jan 2022
Nigeria Startups Raise $2.5Bn in Funding in 5 Years
Startups in Nigeria have raised about $2.5 billion in the last five years, representing aggregate funding, which startups received between 2017 and last year. For instance last year, startups…
- 9 Mar 2022
Yep, Nigerian Financial Super-App Raises $1.5m in Pre-Seed Funding
Yep!, a financial super-app, has raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Greenhouse Capital as the company launches its revolutionary new digital financial super app on iOS and Android…
- 13 Feb 2024
Report Reveals African Healthtech Showing Resilience with Mere 2% Decline in Funding
Healthcare consulting firm Salient Advisory has launched its latest Intelligence Report, presenting findings on funding activity, covering grant, equity, and debt investments for African healthtech…
- 13 Jan 2015
Sona Group Seeks Enhanced Palliatives for Industrial Sector
Sona Group Nigeria has re-echoed the need for improved infrastructural to serve as palliatives for Nigeria’s industrialization. The industrial sector is hugely impacted by dilapidated road and other…
- 14 Sept 2022
Over 1000 Visitors Explore Latest Advancements in Healthcare Technologies at Medic West Africa 2022
Medic West Africa Exhibition and Conference, organised by leading global exhibitions company, Informa Markets, recently concluded its 9th edition, amidst elation by exhibitors and visitors. The…