26 results
- 26 May 2015
Nigeria’s Hotels.ng Raises $1.2m
Hotels.ng, Nigeria’s largest hotel booking website, has secured an investment of $1.2 million from international investors EchoVC Pan-Africa Fund, a seed-stage technology fund, and Omidyar Network,…
- 13 Nov 2016
Hotels.ng Develops Universal Location Solution for e-Commerce Companies
Online hotels booking company, Hotels.ng has developed a universal location solution to help e-commerce firms, especially online retailers tackle the challenge of poor addressing system in Nigerian…
- 1 Feb 2016
EchoVC Localisation Helped Hotels.ng Secure $1.2m Funds- Essien
Mark Essien, founder and chief executive officer of Hotels.ng, Nigeria’s largest hotel booking website, has attributed the Startup’s growth to the availability of local venture capitalist- EchoVC…
- 25 Mar 2016
#StartupSouth: The Hotels.ng Story Mark Essien May Never Tell Again
Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom state born, Mark Essien is an engineer at heart and a passionate entrepreneur. He built Hotels.ng to help solve the problem of hotel bookings in Nigeria and has since been…
- 12 Nov 2015
Hotels.ng, Paga Founders Lead Other Speakers to Maiden "Startup South" Conference
Mark Essien, founder of Nigeria’s online booking portal, Hotels.ng, and Jay Anabraba, ‎co-founder of mobile payment provider, Paga, will be among the top innovators and business leaders to…
- 20 Jun 2015
HotelNowNow to Rival Jovago, Hotels.ng in Nigeria
Hotelnownow.com, a new platform has been launched to play in the online hotel booking space in Nigeria – a space that is currently dominated by Hotels.ng and Jovago.com. Founders of…
- 4 Feb 2015
Hotels,ng Sponsors HackJos
Hotels.ng has entered into an agreement to be sponsor for the first hackathon in Northern Nigeria with code name: HackJos. The HackJos Hackathon – Jos, Nigeria is a free, 3 day-long coding marathon…
- 5 May 2016
OIIE Oils Tools to Take StartUP Friday to Other States
National Information Technology Development Agency , through its agency Office for ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship, , have acknowledged that established companies have experienced the challenges…
- 5 Sept 2016
Zuckerberg’s Visit Validates Nigeria’s Emerging Tech Ecosystem - MainOne
Following the recent visit of Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Founder and Chief Executive Officer, to Yaba’s Silicon Hub, Funke Opeke, chief executive officer of MainOne, stated that the visit is a…
- 19 Oct 2016
Tech, Business Leaders & Startup Investors Gather in PH for StartupSouth2
The second edition of StartupSouth, an event targeted at empowering start-ups operating in South-East and South-South region, will this year feature leading technology influencers, business leaders…
- 29 Nov 2016
Jumia Travel Clinches Hotel Booking Portal Award
Jumia Travel has once again cemented its position as the leading hotel booking portal in Nigeria after winning the Hotel Booking Portal of the Year Award at the Nigeria Technology Awards held last…
- 20 Dec 2016
Paystack, Nigerian Startup Raises $1.3m
Paystack, one of Nigeria’s most hotly anticipated tech start-ups, has just secured $1.3m seed investment from both international and homegrown investors, according to Forbes. This is coming after…
- 4 Mar 2017
Galaxy Backbone Makes Nominees’ List for 2017.Ng Awards
Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) recently unveiled the nominees for the 2017 .ng Awards and Galaxy Backbone Ltd, the leading public sector ICT infrastructure and services provider,…
- 9 Mar 2017
Sidmach, First Nigerian Company to Host ‘Un-Influx Hackathon’
For the first time Nigeria will host United Nations-Influx Hackathon, Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited, has been chosen as the camp for the three-day event commencing Friday, March 10, 2017. For…
- 7 Jul 2017
The African DNS Market and Echoes of ICANN 59
I led the NiRA delegation to the just concluded ICANN 59 Public Meeting held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 26th to 29th June 2017. Because the meeting held in Africa, more focus was on our…
- 9 Sept 2017
Investors, Tech Influencers to Gather in Aba for #Startupsouth3
Aba, popularly known as ‘the Enyimba City’, will on November 9, 2017 play host to #StartupSouth3. #StartupSouth is the annual Technology/Entrepreneurship conference that attracts people from…
- 27 Jul 2018
Edo Innovation Hub Maps Sustainability Path, Completes Training for 724 Entrepreneurs
The Edo State Government-backed Edo Innovation Hub, a cluster for innovators and inventors in Benin City, has trained at least 724 entrepreneurs in less than three months of operation and has now…
- 4 Jun 2019
NOTAP, Medallion Call for Adoption of Latest Technology Trend to Boost Tourism Business
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) and Medallion Communications Limited have advocated for the deployment of technology in the nation’s tourism and travel space as a…
- 19 Aug 2013
Spark, Lagos Internet Group Secures $2m Investment
Spark , the Lagos-based Internet Group that invests in Nigerian start-ups, has raised a $2 million investment from a syndicate of 17 international high net individual investors, based on a $10…
- 9 Sept 2019
Social4Media Masterclass Delivers Digital Skills To Media Professionals In Lagos
The second edition of Social4Media Masterclass, an all day digital skills workshop took place on September 4, 2019 in Lagos. The event organised by Lagos based marketing and media company, ID Africa…
- 10 Feb 2015
Connect Nigeria Annual e-Business Fair Holds This Month
Connect Nigeria has disclosed that its second annual e-Business Fair will hold on February 21 in Lagos, according to the organisers. In 2013, over 2,000 people turned up for the e-Business Fair and…
- 20 Feb 2015
Africa’s Leading e-Business Fair Holds Tomorrow
Connect Nigeria said that all is now ready for its second annual e-Business Fair holding tomorrow, February 21 in Lagos. According to the organizers, in 2013, over 2,000 people turned up for the…
- 3 Mar 2015
Carmudi MD, Others Make 100 Technology Change-Makers in Nigeria
Christian Keller, managing director, Carmudi Nigeria and other guests highlighted the importance of mobile application to small businesses during Social Media Week Lagos, held last week. This year’s…
- 16 Feb 2016
Connect Nigeria Begins Registration for eBusiness Fair 2016
Connect Nigeria’s said that its Business Fair 2016 will once again target micro, small and medium enterprises and harvesting huge potentials that can turn them into mega business brands through the…
- 25 Mar 2016
#NIRA10: CommunicationsWeek, Googles, Others Shortlisted for .ng Awards
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), charged with the management of Nigeria’s country code Top Level Domain Name (ccTLD), dot ng (.ng) has shortlisted Nigeria…
- 31 Mar 2016
MWA2016 Agenda Officially Launched
The MWA2016 agenda has now been officially launched, as day one focuses on The Mobile Consumer and day 2 will tackle The Business of Mobile. The agenda clearly illustrates this year's emphasis on…