27 results
- 29 Aug 2019
Kobo360 Expands to Kenya to Power Coast-to-Coast Pan-African Logistics
Kobo360, the African e-Logistics start-up, announced it has launched its operations in Nairobi, Kenya, marking the company’s first physical expansion into East Africa. The new regional office, led by…
- 26 May 2020
Founders of Kobo360 Selected as Endeavor Entrepreneurs
Endeavor, world's leading high-impact entrepreneurship movement firm has welcomed two new entrepreneurs into its global network. Obi Ozor and Ife Oyedele II, co-founders of Kobo360, were selected as…
- 14 Aug 2019
e-Logistics Start-up Kobo360 Secures $30M Funding
Kobo360, the digital technology platform disrupting African third-party logistics, today announced the completion of a $20M Series A equity round led by Goldman Sachs, with participation from Asia…
- 10 Mar 2021
Kobo360 CEO, Obi Ozor Joins World Economic Forum (WEF) Young Global Leader Class of 2021
Kobo360’s CEO and Co-founder, Obi Ozor, has been honoured as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader 2021. Through the Young Global Leader Program, Ozor will embark on a five-year leadership…
- 8 Dec 2019
Obi Ozor, Kobo360 CEO Scoops Two Awards @ All Africa Business Leaders Awards
Obi Ozor, Co-founder and CEO of Kobo360, has been named ‘Young Business Leader of the Year’ and ‘Innovator of the Year’ at the 9th All Africa Business Leaders Awards in partnership with CNBC Africa…
- 2 Sept 2020
Obi Ozor, CEO of Kobo360, Featured in Fortune’s 40 Under 40 List
Obi Ozor, Group CEO and Co-Founder of African technology-enabled logistics startup, Kobo360, has been named in Fortune’s prestigious annual 40 under 40 list, alongside 200 other global trailblazers.…
- 9 Dec 2020
IFC, Kobo360 Invite Innovative Cooling Solution Projects for Nigeria’s Industries
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, in partnership with Kobo360, an African digital logistics platform, today announced an open call for innovators from around the world to bring climate-smart,…
- 9 Dec 2018
Kobo360 Secures $6M Seed Investment from IFC to Transform Supply Chain in Africa
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced a $6 million equity investment in Kobo360 Inc, a tech-enabled e-logistics platform that connects the supply of trucks with the demand for…
- 8 Jul 2021
Kobo360 to Pilot Game-Changing Sustainable Cooling Innovations in Nigeria
Eleven global innovators have been selected to partner with 15 leading Nigerian companies to pilot cost-effective, climate-smart technologies to strengthen the country's temperature-controlled…
- 30 Oct 2019
TLcom Hosts Africa Female Founder Summit in Lagos
TLcom Capital, the Africa-focussed venture capital firm, on Tuesday held its inaugural Africa Tech Female Founder Summit. Launched to build a collaborative network of Africa’s female tech founders,…
- 5 Oct 2023
TLcom Announces Africa Tech Female Founder Summit 2023
TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has officially announced its fifth annual Africa Tech Female Founder Summit, which will be held on Tuesday 14th November 2022 in Lagos,…
- 9 Oct 2020
TLcom Announces Second Africa Tech Female Founder Summit
TLcom Capital, the Africa-focussed venture capital firm, has officially announced the launch of its second Africa Tech Female Founder Summit, which will be held virtually on Tuesday 27th October…
- 26 Oct 2020
Nigeria Innovation Summit 2020: Stakeholders Seek for Robust Technology Ecosystem
Stakeholders and technology enthusiasts at the 2020 Nigeria Innovation Week have emphasised the need for robust technology ecosystem in the country, noting that we cannot do without innovative…
- 14 Mar 2019
TLcom Hosts Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Web Inventor in Lagos
To mark the 30th anniversary of the invention of the worldwide web, Africa-focussed venture capital firm TLcom hosted Internet founder and pioneer, Sir Tim Berners-Lee at Westwood Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos…
- 25 Mar 2021
Autochek Launches First-Ever African Online Truck Loans Marketplace
Autochek, the auto tech company that aims to build solutions for the African market, has announced the launch of its online truck loans marketplace in Nigeria and Ghana, in a bid to migrate the…
- 5 Feb 2020
TLcom Closes TIDE Africa Fund at $71M
TLcom, the Africa-focused Venture Capital firm, has announces it has secured an additional $31M for its TIDE Africa Fund, bringing its Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)-focused fund to $71mn. The latest…
- 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,…
- 7 Oct 2021
TLcom Announces 3rd Africa Tech Female Founder Summit
TLcom Capital, the Africa-focussed venture capital firm, has officially announced the launch of the 2021 Africa Tech Female Founder Summit, which will be held virtually on Wednesday 13th October…
- 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…
- 27 Jan 2022
TLcom Secures First Close of $150mn Pan-African Tech Fund
TLcom, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has today announced a first close of $70mn for its $150mn Africa focused tech fund, firmly positioning the investor to become the largest independent…
- 27 Jan 2022
TLcom Secures First Close of $150mn Pan-African Tech Fund
TLcom, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, on Thursday announced a first close of $70mn for its $150mn Africa focused tech fund, firmly positioning the investor to become the largest independent…
- 11 May 2022
FBNQuest Continues to Support the Growth of Technology Startups in Africa
FBNQuest, the investment banking and asset management subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc continues to demonstrate its support to the growth of technology startups in Africa through its recent…
- 12 Oct 2022
TLcom 4th Africa Tech Female Founder Summit to Focus on Scaling Tech Businesses
TLcom Capital, the Africa-focussed venture capital firm, has officially announced the launch of its fourth annual Africa Tech Female Founder Summit, which will be held on Wednesday 9th November 2022…
- 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.…
- 9 Sept 2020
Endeavor Partners Stears Data in Report on Future of Entrepreneurship in Nigeria
Endeavor, the global high-impact entrepreneurship network, has published a white paper in partnership with leading Nigerian data collection company Stears Data entitled “Protecting Nigeria’s…
- 21 Sept 2020
Ene-Obong, CEO of 54gene Selected as Endeavor Entrepreneur
Endeavor has welcomed a new entrepreneur into its global network; Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong of 54gene, was selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur on September 17, 2020. 54gene is a health technology company…