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- 29 Nov 2019
First Google Startup Week Lagos sees startups pitching to top UK/African VCs
Google on Thursday hosted its first Google Startup Week in Lagos, which saw Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa graduates, from across Africa, pitch for funding from some of Africa & the UK’s top…
- 31 Jan 2019
Social Media Week Lagos 2019 Focuses on Future of Africa
Social Media Week Lagos, Africa’s largest tech and media gathering, returns to Landmark Centre in Lagos, Nigeria on the 4th through the 8th of February 2019. Annually thousands come to SMW Lagos to…
- 21 Jul 2018
Lagos Hosts Fintech Week to Celebrate Fintech Achievements
To celebrate Fintech achievements and opportunities with focus on funds and payments, capital markets, insurance innovations, block chain and cyber security, the world’s attention will be on the city…
- 4 Dec 2018
Facebook Supports TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2018 in Lagos
In line with its commitment to growing Africa’s technology start-up ecosystem and its passion for developing diverse, young talent, Facebook is returning as the headline sponsor of TechCrunch Startup…
- 5 Oct 2016
Grooming Startups to Survive in the Nigerian Ecosystem
Starting a business in Nigeria, like many other countries, usually comes with many road bumps. It is not just enough to have a brilliant idea that can be built into a mega business; more is required…
- 9 Nov 2015
How and Why Lagos is Breeding Ground for Techpreneurs
Technology entrepreneurs’ (techpreneurs) and most technology startups have remained concentrated in Lagos due to the dearth of basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for…
- 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…
- 31 Jul 2022
Alerzo Group CEO Joins other Founders to Chart Way Forward for Retail Business in Nigeria
In line with promoting Nigeria's retail sector through technology, founders of tech startups, stakeholders and enthusiasts converged for several panel discussions, exhibitions, learning and…
- 13 Jun 2017
TAMS Nigeria Supports CFAtech.ng to Host CFA's Startups Hangout
Just less than two weeks for the June edition of CFA's Startup Hangout to kick off, TAMS Nigeria has already ventured into a partnership with CFAtech.ng as part of its support to add value to…
- 24 Aug 2022
Leveraging Technology in Tackling Retailers' Needs
Business to business (B2B) firms in Africa are demonstrating intentionality in leveraging technology to tackle the needs of retailers across the continent. In Nigeria precisely, founders of tech…
- 11 Dec 2018
Instagram Boosts Women Startups with Inspire Action Training
As part of the Africa Tech Week which took place in Lagos, photo sharing app, Instagram on Thursday, 6 December held the maiden edition of ‘Inspire Action’ training - aimed to inspire, educate, and…
- 30 Apr 2019
CBN to Establish Collateral Management Regime to Regulate Fintech
In order to encourage more innovations in the payment system, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is putting in place a Collateral Management Regime (CMR) to regulate the activities of Fintech firms…
- 9 Oct 2023
Wema Bank Rewards Hackaholics 4.0 Winners with Over N50m
Winners have emerged in Wema bank’s Hackaholics 4.0 as the lender rewarded them with over N50 million at the grand finale held last week in Lagos. According to a statement from the bank, one of the…
- 30 Mar 2017
Can Technology and Connectivity Disrupt Insurance?
On my way to the Pinet eInsurance conference hosted in Lagos last week, I asked myself a question. What does insurance have to do with telecom or technology for that matter? Plenty I concluded!…
- 21 Sept 2022
Honeywell Group, LSETF Partner to Train Over 250 Selected Participants for Talent Development Programme
The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) in partnership with Honeywell Group (HGL), has selected 260 beneficiaries for the Lagos Innovate Talent Development Programme from a pool of over 1000…
- 5 Oct 2022
Big Cabal Media Delivers Future Of Commerce II, Showcases Strength of Africa’s Informal Economy
Over 5,000 people attended Big Cabal Media’s Future of Commerce 2022 event at the Balmoral Convention Centre in Lagos, Nigeria, last week. Tagged “Money on the Streets," notable thought leaders…
- 15 Oct 2024
Branka Mracajac, CEO 9PSB says Innovations, Collaboration, Essential for Nigerian’s Fintech Growth
At the 2024 Nigeria Fintech Week held in Lagos, Branka Mracajac, CEO of 9 Payment Service Bank (9PSB), Nigeria’s digital payment service bank, focused on financial inclusion, emphasized the critical…
- 16 Jul 2014
IBM SmartCamps Initiative for African IT Entrepreneurs Begins
The IBM SmartCamps program which kicked off in Nairobi, Kenya this week will begin in Lagos tomorrow, as part of IBM's Global Entrepreneur initiative, designed to stimulate innovation and build…
- 3 Aug 2022
Alerzo Group CEO Joins Other Founders to Chart Way Forward for Retail Business in Nigeria
In line with promoting Nigeria's retail sector through technology, founders of tech startups, stakeholders and enthusiasts converged for several panel discussions, exhibitions, learning and…
- 24 May 2017
Why CFA's Startups Hangout is a Must for Startups
The May 2017 edition of CFA's Startups Hangout, which is the 5th Edition, comes up this week by 5:00 pm on Friday, May 26, 2017 at Adna Hotel, No. 28, Ladipo Bateye Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. There…
- 9 Nov 2017
StartZone Partners Bramo digi on Social Good Summit
StartZone, a leading Innovation Hub focused on solving Africa’s biggest challenges by supporting the digital ecosystem partnered with Bramo digi to host the Social Good Summit. The Social Good Summit…
- 17 Nov 2015
Sasware Partners EDC for 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Week
Sasware, the technology investment subsidiary of Signal Alliance is partnering the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) for the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) which kicked off in Lagos last…
- 20 Jun 2017
CFA's Startups Hangout June 2017 Edition comes Up This Friday
The June 2017 edition of CFA’s Startups Hangout will be coming up this week, Friday, June 23, 2017. The two expected guest speakers at the event, Nadu Denloye Ph.D., co-Founder of Telnet (Nigeria)…
- 17 Oct 2019
Founder Institute Lagos Announces Velocity Conference on November, 16th 2019
Africa is said to be the world’s last frontier and entrepreneurship coupled with the ability to leverage technology for scale has presented a good opportunity for entrepreneurs to rise up to solve…
- 22 Apr 2026
Payments Forum Nigeria (PAFON 3.0) Holds This Friday in Lagos
Nigeria’s foremost payments and financial inclusion dialogue platform, Payments Forum Nigeria (PAFON 3.0), will hold this Friday, April 24, 2026, at the prestigious Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lekki Road,…
- 6 Nov 2024
AfriTECH 4.0 Holds in Lagos Today
The highly anticipated Africa Tech Alliance Forum is scheduled to hold today Thursday, November 07, 2024 at Oriental Hotel, Lekki Road, Lagos-Nigeria. The forum will bring together industry leaders,…
- 21 Dec 2020
Founder Institute Lagos Cohort IV Begins February 2021
The Lagos ecosystem remains the role model ecosystem for the African continent. To this end, Founder Institute Lagos, in partnership with Stanbic IBTC, continues to support the launching of more…
- 24 Sept 2021
African FinTech Foundry Moves to Grow 40 Startups Businesses
African FinTech Foundry (AFF), Accelerator programme arm of Access Bank, has said its target is to develop and grow as much as 40 portfolios of successful technology startups in the next four years,…
- 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…
- 27 May 2024
Digital Access Program's SIDE Initiative to Catalyze Innovation and Impact in Nigeria
Social Innovation Driven Entrepreneurship (SIDE) initiative, a flagship project under the Digital Access Program (DAP) by the UK NG Tech Hub, is geared towards addressing the critical need for…