14 results
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 1 Oct 2019
Nigerian Tech Community Battles SARS Over Illegal Arrests of Software Engineers
Nigeria’s technology leaders have launched #StopRobbingUs, a campaign to put an end to the common practice where Nigerian police stop young people with laptops and unlawfully arrest, attack or, in…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 16 Feb 2016
Microsoft to Mentor More StartUps via #StartUpThursday9ja
With “Africa Startup”, an initiative by Microsoft Nigeria, the tech giant will enable successful entrepreneurs share their experience of what it takes to start and grow a business in Africa.…
- 10 Jul 2014
Heritage Bank Elevates Customer Experience, Opens Awolowo Road Centre
In line with its commitment to innovative customer service delivery, Heritage Bank Limited has reiterated its capacity to lead the market in the area of unequalled service delivery etched on unique…
- 7 Aug 2013
Hackathon Winners get N450, 000 @ Calabar Incubation Centre
Senator Liyel Imoke, governor, Cross River state has reiterated the state’s commitment to the development of ICT by fully supporting the Information Technology Developers Entrepreneurship Accelerator…
- 24 Jul 2012
Airtel Celebrates Employees for 10 Years Service
Osondu Nwokoro, Director of Regulatory and Government Affairs, and Emeka Oparah, Director of Corporate Communications & CSR, were among 20 employees who were celebrated last weekend by mobile…