26 results
- 7 Mar 2019
New Venture Firm Focuses on Impact Fintech, Spins Off from Omidyar Network
The Financial Inclusion Initiative at Omidyar Network announced it has spun off to launch Flourish, a new venture firm focused on backing entrepreneurs whose innovations are helping people across the…
- 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,…
- 7 Oct 2013
A4AI Launches to Stimulate Global Policy Reform, Lower Access Costs
Global sponsors Google, Omidyar Network, UK DFID and USAID joined by a host of governments, tech companies , a diverse group of private and public sector players came together to launch the Alliance…
- 19 Jan 2016
CcHUB, BoI, 2 Others Launch N1Bn Fund to Support Next Gen Tech Builders
Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), Bank of Industry (BoI), Venture Garden Group (VGG) and Omidyar Network (ON) teamed up to launch ‘CcHUB Growth Capital’ which will invest N1 billion to support ‘next…
- 11 Oct 2015
Paga Closes $13m Series B Financing to Expand Lead position in Nigeria
Paga, Nigeria’s leading mobile payment company today announced the completion of a$13m Series B financing led by Adlevo Capital. Other Institutional Investors in this round include Omidyar Network,…
- 7 Oct 2015
Paga Raises $13m in Series B Funding
Paga, Nigeria-based mobile payments company, has completed a $13 million Series B financing, led by Adlevo Capital. Omidyar Network, Goodwell West Africa, Acumen Fund, and Capricorn Investment Group,…
- 18 Dec 2019
Rensource Secures $20m in Series A financing to Power Nigerian SME Productivity
Rensource, a company that provides energy and tech-enabled value services today announced the completion of a $20 million equity financing round. The round was co-led by existing investors CRE…
- 10 May 2018
African Fintech, Agribusiness Firms Attract Interest from Investors
African private equity and venture capital deal-making in April were dominated by investments in technology companies, particularly fintech and business-to-business platforms, together with…
- 26 Aug 2018
MTN Foundation Brightens Communities with WCWDT
MTN Nigeria has been on a journey to “brighten” the lives of Nigerians for the past 17 years through its social investment vehicle, MTN Foundation. With the “What Can We Do Together (WCWDT)”…
- 2 Sept 2018
Stakeholders Task Regulators on Technological Disruption Services
Stakeholders in the information and communications technology and financial technology have tasked regulatory institutions in the sectors on providing appropriate regulatory framework for…
- 7 Sept 2018
Paga to Further Accelerate Growth with $10M Series B2 Investment
Paga, the leading mobile money company in Nigeria has announced that it has closed a $10 million growth financing led by the Global Innovation Fund. Also participating in the round were existing…
- 18 Nov 2018
Flutterwave Reiterates Commitment to Better Merchants Payment Experience
With the recent change in the top management of Flutterwave Incorporated, the company says it remains committed in the drive towards ensuring that there renewed trust and security in the Nigerian…
- 8 Mar 2019
OneFi Secures $5M Debt Facility from Lendable
One Finance Limited has announces that it has secured a $5M debt facility for its consumer facing platform, Paylater. The facility comes from New York and Nairobi-based Lendable, a technology-enabled…
- 12 Mar 2019
Paylater Lending app Eyes Full-Service Digital Bank
Paylater, Nigerian retail lending startup, is working on a plan to transition to a full service digital bank after securing a $5 million debt facility from Nairobi-based Lendable, technology-enabled…
- 2 Apr 2019
Paga Celebrates 10 Years Of Making Life Possible
Mobile money company, Paga, clocks 10 years in business since being founded in 2009 and officially opened its doors for commercial operations in 2012. Today marks 10 years since Tayo Oviosu, Paga’s…
- 26 Sept 2019
Nigeria's CcHUB Acquires iHub of Kenya
Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), the leading technology innovation centre in Nigeria, has acquired Kenya’s iHub for an undisclosed fee. The deal will see iHub’s team become part of CcHUB’s wider central…
- 7 Nov 2019
Augmented Reality Art Show Launches to Champion Africa’s Tech Leaders
A unique African augmented reality art experience “Nyota” that showcases and celebrates 24 of Africa’s technology pioneers, has been unveiled by Co-creation Hub (CcHUB). The landmark AR exhibition…
- 25 Jan 2021
TLcom Leads $6mn Series A Fund in Pula
Pula, an African InsureTech service provider startup that specializes in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a $6mn Series A fund…
- 11 Jun 2013
Nigerian Youths, Technology & the Future
In this digital age, the backbone of every economy is hinged on Technology with entrepreneurship driving the growth of the entire system. We see Technology powering every facet of human endeavor,…
- 19 May 2025
Nigeria’s Digital Economy Sector Attracts $191m FDI
Dr. Bosun Tijjani, minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy,has said that Nigeria’s Communications and Digital Economy sector attracted $191 million in foreign direct investment…
- 22 Jan 2014
GSMA Joins Alliance to Lower Cost of Mobile Broadband In Developing Countries
GSMA is joining the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), a diverse coalition of over 50 members aiming to driving down the cost of Internet access in developing countries via regulatory and…
- 10 Mar 2014
Nigeria Marks 25th Anniversary of world Web with Affordable Internet Access
An innovative and interactive new drive to empower affordable Internet access will today unite the Nigerian government as well as key members of the Nigerian ICT industry with technology leaders from…
- 16 Dec 2014
Coders at 13, Billionaires @ 30
In the last few days, the world celebrated another computer science week; a statutory commemoratory series of events which held between December 8th-14th of the world to recognize the huge…
- 3 Jan 2015
Elumelu Dangles $100m on NextGen African Entrepreneurs
The $100 Million Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP)– an annual programme of training, funding and mentoring, designed to empower the next generation of African entrepreneurs –…
- 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…
- 11 Apr 2017
Nigeria’s #1 Payments Service Paga, Celebrates 8 Years Anniversary
Paga, Nigeria’s pioneering Payments and Digital Financial Services Company celebrates her 8th anniversary. In 2009, Paga set out with a mission to deliver innovative and universal access to financial…