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- 17 Apr 2024
Hydrogen, CCHub Partner to Encourage Fintech Startup Success
As the country faces economic challenges, the need for adaptive strategies in the fintech industry becomes paramount. In line with this, leading Fintech startup, Hydrogen Payment Services Limited…
- 3 May 2026
NITDA Partners Galaxy Backbone to Deliver Subsidised Cloud Services to Startups
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), through its Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI), has entered into a strategic partnership with Galaxy Backbone Limited (GBB) to…
- 13 Sept 2019
Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 4 Ticks Off in Lagos
Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 4 kicked off on Thursday, in Lagos. Fola Olatunji-David, head of startup success and services, Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa said in a statement…
- 31 May 2017
Serial Entrepreneurs Tasks Entrepreneurs to Understand Business Fundamentals
Emerging entrepreneurs have been urged to understand the fundamentals of a successful business before kick starting the journey of entrepreneurship. Two successful and serial entrepreneurs, Simeon…
- 5 Jul 2021
TeamApt Announces Successful Series B Funding Round
Nigerian Fintech startup, TeamApt, which provides financial services for the underserved mass market in Africa has announced the completion of its series B funding round. Led by Novastar Ventures…
- 27 Nov 2023
Remita to Establish Academy for Entrepreneurs, Startups
Remita Payment Services Limited (RPSL), a financial technology (fintech) pioneer, has revealed its strategic vision to establish a startups academy. The tip was made by ‘Deremi Atanda, Managing…
- 20 Mar 2019
Google Announces Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 3
Google has announced third Launchpad Accelerator Africa class as part of its ongoing efforts to support entrepreneurship on the continent. This third class, which starts on 1 April 2019,…
- 6 Feb 2019
18th Edition of CFA's Startups Hangout Comes Up on February 27; Set to teach Startups how to scale up
By Wale Oguntokun The 18th edition of CFA's Startups Hangout, slated for Wednesday, February 27, 2019, promises to be a burden-breaker for many upcoming Startups. This is because, the theme…
- 11 Dec 2023
inDrive Launches New Ventures with $100m for Startups
inDrive, a global mobility and urban services platform, has announced the launch of a new venture and M&A arm, with the goal of investing up to $100 million in promising startups. The new…
- 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.…
- 20 Oct 2016
Of Startups, Press, South, East & West
One of the cardinal success factors in Entrepreneurship is promotion. Promotion for a new startup (pre-money) can mean free press mention. A lot of us fail at Pitching the Press partly because we…
- 9 Jun 2018
Google Opens Applications for Class 2 of its Launchpad Accelerator Africa
Google on Friday announced that it has started accepting applications for Class 2 of its Launchpad Accelerator Africa program. Google also announced that they will be extending the program to…
- 23 Nov 2016
Opeke, Anatogu Decry Funding Gap, Hindrances to Innovation
Increased broadband penetration has led to explosion of innovation, creating more business opportunities among startups, increased productivity, efficient social service delivery like e-health,…
- 7 May 2025
Treepz, Miva Open University Partner for Nationwide Mobility Services
Treepz, Africa’s leading corporate mobility startup, has announced an exclusive partnership with Miva Open University, Nigeria’s premier open university. Under this agreement, Treepz becomes Miva’s…
- 10 Aug 2020
Founder Institute Lagos Partners ǼLEX to Support Early-Stage Startups
The Founder Institute, world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, and ǼLEX an innovative full-service law firm have agreed to collaborate in helping early-stage startups currently enrolled at the…
- 13 Dec 2018
How to Overcome the Challenge of Scaling Your Startup
By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke| The difference between a small business or startup and a successful and profitable company typically boils down to time and experience. But, there are certain factors that play…
- 13 Mar 2017
Begho, Kshetry to Speak at CFA’s Startups Hangout March Edition
Testimonies are already pouring in from startups who have taken out time to attend such a simple, no-hype meetup, where they listen to exceptional entrepreneurs or top executives share few thoughts…
- 18 May 2017
Meet Two Speakers Slated for 5th, May Edition of CSH
All is now set for the 5th edition of CFA’s Startups Hangout coming up on Friday 26th May, 2017. Speakers slated to put relate with the Startups that will be attending this edition include Simeon…
- 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…
- 10 Nov 2018
Google Graduates Lunchpad Accelerator Africa Programme Class 2
Google on Friday graduated Class 2 of its Lunchpad Accelerator Africa Programme in Lagos. Launchpad is a global mentoring programme that helps startups build and scale great products by…
- 8 Oct 2024
Techeconomy Business Series Debuts, Hosts Webinar October 10
Techeconomy, a Lagos-based media startup, has announced the launch of Techeconomy Business Series . TBS Webinar The startup which offers its readers Content-as-a-Service (CaaS) by telling you what is…
- 28 Sept 2018
NITDA to Showcase Six ICT Innovation Startups @ GITEX 2018
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in its continuous efforts to foster the growth of the technology ecosystem, plans to showcase the country’s ICT innovation at this year’s…
- 28 Sept 2018
NITDA to Showcase Six ICT Innovation Startups @ GITEX 2018
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in its continuous efforts to foster the growth of the technology ecosystem, plans to showcase the country’s ICT innovation at this…
- 22 Jun 2019
Google Graduates third Cohort of Launchpad Accelerator Africa Programme, Opens Portal for fourth cohort
Google has graduated the third cohort of Launchpad Accelerator Africa on Friday, with application for fourth cohort now open in Lagos. The programme is part of Google’s ongoing efforts to…
- 14 Feb 2023
Treepz Launches Treepz Kenya as it Continues African Expansion Plan
The award-winning African Mobility Startup, Treepz has announced the successful launch of Treepz Kenya following strategic investment deals to raise additional $1.2m over the last 12 months. Treepz…
- 28 Aug 2018
Google Kicks off Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 2
Google on Monday launched its second Launchpad Accelerator Africa class as part of its ongoing efforts to support entrepreneurship on the continent. It would be recalled that the first Launchpad…
- 4 Aug 2020
Plentywaka Secures $300,000 Investment, Launches In Abuja
Plentywaka, the transport startup, has raised a $300,000 pre-seed investment led by EMFATO, Microtraction and Niche Capital. Plentywaka will use the investment to continue to transform the transport…
- 30 Sept 2021
Oaklinks.NG Launches e-Commerce Services, Pledges to End Era of Sub-Standard Products
Oaklinks.NG, a Nigerian e-Commerce website developed by a startup, has launched its range of services into the market on the month that the nation is celebrating its 61 years of independence with a…
- 12 Oct 2022
GITEX 2022: AWS Hosts NITDA Boss, Nigerian Startups on Partnership Drive
As part of Nigeria’s engagement at the ongoing Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) in Dubai, United Arab Emirate, Kashifu Inuwa, director general, National Information Technology…
- 3 Sept 2021
BMP Car Expands Footprint to Togo
Be My Partner Car (BMP Car) Nigerian tech startup has partnered with VOONOV Africans Scale-Up Studio, a Togolese based startup to expand it car-hailing service to the West African country. L-R: Yemi…