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- 25 May 2016
Ventures Platform Unveils Nigeria’s Full Service Tech Innovation Hub
Ventures Platform announces the commissioning of its Ventures Park Abuja Campus, the first full service tech innovation hub providing incubatory, residential, and co-working spaces for start-ups…
- 31 Jul 2019
Ventures Platform Hub Rejigs Leadership Team Appoints Mimshach Obioha New Executive Director
Ventures Platform Hub (VPHub) has named Mimshach Obioha Executive Director, Ventures Platform Foundation and Nkechi Oguchi Chief Executive Officer, of Ventures Park, effective 1 August 2019. …
- 29 Jan 2023
NITDA Flags Off TIES Scheme in Six Geopolitical Zones
In furtherance to the delivery of the President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, administrative ambitious policy of uplifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty, the National Information Technology…
- 21 Feb 2020
Silicon Valley-based Founder Institute Launches Newest Chapter in Abuja
The Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed accelerator, has announced that it is officially launching its newest chapter in Abuja, Nigeria. With plans to run two semesters annually, the…
- 2 May 2019
UNN Set to Host Maiden Edition of National Innovation Summit
University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has announced that it’s organizing National Innovation Summit tagged “Venture Cup Nigeria” aimed to stimulate students of tertiary institutions to start thinking of…
- 8 Apr 2019
Branch International Raises $170m Series C Financing
Branch, the most downloaded finance app in Africa, announced a new global partnership and investment from Visa. The two companies share a vision of bringing financial access to billions of…
- 8 Aug 2019
AfDB Extols Chinese Commitment to Africa, Explores Potential Partnerships with Investors
The African Development Bank in Nigeria met a private sector consortium from China to help attract investment through partnerships in the development of special agro-Industrial processing zones…
- 22 Dec 2020
Coca-Cola Takes ‘Project Revive’ to Sangotedo to Boost Environmental Sustainability Efforts
Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited and its bottling partner, Nigerian Bottling Company, RecyclePoints, a waste recycling and social benefit organization, have continued the implementation of “Project Revive”…
- 28 Jul 2008
Dragons Den, Reality TV Show for Entrepreneurs Debuts
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced the commencement of a business Reality TV Show, Dragons Den aimed at providing aspiring entrepreneurs (the Pitchers) the opportunity to pitch their…
- 19 Apr 2020
Software Engineering Institute Holds Key to Nigeria’s Regeneration
The weakness of the economic recovery in Nigeria raises questions about the ability of all the fiddling by economic managers to underpin the economy. And as Nigeria and indeed the world face an…
- 1 Sept 2008
Unique Selling Point in the Den
Dragons Den Nigeria has empowered young entrepreneurs across the country with business advice from five experienced and successful businesspersons selected from various sectors of the economy.…
- 9 Oct 2016
How, Why Disruptive ICT Can Lift Nigeria Out of Recession
The weakness of the economic recovery in Nigeria raises questions about the ability of all the fiddling by economic managers to underpin the economy. Now, having tried everything and failed,…
- 24 Oct 2025
Over 100 Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs Empowered for Global Success Through FoundryforHER Bootcamp
More than 100 Nigerian women entrepreneurs have been equipped with the tools and strategies to scale their businesses globally following the successful completion of the FoundryforHER Bootcamp, a…
- 23 Feb 2018
FG Mulls Specialised for Innovators, Science/Tech Ventures
Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of Science and Technology, has said that the federal government is working toward establishing specialised bank to assist innovators and entrepreneurs in science and…
- 5 Oct 2015
OLX Hosts Top Performing Car Dealers, Marks 3rd Anniversary
OLX, Nigeria’s number one online classified, hosted top performing car dealers on its platform, in celebration of three years of successful operation in Nigeria. Speaking to the media at the…
- 16 Feb 2022
Flutterwave Secures $250m Series D Funds
Global fintech company Flutterwave has raised $250 million in series D funding, valuing the company at over $3 billion, to become one of the highest-valued African start-ups. The new funds will drive…
- 7 Apr 2019
Adesina Seeks Democratization of Technology in Africa
African Development Bank President Adesina, has urged Africans to embrace technology, and governments to urgently move away from “investing in the jobs of the past, but rather in the jobs of the…
- 9 Feb 2009
Govt Partners Microsoft on Software Testing Centre
The Kano State Government is partnering Microsoft Corporation to establish a software testing centre in the state. Bashir Galadanci, commissioner for Science and Technology, disclosed this during a…
- 6 Jul 2017
Startups Ecosystem Development in Nigeria
The city of Abuja is not necessarily regarded as the city for Startup Entrepreneurs, but all that is changing with the likes of Abuja Technology Village, Box Office incubator, Ventures Platform, VP,…
- 21 Nov 2025
CBN’s N75 Trillion Credit Milestone to Private Sector Falls Flat as Productivity Crisis Deepens
By Blaise Udunze Nigeria’s financial system is flashing red, and not because of a scarcity of money. Ironically, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the nation’s banking proudly tout a historic…
- 7 Feb 2023
Ouranos Lab Doles Out $2m to Develop Innovative Enterprise Solutions in West Africa
Ouranos Technologies Ltd, a leading provider of IT infrastructure services and solutions in West Africa, today announced the launch of Ouranos Lab, a venture studio focused on building the products…
- 24 Aug 2025
Fidelity Bank to Host Strategic Export Financing Panel at FNITCC Atlanta 2025
As part of its ongoing commitment to expanding Nigeria’s footprint in global trade, leading financial institution Fidelity Bank Plc has announced it will host a high-level panel session at the…
- 10 Sept 2015
NITDA Focuses on Emerging Technology Startup @ DEMO Africa
Emerging technology startup, innovation and the ecosystem is one of the key areas of ICT sector that is engaging the attention of National Information Technology Development Agency , Mr. Peter…
- 11 Apr 2013
NCS Mulls IT Park on 10 Hectares of Land in Lagos
Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) said it is about to acquire 10 hectares of land around the free trade zone of Lekki, along the Lekki Epe Road, Lagos for the purpose of establishing an Information…
- 6 Oct 2008
A case of Plantain, Passion, Paranoia in Dragon’s DenÂ
The last entrepreneur on episode 10 of Dragons Den Nigeria, Philomena Izuka came seeking 1.5 million naira in exchange for 30% equity in her fast food business -House of Plantain. Her idea was to…
- 2 Feb 2009
Mori Baba Tasks Postal Managers to Improve Service
As the Nigerian Postal Service management makes effort to make the organization to be self sustaining, Mori Baba, the postmaster general of the federation has tasked area postal managers to shore up…
- 22 Sept 2008
Kind Words for Nipost ICT Centres
Federal Government’s plan to convert the nation’s post offices into Information and Communications Technology (ICT) parks is a welcome development and a well thought initiative. It lends…
- 1 Aug 2024
Irvine Partners Expands Footprint to Germany, Launches Dedicated Travel & Tourism Division
Irvine Partners, the leading independent creative communications agency in Africa, today announced the opening of its second European office in Stuttgart, Germany. This expansion coincides with the…
- 9 May 2025
MTN Group Strengthens Nigeria-South Africa Economic Ties Amid Africa’s Transformation
As Africa stands at the point of a profound transformation, the imperative for greater intra-continental cooperation has never been clearer. The path to shared prosperity depends not on the progress…
- 1 Oct 2019
CBN, Banks to Develop Creative Industry Parks across Nigeria
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to develop creative industries parks across three major cities, with Lagos as the pilot scheme, according to Mr. Godwin Emeifele, governor of the apex bank. …