Twelve African tech startups have been selected for the inaugural ARM Labs Lagos Techstars accelerator, which provides access to up to US$120,000 in equity funding...
Three Nigerian startups have been confirmed as participants in the W23 batch of the renowned Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator accelerator, banking US$500,000 in funding among...
Lagos-based, pan-African VC firm Ventures Platform has announced the final close of its early-stage and intercontinental fund, at US$46 million. Ventures Platform Fund is a discovery...
Determined to shore up export of Ginger from Nigeria to other countries, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council in collaboration with the Centre for the Promotion...
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), in partnership with Sterling Bank Plc, has started a matching fund programme for agro-based Nano,...
GOMYCODE Nigeria, Africa’s leading edtech platform, today, announced that following the successful opening of its first hackerspace in January 2021, its new flagship hackerspace is...
Millions of small and medium businesses still operate inefficiently due to dependency on manual processes, which limits their capacity to grow and scale; this is...
Nigerian tech startups continue to blaze the trail when it comes to fundraising in Africa. From fintechs to e-commerce, Nigerian startups are attracting more investors...
In a bid to ensure improved food production and security, Afrimash Company Limited, an indigenous agriculture and eCommerce platform, has introduced a USSD technology and...
The USADF Accelerate Africa Entrepreneurship Challenge seeks proposals from women and youth to support the development and growth of their businesses. The program is designed...
Early this year, Nigerian health tech startup Remedial Health announced plans to scale within the West African country, digitizing pharmacies and bringing efficiency in the pharmaceutical supply...
The Nigerian startup ecosystem has recorded a significant amount of growth in terms of investments, with Lagos taking the lead. According to a report, about 383...
PowerDFI, a recently founded Wyoming-based Blockchain financial startup, has acquired Naijacrypto, a Nigerian-owned cryptocurrency exchange focused initially on the African markets. Naijacrypto, which recently expanded...
The Grant makes HelpMum first Nigeria to receive a grant from the Foundation… Nigerian maternal and infant mortality social health-tech startup, HelpMum has been awarded a $250,000 grant...
The AYuTe Africa Challenge Nigeria is an enterprise development program initiated by Heifer International and implemented by Enactus Nigeria to identify, nurture, and support innovative,...
The seed funding would help the company launch new products and expand into new business verticals in Nigeria. Nigerian startup making the process of sending...
Nigerian fintech startup Grey, which simplifies the sending and receiving of foreign payments for Africans, has raised US$2 million in seed funding to further its...
Nigerian music-tech startup Boomkit, a digital distribution and career management app for independent African artists, has built a user base of 10,000 and has plans...
Nigerian retail-tech startup Omnibiz has secured a US$15 million pre-Series A round of funding to accelerate retailer growth and retention, and boost its revenues four-fold. ...
There’s no end to digitizing the operations of small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the traditional retail sector across sub-Saharan Africa. In Nigeria alone, this...
TeamApt, a Nigerian fintech that provides business payments and banking platforms, has raised over $50 million in pre-series C funding. The company said the fund...
Oui Capital, an Africa-focused VC firm based in Lagos and Massachusetts, announced today that it has completed the first closing of its $30 million second...
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Mono, a Nigerian fintech startup that builds open banking infrastructure to enable access to customer financial data and bank payments for digital businesses in Africa, announced...
Ten (10) finalists of the second Afri-Plastic Challenge strand – ‘Creating Solutions’ – have been named. Reusable shopping bags and sterilised cloth diapers are among...