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Startup Grind Lagos will be celebrating women entrepreneurs on May 25

Startup Grind Lagos will be celebrating women entrepreneurs and leaders at their meetup on May 25. The meetup is tagged #SGWomen Leaders Month.

News

Microsoft opens Africa Development Centre in Nigeria, Kenya

Microsoft has launched the Africa Development Centre (ADC), with two initial sites in Nairobi, Kenya, and Lagos, Nigeria. The development centre in Kenya was launched on May 14, while the launch event of the Nigerian centre will take place on May 17.

Events

Innovation Corner to host Beyond Nigeria Summit in June and July

Beyond Nigeria Summit convenes young entrepreneurs, investors and stakeholders in the tech ecosystem from across the country to drive conversations around growth and acceleration beyond the shores of Nigeria.

Events

Five Things to expect at Techpoint Inspired

Techpoint Africa is hosting another edition of Techpoint Inspired on Saturday, June 1, 2019, at Pistis Conference Center, Lekki, Lagos. This year's conference will examine three themes: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics and Machine Learning, Blockchain, and the Future of Work.

News

Meet SafeBoda—the ride-hailing startup that just closed a Series B round co-led by GOJEK and Allianz X

SafeBoda was founded by a Ugandan and two Europeans in 2014. They recently closed a Series B funding round co-led by GOJEK's Go-Ventures and Allianz X.

News

Ex-Andelan, Babajide Duroshola joins SafeBoda as Country Head, Nigeria

Ex-Andelan, Babajide Duroshola has told benjamindada.com that he is joining ride-hailing startup, SafeBoda as their Country Head in Nigeria.

Opinion

Avoid getting hacked 101: A guide to secure passwords

To create more secure logins, it's advisable not to use a password that contains publicly available details. Always ensure your passwords contain a random series of text and symbols.

Spotlight

The growing developer marketplace in Nigeria; how is Yasé.io different?

Dividends of the ongoing “everyone should learn to code” conversation is already evident, as Nigeria continues to export software development expertise.For instance, in September 2018, a former technical team lead at Andela,

News

Tizeti's WifiCall.ng to reduce call cost by 30-50 per cent

Tizeti, a leading internet service provider (ISP) in Nigeria, has launched a voice calling service, WifiCall.ng, that will enable users to make and receive crystal clear, unlimited voice call from and to anywhere in the world.

Opinion

Nigerian Banks and Financial Technology Startups

Banks must partner with fintechs to help preserve their market share, Perhaps, they could forge ahead beyond partnerships and consider acquisitions.

Fintech

PiggyVest needs their investment product—Investify—more than you, a subscriber

Sequel to its recent name change, online savings and investment platform—PiggyVest—has announced its investment feature—Investify. Investify is PiggyVest's way of helping her near 250,000 subscribers grow their wealth. Founded

Spotlight

STEMCafe in partnership with ENYO Retail and Supply launches its first location in Nigeria

STEMCafe, a kids creativity play space launched its first location in partnership with ENYO Retail and Supply in Lekki, Lagos—Nigeria.CcHUB founder and CEO, Bosun Tijani is also the visioner and founder

Opinion

7 ways to protect yourself from ransomware attacks on your Spectranet and Smile mobile hotspots

Here is how it applies to you and how you can limit the risk of a future occurrence while protecting your home/ or office mobile hotspots.

CcHUB

African startups selected for PitchDrive II will journey through Asia's hardware hubs

PitchDrive II, the second edition of an initiative of CcHub run in partnership with Google for Startups is set to expose selected hardware startups from Africa to the Asian manufacturing market.Two years

Events

Microsoft partners MEST to host the fourth annual pan-African tech Summit

MEST Africa has officially announced its fourth annual MEST Africa Summit, in collaboration with Microsoft.Launched in Ghana by Jorn Lyseggen, MEST is an 11-year-old pan-African entrepreneurial training program, seed fund and incubator

Spotlight

Zambia's Code Savannah, Nigeria's Gracit Foundation and TechQuest are African Tech Nonprofits deserving the spotlight

“Software is eating the world”, but that in itself is just a part of technology. Over the past few years, we have seen technology companies dominate the startup scene across the world, even

CcHUB

CcHub goes live with Design fellowship in Africa

CcHub design fellowship is now open for application!

Events

A full recap of the maiden edition of forloop Enugu Meetup

forloop Africa goes to Enugu, a key hub in the South Eastern part of Nigeria for the first time. forloop Enugu attracted attendees from neighbouring states—Anambra, Imo, Enugu, and Ebonyi. Interestingly, it

Startup Grind Lagos

Entertainment entrepreneur, Chigul to speak at Startup Grind Lagos' next event

"She has a compelling story filled with failures and handling pressure...entrepreneurs face similar pressures because we 'cannot' afford to fail", says Uwem

Betting

More than 32% of Nigerians place bets on the weekend

Sports betting in Nigeria generated an estimated $180 million in revenue between January and October of 2018, as more Nigerians take to betting.

Opinion

Top 5 VPNs to use in 2019

These five carefully-selected Virtual Private Networks (VPN) will not leak your activity data to third-parties because they do not store it.

News

Jack Ma's Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) opens for applications

The Jack Ma Foundation’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) has been officially launched and entries can be submitted from now till June 30, 2019.

Spotlight

Africa's leading mobile phone maker, Transsion Holdings has filed to go public on China's new technology board

An essay about Transsion's "urgent need for capital" to fuel expansion and China's struggle to create a thriving NASDAQ-style tech board.

Startup Grind Lagos

Four pillars on how to grow your brand influence as told by Tosin "Olorisupergal" Ajibade

Startup Grind Lagos marched into March with the founder of Olorisupergal, Tosin Ajibade, a thought leader in influencer marketing and the Author of From Social Misfit to Social Media Hero. The event held

Opinion

How to price your product in a B2B marketplace

Investor Olu Oyinsan advises startups on how to price their B2B product leveraging his experience on both sides of the trading table, buyer and seller.

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