Spotlight E-commerce in Nigeria; case-in-point, Gloo.ng pivot We spoke with the CEO of PayMente Limited (owners of Gloo.ng), Olumide "D.O" Olusanya about e-commerce in Nigeria, and why Gloo was pivoting.
Ingressive Recap of "The Economics of Blockchain", an Ingressive Ecosystem Hangout, January 2019 edition The "Economics of Blockchain – Cryptocurrency, Fintech, and the Entrepreneur", was the theme of the first Ingressive Ecosystem Hangout in 2019.
Ingressive How to build a sustainable business model—an empowerment workshop for women In partnership with EDG Africa and Ingressive, Fempower Africa will be holding a workshop on how to design a sustainable business model using the BMC.
Ingressive International blockchain team to go on tour with Ingressive to Paga, Andela, banks and OFIs in Lagos Ingressive LLC has announced a 2019 Blockchain Tour that will hold from Tuesday, January 8 to Friday, the 11th.An international team of blockchain experts will be visiting Nigeria for an insightful tour
News Oui Capital, an Africa-focused venture capital firm is open for business! Olu Oyinsan alongside partners has launched a $10 million fund targeted at high-growth tech startups in Africa.
Spotlight A chat with the CEO of University Compass—Nigeria's leading university search engine Unlike many other graduates who leave their undergraduate projects on the proverbial academic shelf, Seunla Osinowo decided to build a business out of his.
Opinion HP counters counterfeit product supply, without addressing the demand HP’s Anti Counterfeiting and Fraud (ACF) programme might be focusing too much on the supply of fake products while doing little to address the demand.
Clickatell Count your blessings: Clickatell scoops 4 awards in 2018 Clickatell's successful roll-out of chat banking solutions to legacy African institutions like UBA, and GTB has earned it four awards this year.
News Wakanow gets $40 million investment from Carlyle Group Wakanow—an online travel agency in Nigeria focused on West and East Africa—received funding of $40 million from The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG)—an american multinational investment firm.
News #StartupSouth debuts radio programme on entrepreneurship via Wish 99.5FM #StartupSouth set to launch radio programme focused on entrepreneurship education on Wish 99.5FM.
Events What happened at Facebook’s 2018 Developer Summit in Lagos, Nigeria On December 8, Facebook Developer Circles hosted a summit for developers and founders in Lagos, Nigeria and here is all that happened.
Ingressive Recap: "Finance and Regulatory Techniques to Accelerate Startups and Businesses" brought to you by Ingressive The November edition of the Ecosystem Hangout by Ingressive addressed the knowledge gap in the areas of Finance and Regulatory Techniques to Accelerate Startups and Businesses.
Google How tech giants—Google and Microsoft are driving a digital inclusion future for all #IDPD "We hope more technology companies would think accessibility-first the way they think mobile-first when building digital products".
Events Full recap of TechCabal's FinTech 2.0 Town hall [with HD pictures!] With over 120 people in attendance, here is everything that went down at the TechCabal FinTech townhall sponsored by Softcom Limited, makers of Eyowo.
Google GIC: Google does not believe the winner should take all The maxim, everyone is a winner, has never been more true with the first Google Impact Challenge in Africa - Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria. 12 Nigerian social impact startups will share up to $1.75 million.
Financial Services An explainer on the ₦5 billion Financial Services Licence gang and more Financial Services in Nigeria is changing right before our very eyes. And sometimes it could be overwhelming. In this article, Benjamin discusses the most recently released license regulations—Payment Service Banks and an update to the Payment System Providers Licence.
TPLDA Developmental Academy, TPLDA, holds Business Masterclass on December 7 The Phoenix Learning and Developmental Academy (TPLDA) business masterclass for December 7, comes at no cost to the participants.
Financial Services Unifying the Unifier: CBN's move to extend NUBAN to 16 digits Eight months ago, I wrote an article about the flaws of the NUBAN account system implementation in Nigeria. Two weeks ago, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released a draft proposal to review NUBAN implementation in line with the recommendations from my article, taking it a bit further.
Spotlight Ecosystem Hangout by Ingressive to focus on regulatory and accounting issues faced by startups Ecosystem hangout by Ingressive holds on the 30th of November, 2018 at Leadspace, Yaba from 5pm to 8pm.This edition would focus on Finance and Regulatory Techniques that Accelerate Startups and Businesses. The
Spotlight The Unofficial Christmas Party, enhancing cross-company networking since 2014 The Unofficial Christmas party is a joint end of the year party for companies in Lagos. This year it would hold at Landmark Centre, VI, Lagos on December 14. Started in 2014 by
Opinion How to get out of the Banking Industry in Nigeria Do you feel stuck working for a commercial bank in Nigeria? Would you like to switch careers but the prospects are looking bleak? I wrote this with you in mind.
Spotlight RCCG YAYA's Kingdom Hack 2018 was a success, but there is plenty room for improvement The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Youth and Young Adults (YAYA) hosted the first Church-led hackathon in Nigeria between November 1 and 3, 2018.The theme of the hackathon was Eradicating poverty
Spotlight How a bicycle-sharing company is driving sustainability in Lagos AwaBike is a lifestyle brand that focuses on promoting healthy living and environmental sustainability, with a particular focus on mobility.
News Per Blockchain in Nigeria, Innovation comes before regulation as Interswitch announces Microsoft partnership Interswitch, Nigeria’s most prominent switching company and payment processor is on a mission to create solutions that enable individuals and communities prosper across Africa. In accordance with this mission, they recently launched
Events Atlassian—makers of Jira and Trello—User Groups to hold her inaugural meetup in Lagos Atlassian User Groups (AUGs) is holding her first Lagos meet up on Saturday, November 10, 2018.Atlassian is behind many popular productivity and development tools like Trello, Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket.The Australian
