Flutterwave Flutterwave completes Series A extension round, welcomes Visa CEO to its Board and a new CEO Iyin Aboyeji, Flutterwave's CEO and Co-founder resigned and a new CEO - Olugbenga Agboola has been appointed. Visa CEO, Joe Saunders joins Flutterwave's Board of Directors as the company raises a Series A extension round.
Opinion From Nigerian prince scam to Nigerian startup funding Nigeria has been designated as the hub of Internet fraud and scam. But, the exploits of some netpreneurs are obnubilating the "Nigerian Prince Scam" narrative. These startup founders and developers have caught investors’ interest.
Tech Events Tech Meets Entertainment Summit 2018 The Tech Meets Entertainment Summit (TEMS) organised by Ingressive will hold on one day during the Tour of Tech Africa (October 25) at Zone Tech Park. It is a conference designed for everyone
Tech Events 2018 Tour of Tech Africa by Ingressive LLC is set to hold in October The third edition of the Tour of Tech (ToT) Africa organised by Ingressive, a market entry firm for investment groups is set to hold on from October 23-30. The week-long event would treat
Opinion Affordable housing in Lagos; the battle is not for startups like Fibre Hunting for suitable accommodation in Nigeria can be likened to an extreme sport. In the process, there's the risk of getting scammed, the reality of spending numerous hours on futile attempts, and the
Spotlight An evening chat with Tife Ben-Adeola, an industrious 21-year-old serial entrepreneur and developer Tife Ben-Adeola is a very articulate 21-year-old who has built his life around acquiring skills that enables him to bring an idea to reality in only two weeks not requiring a third-party. He is
Twitter Twitter’s new feature is set to rival top podcast hosting platforms Twitter is venturing into new markets with a feature that enables audio-only broadcasts similar to what's available on podcasts.
Twitter Twitter goes back in time to the (reverse) chronological feed Twitter users are tired of seeing tweets from people they do not follow. Also, they do not want to see old tweets first. On September 18, Twitter made a commitment to provide its users with an easy way to switch between latest tweets first or best tweets first. Here is what you need to know.
Opinion Blockchain; a dark Horse in Nigeria's Economy Addressing the age-long problems of elections, healthcare and identity management with traditional instruments have proven ineffective. How about we try something fairly new - the Blockchain technology
Tech Events What to expect at the 2018 Lagos Startup Week Besides hosting the opening ceremony on Monday, Landmark Towers will host the closing party on Friday, too. Zone Tech Park will host the sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Chat banking UBA becomes the first Nigerian bank to launch on Whatsapp UBA's Leo is now on Whatsapp. The South-African company, Clickatell - a Whatsapp Business Solution Provider, stays winning.
Tech Events "Get Started" at the 2018 Lagos Startup Week With three successful editions held, this year's Lagos Startup Week would focus on getting started as an entrepreneur in tech. This follows last year's Visionary theme that talked about how startups can challenge the status-quo, and how innovators can shape the future.
Betting Part two: Inside Nigeria's 5-billion-naira-daily Betting Industry In this edition, we look at the rise of sports betting and estimate how much a Nigerian betting company like Bet9ja is turning over.
Spotlight "I am most proud of the future we are all building", says developer advocate, iChuloo Online, Nigeria is best known for her involvement in online scams. However, a bunch of young Nigerians who work in Tech are using their online influence to shape the narrative by leading communities. We spoke with Williams "iChuloo" Imoh, a developer and community volunteer who now works at Andela.
Betting Inside Nigeria's ₦5-billion-daily Betting industry A multi-part series about the influence of gambling and betting in Nigeria. We examine the possibility of a Gambling disorder among youths in the country.
Tech Events NodeJS NG conference set for Sept. 29 promises jobs for Nigerian developers 'Tis the season of Dev Conferences Fa la la la la, la la la la. Update: This post has been updated to reflect the new date – September 29. The season of Nigerian developer
Concatenate Concatenate Developer Conference: A national pride Is there a reason why most Nigerians, regardless of tribe, religion, and politics seem to be proud of young people doing great things?Lagos, Nigeria – Let's guess. It is the belief that the
Opinion EdTech in Nigeria is not sexy, but it is necessary The pieces Nigerian EdTech startups are yet to fixThe number of educational technology (EdTech) solutions leveraging the internet are on the rise.EdTech startups spring up every now and then; each one of
Spotlight The launch of Zone Tech Park, a $6.5 million-backed start-up venture builder August 1, Zone Tech Park was officially launched. Here is a look at the D-Day and why it has quickly risen to become the preferred tech-focused event location in Lagos, Nigeria.
Tech Events Are you ready to +"Concatenate"+ with Developers around the world in Nigeria? Last month, we reported that Christian “Codebeast” Nwamba partnered with Microsoft’s Senior Developer, Sarah Drasner, and Cloud Developer Advocate, Brian Holt to bring Concatenate developer conference to Nigeria.
Google Everything Google for Nigeria plus what the media won't tell you On July 27 and 28, 2017, Google held its first Google for Nigeria event. It was a time of many firsts, as the CEO, Sundar Pichai, would be visiting Nigeria for the first
Google Can Osinbajo's visit to Google be tied to the launch of Google Station in the country? No doubt, the launch of Google Station, their public WiFi service was a major highlight at the just concluded Google for Nigeria event. This makes Nigeria the first country on the continent and
Financial Services Chat banking takes off in Africa via Whatsapp, Clickatell at the helm Chat banking in South Africa and Nigeria took off in 2016 and 2018, respectively. This happened primarily on Facebook Messenger. Yesterday's announcement by Nigerian banks will see it extend to Facebook's Whatsapp. The
Financial Services Battle for Supremacy: Digital Financial Services in Nigeria History has shown us that when a new industry emerges, a handful of companies strive for market dominance. A time like this reminds us of the “race-of-the-telcos” in the early 2000s and the “war-for-ecommerce” in the 2010s. Who will capture the Nigerian Digital Financial Services Sector?
Whatsapp What makes content go viral and how Whatsapp is handling that virality There are six traits of sticky, viral messages. Social media platforms like Whatsapp are at the fore of disseminating this information. Now, they are faced with managing same.
