BENJAMIN DADA | Impressive reporting on tech in SSA

Piggyvest vs Cowrywise: May the best man win

CowryWise or Piggybank? Both? Why?

Venture Capital firm, Oui Capital partners American IT multinational, IBM to support startups in its portfolio

Via the Startup with IBM program, Oui Capital portfolio companies can no get access to $120,000 worth of IBM Cloud credits and over 130 IBM services.

Ingressive

Ingressive, Rising Tide Africa to host “Deal Day” on July 16

Register for "Build to Last in Africa" 2019!

News

Fidelity Bank to host SME Funding Connect in August

Fidelity Bank will be hosting SME Funding Connect in Lagos on August 7, and subsequently in Kano and Port Harcourt. The event will bring together business owners and private and public financial institutions.

Press release

DIT and Innovation Corner launch Lagos Immersion

Application for the United Kingdom's Department for International Trade (DIT) and Innovation Corner's Lagos Immersion hackathon is now open. Deadline is by noon on July 7

Spotlight

This FBStart startup is using IoT and Cold Chain tech to solve healthcare problems in Nigeria

At Gricd, we build autonomous, affordable smart cold chain systems for storage and transportation of temperature sensitive medication thus making them available even at the last mile.

Press release

Gokada partners with Lagos State Government to plant 100,000 trees

Gokada commits to planting 100,000 trees in partnership with Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK).

Events

A comprehensive recap of the 4th MEST Africa Summit

Here is everything that happened last week in Nairobi, Kenya at MEST Africa Summit 2019, held in partnership with Microsoft.

News

Ghanaian startup, Truckrtech emerges winner of TechCircle’s 2019 Pitch2Win competition

A Ghanaian startup, Truckr(tech) emerged the winner of the just concluded "Pitch2Win" competition that held in Lagos-Nigeria.

News

10 Nigerian startups to compete at 'Pitch2Win', organised by TechCircle and Japan's Freakout holdings

Organised in partnership with Japan's Freakout holding, TechCircle has invited the top 5% of Nigerian startups that applied to Pitch2Win ₦1 million on June 12. Read on to find out who the selected startups are.

Spotlight

Early-stage Maritime startup, MVXchange set to build the future of Offshore Support Vessels chartering in Africa

Nigerian Maritime startup, MVXchange is on a mission to build the future of Offshore Support Vessels (OSV) chartering in Africa, announces pre-seed round close.

Opinion

Either of these 7 Nigerian tech entrepreneurs could replace the current ICT Minister

Either of these seven (7) Nigerian tech entrepreneurs would do a better job than the current ICT Minister for Nigeria, Adebayo Shittu.

Spotlight

How Micdee designed Softcom’s new campus, Eko Novo

In 2017, 12-year-old Nigerian tech company—Softcom consulted innovative architecture and design firm, Micdee Designs to build its new 1768-square-metre tech campus. Here is how Micdee did it.

CyberSecurity

Avoid getting hacked 102: A guide to securing mobile devices

Editor's note: This post is a continuation of our series on how to "avoid getting hacked". Read the first part about secure passwords.Smartphones like other computing devices contain a lot of important

News

Mid to senior level developers can now officially get into Andela without having to go through the fellowship

Andela's evolution is interesting and in this 1,500-word essay we look to plot the companies trajectory with raw numbers, as we announce their new "Power of 'X'" campaign to recruit mid to senior developers

Startup Grind Lagos

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.

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