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
CcHUB CcHub goes live with Design fellowship in Africa CcHub design fellowship is now open for application!
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
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
News Five Nigerian startups that made it to Y Combinator's (YC) winter batch 2019 Before we go ahead to list the startups, shall we briefly examine the impact of YC on Nigerian startups? Is it worth the multiple attempts?
News Farmcrowdy raises additional seed funding of $1 million, announces Farmcrowdy Group Agritech startup, Farmcrowdy has closed an additional seed funding of $1 million with eyes set on Series A later this year.
News Nigeria-born Developer Advocate, Codebeast joins Microsoft as part of the company's play in Africa On Monday, Christian "Codebeast" Nwamba announced his move to Microsoft as a Senior Cloud Developer Advocate.
News Berlin-based Investor, Plutos Ventures to fund Africa-focused NGO, Ampion via the launch of a joint venture, Ampion Ventures Here is why Berlin-based investor, Plutos Ventures and Africa-focused NGO, Ampion are launching Ampion Ventures to focus on just three key industries.
News EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria's AgriTech startup, Thrive Agric makes YC 2019 Winter batch Nigerian agritech startup, Thrive Agric makes YCombinator's 2019 Winter batch. In February alone, they gave farmers loan worth over ₦180 million.
News "Nigeria represents both the present and the future of the internet", says Tim Berners-Lee on Lagos visit To mark the 30th anniversary of the internet, founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee took to Lagos to see the growing tech ecosystem, hosted by African VC, TLcom. He also met with women in tech.
News Gloo.ng completes pivot from e-commerce to e-procurement, Gloopro On March 11, 2019, The management of PayMente Limited announced the pivot of their e-commerce brand, Gloo to a B2B e-procurement startup, Gloopro.
Kenya How to join the Kenyan Startup ecosystem as an Angel investor In 3 steps, former CNN Africa Startup Producer, Ibrahim Ahmed, based in Kenya shares best practices on becoming an Angel investor in the country.
Spotlight How forloop is inspiring a new generation of African developers, one country at a time "We needed a vibrant community of developers that can help each and every one of us achieve our goals faster”, says Prosper.
Spotlight Meet the young Nigerians visualising Nigeria's Election data—Stears Stears Election centre reveals that with the current INEC-announced results, APC and PDP account for 97% of the Presidential votes with APC in the lead.
Twitter Medium CEO, Ev Williams resigns from Twitter's Board Ev Williams, a Twitter co-founder who left the company in 2011 but remained on its Board has announced resignation from the Board to focus on other things. Medium?
Spotlight NightsBridge MD confirms that the HotelOga sale didn't happen We were approached by Marek in April 2017 an asset sale was set in motion. But due diligence revealed that even the investors didn't approve the asset sale, says Managing Director NightsBridge.
Spotlight HotelOnline management clears the air about Marek's involvement with the company Business partner, Havar talks extensively with Benjamin Dada about the Savanna <> HotelOnline (Polish entity) merger, where Marek was a shareholder.
News Telecom regulator—NCC—temporarily lifts "Do Not Disturb" restriction ahead of elections NCC has partnered with INEC through the telcos to deliver voters' education over existing mobile network of 172 million subscribers.
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 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.
