Opinion Keepwork WFH-300 product review by Benjamin Dada Benjamin Dada's review of Keepwork WFH-300. Keepwork is a power bank that has the capacity to charge laptops and phones multiple times before dying.
uLesson uLesson partners MultiChoice Africa, owners of DStv and GOtv, to bring fun educational content to Africa uLesson has partnered with MultiChoice to show educational content to African Families on DStv channel 154 and GOtv channel 2, every weekday from 4 to 5 PM.
Spotlight My first impression of Trove Finance and a mild introduction to investments Review of Trove Finance, a platform that allows you to invest in stock markets around the world for as low as ₦1,000.
Events Startup Grind Nigeria hosts virtual event to celebrate Female Founders The #SGvirtual event will hold on Saturday, June 27, 2020, to celebrate female founders and #SGWomen.
Spotlight EXCLUSIVE: TekExperts continues to hire despite economic slowdown caused by COVID-19 "We have not seen an economic downturn, in fact, we have had to employ more people globally", says Ashim Egunjobi, TekExperts Head of Business Development for Africa.
Opinion MediaTek Inc. is the unsung hero driving smartphone adoption in Africa MediaTek Inc. is a 23-year-old Taiwanese company that manufactures affordable chips for electronic devices, used by millions in Africa.
jobberman Jobberman sees a 183% increase in new job listings for Nigerians through #unityInAdversity campaign Jobberman announces a 183% increase in new job listings for Nigeria, driven by its Coronavirus-inspired campaign, #UnityInAdversity
Opinion Explaining Andela's third round of lay-offs within 9 months In nine months, Andela has rid itself of over 500 employees. Here is their next move.
CUALA Covenant University Alumni Association ready to incubate their second batch of startups from the Eagles Nest Challenge 2020 Covenant University Alumni Association (CUALA) gears up to incubate their second cohort of startups selected via the Eagles Nest Challenge (ENC). The ENC is a platform that seeks to support graduates of Covenant
covid-19 LASRIC and Ventures Platform to back seven successful startups from #COVID19InnovationChallenge LASRIC and Ventures Platform to fund and support seven successful startups from the #COVID19InnovationChallenge.
covid-19 Africa Centres for Disease Control partners Co-Creation Hub in the fight against COVID-19 Africa CDC joins forces with CcHUB in seeking out innovative ways to educate and sensitise the continent on dealing with COVID-19. Calls for applications from creative teams in Africa.
News Youverify closes $1.5m seed round led by Orange DV and LoftyInc AF Youverify raises $1.5m in a seed round led by Orange Digital Ventures Africa (ODV) and Loftyinc Afropreneurs Fund.
News Nigerian developer sells his educational resource app for ₦22 million On February 28, 2020, ABiT Network acquired Favour Ori's app, College Situation.
Fintech Nigerian lending fintech, Aella Credit raises $10 million Aella Credit raises $10 million in debt financing, expands into other product lines including a blockchain-based lending market, Creditcoin.
Gokada The many woes of Gokada The Gokada lay-off was imminent, whether or not Lagos State Government banned bikes.
Spotlight "Canada is our competition o", exclaims Nigerian HR at Flutterwave Developer Job Fair Flutterwave—a global payments company—organised a job fair that connected over 400 developers to 30+ companies on September 21, 2019.
Spotlight Why African healthtech startup, 54gene's seed raise is important to the rest of the world In less than six months, 54gene secured an early-stage funding of $4.5 million which signals the potential for massive impact and profitability
Press release 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.
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.
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.
News How much does Andela make? 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
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.
