News NCDC, MTN to work with four finalists of Venture Platform's COVID-19 Innovation Challenge MTN has announced its plan to work with four finalists of Ventures Platform's COVID-19 Innovation Challenge, alongside the NCDC and LASRIC.
News Nigerian Techpreneurs to Support People Affected by COVID-19 Through December A group of Nigerian tech entrepreneurs have come together to crowdsource funds to stimulate the economy. They are providing funds for people affected by COVID-19.
Opinion Imagine Theranos Was Successful: What Can We Learn From The Failed Biotech Startup? Many people have wondered if it's possible to have Theranos-like for COVID19: a device that'd make testing people for COVID-19 "quick, painless and affordable". Just as Theranos envisioned for blood tests.
News BuyCoins launches SendCash to enable users to credit their naira account with Bitcoin BuyCoins has launched SendCash, a platform that allows users to send money to their Nigerian bank account from anywhere in the world using Bitcoin.
News Find essential services and things you can do while indoors on merchlist.co Rensource has launched a platform, merchlist.co, where small- and medium-sized retailers can be discovered to service and fulfil customers orders.
News 54gene closes $15 million Series A, sets up Scientific Advisory Board 54gene close s $15 million Series A, sets up a Scientific Advisory Board. In less than two years, 54gene has raised $19.5 million.
Opinion Why Nigerian youths want a career in tech; a roadmap to becoming a techie Nigerian youths want a career in tech, but they are not being prepared for it. Tertiary institutions have failed in their role in the Nigeria tech ecosystem.
nigeria on lockdown Impact of coronavirus on air pollution: Is the virus curing the earth of humans? There's been an unexpected benefit of the partial global lockdown: air quality has improved. But nothing has changed in Nigeria.
Events Free Webinar on Achieving Regulatory Compliance in Africa Join Appruve’s Chief Product Officer, Kwame Yeboah, on Thursday as he'll be teaching on how to ensure regulatory compliance and prevent fraud while rolling out digital channels in Africa.
News Jumia launches fund to support staff, CEOs get 25% pay cut Jumia has launched a fund to support its staff and announced a 25% pay cut for its co-CEOs during COVID-19 crisis.
CyberSecurity Bully me not: Dealing with cyberbullying in Nigeria Knowing how to deal with cyberbullying is a sine qua non. Because in this global village, it's only a matter of time before we are (or someone close to us is) cyberbullied.
News Ventures Platform hosts online Demo Day for COVID19 Innovation Challenge, seven startups to receive $21,000 Ventures Platform hosted the Demo Day for the COVID-19 Innovation Challenge online via Zoom. Each of the seven startups that pitched would receive $3,000
News ROAM Africa, the parent company of Jobberman and Cheki, enforces remote work policy ROAM (Ringier One Africa Media) Africa—a leading marketplace company in Africa—has announced the enforcement of a company-wide remote work policy as part of efforts to protect its workforce from COVID-19 virus.
News Nigerians underuse their mobile devices and mobile internet, says report A new report by KaiOS Technologies have found that Nigerians underutilize mobile internet and mobile devices
News Lagos State Government partners Ventures Platform to fight against COVID-19 Ventures Platform and the Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC) have announced their partnership to find tech-enabled solutions addressing the coronavirus pandemic.
News CcHUB, Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council to support COVID-19 projects Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) has announced a partnership with the Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC) to support coronavirus (AKA COVID-19)-related projects.
Spotlight Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak response from Nigeria's Top Tech companies We asked the 10 best tech companies to work for in Nigeria what they were doing to protect employees and customers, in light of this COVID-19 pandemic.
covid-19 How to be productive while working from home during COVID-19 pandemic Remote work veterans, with more than 15 years of experience of working from home, share tips on how to effectively work from home during COVID-19 pandemic.
News Five Nigerian startups got into Y Combinator's 2020 winter batch Since Paystack and Flutterwave joned YC in 2016, Nigerian startups have become staple participants in the accelerator programme. This year, five Nigerian startups got into YC winter batch.
News Wimbart launches PR Office Hours for African tech startups Wimbart has launched PR Office Hours for African tech startups. It is designed to equip them with PR tools they need to achieve their business goals.
News Alliance for AI facilitates practical session on scaling artificial intelligence solutions Alliance for AI had a practical session with Facebook Accelerator startups on how they can scale their artificial intelligence solutions across Africa and beyond.
News These are the top 10 most innovative companies in Africa These are the top 10 most innovative companies in Africa: Twiga, mPedigree, Copia, Piggyvest, MPost, Tizeti, Tongoro, Lumkani, Kobo360, and 54gene.
News FCMB introduces EPIC Pitch, plans to give close to a million naira to startups Application for the maiden edition of EPIC Pitch closes on March 23. Fintechs, healthtechs, edtechs, agritechs, etc. are free to apply.
News Nigerian developer sells his educational resource app for ₦22 million On February 28, 2020, ABiT Network acquired Favour Ori's app, College Situation.
Spotlight A chat with Abolore Salami, Founder of Nigeria's foremost digital platform for cooperatives—Riby Finance Riby Finance—the foremost digital platform in Nigeria for cooperatives and trade groups—was created to answer the question: How do you create prosperous communities?
