News Digital Explorers launch paid traineeship in Lithuania for Nigerian female data analysts and scientists Digital Explorers has launched applications for the second cohort of the program.
News Hebron Startup Lab announces intake of founders for MicroVenture Acceleration Program Hebron Start-up Lab has announced plans to train 80 founders in the next cohort of its Micro Venture Acceleration Program (MVAP).
News Facebook set to open a new office in Lagos, Nigeria, operational in H2 2021 Facebook’s office will be home to various teams servicing the continent from across the business, including Sales, Partnerships, Policy, Communications as well as Engineers.
News Autochek acquires Cheki Nigeria and Ghana from ROAM Africa Autochek, founded by former Cars45 CEO Etop Ikpe has acquired Cheki Nigeria and Cheki Ghana from their parent company, ROAM Africa.
Press release Esusu raises $2.3m seed-extension to scale nationwide Esusu, a start-up operating in the United States co-founded by Abbey Wemimo has raised $2.3 million in a seed extension round backed by LinkedIn's Executive Chairman, Jeff Weiner.
Press release Standard Chartered and Airtel Africa form a partnership to drive financial inclusion across Africa Airtel Money’s customers will be able to make deposits and withdrawals from Standard Chartered bank accounts. And Standard Chartered's corporate client will be able to pay directly into Airtel money customers wallet.
Press release Tek Experts, Microsoft renew partnership aimed at developing Women in IT in Nigeria Tek Experts, and Microsoft are returning to develop more women in IT in Nigeria with the second cohort of the Microsoft Leap Apprenticeship Program.
ANPI Jack Ma Foundation’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) selects Top 50 Finalists of 2020 “Africa’s Business Heroes” Competition The 50 finalists were selected from over 22,000 applications all over Africa, representing 21 African countries.
Events NBS and Softcom to host Webinar on leveraging data for inclusive growth in Nigeria July 23, 2020—NBS and Softcom will host a webinar on how to leverage data to drive inclusive policy, revenue generation and improved governance in Nigeria.
Opinion Company Culture: Why it is important and how to build it The culture of an organisation affects not only the employees but also its overall operations. It affects the company’s brand, perception and bottom line.
News Wimbart launches the second edition of PR Office Hours for African tech startups Wimbart has partnered with Techpoint and Ventures Platform to launch the second edition of its Office Hours Programme.
Opinion Peexoo: The home of great photographers in Nigeria Peexoo Technologies has launched a one-stop-shop to cater for photographers and people’s photography needs.
Opinion How to (start and) complete online courses Starting an online course is not difficult. There are many options, both free and paid, to choose from. The painstaking task is completing the course.
News Bus-hailing startup launches delivery service, Logistics by Plentywaka Plentywaka, a bus-hailing startup, has ventured into logistics with the launch of Logistics By Plentywaka (LBP)
News Shecluded and Founders Institute to support more women entrepreneurs The Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed accelerator, and She-cluded have launched a Fellowship programme that will allow people to participate in the Lagos Virtual 2020 programme for free.
News She-cluded launches Female Entrepreneur Pension with Stanbic IBTC to get more women on a pension plan She-cluded has partnered with Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers, a member of Standard Bank Group, to launch She-cluded Female Entrepreneur Pension
News Apply for VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A to raise between $500,000 and $10 million VC4A (Venture Capital for Africa) has put out a call to African startups looking to raise between $500,000 (₦193 million) and $10 million (₦3.8 billion).
CyberSecurity How to make money from cryptocurrency and not get scammed In this article, I point out how you can make money from cryptocurrencies, and how to avoid getting scammed. For the purpose of this article, I focus on Bitcoin as it is the most popular and the largest cryptocurrency by market volume and value.
News Facebook launches virtual digital literacy programme with CcHUB, JAN, others Facebook has launched a consolidation of all its digital literacy programmes, My Digital World. Due to the global pandemic, the programme will be offered virtually
Events Apply for the HiiL​ Innovating Justice Challenge 2020 Are you creating access to justice, reducing inequality and unfairness? Then you should apply for the HiiL Innovating Justice Challenge.
Events Recap of the Huawei pan-African Online Summit 2020 for Financial Services Industry Huawei SSA FSI Online Summit 2020 agree that digitisation of the sector will give it resilience against the current Covid-19 pandemic.
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
News Nigerian fintech "super-connector", Okra receives $1 million pre-seed investment from TLcom Capital Nigerian fintech platform Okra has secured a $1mn pre-seed fundraise from TLcom Capital, strengthening its push to build the infrastructure for Africa’s next wave of fintech innovation.
Opinion COVID-19 brings opportunities for Nigerian businesses The impact of coronavirus crisis on businesses is devastating. But amidst the ruin abound many opportunities.
Working From Home Seven productivity tips for working from home efficiently I believe following these seven productivity tips will help you to work from home effectively (please, read and share as far and wide as you can).
