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.

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?

Agritech startup, Farmcrowdy has closed an additional seed funding of $1 million with eyes set on Series A later this year.

Here is why Berlin-based investor, Plutos Ventures and Africa-focused NGO, Ampion are launching Ampion Ventures to focus on just three key industries.

Nigerian agritech startup, Thrive Agric makes YCombinator's 2019 Winter batch. In February alone, they gave farmers loan worth over ₦180 million.

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.

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.

Application for the Silicon Valley Internship Programme (SVIP) is set to close on Sunday, February 24, 2019. The second track of the SVIP, in partnership with GBx-x, accepts female engineers with a STEM degree from outside of Europe.

Publiseer, a free digital publishing platform founded by the (identical) twins–Chidi and Chika Nwaogwu, will be representing Nigeria at the Grand Finale of the 2019 SWC on May 17 in San Francisco, United States. They will be competing for the $1 million (investment) grand prize.

NCC has partnered with INEC through the telcos to deliver voters' education over existing mobile network of 172 million subscribers.