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 Utiva to empower 500 differently-abled persons with digital skills Utiva, a Nigerian tech education platform, announced the launch of the Wunming Scholarship – an initiative to empower 500 disabled persons.
News Founder and CEO of 54gene selected as Endeavor entrepreneur Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong joins the leading global entrepreneur support organisation.
News Nigerian fintech, Mono, raises $500k in pre-seed funding Lateral Capital announced its investment in Mono on Friday 18, September in a tweet by Kyane Kassiri, a Venture Associate at the fund.
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 Anzisha Prize announces 20 finalists for Very Young African Entrepreneurs 2020 Anzisha Prize announced the finalists of its Very Young African Entrepreneurs annual competition on Thursday, September 17, 2020. The annual competition is the brainchild of the African Leadership Academy and Mastercard Foundation. This
News TikTok to partner with Oracle in the US, as opposed to Microsoft ByteDance to retain stake in its TikTok US entity while working with Oracle and declining the bid from Microsoft.
News Shorts, a TikTok competitor by YouTube Shorts is a new short-form video experience that allows creators on YouTube shoot catchy videos with their mobile phones. It was announced on Sept. 14, 2020
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.
CcHUB CcHub and MusicTechSpace announce the launch of Music-Tech Innovation Challenge 2020 Starting from September 7, 2020, CcHub in collaboration with MusicTechSpace will be holding a workshop for tech innovators interested in the music industry.
Events Jobberman to host the largest-ever virtual career fair this September Jobberman, Nigeria's leading online training and job placement website, recently announced it's plans to host the country's first virtual career fair on the 30th of September, 2020
News 80% of Nigerian startups have less than six months of cash left says Endeavor, Stears Endeavor, in collaboration with Stears Data, revealed this startling piece of information in a recently released whitepaper titled “Protecting Nigeria’s Entrepreneurial Future.”
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.
Lagos Lagos State postpones e-hailing regulatory compliance deadline Lagos State Government re-adjusts the e-hailing regulation earlier sent out on the 7th August 2020 This was after a three-hour meeting with e-hailing ride operators on Friday 14th August 2020. The stakeholders involved
News "I support the Government's decision...", says Bolt Driver in Lagos State Drivers of Bolt and Uber alongside the President of the Union of Professional App-based Workers weigh in on the new regulation put forward by Lagos State.
News Everything that has happened in the Trump-TikTok saga See how events have unfolded in the Trump ban on popular Chinese apps. How did TikTok get here? And which American company is most likely to buy TikTok?
News Uber partners with Moove, a flexible car ownership company Uber has announced a partnership with Moove, an affordable car-ownership company.
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.
News FCMB and Passion Incubator launch Agritech EPIC Pitch FCMB has partnered with Passion Incubator to launch Agritech EPIC Pitch. The top two startups from the Pitch competition will receive ₦1.5 million.
News Filter Replies, a smart bot for finding the origin of trending topics on Twitter Filter Replies is a smart bot for finding the origin of trending hashtags on Twitter. It is developed by Nigerian software developer, Victor Ndu.
News Techpoint wants to become Nigeria’s Verizon Media Techpoint is that news organisation in Africa that does a lot of newsworthy stuff. Today, they partner with a leading blog in South Africa. Tomorrow, they are launching an online community. Their execution game is tight.
News A review of Apple's latest update Apple has been on an improvement streak in their operating systems. This is a review of their latest update, iOS14.
News Ingressive launches non-profit arm to train one million youths and create 5,000 jobs Ingressive LLC has launched Ingressive For Good to empower African youths with micro-scholarships and technical training.
News Carbon reports ₦112.6 million PAT and 2.2 million active customers Carbon reported a profit after tax of ₦112.6 million in its 2019 financial result. Carbon also revealed that it has 2,272,997 active customers.
News Andela is hiring senior engineers from all African countries to double its talent pool Andela, a leading global talent company, will now accept senior engineer applications from all African countries. This is part of efforts to double its talent pool since becoming a remote-first company.
