News Carbon launches $100,000 entrepreneurship fund to support African startups Carbon has set up a $100,000 fund to support African startups. The fund will address the lack of funding and support holding back budding tech entrepreneurs on the continent.
News Highlights of the 2020 Innovation Showcase Week Highlights of the 2020 Innovation Showcase Week organised by Facebook in partnership with Co-creation Hub.
News Hackathon4Justice 2.0 winner is a solution that prevents child abuse Predex—a team of University of Lagos and Covenant University students—has emerged winner of Hackathon4Justice 2.0 organised by Andela in partnership with Facebook and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
News Applications are now open for the Africa4Future Acceleration Programme Startups across Africa can now apply for the 2020 Africa4Future Aerospace Acceleration programme, which is powered by Airbus BizLab and GIZ. Now in its third edition, #Africa4Future is a three-month joint accelerator programme
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.
News Innovation Showcase Week to display the best of West African innovation Facebook, in partnership with Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), will be holding the second edition of its annual Innovation Showcase Week (ISW) on February 13 and February 14, 2020.
News Farmcrowdy acquires Best Foods Livestock and Poultry Limited Farmcrowdy has announced its acquisition of Best Foods Livestock and Poultry Limited to deepen its footprint in the livestock value chain.
News Lagos State explains why Gokada, Oride & MAXOkada are affected by the ban on tricycles and bikes The Lagos State Government has said the reason Gokada, Oride, MAXOkada and other bike-hailing startups are affected by the ban on tricycles and bikes is because they are part of the problem
News Google's first Africa Developer Space launched in Lagos is free for all Google has launched its first Developer Space in Africa, in Lagos, Nigeria. The Google Developer Space would serve as a hub for Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa and can be used by members of the Africa tech community for free.
News Oui Capital invests in Mauritius first app-based mobility startup, Vite Oui Capital—an Africa-focused venture capital firm—has made an undisclosed pre-seed investment in Vite Technologies, the first app-based mobility startup in Mauritius
Opinion Lagos bans tricycles and bikes, what's next for bike-hailing startups? The Lagos State Government has announced the ban of tricycles (AKA "Keke NAPEP" or "Maruwa") and motorbikes (AKA Okada), including ORide, Gokada and MAXOkada. But by the book, there is a wiggle room for bike-hailing startups to negotiate the sanction.
News Full list of areas tricycles and bikes have been banned in Lagos Effective from Saturday, February 1, 2020, tricycles and motorbikes are restricted from operating in six local government areas, nine local council development areas, 10 major highways and 40 bridges across Lagos State—the commercial capital of Nigeria.
News Ingressive invests $250,000 in three Nigerian startups Ingressive Capital—an early stage venture capital firm—has cut three Nigerian startups a cheque of $250,000 (₦90.3 million).
Events South-south/southeast innovation & startup stakeholders summit holds in February The second edition of the South-South/South-East Tech, Innovation and Startup Stakeholders Summit is set to hold on February 7—8, 2020.
News Go Global Africa 2020 is now open for application Go Global Africa is now for open for applications from Kenyan, Nigerian and South African entrepreneurs who are using technology solve problems in their countries.
News Flutterwave becomes Endeavor's first investee in Nigeria with $35 million series B round Flutterwave has closed a $35 million Series B round as Endeavor's first investee in Nigeria.
News Funding your mutual funds with Stash will now cost a dime The love of Ope from Cowrywise costs a dime. A processing fee will now be applied when funding your mutual funds with Stash.
News [Updated] Why MTN customers have been experiencing slow internet speed MTN apologizes for slow Internet speed and difficulties customers have been experiencing in accessing data services. The problem is beyond its control.
News Nigeria should not send a man to space. It is pointless Space exploration is a worthy capital-intensive venture Nigeria must undertake, but experts believe sending a man to space is immaterial
News Five Nigerian Startups will be pitching at Africa Startup Summit From zero participation last year to having 50% representation, five Nigerian startups, namely HouseAfrica, Limestart, OkwuEco, Riby and ThankUCash, will Pitch Live at 2020 Africa Startup Summit
News Right of Way charges have been baulking broadband penetration State governors disrespected the harmonization of RoW charges policy. The disregard span the lifetime of the first national broadband plan. What's the way forward?
Spotlight What's the state of coding and developer jobs in Nigeria? Insights into the coding tools and programming languages to learn, how employers think of skills, compensation, work flexibility and experience, and the state of the developer community.
News Carbon announces Kenya launch, says its vision is to become a pan-African digital bank Carbon has officially announced its launch in Eastern African, Kenya, as its aims to become a pan-African digital bank
News How PlentyWaka is improving the transportation system in Lagos PlentyWaka'a mission is to "change the transportation landscape" by decongesting the road and "providing a safe and convenient transport system for both the bus drivers and passengers".
News Standard Chartered Nigeria launches a digital bank. Now what? What does the launch of digital banks by legacy financial institutions mean for fintechs such as Kuda and Rubies Bank.
