Spotlight VMedKit is using virtual reality to treat mental illness VMedKit is using virtual reality technology to tackle the problem of mental disorders.
Spotlight Helium Health is reducing medical errors and wait time at Nigerian hospitals Helium Health is saving lives by reducing medical errors and making "we can't find your file" a history in hospitals.
Spotlight All you need to know about OPay, Opera's Super App in Nigeria Opera is not building a super app in Nigeria with OPay, it is positioning itself to be the internet for the next generation of Africans.
Spotlight Why African healthtech startup, 54gene's seed raise is important to the rest of the world In less than six months, 54gene secured an early-stage funding of $4.5 million which signals the potential for massive impact and profitability
Spotlight This FBStart startup is using IoT and Cold Chain tech to solve healthcare problems in Nigeria At Gricd, we build autonomous, affordable smart cold chain systems for storage and transportation of temperature sensitive medication thus making them available even at the last mile.
News 10 Nigerian startups to compete at 'Pitch2Win', organised by TechCircle and Japan's Freakout holdings Organised in partnership with Japan's Freakout holding, TechCircle has invited the top 5% of Nigerian startups that applied to Pitch2Win ₦1 million on June 12. Read on to find out who the selected startups are.
Spotlight Early-stage Maritime startup, MVXchange set to build the future of Offshore Support Vessels chartering in Africa Nigerian Maritime startup, MVXchange is on a mission to build the future of Offshore Support Vessels (OSV) chartering in Africa, announces pre-seed round close.
Spotlight How Micdee designed Softcom’s new campus, Eko Novo In 2017, 12-year-old Nigerian tech company—Softcom consulted innovative architecture and design firm, Micdee Designs to build its new 1768-square-metre tech campus. Here is how Micdee did it.
News Mid to senior level developers can now officially get into Andela without having to go through the fellowship Andela's evolution is interesting and in this 1,500-word essay we look to plot the companies trajectory with raw numbers, as we announce their new "Power of 'X'" campaign to recruit mid to senior developers
News Meet SafeBoda—the ride-hailing startup that just closed a Series B round co-led by GOJEK and Allianz X SafeBoda was founded by a Ugandan and two Europeans in 2014. They recently closed a Series B funding round co-led by GOJEK's Go-Ventures and Allianz X.
News Ex-Andelan, Babajide Duroshola joins SafeBoda as Country Head, Nigeria Ex-Andelan, Babajide Duroshola has told benjamindada.com that he is joining ride-hailing startup, SafeBoda as their Country Head in Nigeria.
Spotlight The growing developer marketplace in Nigeria; how is Yasé.io different? Dividends of the ongoing “everyone should learn to code” conversation is already evident, as Nigeria continues to export software development expertise.For instance, in September 2018, a former technical team lead at Andela,
Spotlight STEMCafe in partnership with ENYO Retail and Supply launches its first location in Nigeria STEMCafe, a kids creativity play space launched its first location in partnership with ENYO Retail and Supply in Lekki, Lagos—Nigeria.CcHUB founder and CEO, Bosun Tijani is also the visioner and founder
Spotlight Zambia's Code Savannah, Nigeria's Gracit Foundation and TechQuest are African Tech Nonprofits deserving the spotlight “Software is eating the world”, but that in itself is just a part of technology. Over the past few years, we have seen technology companies dominate the startup scene across the world, even
CcHUB CcHub goes live with Design fellowship in Africa CcHub design fellowship is now open for application!
Spotlight Africa's leading mobile phone maker, Transsion Holdings has filed to go public on China's new technology board An essay about Transsion's "urgent need for capital" to fuel expansion and China's struggle to create a thriving NASDAQ-style tech board.
News Jack Ma's Foundation appoints Nigeria's Network of Innovators and Incubators as regional partner for the $10 million Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative The Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) has appointed the Network of Incubators and Innovators in Nigeria (NINE) as its West Africa regional partner.
Spotlight How forloop is inspiring a new generation of African developers, one country at a time "We needed a vibrant community of developers that can help each and every one of us achieve our goals faster”, says Prosper.
Spotlight Meet the young Nigerians visualising Nigeria's Election data—Stears Stears Election centre reveals that with the current INEC-announced results, APC and PDP account for 97% of the Presidential votes with APC in the lead.
Spotlight NightsBridge MD confirms that the HotelOga sale didn't happen We were approached by Marek in April 2017 an asset sale was set in motion. But due diligence revealed that even the investors didn't approve the asset sale, says Managing Director NightsBridge.
Spotlight HotelOnline management clears the air about Marek's involvement with the company Business partner, Havar talks extensively with Benjamin Dada about the Savanna <> HotelOnline (Polish entity) merger, where Marek was a shareholder.
Spotlight E-commerce in Nigeria; case-in-point, Gloo.ng pivot We spoke with the CEO of PayMente Limited (owners of Gloo.ng), Olumide "D.O" Olusanya about e-commerce in Nigeria, and why Gloo was pivoting.
Spotlight A chat with the CEO of University Compass—Nigeria's leading university search engine Unlike many other graduates who leave their undergraduate projects on the proverbial academic shelf, Seunla Osinowo decided to build a business out of his.
Spotlight Ecosystem Hangout by Ingressive to focus on regulatory and accounting issues faced by startups Ecosystem hangout by Ingressive holds on the 30th of November, 2018 at Leadspace, Yaba from 5pm to 8pm.This edition would focus on Finance and Regulatory Techniques that Accelerate Startups and Businesses. The
Spotlight The Unofficial Christmas Party, enhancing cross-company networking since 2014 The Unofficial Christmas party is a joint end of the year party for companies in Lagos. This year it would hold at Landmark Centre, VI, Lagos on December 14. Started in 2014 by
