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Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s foremost champion of entrepreneurship, will host its 5th Annual Forum — the largest annual gathering of African entrepreneurs – on July 26 – 27, 2019. The two-day event will take place at the iconic Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. The Forum is the culmination of the annual…
Farmcrowdy Group, owners of Nigeria’s first digital agriculture platform Farmcrowdy and the newly launched Farmgate Africa, a leading online agro-commodity aggregator, have today announced a strategic partnership with Best Foods Livestock and Poultry Limited one of Nigeria’smost respected agribusiness companies with more than 16 years of operations and a focus on the processing and marketing of livestock produce.…
Africa Moves is the defining event for the development of Africa and the largest African event dedicated to tech and innovation. Africa Moves will offer 230 African (and African descendant) startups a chance to join the events in Tunis, Singapore, Dakar or CES Las Vegas. WHAT IS IN IT FOR…
Convincing schools in Nigeria to embrace eLearning or digitisation is a monumental task. A good number of these schools from the primary, secondary and tertiary level are yet to grasp the importance and impact of going digital. Amidst this struggle, an edtech company, FlexiSAF has been ‘literarily begging’ these schools…
WorldCover, a climate insurance provider to smallholder farmers, has raised a $6 million Series A round led by MS&AD Ventures. Y-Combinator, Western Technology Investment, and EchoVC also participated in the round. TechCrunch reports that WorldCover’s platform uses satellite imagery, on-ground sensors, mobile phones, and data analytics to create insurance options…
Nigeria Fintech startup, Trove Finance has secured undisclosed funding from Ventures Platform, an early-stage fund. Trove Finance allows Nigerians to invest in any publicly traded equity, bond or cryptocurrency asset (bitcoin, ethereum) as a one-off investment using a debit card or bank transfer. The announcement of the funding was made…
The Managing Director of Jumia’s food marketplace, Guy Futi has announced an on-demand pizza delivery partnership between Jumia’s food marketplace and Pizza Hut. The partnership is expected to boost operational performance and last mile delivery in Nigeria. Futi made this disclosure at a press conference held at Pizza Hut, Awolowo…
In the past, job hunting involved scanning newspaper advertisements or actually knocking on the door of the desired employer. This is no longer the case as the digital age has changed the way people seek employment with the help of technology. So, whether you are a job seeker or planning…
Spotify has released its latest financial figures and it revealed that the music streaming service has 100 million premium users. In total, the streaming service has 217 million users, 117 million of which are enjoying the free and ad-supported option. Unfortunately, despite those numbers going up, Spotify can’t turn that…
The FCMB Tech Pitch Perfect final was held at Hub One. SmartTeller and eFarms emerged winners of the ePayment/eCollection and eSavings tracks thus taking home 1 million naira among other cash prizes. They beat 10 other startups to be named winners. The event, which drew a large number of attendees from…
AMPZ, an online sports community has announced the launch of its sports talent mobile app, which has been in beta testing since November 2018. The announcement was made at an event tagged MatchMania designed to be a yearly talent showcase for grassroots sports first in Nigeria and then Africa in…
Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) and Google for Startups have launched PitchDrive II which is an initiative that will select 10 African hardware and deep tech startups for a 14-day tour of five Asian cities. The tour will start with a two-day bootcamp in Kigali, Rwanda. Thereafter, between 15 and 31 August, the…
PayPal Holdings Inc., an online payments company has disclosed plans to invest $500 million in Uber Technologies as the ride-hailing company has said it aims for $90B IPO Valuation. PayPal will invest in Uber through a concurrent private placement at the IPO price. A financial services component is important to…
It is no longer news that Jumia has listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange – the biggest stock exchange in the world. The listing on the exchange generated diverse opinions and mixed reactions on social media and major news platforms. Prominent among them is the question about the African…
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and Passion Incubator made a call for startups across the country to apply for FCMB Tech Pitch Perfect, a competition seeking tech startups with innovative e-Payment/e-Collection and e-Savings solutions. Following calls for applications and a rigorous selection process, the final 10 startups have been selected.…
Olam International, a food and agri-business company has offered to acquire full ownership of Dangote Flour Mill (DFM) for N130 billion. Dangote Flour Mill, in a disclosure on the Nigerian stock market, announced the bidding offer. Olam International, through its subsidiary, Crown Flour Mills Limited, currently owns about 5.1 million shares…
Nigeria Open Innovation Challenge powered by JICA invites talented entrepreneurs, corporates, developers, etc that can change business-as-usual and bring a more efficient and effective solution to the challenges present in the water sector in Nigeria. The event will take place on May 15th 2019 at Civic Innovation Lab, Abuja and…
Ghanaian fintech startup KudiGO has closed a US$450,000 seed funding round from Founders Factor to expand its customer base and launch new products KudiGO provides integrated, mobile-based retail, payments, accounting and analytics engine for the consumer retail industry in Ghana and Nigeria, helping over 1,000 businesses receive payments, track inventories…
Users and investors of bitcoin will now be able to spend their bitcoins using the lightning network for shopping on the e-commerce platform Amazon. This is according to information coming from the Crypto payment processing startup called Moon. According to the company, all lightning-enabled wallets will now be possible for usage…