Farmcrowdy Limited, Nigeria’s foremost Agritech company established in 2016 by 5 young Nigerians led by Onyeka Akumah, with the aim of empowering farmers by connecting them to alternative financing and market access via a crowdfunding platform has today announced that it will extend its service in agriculture beyond financing into…
Author: Fisayomi Ifayase
News of wrongful detention and thoughtless execution of human lives have plagued the specially constituted Nigerian police unit- SARS in recent times. While at a bus stop in 2015, I witnessed a scene. It was of a young guy who was dragged out of the bus by men in black…
While you’re in school, it’s a good idea to start laying the groundwork for your future career. Some students do this through internships while others adopt a more entrepreneurial approach. Launching a startup in college can be a great learning opportunity for future endeavors. Whether this one pays off big…
Twitter, the microblogging site which is no stranger to controversies is fighting hard to stay the course of its most recent and most notorious hack yet. We reported on Wednesday afternoon that Hackers coordinated simultaneous attacks on prominent crypto Twitter accounts and also took over some high profile Twitter accounts including…
The news of the brutal murder of Fahim Saleh, a serial entrepreneur , who is the brain behind Nigeria’s Gokada, sent terror down the spines of many people in the African Tech space and all around the world on Wednesday, 15th July 2020. The 33 year old was killed in…
After a successful testing, Loon, an Alphabet owned company has finally launched its internet supplying balloons in Kenya. The company has begun operating commercial internet service in Kenya. Loon partnered with Telkom Kenya two years ago. It was Loon’s first commercial deal. In March this year, the Kenyan government gave formal…
There seem to be no respite for TikTok as the app may face a ban from the US. (What will become of Jason Derulo’s lockdown fame?) CNN reported that the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo stated on Monday that the US is ‘looking at’ banning TikTok as well as…
The Poor Man’s Option to Luxury Many people wouldn’t touch electronics made in China with a long pole in the 90’s. They were known for their poor packaging and less than average quality control. My dad boasted about his German made cars and Japanese/American household electronics. Only the less financially…
Ingressive has launched its non-profit arm, after the advisory company and venture fund, Ingressive. Ingressive Capital backs high growth tech enabled startups and recently grew its funds to $10million. Ingressive For Good (I4G) is a not-for-profit organization that addresses the glaring inequities that exist within African tech ecosystems by increasing…
Is This The End? A chat trail on Techpoint’s Community with the heading ” A death of a Unicorn?” caught my attention yesterday. The writer mentioned that he got an insider information that Andela was selling off its physical assets and was wondering if that marked the end of the…
Ingressive Capital has doubled its investment vehicle to back high-growth, tech-enabled startups across Africa. They now operate a $10 Million USD fund. The investment fund aims to support the next generation of African innovators. They target pre-seed and seed-stage tech-enabled businesses in the B2B space that provide tech solutions to…
Don’t Get Excited About Twitter Audio Feature Yet! Twitter has been testing out a number of new features lately, however the announcement of a new audio feature seem to top them all. What’s not to love you’d ask. Lazy typists like myself can finally run mini podcasts commenting on issues…
Chipper Cash, African cross-border fintech startup just closed a $13.8 million Series A funding round led by Deciens Capital. The company plans to increase its staff strength by hiring 30 new staff globally. Chipper Cash offers mobile-based, no fee, P2P payment services. Since commencing operations in 2018, Chipper cash has successfully raised $22…
Comparitech estimated active Netflix Nigerian subscribers in Q2 ‘19 to about 50,000 subscribers
Netflix has been available as a service in Nigeria since 2016.
Forbes announced Nigeria’s First Digital Startup Accelerator program powered by the Global Startup Ecosystem early this year and within 2 weeks received over 5000+ applications. 200 companies were selected for the 2020 program which offered 4 weeks of free virtual training from 50 global speakers and access to $100k in…
Twitter has appointed Patrick Pichette as the company’s new chairman of the board. Pichette will be replacing Omid Kordestani who served as Twitter’s board chairman from 2015. Kordestani will remain on the company’s board. Patrick Pichette takes over the role after joining Twitter’s board of directors in 2017. He was the…
Users will no longer see Donald Trump’s post on Snapchat’s Discover Snapchat is joining the ranks of Twitter to take a stand by making sure Donald Trump’s tweets are not found on the social media’s discover page. This decision is coming on the heels of the recent occurrence in the…
#BLACKLIVESMATTER – This Is How Companies Are Lending their Voices ‘I can’t breathe’, the first time this infamous statement went viral was minutes before the death of Eric Garner who was killed by some men of the NYPD. Eric Garner was one of the many victims of police brutality and…
Over the years, TECNO has distinguished itself as a people-centric brand. In more ways than we can count, the brand has proven that it indeed cares for Nigerians. Year in year out, they have launched campaigns aimed primarily at opening unbelievable doors for Nigerians, with focus on the Nigerian students…
Sensor Tower recently shared data that placed ByteDance Ltd’s Tik-Tok and its Chinese twin app Douyin on the top spot as the mobile apps with the most earnings in the month of April. This data excludes excludes games and advertising. Having narrowly focused on in-app purchases, TikTok and Douyin’s numbers…