Pitch your fashion dream and get a chance to win NGN 2,000,000 and a couture masterclass. The Vlisco Fashion Fund helps upcoming designers to make their dreams of starting their own fashion businesses come true. Submit your C.V., portfolio and business plan before 18th October to VFF_Nigeria@Vlisco.com The business plan template can be downloaded from http://www.vlisco.com/PDF/2017/VFF_2017_Business%20plan.pdf
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Some users are experiencing some issues with Facebook and Instagram. It seems it is across the world because we also cannot access the sites in some parts of the world – Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe. Both services started experiencing issues at around 15:00 GMT , according to an independent website DownDetector,…
Lori Systems emerged as the overall winner of the maiden edition of Techcrunch Startup Battlefield Africa which took place today in Nairobi Kenya. Lori Systems beat 14 other contestants to win $25,000 USD and an all-expense paid trip for two to San Francisco to compete in TechCrunch’s flagship event: Disrupt SF…
AirFrance KLM has partnered with Jumia Nigeria to enable you purchase goods with your Flying Blue miles. The Flying Blue Loyalty programme which is tailored to give additional benefits to customers will also expose them to over 1,000,000 product assortment on Africa’s largest online store, Jumia. Usually when Air France KLM Flying…
October 11 9.a.m (Kenya Time). The Techcrunch Startup Battlefield Africa kicks off in Nairobi, Kenya. 15 startups will be battling to win in the competition. There will three different sessions on Productivity and Utility, Gaming and Entertainment, and Social Good. They are as follows: Session 1 – Productivity and Utility at 9:35…
The Western Union Company, a leader in global payments services, will award grants to fund full scholarships to six qualifying university students in Nigeria, as part of its “Back-to-School” promotion this year. The scholarship grants, worth a total of USD $8,450 (N3 million) will be offered in collaboration with the…
Oolu, a solar company based in Senegal, has announced the successful completion of a US$3.2 million round of equity investment. The Y Combinator start-up says this new fund will support Oolu’s continued growth and strategy as it seeks to address the energy needs of the more than 150 million people who live without…
Lendable Inc, a company that bridges the gap between institutional debt investors and high growth alternative lenders in Africa, has raised $6.5 million in series A funding round to scale operations, drive market expansion, and roll out new products. Investors in this round include KawiSafi Ventures, Omidyar Network, Fenway Summer Ventures and a…
Andela has secured $40 million in a new round of Series C funding, thereby lifting its total funding to date to a total of $80 million. Apparently this funding is from its financial backers, showing an endorsement of its good work so far.The investment was led by pan-African venture firm CRE…
Pay-as-you-go energy provider, M-KOPA Solar has secured US$80 million to provide finance for pay-as-you-go solar installations in one million homes over the next three years. The Kenyan based company secured US$25 million in US$ debt from responsAbility, Symbiotics, and Triodos Investment Management while Stanbic Bank is leading a US$55 million local currency equivalent…
Techcrunch has revealed the names of the 15 startups participating the its first ever Startup Battlefield Africa scheduled to take place tomorrow, 11th of October, 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya. They are as follows: Session 1 – Productivity and Utility at 9:35 AM: WeCashUp, Form+, Delivery Science, Abacus Invest, Sellio, Lori Systems Session 2 – Gaming and…
Historically in Nigeria, there have been long-standing gaps in availability of credit or loans to individuals and businesses within underserved demographics of the Nigerian population. These people have experienced difficulties in accessing unsecured, short-term micro-loans from financial instructions for several reasons. Interswitch has now partnered with 6 leading banks and…
Nigeria’s foremost Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO) Hygeia continues to define and set new standards for health maintenance services in Nigeria and Africa, deploying global best practices. In a bid to improve transparency and service quality in the healthcare space, Hygeia recently launched its mobile app called the Hygeia Mobile App.…
Blackberry unveiled a new smartphone, the Blackberry Motion, at the ongoing 37th GITEX Technology Week which kicked off yesterday in Dubai. This is the follow-up to the Blackberry KEYone which was introduced at the Mobile World Congress in February this year. The infamous smartphone leaker, Evan Blass (@evleaks) had already…
Instagram has introduced and interactive poll sticker in Instagram Stories that lets you ask a question and see results from your friends and followers as they vote. Whether you want to choose the shirt to wear for that party or the restaurant to take your bae to, you can let your…
LiFi, short for Light Fidelity, may be here earlier than we think if the breakthrough recorded by Chinese scientists is anything to go by. LiFi is a wireless optical network technology that uses Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) for performing data transfers. A team of Chinese researchers have created F-CDs a fluorescent carbon…
Angaza, a Pay-As-You-Go software company, with offices in San Francisco and Nairobi, has raised $10.5 million in a series B funding round to scale its solution. This funding round was led by Laurene Powell Jobs’ Emerson Collective, joined by Rethink Impact, Salesforce Ventures, Social Capital, and the Stanford StartX Fund. With the previous Series…
Microsoft has launched Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, designed to make it easy to move what you’re working on between your phone and PC. Remember Microsoft Edge replaced Internet Explorer. Microsoft Edge for iOS is available starting today in preview, with Microsoft Edge for Android available soon in preview. “One…
Entersekt, a fintech solutions company, has raised a new round of funding with assistance from co-investment vehicle Endeavor Catalyst. The investment marks Endeavor Catalyst’s first ever in South Africa. “We believe in the growth potential of Entersekt and in the idea that you can potentially build scale-up companies in every market across…
Kirusa’s Instavoice service has reached the remarkable landmark of 100 billion calls handled via its call completion service platform. According to Kirusa, a global leader in communication solutions over data networks for consumers and enterprises, the 100 Billion mark was captured on Kirusa’s internal analytics platform, a tracking system that traces the total…