Cowrywise
Fintech Funding Investment Startup

Nigerian Fintech Startup Cowrywise Secures $3m Pre-series A Investment to Grow Number of Nigerians Investing in Mutual Funds

Cowrywise, a Nigerian fintech startup, has raised $3 million in pre-Series A funding led by Quona Capital. Tsadik Foundation, Gumroad CEO Sahil Lavingia,

Passfolio
Fintech Interview

Fintech Innovation, Cryptocurrency Adoption Made Us Expand to Nigeria-Passfolio CEO, David Gobaud

Passfolio recently launched in Nigeria to offer its commission-free US Stock trading service. David Gobaud the founder of the startup

workpay
Entrepreneurship Funding Venture Capital

Kenyan’s WorkPay Secures $2.1m Seed Funding to Scale its Services Across East Africa

WorkPay, a Kenyan cloud-based workforce management startup with human resource (HR) and payroll management has secured $2.1 million investment. WorkPay

VertoFX
Africa Business Fintech Funding Investment Payment Venture Capital

Nigeria’s VertoFX Secures $2M Seed Round to Make Currency Trading Seamless in Africa

VertoFX, an Africa and emerging markets-focused currency trading and payment startup has secured a $2.1 million investment led by Accelerated

54gene
Entrepreneurship Funding Health Investment Technology Venture Capital

Nigeria’s 54gene Secures $4.5 million to Establish World’s First African DNA Biobank

54gene, a Nigerian Genomic startup, has secured a $4.5 million from YCombinator, Fifty Years, Better Ventures, KdT Ventures, Hack VC

Lambda School
Accelerator Africa Fintech Funding Investment

Paystack Partners Lambda School to Train 10 African Full Stack Developers

Paystack has announced that it is partnering with Lambda School to provide a world-class full stack developer education – at

Logistics
Business Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Startup Transport

World Bank’s IFC Invest  $6m in Nigeria’s Logistics Startup, Kobo360 

The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced a $6-million equity investment in Nigerian tech startup Kobo360. The startup’s

Entrepreneurship Events Startup

Lagos Startup Week Set to Hold in September

Lagos Startup Week, the annual week-long celebration of startups in Lagos, now in its fourth year, will take place from

Accelerator Entrepreneurship Startup

The Pros and Cons of Joining a Startup Accelerator

Over the past few years, awareness of startup accelerator programs like Y-Combinator and 500 Startups among others has skyrocketed. Typically, startup accelerators periodically select

Accelerator Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Startup Transport Venture Capital

Nigeria logistics Startup Kobo360 Secures $1.2 million Pre-seed Funding

Nigeria logistics firm Kobo360 has been accepted into YCombinator’s 2018 class and secured some working capital in the form of