VertoFX
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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

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

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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

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Senegal Solar Power Startup, Oolu Secures Investment From GAIA Impact Fund

GAIA Impact Fund, a Francophone-focused venture fund specializing in clean energy, has announced a strategic investment in Oolu, a Senegal-based Y

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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