Education

Two Nigerian Teachers Make Top 50 Shortlist For $1m Global Teacher Prize

Two Nigerian teachers, Adeola Adefemi, and Olusegun Adeniyi, have been named on the top 50 shortlist for the $1 million

MTN
Appointment Telecom

MTN Appoints Odunayo Sanya as Executive Secretary of MTN Foundation

MTN Nigeria has appointed Odunayo Sanya as Executive Secretary of MTN Foundation. She replaces Nonny Ugboma who held the position

FirstCheck Africa
Funding Investment Venture Capital Women

Meet the Four Female-led African Startups That Just Received Investment From FirstCheck Africa

Six months ago, Eloho Omame, the Managing Director of Endeavor Nigeria and Odunayo Eweniyi, the Co-founder/Chief Operations Officer of Piggyvest launched FirstCheck

Moove
Funding Investment Mobility Startup Venture Capital

Moove Raises $23 Million Series A Funding to Democratize Vehicle Ownership in Africa

Moove, an African mobility fintech, today announced that it has raised $23 million in Series A funding. The round was

Google
Internet

Children’s Day, Shedi bala bala Champions, League Top Google Search in May

Children’s Day, Champions League and Europa League finals, shedi bala bala, Eid-el-Fitr, and social media trends were among the top

CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa
Fintech

AWABAH, Crop2Cash and 12 Other Fintech Startups Joining CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa 2021

The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) Foundation has selected 14 Fintech startups to take part in the 2021 edition

Fintech Women

TeamApt Launches Women in Tech 2021 Internship Programme

TeamApt, the Nigerian fintech company that provides digital financial services solutions and payment infrastructure, has announced the launch of its first Women

Calendly
Interview

How Tope Awotona Fought Through Life’s Challenges to Build a $60m Startup in The US

Babatope Awotona is the founder and CEO of Calendly- a simple and beautiful scheduling tool that helps you schedule meetings

One Kiosk
Interview

Meet One Kiosk, The Startup Aiming to Become The Instacart For Africa

One Kiosk Africa is aiming to become the Instacart of Africa. The co-founder and CEO of the startup, Adeshina Adewumi

AFD
Digital Entrepreneurship Startup

Meet 10 Winning African Startups Selected For AFD Digital Challenge

AFD has selected 10 innovative African startups building creative solutions to challenges linked to development for its AFD Digital Challenge.