Remedial Health Raises $1 Million Pre-seed
Remedial Health, a Nigerian Health-tech startup that provides finance and supply-chain management solutions has received $1 million in pre-seed funding to digitise pharmacies in Nigeria and across Africa whilst also expanding the startup’s buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) service. The startup was founded by Samuel Okwuada and Victor Benjamin in 2020 as a private label business. Read […]
Health Tech Platforms In Nigeria
In the last two decades, technology has advanced at a rapid rate and indisputably has impacted every aspect of human endeavour. Technology has become an inseparable and core part of human society. Read more about Tech Until, the Covid- 19 pandemic of 2020, human beings were not limited to the home and are not required […]
Edukoya Is Providing A Free And Seamless Learning Experience For Secondary School Students
The idea of formal education has changed radically within the last couple of years. Being physically present in a classroom or learning centre is not the only learning option anymore. This is a direct effect of the rise of the internet and new technologies. Read more about Tech One can have access to a quality […]
Flutterwave Announces $250 Million Series D Funding
The African payments company, Flutterwave announced today that it has closed Series D funding of $250 million, valuing the company at over $3 billion. The brand continues to transform the way Africans transact on the continent and worldwide after closing Series C funding of $170 million, which valued the company to be over $1 […]
World-Class Mobile Applications Built By Nigerians
In the past, the tech space in Nigeria used to be dominated by foreign-owned websites and applications, but Nigerians are gradually creating apps that are proving to be reliable options for citizens and the world at large. The applications range from FinTechs (Financial Technology) startups to online shopping platforms, logistics applications, Elearning platforms, health techs, […]
Reliance Health Raises $40 Million Series B Funding
There has been a tremendous growth of health tech globally since 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The situation launched the use of telemedicine, virtual care, and drug delivery in providing health care services, to the masses. This in essence fuelled investors’ interest in the health sector. Investment also seeped down to Africa as there […]
Mecho Autotech Secures $2.15 Million To Expand Vehicle Repay
Car maintenance in Nigeria is not very popular because most vehicle owners and drivers usually wait until a part of the vehicle spoils before it is taken to be repaired. Even when vehicles are sent to the auto workshop, most of the mechanics in Nigeria were not properly trained on how to service, repair, and […]
Quabbly: A Non-Coding Software Solution For Businesses
Venture capital investments into startups in Africa hit a high record in 2021 as companies raised over $4.3 billion in venture capital investments that are 2.5x the amount raised in 2020. Startups in Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya and South Africa (collectively referred to as the “the big four”) raised over $3.4 billion, representing 81% of the total funding […]
Aboki Africa Rebrands To Grey
Aboki Africa is a foreign account provider for Africans. It is one of the easiest ways to send and receive international payments without restrictions. Read more about FinTech Their mission is to streamline the currency exchange process for Africans. Many users leverage Aboki Africa to convert funds from foreign currency to Naira and vice versa. […]
Instant Loan Applications In Nigeria
Life is full of uncertainties and there comes a time when we would need money urgently maybe for some personal use, business, or for some other problems that require financial attention. We may need to source for funds to pull through and getting a quick loan might be the fastest way to secure funds. Read […]
Nestcoin Secures 6.5 Million Dollars Pre-seed Funding
With the adoption of blockchain and the tech it develops, crypto has led to exciting innovations like non-fungible tokens (NFT), decentralized finance (DeFi), and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Emerging economies like Nigeria have experienced an explosion in the adoption of crypto and blockchain technology, but a new startup wants to bring more people into the […]
The Electronic Identity Card
A 2019 court order put a temporary halt to electronic identity card issuance initiated by the Goodluck Jonathan’s Administration after 1.2 million cards had been issued. The electronic identity card was supposed to be the super app of civil registers and traditional ID cards, combining identification that is digitally verifiable with the ability to make […]
AltSchool Raise $1 Million Pre-seed Fund
AltSchool Africa has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to scale its efforts. The Venture Capitals in the funding round include Voltron Capital, Nestcoin, Pledges, and Odba VC. The startup plans to use the investment to build its content and curriculum, technology infrastructure, and community concept where students will meet offline to network and […]
Casava Has Raised A $4 Million Pre-seed Fund
The general awareness of insurance in Africa has been bland for years, along with its penetration rate, except in South Africa. In line with a Mckinsey survey in 2018, Africa’s insurance market was at a 3% penetration rate; with South Africa excluded, it was just 1.12%. Only 1.9% of the adult population had one form of […]
Bamboo Secures 15 million Series A Funding
Bamboo is a Nigerian startup founded by Richmond Bassey and Yanmo Omorogbe in January 2020. It is an investment platform that allows Africans to buy and trade United States stocks in real-time. It raised a $15 million Series A funding to accelerate its growth, penetrate new markets and create more products. Read more about FinTech […]
Kippa, The Perfect Solution For Bookkeeping For Small Businesses In Nigeria
Bookkeeping and accounting are vital parts of a business, especially one that doesn’t want to go bankrupt. Utilizing an unreliable bookkeeping system will cause business owners not to know whether their business is making profits, when to purchase a new asset or when to expand the business. Read more about Tech Most business owners lack […]