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BUSINESS

Nigerian Startup Aella Credit Gets $10 Million to Scale Operations

April 19, 2022

Nigerian fintech startup Aella Credit has secured $10 million in debt financing from Singaporean company HQ Financial Group (HQF). The startup announced this in a post which appeared on its blog early on Monday. Launched in 2015 by cofounders Akin Jones and Wale Akanbi, the startup exists to drive financial inclusion by granting microloans to … Continue reading Nigerian Startup Aella Credit Gets $10 Million to Scale Operations

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BUSINESS

12 Ways to Make Money Online in Nigeria

April 19, 2022

The internet avails us with many opportunities to sell our skills and earn from them. If you’ve been wondering how you can make money online, this article has details you can use. Here, we will be going through 12 online businesses you can start today. A lot of these businesses require little or nothing to … Continue reading 12 Ways to Make Money Online in Nigeria

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Website Review

Websites We Love: Accounteer

April 19, 2022

Many businesses today experience stagnation due to the failure to keep accurate and trustworthy financial accounts. These businesses are unable to keep track of data that can enable them manage their organisations properly owing to a lack of knowledge of financial accounting and the inability to utilise complex accounting tools. Read more about Websites We … Continue reading Websites We Love: Accounteer

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BUSINESS

Business Growth Tips: How to Find Market Gaps Your Business Can Exploit

April 19, 2022

Businesses create value by meeting the needs of their customers. But they have to be able to discover these needs in the first place. And not everyone is able to do so. Market gaps are the spaces in the market that haven’t been filled by existing service providers. It’s in these spaces that business opportunities … Continue reading Business Growth Tips: How to Find Market Gaps Your Business Can Exploit

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BUSINESS

Nigerian Tech Companies Raised $747 Million in 2019

April 19, 2022

Nigeria continues to lead Africa in funding for tech ventures. A new report from Partech Africa says that the country’s digital and tech companies received the biggest amount of total investment on the continent in 2019, with about $747 million channeled into them by various venture capitalists. The Partech Africa Report covers funding activity involving … Continue reading Nigerian Tech Companies Raised $747 Million in 2019

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TECH

Apply For The Go Global Africa 2020 Startup Competition

April 19, 2022

The United Kingdom’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) is establishing an International Tech Hub Network (ITHN), as part of the UK Government’s Digital Access Programme. Tech Hubs are expert teams which work with partner countries to stimulate local digital economies, build high-end digital skills, and forge innovative partnerships between local tech sectors … Continue reading Apply For The Go Global Africa 2020 Startup Competition

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Press Release

The Next TechCabal Townhall Will Help Businesses & Policymakers Understand Artificial Intelligence & Blockchain

April 19, 2022

The event will answer the key questions that businesses, big corporations, and policymakers have about Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain. On February 28, 2020, TC Townhall: Emerging Tech will convene entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers and corporate organizations including telcos and financial institutions to examine how businesses, individuals and countries across the continent can maximize the benefits of … Continue reading The Next TechCabal Townhall Will Help Businesses & Policymakers Understand Artificial Intelligence & Blockchain

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Social Media

Social Media Influencer Of The Week: Jason Njoku

April 19, 2022

Before Jason Njoku founded iRoko TV with his partner, Sebastian Gotter, in 2012, Nollywood was doing relatively well but was falling short when it came to its availability of movies on the internet. Seeing that there was a consequential need to be filled, Jason Njoku, who was living in faraway London at the time, boarded … Continue reading Social Media Influencer Of The Week: Jason Njoku

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TECH

Paga Acquires Apposit LLC, A US Software Company For Its Expansion

April 19, 2022

You know, innovation is not just creating something new but also partnering with people who are strong in your weakness so that you can take on more territories and do more impact things. That is the same for the tech world also. Read more about Tech The Nigerian fintech space continues to break new grounds … Continue reading Paga Acquires Apposit LLC, A US Software Company For Its Expansion

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TECH

Did You Know? Stutern Is Tackling Youth Unemployment Through Tuition Based Training

April 19, 2022

What kind of student are you? It has been proven that there are different kinds of learners: the visual learner, auditory learner and the kinesthetic learner. The visual learners are those who understand and learn better when knowledge is presented in a visual manner like charts, infographics, videos and pictures. The auditory learner, on the … Continue reading Did You Know? Stutern Is Tackling Youth Unemployment Through Tuition Based Training

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Social Media

Social Media Marketing Tips: 5 Social Media Trends To Watch In 2020

April 19, 2022

Social Media was one of the biggest phenomena of the last decade. It became home to over 3 billion active users worldwide.  Social media is one of the most effective ways through which people learn about new products and get exposed to various brands. Little wonder, many marketers see social media as a priority for … Continue reading Social Media Marketing Tips: 5 Social Media Trends To Watch In 2020

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Website Review

Websites We Love: Amplify.com

April 19, 2022

Amplify was one of the most innovative fintech startups to launch within the past decade. Maxwell Obi and Segun Adeyemi got the idea for the startup while they were enrolled for entrepreneurship training at the  Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) in the year 2015.   They founded Amplify to provide social banking solutions and a … Continue reading Websites We Love: Amplify.com

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BUSINESS

Business Trends to Watch Out For in 2020

April 19, 2022

If you’re wondering what the New Year holds for business in Nigeria, look no further. Here at Connect Nigeria, we’ve come up with a list of things that will almost certainly play out in the next twelve months. These givens will determine how the economy performs; some of it may even directly impact your hustle.    … Continue reading Business Trends to Watch Out For in 2020

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International

Happy New Year!

April 19, 2022

The New Year often comes with mixed feelings; sometimes we’re excited because it’s a brand new year, and other times we feel disillusioned because the plans we had set in place the previous year did not pan out. 2020 holds a lot of special events around the globe, one of them being the Connect Nigeria … Continue reading Happy New Year!

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BUSINESS

10 Business Lessons of 2019

April 19, 2022

There have probably been as many business lessons to learn from the year 2019 as there have been days in it. From our phone screens, we watched companies announce and pursue their strategies to success or failure; we witnessed the demise of ventures and the emergence of new commercial giants; and we saw authorities enact … Continue reading 10 Business Lessons of 2019

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