Archives Tag: Startups
Wimbart Launches Third Edition Of PR Office HoursÂ
April 19, 2022
Early-stage African tech start-ups can now apply for the three-month comms programme. Wimbart, the Public Relations agency specialising in Africa & emerging markets, returns with the launch of its third PR Office Hours programme. The programme has been designed to equip African and Africa-focussed startups with the PR tools required to support and achieve their business … Continue reading Wimbart Launches Third Edition Of PR Office HoursÂ
Pegasus Fintech Challenge 2021
April 19, 2022
DLM Capital Group is announcing the Pegasus FinTech Challenge 2021 through its Digital Bank subsidiary @BankSofri in partnership with the African FinTech Foundry (AFF). Read more about FinTech In partnership with Africa FinTech Foundry, Pegasus FinTech Challenge aims to help accelerate seeding funding and investments in FinTech startups. Application is only open to FinTech … Continue reading Pegasus Fintech Challenge 2021
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Applications Open For GSMA Innovation Fund 2021
April 19, 2022
The 2021 innovation fund has once again opened applications for startups in Africa. This is following after the GSMA Innovation Fund 2020 where 9 startups across Asia and Africa received grant awards. Read more about Opportunities Nigeria’s ScholarX, a Digital learning provider, was one of the selected grantees for the GSMA Innovation Fund for … Continue reading Applications Open For GSMA Innovation Fund 2021
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A Startup Law For Nigeria
April 19, 2022
The Nigerian tech space has largely been governed by unrelated laws since its inception. Entrepreneurs have only been taking the initiative themselves in order to innovate and provide solutions. Read more about Tech Founders, investors, and employees in the tech space went with the flow using related regulations governing telecoms, banking, insurance, investment and … Continue reading A Startup Law For Nigeria
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Did You Know? You Can Now Register Your Business Abroad From Nigeria
April 19, 2022
When it comes to tech, people tend to construe it through the lens of start-up companies and the start-up seems to now be synonymous with tech like no other word in English lexicography. But there is so much more to the tech ecosystem and even more to business growth within tech. Read more about … Continue reading Did You Know? You Can Now Register Your Business Abroad From Nigeria
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Founder Institute Lagos Cohort IV begins February 2021
April 19, 2022
The Lagos ecosystem remains the role model ecosystem for the African continent. To this end, Founder Institute Lagos, in partnership with Stanbic IBTC, continues to support the launching of more high-quality startups. The current FI Lagos alumni portfolio is 60+ companies and as at today, about 15 founders have already registered for Cohort IV which is to kick off in February 2021. The Founder Institute’s curriculum is a rigorous … Continue reading Founder Institute Lagos Cohort IV begins February 2021
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Pacer Ventures Announces PV Founders Clinic For Startups
April 19, 2022
Pacer Ventures has launched PV Founders Clinic to support early-stage companies and their founding teams, with a view of building investment-worthy startups. This initiative follows the announcement of its $3M fund for early-stage startups that are solving some of the most critical problems on the continent. The PV Founders clinic sessions will be anchored by its leadership team and select mentors with vast … Continue reading Pacer Ventures Announces PV Founders Clinic For Startups
How To Scale Your Business From Startup To A Growing Team
April 19, 2022
Although starting a business is hard, it is nothing compared to the phase when the business picks up momentum and things start moving fast. At this point, startups face a lot of pressure because they have to scale and rising to this challenge can be intimidating. Read more about Business While every startup is … Continue reading How To Scale Your Business From Startup To A Growing Team
ARM Sandbox To Help Fintech Firms Accelerate Scale Plans
April 19, 2022
Asset & Resource Management Holding Company; ARM, has launched a new and more efficient way for Fintech firms to scale their integration and customer acquisition plans, the ARM Sandbox. The ARM Sandbox allows Fintechs that resell APIs (Application Program Interface), provides e-wallet, investments, and payment services to integrate ARM’s API into their solutions. This … Continue reading ARM Sandbox To Help Fintech Firms Accelerate Scale Plans
FasterCapital’s Women Round of Funding
April 19, 2022
FasterCapital (an incubator based in Dubai, UAE) is launching its yearly women round on 16th, June 2020. The last woman round has attracted more than 200 submissions from 50 different countries. This round is dedicated to any startup that has one woman co-founder. You can apply regardless of the stage of the startup. If you only … Continue reading FasterCapital’s Women Round of Funding
Fintech Startup Okra Gets $1 Million Investment from TLcom
April 19, 2022
Okra, a relatively young fintech startup based in Lagos, Nigeria, has gotten backing worth $1 million from venture capital group TLcom. Founded in 2019, the startup has gained traction for its API product, which connects users’ bank accounts to digital apps that may require them for financial transactions. The founding team speaks of it as … Continue reading Fintech Startup Okra Gets $1 Million Investment from TLcom
#Covid19InnovationChallenge Update: MTN Joins Ventures Platform And Others As Selected Startups Roll Out Solutions
April 19, 2022
Now more than ever, it takes a village to not only raise a child but to also save a nation. Sometime in March, Ventures Platform, a leading angel investment in Nigeria collaborated with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with the sole purpose of finding, supporting, funding and growing products and services that could … Continue reading #Covid19InnovationChallenge Update: MTN Joins Ventures Platform And Others As Selected Startups Roll Out Solutions
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International Workers’ Day 2020 Entrepreneur Grant
April 19, 2022
International grants will be disbursed to Nigerian entrepreneurs in an attempt at reviving the economy that is faced with the tremendous effect of the global pandemic, Covid- 19 (Coronavirus). Existing entrepreneurs and startups will be encouraged, financially and this will be done in commemoration of the International Workers’ Day, May 1. Prospective entrepreneurs and startups … Continue reading International Workers’ Day 2020 Entrepreneur Grant
Nigerian mDoc Makes Startup Selection For Google For Startups Accelerator On UN SDG
April 19, 2022
Identifying one of the numerous problems that we face in our day-to-day interaction is easy but building structures around solutions that address those problems is not a walk in the park. According to an article by Investopedia, 45% of startups fail during the first five years of starting due to several factors including business plan … Continue reading Nigerian mDoc Makes Startup Selection For Google For Startups Accelerator On UN SDG
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IG Live Sessions With Uju Obuekwe
April 19, 2022
In the midst of this #COVID- 19 pandemic, businesses are increasingly finding that they have to take their business online if they haven’t already done so, to remain and thrive in business. We also know that marketing your products and services are a key function of any business. At this IG live session we will … Continue reading IG Live Sessions With Uju Obuekwe
