Archives Tag: Startups
How Nigerian Startups Can Handle The New Japa Wave
April 19, 2022
According to a recent survey, Nigeria emerged as the highest number of immigrants in the United Kingdom and the second-highest recipient of the UK Work Visa between December 2019 and June 2022. This is a classical case of brain drain. In a lame man’s language: Japa has hit Nigeria. Read more about Business There … Continue reading How Nigerian Startups Can Handle The New Japa Wave
How Businesses and Startups Can Integrate Offline and Online Retail Channels in Nigeria (Part 2)
April 19, 2022
Employing online and offline channels in your business is a crucial part of doing business in a post-pandemic world. In a previous post, I reported that in 2021, over 53% (over 300 million) Africans became active e-commerce purchasers. In 2025, the number will increase to 500 million, an over 20% growth. Read more about … Continue reading How Businesses and Startups Can Integrate Offline and Online Retail Channels in Nigeria (Part 2)
How Businesses and Startups Can Integrate Offline and Online Retail Channels in Nigeria (Part 1)
April 19, 2022
If you are a business owner, an entrepreneur or a startup founder in Nigeria, the past three years – the years of COVID-19 and the global economic meltdown – must have taught you vital lessons about being adaptive and agile in your distribution channels. Read more about Business During COVID-19, we saw massive porting … Continue reading How Businesses and Startups Can Integrate Offline and Online Retail Channels in Nigeria (Part 1)
How Founders Can Grow Their Startups With Adaptive Selling
April 19, 2022
In this article, I shall be showing you how to grow your startup with adaptive selling. To start with, adaptive selling is a well-researched, behaviour-based approach to sales that balances personalization with efficiency. On the other side of the spectrum is rigid selling. Rigid selling is when a startup operates its sales process like … Continue reading How Founders Can Grow Their Startups With Adaptive Selling
How Startups Can Build The Right Business Community That Drives Growth
April 19, 2022
In an ever-changing social and business world, being a lone wolf can be catastrophic. The lone wolf gets tired easily and even gets little at the end of the day. This is why the pack is hardly defeated compared to the lone wolf. This same model, if applied in the business world, can make … Continue reading How Startups Can Build The Right Business Community That Drives Growth
How Founders Can Lead Their Startups Out of Bankruptcy
April 19, 2022
Bankruptcy is one of those business situations many founders in Nigeria and elsewhere don’t want to find themselves in. The fact remains that bankruptcy affecting an enterprise that provides solutions and services to people can be demoralizing to a founder. This is why in the face of bankruptcy, the last thing you must do … Continue reading How Founders Can Lead Their Startups Out of Bankruptcy
FinTech Startups For POS Business In Nigeria
April 19, 2022
It would be a pure disaster if you needed money urgently but there are no ATMs or banks around. This kind of dilemma is now a thing of the past since pos agent banking is now everywhere. Point of sale machines is generally used in making payments for goods and services. They have now been adapted … Continue reading FinTech Startups For POS Business In Nigeria
Inclusive FinTech 50 Has Launched Its 2022 Competition For FinTech Startups
April 19, 2022
Inclusive fintech 50 is a global competition aimed at discovering, identifying and elevating 50 early-stage fintech startups that solve the problem of financial inclusion. These fintech startups generally seek to deal with the various challenges affecting the delivery of financial services for both unserved and underserved customers. Three of these competitions have already been conducted … Continue reading Inclusive FinTech 50 Has Launched Its 2022 Competition For FinTech Startups
How To Improve Access To Capital For Women-Led Fintech Startups
April 19, 2022
The fintech sector is the most funded tech sector in Nigeria. This is quite obvious considering that the sector raised the highest funding in the year 2021. This year alone, it is already leading other sectors with the most prominent being the $250 million Series D raised by the Unicorn Flutterwave in Q1 2022. Sadly, … Continue reading How To Improve Access To Capital For Women-Led Fintech Startups
How Nigerian FinTech Startups Can Get More Agro-farmers To Sign Up On Their Platforms
April 19, 2022
There is a new wave of startup operations called agri-fintech. Most developing countries such as Brazil, India, Spain, and Indonesia, among others, where agriculture makes up the majority of their profession, are experiencing the rise of agro-fintech. Agri-fintech is a type of startup that helps farmers gain access to credit and loan facilities and … Continue reading How Nigerian FinTech Startups Can Get More Agro-farmers To Sign Up On Their Platforms
How New Startups Can Slay Giants
April 19, 2022
You are the newcomer on the block. Of course, they are a lot of worries about being the new kid on the block, especially with these big guys who have been around for years and even own the industries. Your biggest headache is how to carve a name for yourself and not get suppressed … Continue reading How New Startups Can Slay Giants
$45,000 On Offer In The Pitch AgriHack 2022 Digital Agriculture Competition For AgriTech Startups
April 19, 2022
PitchAgriHack is currently receiving applications from businesses that are developing technology-driven solutions to challenges faced by players in the agricultural sector. It invites AgriTech startups from across Africa at various stages of growth to enter its competition, in which winners will receive cash prizes. Read more about Opportunities Generation Africa, a platform of the AGRF, … Continue reading $45,000 On Offer In The Pitch AgriHack 2022 Digital Agriculture Competition For AgriTech Startups
Artificial Intelligence Startups In Nigeria
April 19, 2022
The potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has not fully been realized in Nigeria. As a result of inadequate knowledge about AI, lack of infrastructure, power supply and access to data. According to the Oxford Insight Government AI Readiness, Nigeria ranks 138 globally and 20 in Africa, behind South Africa, Kenya and Ghana. Artificial Intelligence has … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence Startups In Nigeria
The YEEP Scholarship, Mentorship And Funding Program For Startups
April 19, 2022
The Young Entrepreneurs Empowerment Program (YEEP) is offering to help entrepreneurs with scholarships, mentorship and funding that they’ll need to develop their business ideas and scale their enterprises. Read more about Opportunities This program’s organizers aim to support startups, social enterprises and organizations run by young people. They are particularly interested in engaging early and … Continue reading The YEEP Scholarship, Mentorship And Funding Program For Startups
Apply For The ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator Program 2022
April 19, 2022
If you run an early-stage FinTech or PropTech startup, here’s your chance to get the investment and mentorship your venture needs to scale. Read more about Opportunities The ARM Labs Lagos Tech starts Accelerator is inviting startups in the financial technology and property technology spaces to apply for its program. It will select about 12 … Continue reading Apply For The ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator Program 2022
