Nigeria

Nigerian gift-card startup SureGifts introduces unique way to obtain loans

Nigerian gift-card startup SureGifts is introducing a new service that allows employees in Nigeria to obtain voucher loans to pay for certain online services….

Onyeka Akumah on Travelbeta, ecommerce and Nigeria’s tech space [Q&A]

The first time I heard about Travelbeta launch by Onyeka Akumah was in July 2015 at the official launch of HouseMax in Lagos. Akumah…

Primecart’s bold attempt to dominate ecommerce in Nigeria through Shoprite

During the festive period, public holidays, and those notable days that are not recognised in Nigeria’s calendar, people often troop en masse to quite…

Nigeria’s top 5 startup moments of 2015

Barring last-minute announcements, it is safe to say the curtains have been drawn on the 2015 startup year in Nigeria. Like previous years, the…

Nitestay’s attempt to stand out in Nigeria’s highly competitive hotel booking space

Even though ecommerce giants Jumia and Konga are still Nigeria’s foremost startup companies, attention is gradually being extended to other sectors as 2015 saw…

Padi is Nigeria’s new hyper-local delivery service

Nigerian internet company Iconway has launched Padi, described as a hyper-local delivery service. It allows people to order products from neighbourhood stores and have…

Kickstarter campaign wants to empower Nigerian farmers with tomato paste

This has to be one of the most interesting crowdfunding projects we’ve seen in Africa. Launched by social entrepreneurs Mira Mehta and Shane Kiernan,…

Naspers invests $50-million in Nigerian ecommerce site Konga, says report

Key players seem to be raising the stakes in Africa’s ecommerce space. Earlier this week, two of South Africa’s biggest online shops — the…

Jumia partners with Ivorian Ministry of Education to support local schools

In partnership with the Ivorian Ministry of Education, African ecommerce company Jumia has recently announced that it will be launching a campaign that will distribute free…

Meet Africa’s top 10 exciting tech startups to represent at Dublin Web Summit

The Dublin Web Summit has announced its favourite startups that will be representing the continent, predominantly from Nigeria and South Africa, from 4 to 6 November 2014….

Price comparison site PricePadi launches in Nigeria amid ecommerce boom

Nigerian consumer internet company Iconway today announced the launch of PricePadi, an online shopping service that allows customers to search for and discover products…

7 startups hitting the right note with Africa’s musicians

There are a lot of music tech startups popping up across Africa. It shouldn’t be that surprising when you look at Nigeria, which boasts…

Easy Taxi to help drive Ebola Awareness Campaign with Dettol partnership

The Ebola virus has been responsible for over a thousand deaths since it started spreading across West Africa early this year. Some of the…

Physics, healthcare and imagination: meet Africa’s future

Every year, Microsoft asks university students to imagine what they could do with technology through its Imagine Cup competition — a skills-based challenge comprised…

Many fragments of a whole: unmasking Nigeria’s tech industry

“Things don’t work like that here,” someone in the audience responds as Gareth Knight, founder of popular tech conference Tech4Africa, talks about the need…

Taking Nigerians cashless: Q&A with PayPal’s business lead for Africa

Nigeria’s 170-million plus population has an estimated 60-million internet users, making it the largest potential market for PayPal of all the countries it has…

Uber launches in Lagos as it further expands into Africa

The popular San Francisco-based car ordering service Uber has just launched in Lagos, Nigeria. This puts Uber’s active countries across the globe at 42,…

Broadband startup WhiteSpaces wants to bridge Nigeria’s digital divide

The Nigerian based startup, WhiteSpaces, wants to offer an affordable, reliable broadband solution to the country’s millions of unserved citizens. With a focus on…

Say hello to DEMO Africa’s top 40 tech startups of 2014

DEMO Africa has just announced the 40 chosen tech startups that will launch their product on the DEMO Africa stage in September 2014. The…

Nigerian hotel booking startup Jovago partners with TripAdvisor

The Nigerian hotel booking startup, Jovago, has recently partnered up with global travel service TripAdvisor. This partnership will help leverage the massive traffic seen…

PayPal finally extends services to Nigeria, 9 other emerging markets

Online payments have picked up steam across the world, but certain countries, mostly due to lack of telecommunications infrastructure and the threat of fraud,…

Anatomy of a pivot: the story of Fora, a startup that never was

When I was in Nigeria a few months ago, I got the distinct feeling that education startups were the new hot ticket for young…

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