Nigeria

Africa Internet Group face shake-up with ecommerce MDs in Nigeria

Major ecommerce backer Africa Internet Group (AIG) has quietly faced an overhaul of leadership of its online shopping plays in Nigeria. Already, the Rocket…

Beyond insurance: How TopCheck aims to transform Nigeria’s financial services industry

In a country where online sale of services is still arguably unpopular compared to retail and other services, TopCheck is attempting to achieve profitability…

Governance and startups — the Ethiopia experience

Last month, Seedstars World held its first challenge in Ethiopia’s capital city of Addis Ababa and the event featured eleven of the country’s best…

Why startup incubators in Africa just don’t work

I am 100% convinced that the incubation model in Africa is fatally flawed as a method of creating big software companies. Of the nine…

Nigeria online booking space set to heat up with TravelBeta launch

Ex-Jumia and Konga executive Onyeka Akumah and others have launched TravelBeta (“beta” pronounced as pidgin English for “better”), a platform that seeks to disrupt…

CcHub’s Bosun Tijani: ‘Nigeria can’t move forward if we don’t use technology smartly’ [Q&A]

The story of tech entrepreneurship in Nigeria is incomplete without mentioning Lagos-based Co-Creation Hub (CCHub) considering its status as the first extensively recognised incubation…

$1m The Venture competition now open to Nigerian startups

Startups in Nigeria can now compete to win their share of US$1-million from Chivas Regal’s The Venture competition, which aims to ultimately recognise and…

How Nigeria’s economic boom could be down to improved payment systems

With Nigeria having recently eclipsed South Africa as the continent’s biggest economy, it is worth taking a look the nation’s progress from the perspective…

Jumia bags another award: named best Nigerian ecommerce site of the year

It seems like Jumia is making a habit of winning. The Nigerian online retailer was awarded the Best ecommerce Website of the Year at the Beacon…

Jumia partners with African Fashion Week Nigeria, empowers local designers

Rocket Internet’s ecommerce flagship and one of Nigeria’s biggest online retailers, Jumia Nigeria, is partnering with African Fashion Week Nigeria in order to promote…

Konga, Lenovo collaborate to bring ecommerce into Nigerian mainstream

Lenovo and Konga have teamed up in Nigeria to increase online shopping education through the radio. Lenovo, one of the world’s largest computer manufacturing…

MEF predicts major mobile growth in Africa, notes the rise of m-education

This week MEF, the global global community for mobile content and commerce, released the findings from the second phase of its African Growth Market…

Konga wants to help Nigeria’s GDP by creating jobs

At a recent summit in Nigeria the importance of ICT in the country was discussed by Konga CEO Sim Shagaya, who noted that the…

20 kickass African tech entrepreneurs worth your time

Entrepreneurship means setting sail on a whirlwind adventure without a boat and the hope that you’ll be able to build a ship along the…

Kaymu Nigeria launches new schemes to improve quality and performance

One of the most common obstacles for online shopping in Africa is fraud or the fear of fraud. To enable a system that promotes…

Nigerian mobile security startup secures up to $10m in funding round

Nigerian financial security app, i.Sec, has closed a US$10-million funding round with local private equity firm Synergy Capital, according to the company website. “…Synergy…

In startups we trust: Africa and its ‘silent’ rise to stardom

It’s starting to get redundant to say tech is big in Africa. Of course tech is big in Africa. Tech is big everywhere –…

Jumia now offering budget-friendly X-touch tablet in Nigeria

Jumia is one of Nigeria’s largest online retail stores and offers a range products from women’s high-heels to cheap smartphones and books. To further…

LeadPath tech accelerator launches $1.5-million startup fund in Nigeria

There’s a new startup space blooming in East Africa and it’s all about leveraging Africa’s latest tech trends. Nigerian accelerator LeadPath recently unveiled its…

Carmudi boasts record figures with more than 10 000 cars listed

Online vehicle marketplace officially launched under the name Carmudi Nigeria October last year with the hopes of becoming the region’s largest online car retailer….

Bad business: the makings of an ecommerce venture in Africa

If you had to pick any industry that Africa seems to have clung onto since its tech boom, it has to be ecommerce. For…

88mph, L5Lab launch joint venture fund ‘440’ for Nigerian tech startups

In an attempt to further boost the West African tech scene, seed fund and accelerator 88mph has recently announced the launch of its latest…

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