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Nigeria’s Online Real Estate Tech Is Booming Thanks To Smartphones
Nigerians in the market for a place to live are increasingly using their smartphones to find their next home, with a growing number of online real estate tech firms rising to meet the demand. A...
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Mauritius Solar Energy Company Raises $10M To Expand Into West Africa
New York-based venture capital firm Persistent Energy Capital LLC, and Nigeria’s Verod Capital Management have invested $10 million in Daystar Power, an off-grid solar energy firm focused on West...
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As An Oil-Producing Country, Should Nigeria Discourage The Use Of Electric Cars?
Nigeria is capable of producing around 800 million barrels of oil per year, but a debate is underway in the government about new technology that could impact demand — electric cars. Some lawmakers...
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Nigeria And UK Tech Firms Sign $73M Agreement To Deliver Cashless Transport...
Nigerian fintech firm Interswitch and the U.K.’s Becoz have a $73 million partnership agreement to establish a research hub in Lagos. The partnership will see the firms providing card technology...
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Nigeria Hosts African Women in Technology Conference
Photo: wocintech/Flickr The African Women in Technology (AWIT), a network of African women who are creatively redefining the technology space in Africa and becoming key players and trendsetters in the...
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Microsoft Invests $100M In Engineers And Tech Hubs For Kenya And Nigeria
U.S. software giant Microsoft recently opened Azure cloud data centers in South Africa and is now investing an additional $100 million in tech development hubs and job creation in two of the...
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Full Transcript: Paga Founder And CEO Tayo Oviosu On GHOGH Podcast
Tayo Oviosu – Founder & CEO @ Paga Image: Anita Sanikop In episode seven of the GHOGH podcast, Jamarlin Martin speaks to Tayo Oviosu, the founder and CEO of Paga, the leading mobile payments...
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Nigerian VC Firm Participates In $6M Investment Round For New York-Based...
A Nigerian venture capital firm has joined Silicon Valley Incubator Y Combinator in funding an Africa-focused climate insurance tech startup as part of a $6 million investment round. Nigerian venture...
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Nigeria To Join Africa Free Trade Zone, Trade Minister Says
Nigeria, the continent’s biggest economy, is yet to join the new pan-African trade zone that aims to cut tariffs on 90 percent of goods, but the country is expected to do so with the agreement coming...
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San Francisco VC Firm Invests $5.3M In Nigerian Motorcycle Ride-Hailing Startup
San Francisco-based venture capital fund Rise Capital is behind an investment that will allow a Nigerian on-demand motorcycle ride-hailing startup to expand its driver fleet in the country. Rise...
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This Innovator Is The Reason Nigeria No Longer Needs To Import Sim, ATM Cards...
Kofo Akinkugbe is the Nigerian woman behind West Africa’s first and only smart card production plant, producing 200 million smart cards per year. Her company, SecureID, creates sim and ATM cards for...
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Nigerian Healthtech Firm Raises $1M To Build 100 Diagnostic Centers In West...
MDaaS Founding Team L-R: Joe McCord (Supply Chain), Opeyemi Ologun (Country Manager, Nigeria), Genevieve Barnard Oni (CFO), Oluwasoga Oni (CEO). Photo – MDaaS Nigerian healthtech firm MDaaS Global has...
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Nigerian Solar Firm Arnergy Raises $9M From VC Fund Backed By Bill Gates,...
Femi Adeyemo is the founder and CEO of Nigerian solar energy firm Arnergy. Photo – Arnergy Yet another African solar energy solutions firm has raised capital for expansion as the challenge to light up...
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Lagos Is One Of Airbnb’s Fastest-Growing Markets, Listings Have Doubled
Lagos, Nigeria has become a popular destination with travelers using the Airbnb platform. AP Photo – Sunday Alamba Lagos, with a population of 21 million people, is Nigeria’s economic hub and an...
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Full Transcript: Jamarlin Martin Discusses Flawed Thinking In The Community...
Jamarlin Martin discusses R. Kelly’s alleged sexual abuse in this episode of the GHOGH podcast. Photo: Anita Sanikop In episode 42 of the GHOGH podcast, Jamarlin Martin goes solo and talks about...
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Ghanaian And Nigerian Startups Selected For Techstars Accelerator In Austin,...
Cowtribe is a Ghanaian agritech startup that helps farmers to take good care of their livestock. Photo – Cowtribe Two African tech startups are expected to take part in the upcoming cohort of the...
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Opera Raises $50M For African Expansion Of Motorcycle Ride Sharing, Food...
Mobile money services such as Opera’s OPay are gaining popularity in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. Photo by Seyi Ariyo on Unsplash Opera, the company behind Africa’s most popular web browser, is...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Airbnb’s Growth In Africa
Cape Town remains the most popular African city for Airbnb. Photo: Anita Sanikop/Moguldom U.S. hospitality booking platform Airbnb has experienced consistent growth in Africa since launching in South...
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1st International Acquisition In Nollywood’s Billion-Dollar Industry: IROKOtv...
Mary Njoku, director general of Nigerian film studio Rok. Photo – Rok Six years after launching, Nollywood film studio and TV network ROK has been acquired by French audiovisual group Canal+. ROK owns...
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Growing Up In Nigeria: The Secret Of Success For Tope Awotona, Founder Of...
Tope Antwona, founder of Calendly. Photo: simplybuckhead.com Tope Awotona is a successful entrepreneur with a business that generates $30 million in revenue annually. He’s the founder of Atlanta-based...
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