Nigeria

How Nigeria can achieve Digital Economy, a report by Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA) Modernising regulation and policy reform will be crucial to boosting Nigeria’s digital economy and accelerating internet access for millions through increased mobile broadband penetration, the Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA) has...

Boomplay strikes partnership with Universal Music Group to distribute music from UMG’s world-renowned labels to users in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia Boomplay, Africa’s leading music streaming and download service, has struck a licensing agreement with Universal Music Group covering multiple markets within Africa. The company,...

Nigerian ISP startup Tizeti and its consumer-facing brand, Wifi.com.ng has closed a Series A round of $3M, led by 4DX Ventures. This follows on from the company’s Seed investment of $2.1M reported in 2017, with this round included existing investors Y Combinator Continuity, Lynett Capital, Social Capital, Western Technology Investment, Friále, and Golden Palm Investments. Tizeti will use this investment to expand...

TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield Africa Competition sponsored by Facebook is scheduled to take place from December 11, 2018 in Lagos, Nigeria Speed Read: Startups apply HERE for Startup Battlefield Africa 2018. Selected teams pitch live December 11 in Lagos in front of top investors & the global TC audience. One startup...

Lawyer and Entrepreneur Advisor, Moe Odele shares on how to raise capital as a startup / entrepreneur operating from Nigeria....

Ten questions interview series with Ogundipe Fikayo, CEO & Co-Founder of ToLet.com.ng, online lettings agency helping renters with Lagos property market. ...

From the Ventureburn.com blog: 30 African startups were profiled. Their selections were based on the startup coming from an African root and secondly, it been just brilliant. From Transport apps: TaxiRank – South Africa Down in Cape Town, Taxi Rank makes it easy for the city’s 4-million citizens to...

Social media is here to stay and has changed the way we connect, interact with each other and everyone around us. Social media have helped toppled regimes during the Arab Spring and changed some policies on Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. – Do you know that there are more mobile...

African fabrics are been used in designing fashion accessories and more these days. Not only in Ghana is this creativity and innovation available. At Maker Faire Africa Lagos event, young and elegant Nneamaka Nwosisi showcased fashion accessory made with locally sourced African fabrics/prints. According to Nneamaka, she started her...