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| May 23, 2019 | CSI Nigeria: Inside Lagos’ DNA and Forensic Centre | DNA profiling made its way into criminal investigations sometime in the late 1980s.
One popular early case was the OJ Simpson murder trial in 1994, which ended with an acquittal following the establishment of “reasonable doubt” concerning t... |
| Nov 23, 2018 | Social Media Roundup: RIP Tosyn with a Y | Share this article:
On Monday this week, Inspiration FM On Air Personality (OAP) Tosyn Bucknor was found dead by her husband in their home in Lagos, Nigeria. She was 37 years old.
The 'Voice of Lagos' is silent: Entertainer Tosyn ... |
| Sep 26, 2018 | Google Partners launches in Nigeria to empower digital ad agencies | Share this article:
Today, Google launches its Google Partners programme in the country to further enable digital agencies and brands with online marketing tools to connect with users.
The Google Partners programme was launched globally in ... |
| Sep 15, 2018 | Nigeria’s Regulatory Environment Appears To Favour Renewables But There Are Major Issues | Photo: RawFilm via Unsplash
In 2015, Nigeria developed a National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Policy (NREEP) document with the purpose of increasing the composition of clean energy in its energy mix and in order to increase acces... |
| Sep 6, 2018 | More Off-Grid Solar Start-ups Should Begin Targeting Urban Consumers Too | Photo: Pierre Châtel-Innocenti via Unsplash
A large number of off-grid solar startups operating in Africa target consumers in the rural communities and understandably so. More than 80% of those without electricity in Africa live in rural ar... |
| Sep 5, 2018 | What’s Driving The Uptick In Investments In Africa’s OffGrid Energy Start-ups? | Since 2008, off-grid energy startups operating in Africa have raised no less than $874 million. This amount is spread among 24 out of about 48 startups we researched. This year alone solar startups have already raised about $196 million. Th... |
| Aug 20, 2018 | How Off-Grid Energy Startups Are Using Mobile Money To Increase Access To Electricity In Africa | Solar home systems are expected to bring basic electricity services to an additional 70 million people in Asia and Sub Saharan Africa between 2017 and 2022. In the same period, off-grid capacity is also expected to almost triple reaching mo... |
| Aug 8, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence In Nigeria Is An Infant Space With Huge Potential | Since the 1950s when MIT computer scientist John McCarthy first coined the term “artificial intelligence”, the technology has grown in leaps and bounds across the globe. Today, AI permeates several strata of the digital experience – from we... |
| Jul 11, 2018 | Ethiopian Tech Entrepreneurs Are Gradually Transforming Its Education System | While Nati Gossaye was learning French with the different language apps he found, he noticed it was quite tough to learn on those platforms. So when Facebook launched its Messenger Bot Challenge for Middle East and Africa, he decided to bui... |
| Jul 4, 2018 | A Cursory Look At Music Tech In South Africa | New age global stars like Black Coffee, Mafikizolo, Micasa, AKA and Cassper Nyovest highlight the long, intrinsic relationship South Africans have had with music. From the better-forgotten Apartheid days of the rainbow nations’ singing prot... |
| Mar 23, 2018 | Social Media Roundup: Bill Gates in Nigeria | Share this article:
Yesterday, Bill Gates, philantropist and founder of the Microsoft Corporation arrived Nigeria to see the first-hand progress the country is making on primary healthcare provision, polio eradication, nutrition and financi... |
| Mar 13, 2018 | Discontent and tussle over acquisition of 9mobile | Share this article:
Following a $1.72 billion debt default and the subsequent takeover by creditors, an acquisition loomed over 9mobile.
A few weeks down the line, ownership of the distressed telco was finally up for bidding. Teleology Hold... |
| Mar 12, 2018 | This portable internet router can connect virtually anywhere in the world | Share this article:
Recently, Muyiwa went to China with Transsion Holdings and made a case for the advantages of having your own internet when visiting other countries.
There are surely other options like roaming which may be on the high si... |
| Feb 23, 2018 | Global LinkUP: How Kylie Jenner wiped $1.3 billion off Snapchat’s market value | Share this article:
This week, bitcoin has inspired crime all over the world, and Kylie Jenner nearly killed Snapchat. Read on. How Kylie Jenner nearly snapped Snapchat
“Sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me… ugh... |
| Jan 5, 2018 | Global LinkUP: Apple sued for $999 billion payout | Share this article:
It’s the first week of a new year and Mark Zuckerberg is making resolutions like everyone. In the news this week, there’s a new deadly computer bug that isn’t exactly a bug and iPhone user have dragged Apple to court. Th... |
| Dec 22, 2017 | New patents reveal more details about Samsung’s foldable smartphone | Amidst the rumours swirling around the Galaxy X, Samsung’s recently patented foldable phone, a recent design has been revealed. The patent granted by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) to Samsung reveals a design similar to the ... |
| Dec 19, 2017 | Ending CoD won’t resolve Nigeria’s eCommerce trust issues, but fintech startups can | Share this article:
Recently, I went on my first dentist visit in about 7 years for check up and clean up. Just after the dentist finished the consultation, he told me straight away that he has one golden rule for all his patients; “If you ... |
| Dec 1, 2017 | Samsung’s latest patent could allow you to remember your forgotten password through palm scanning | Your ancestor’s fortune tellers probably used palm reading to unlock the secrets of their future. Although Samsung has no intention to foresee your future…yet, it just registered a patent that allows you remember a forgotten password throug... |
| Nov 30, 2017 | Samsung ARTIK Platform now to come with a new Integrated Bixby AI Feature | Earlier this year, Samsung Electronics released its Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform, called Bixby. Now, Samsung is making plans to integrate Bixby with its Internet of Things (IoT) development board called ARTIK. The aim is to foster ... |
| Nov 27, 2017 | Samsung develops magic ‘graphene ball’ that speeds up battery charging five times | Telecommunications giant Samsung, using its research arm Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), just concluded research that makes lithium-ion batteries almost twice as strong. Latest ‘discovery’ is a synthesized graphene ball whi... |
| Nov 24, 2017 | Social Media Roundup: Agbada X | Share this article:
This week started with the buzz of the traditional marriage of Banky W and Adesua Etomi; #BAAD2017. Although the day was all about Banky and Adesua, someone else stole the show. Popular TV host, Ebuka showed up in an agb... |
| Nov 14, 2017 | Interplay of IoT and Bitcoin in Cyber Attacks | Still, remember when your colleague in the office sent you some strange looking email? Or when your favorite email provider suddenly asked you to update your password? Or a recent period when you were battling with slow internet network? Al... |
| Nov 13, 2017 | Techpoint Innovation Tour 2017 Day 7 and 8: A walk in the billion-naira Ariaria shoe market | Share this article:
Techpoint Innovation Tour 2017 (Southern Nigeria Edition) is made possible by our primary sponsors — GIGM.com and Riby.ng
Location partners (Aba/Umuahia) include: Unilever, LearnFactory, Innovation Growth hub, Vigan Pres... |
| Nov 11, 2017 | Techpoint Innovation Tour 2017 Day 6: Made in Nnewi | Share this article:
Techpoint Innovation Tour 2017 (Southern Nigeria Edition) is made possible by our primary sponsors — GIGM.com and Riby.ng
Location partners (Aba/Umuahia) include: Unilever, LearnFactory, Innovation Growth hub, Vigan Pres... |
| Nov 1, 2017 | 4 reasons why we should kill the open office plan | Share this article:
When collaboration is consistently pitted against productivity in the workplace, problems arise. For employees like Sylvia who have to spend extra hours working at home despite long hours in the office, the open office p... |
| Nov 1, 2017 | Prepare to meet Techpoint team in Port Harcourt, Abia, Uyo and Anambra #TechpointTours | Share this article:
Techpoint Innovation Tour 2017 (Southern Nigeria edition) kicks off on Sunday 5th, November 2017.
Here is an opportunity for startups, entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts in the following regions to engage the Techpoint t... |
| Oct 31, 2017 | Why we should not glorify Nigeria’s internet penetration figures | Share this article:
In its most recent report for the month of September, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) put the number of internet users in Nigeria at 93 million, a slight increase from the 92.1million reported in August.
It ... |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Social Media Roundup: Keeping up with the Nigerian government | Share this article:
On this week’s episode of drama in the Nigerian government; the drama surrounding Abdulrasheed Maina’s reinstatement, where is Maina?, Presidency blames the past administration and finally fires Maina, Aisha Buhari’s pol... |
| Oct 9, 2017 | Most Nigerian SME owners don’t know how to sell themselves — Chidiadi Madumere, MD of Black Purist Media Limited | Share this article:
As a law undergraduate at the Abia State University, Chidiadi Madumere got her first job as a documentary scriptwriter for EbonyLife TV. ”My first break out job was for EbonyLife TV. I was their onscreen writer for Naija... |
| Aug 12, 2017 | The hide-don’t-seek game of a tech institution | Share this article:
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There is a worldwide conversation on the subject of th... |
| Aug 10, 2017 | TechCabal’s Office Hours, with Mark Essien: Running a startup as a technical founder | We are glad to announce that Mark Essien, founder and CEO of Hotels.ng, will be the facilitator of our fourth edition of Office Hours, at the Hotels.ng office on the 23rd of August. In this session, Mark will be speaking to and taking quest... |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Everything Google CEO, Sundar Pichai and other execs announced in Nigeria | Share this article:
For the past week, many Google executives, including CEO Sundar Pichai, have been touring Lagos, Nigeria.
Hello from Lagos! #GoogleforNigeria pic.twitter.com/m5OKp3QE40
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) July 27, 2017
To ki... |
| Jul 14, 2017 | The need to grow Nigeria’s credit system through data | Share this article:
Anyone seeking for a loan to finance a project will probably have the bank as one of the go-to places. This is because facilitating loans is well within the primary duties of any bank. If everything goes according to pla... |
| Jun 19, 2017 | PrepClass is addressing Nigeria’s educational issues one student-tutor relationship at a time | Share this article:
On September 30 1999, the federal government of Nigeria, under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, introduced the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme. The aim: to ensure unfettered basic educa... |
| Jun 14, 2017 | The Arewa-IPOB clash: What it means for businesses in the North | Share this article:
The past couple of months have seen a wave of unrest stir up between the Arewa group in the North and the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB). Much of this dispute has been down to the ultimatum by some Arewa youth group ... |
| May 17, 2017 | Lagos State Government Bans VIO
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| May 4, 2017 | 5 key KPIs every startup should track | Share this article:
For a high chance of success, it is important for startups and businesses in general to set measurable goals and objectives. These goals should be SMART (goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and ti... |
| May 1, 2017 | How OgaVenue is taking hold of the $20 billion events industry in Nigeria | Share this article:
In most parts of the world, the hospitality industry has been a source of optimal return for investors who were quick to identify its immense role in advancing economic growth.
Back in Nigeria, this wasn’t the case for a... |
| Apr 24, 2017 | How whistle blowing can be beneficial to SMEs | Share this article:
Corruption just took a new shape with the type of events that have been unfolding lately. In an interview with the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Professor Yemi Osibanjo, he stated that the Nigerian s... |
| Apr 6, 2017 | How to confirm that a picture is fake | Share this article:
Have you ever paused to ponder on the number of pictures you ‘consume’ every day that are actually genuine? A picture, they say, is worth more than a thousand words; however, with an archive of pictures online, cameras a... |
| Mar 27, 2017 | TechCabal Daily: Pay on delivery needs to die
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| Jan 23, 2017 | Weekly Tech Events #4: Network, learn and party with industry professionals | Share this article:
This week, the tech events we have curated are geared towards tackling industry related problems. These tech events seek to bring together industry professionals to network and share knowledge.
Here is a list of tech eve... |
| Jan 17, 2017 | Celebrating Techpoint at 2: Come drink with us | Share this article:
UPDATE: We are pleased to announce Drinks.ng as our refreshment sponsor.
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Following Adewale’s thank you note commemorating Techpoint’s 2nd anniversary, the team thought it’d be a perfect time to invite you to come... |
| Dec 14, 2016 | Beat Traffik seeks to reduce traffic congestion by 20% in urban cities by 2017 | Share this article:
Traffic congestion is one of the banes of any modern city. It was listed in one of my limitations to the metamorphosis of Lagos into a Smart City.
Suggested read; The challenges to Lagos becoming a Smart City
In April 20... |
| Nov 21, 2016 | Uber, Taxify and the ridesharing catch-22 | I bet it’s been interesting for the Uber Nigeria team in the past few weeks. From the rent seeking government of Lagos State coming for their necks, to a two-day driver strike in Abuja, followed by a 50% fare slash (which had a 2x surge app... |
| Sep 15, 2016 | Hangout with real astronauts this Saturday at the University of Lagos | Share this article:
When the Nigerian government said they would send astronauts into space by 2030, there were mixed reactions across different social media platforms. However, there are real life space enthusiasts in Nigeria who are subsc... |
| Aug 18, 2016 | Surely, you must have noticed Silicon Valley’s newfound interest in African startups
Techstars
Y-Combinator
500 startups
That’s all folks | One of the more interesting quotes I’ve read is that brilliance is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not (I got that off Andela’s about page, by the way). Beyond baking software developers and linking them with large tech companies, if... |
| Aug 10, 2016 | Adios, Andela: Iyin Aboyeji is leaving to start a payments company | Your reaction when you read that headline is the same one I had a few weeks ago. ?
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is saying goodbye to Andela, the talent accelerator he co-founded in 2014 and one of Nigeri-scratch that, Africa’s flagship startups. His l... |
| Aug 9, 2016 | Why Abusidiqu arrest may work against Magu | Share this article:
On the 8th of August, 2016, Mr. Abubakar Sidiq Usman (abusidiqu), the political blogger was reportedly arrested by the EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) in Abuja for ‘cyber stalking.’ Usman, who is the publ... |
| Jun 27, 2016 | So Jumia wants to completely take over? | Share this article:
As has been rife all over the tech scene lately, AIG (Africa Internet Group) the African subsidiary of the German cloning giant Rocket Internet, will be rebranding all of her ventures into Jumia. Huge move isn’t it? It i... |
| Jun 21, 2016 | 3 tech events you should not miss this week | Share this article:
There has been a flurry of activities since the beginning of the year 2016 and the second half of the year is looking even more activity-studded than the first. Figuring out the events worth devoting time and energy to c... |
| Jun 16, 2016 | Andela has raised $24 million in funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Andela has raised $24 million in a funding round led by GV (formerly known as Google Ventures) and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, an investment vehicle founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan. The talent accelerator was... |
| Jun 15, 2016 | Nigerian payments provider, eTranzact has given itself a facelift | I did something for the first time yesterday that means I’ve finally completed my Lagosianisation. I got in 3rd mainland traffic, so I’d make it to the Island on time. God, I hated it, but it was worth it because I arrived super early for e... |
| Jun 8, 2016 | That time we had a Q&A session with Legend.ng and filled it with Deadpool memes | What do you think about when you hear, “Triple-play”? My bet is that your mind goes to something “recreational”, whatever it is. Suburban, the people who built Legend.ng want their brand to come front and center in your mind, the second you... |
| Jun 7, 2016 | TechCircle is organizing a meetup in Lagos where startups can pitch and win $2,500 | Share this article:
I just received information that coincided with a request for the latest pitch event where startups can get money — do not laugh, you need money too. Apparently, TechCircle is organizing a meetup on the 28th of June in L... |
| May 11, 2016 | Zuckerberg loves Jobberman, Facebook’s Free Basics launch in Nigeria, and other stories | Yesterday was an interesting day, indeed for technology enthusiasts in this corner of the globe. Yes, I see the irony in implying a globe has corners but leave it, yeah? There are more important things to think about, like the fact that Nig... |
| May 10, 2016 | How to use Google Search like a pro | Share this article:
Everybody loves Google. Searching with Google has saved us many troubles in the past and will continue to save us. Whether it’s an assignment or a project, a research or dissertation, or you’re just trying to cheat on so... |
| Apr 29, 2016 | The future of revenue generation for Startups is the “Free” model | Share this article:
There are several revenue models for startup nowadays. Yet none of them is as profitable, or can guarantee your startup’s growth, as when you make your services and products available for FREE for users.
For example, soc... |
| Apr 18, 2016 | Since 2012, only 11 black, female founders have raised more than $1 million in funding | I dare you. I dare you to name 1 startup founded by a black woman. Don’t worry. I’ll wait.
Right. You don’t know (m)any. And it’s not hard to tell why. Black women are at the bottom of the food chain. Right off the bat, they have 2 strikes ... |
| Apr 15, 2016 | Google just turned on live traffic alerts for Maps users in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa | From today, Google Maps’ live traffic alerts are now available for users of the mobile app in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Google announced the update yesterday, and it means that Maps will give real-time traffic updates to drivers in c... |
| Apr 11, 2016 | Blackberry is switching its focus to mid-range Android devices, will release two this year | Blackberry CEO, John Chen said in an interview with The National, that their first Android smartphone, the PRIV didn’t do as well as they hoped, and that they’ve got two more Android smartphones in the pipeline. “The fact that we came out w... |
| Mar 20, 2016 | Konga.com confirms Shola Adekoya as Sim Shagaya’s CEO replacement | Shola Adekoya
Shola Adekoya, stepped up to lead Konga.com in an acting capacity after the founder, Sim Shagaya stepped down and became chairman of the board at the end of January 2016. The company was said to be searching for a replacement.... |
| Mar 14, 2016 | 7 places to look for bright Startup Ideas and what to do with them | Share this article:
The starting point of every successful startup is the IDEA.
When you come up with the right ideas and execute aggressively, your potential of building multi-billion dollar unicorn startups like Uber, Google or Facebook i... |
| Mar 8, 2016 | Over 5 practical steps for naming your Startup right | Share this article:
Last time, I gave you essential tips on choosing the right name for your startup. Today, we are going to practicalize everything we learnt.
Assuming I’m to start my Wellness company all over again. I would ask myself, wh... |
| Feb 25, 2016 | “Make 2G internet free” and 5 other things Nigerian Tech Community needs from Comm. Minister | Share this article:
Following the Communications Minister, Adebayo Shittu’s visit to Yaba, which reignited conversations around the state of the Nigerian tech ecosystem, we reached to different stakeholders to find out what they believe are... |
| Feb 8, 2016 | LinkedIn has quietly killed off Labs | It appears, “business-oriented social network”, LinkedIn has unceremoniously “retired” Labs, a peripheral site that was introduced in October 2010. There was no mention of the closure, on the company blog, or in any press release.
I found i... |
| Nov 20, 2015 | 3 podcasts you should follow before starting your startup | When I started writing about tech, I searched for some sort of tome that contained most – if not all – the technology startup knowledge in the world.
My goal was; if I could get access to this tome, I could binge on it, become an overnight ... |
| Nov 19, 2015 | Is Now A Good Time To Buy Bitcoin? | Bitcoin, BTC is a kind of digital currency, started by someone with the alias Satoshi Nakamoto, in 2009. Bitcoin transactions are peer-to-peer (they don’t need any banks, or middlemen), and transaction fees are miniscule. This has prompted ... |
| Nov 17, 2015 | This Nigerian e-payment company is at the center of a N25 billion Senate inquiry | Dino Melaye moved the motion to investigate Remita
It’s not everyday that a Nigerian tech company is in the national mainstream press, but one is currently getting all the attention, albeit, in an unflattering corner.
Remita, a payments pla... |
| Nov 12, 2015 | Psst, Startup. What’s in a name? | Naming a startup is no joke. Some of the pressure comes from trying to get a name that resounds with your audience, expresses what the business is about and at the same time, search engine optimized.
However, it shouldn’t take an all-night ... |
| Oct 1, 2015 | These 4 apps can help you organise your Business | Share this article:
Over the last 10 years, the business world has evolved beyond the stereotyped pattern of office paperwork and close supervision from higher authorities. Ground-breaking improvements in technology and other fields have ma... |
| Sep 22, 2015 | 6 Golden Lessons on PR, for startups | Getting PR right is a big part of your startup success story.
The fast rise to success of IrokoTV, the recent rise to twitter stardom of Nigerian rapper, Vic O with his diss track and this unlikely US Mayoral candidate who won an election h... |
| Sep 21, 2015 | A Map of Naspers’ investments in Nigeria | As at the time of this writing, Cape Town-based media and internet group, Naspers, is Africa’s biggest publicly traded company by market value – at around $ 65 billion. So it must be doing a whole lot of things right.
In Nigeria though, the... |
| Sep 18, 2015 | How to market your app | Apps are everywhere. Only three years ago, we had about 800,000 thousand apps on Google Play and Apple’s appstore combined. As at the time of this writing, however, there are 1.6 million apps on Google Play alone, followed closely by the Ap... |
| Sep 17, 2015 | Hitendra Naik talks about hardware and maker community in Nigeria | Hitendra (Right)
The Intel Developer Zone Nigeria launched back in August, but what you may not have heard is how intel plans to hone in on hardware via this outpost in Nigeria.
Beginning with how the Kenyan developer community compares to ... |
| Sep 16, 2015 | Hello Tractor’s Jehiel Oliver speaks about “Tractors on demand” for Nigerian farmers | Farming is fun.
Nah, I lie, it’s not. Not in Africa, it’s not. I have been on a farm here, and this I know for sure; FARMING. IS. HARD.
So when a startup surfaces introducing technology smarts into farming to make it suck less, it gets my a... |
| Sep 2, 2015 | Google gets rebranded with a new logo | Share this article:
If you’ve not opened Google in the last 8 hours or more, then you will be in for a real surprise – Google just got itself a new logo. Nothing major, just something different from the generic Google logo the world has kno... |
| Aug 25, 2015 | Alan Knott-Craig Launches HeroTel, a new ISP, in South Africa | Alan Knott-Craig, the CEO of Project Isizwe, a company that provides free internet to low-income communities in South Africa, has launched HeroTel, a new Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP).
According to Techcentral, the new company a... |
| Aug 6, 2015 | Facebook is peeking into Meerkat and Periscope’s playground with Celebrity Livestreams | Use cases for live-streaming apps are evolving. From the self-absorbed endeavour of broadcasting oneself to the world to sharing live, somber incident reports to newsrooms, the possibilities for livestreams are widening and Facebook wants a... |
| Aug 3, 2015 | SweepSouth and Kudobuzz join the 14th batch of 500 Startups’ accelerator programme | Sweepsouth, South Africa’s on-demand home cleaning service and Ghana’s Kudobuzz , a startup that helps businesses collect social reviews, have been accepted to 500 Startups’ 4-month accelerator programme.
In the list that 500 startups relea... |
| Jul 21, 2015 | 8 Nigerian startups to pitch at DEMO Africa 2015 | Share this article:
Demo Africa has announced the names of startups to pitch at DEMO AFRICA 2015 event in Lagos and Nigeria tops the list with these 8 finest startups from the Country.
Startup: Mavis Computel Limited
Entrepreneur: Chizaram ... |
| Jul 17, 2015 | 7 Nigerian YouTubers to Watch Out For | Outside of pirated CDs and illegal file sharing, Nigerians are beginning to celebrate their own in a way more profitable — to the content makers. We are visiting YouTube more.
YouTube data says views from Nigeria increased by 78% in 2014 an... |
| Jul 10, 2015 | In a startup, everyone should be a growth hacker | I have an impression that the startup ecosystem in Nigeria may be too young to understand the value of growth-hacking. I’ve recently seen a job ad, which was presumably directed to growth hackers, but in fact, it was a job ad for copywriter... |
| Jul 9, 2015 | Innjoo Lagos office reportedly shut down by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria | Share this article:
According to this chap on Nairaland , Dubai-based OEM, Innjoo’s Lagos office (located at Trinity Mall, Ikeja) may have been shut down by the Standard’s Organisation of Nigeria, for allegedly employing sub-standard materi... |
| Jul 2, 2015 | How to Brew The Perfect Chai – Using Remote Monitoring to Control The Environment of Tea Harvests
| Hack: THE PERFECT CHAI Level: Beginner Hacktime: 120 mins Cost of materials: $260
What does it take to brew the Perfect Chai?
Kenya is the third largest exporter of tea in the world, exporting 432,400 tonnes in 2013 and bringing in 1.33 bil... |
| Jun 19, 2015 | Why Do People Misunderstand Incubation Spaces in Africa? | In his piece, Mark Essien states that incubators do not work optimally for African startups, and specifically mentioned BudgIT as not being properly “incubated.” Mr. Essien thinks an entrepreneur cannot be guided and by my understanding of ... |
| Jun 10, 2015 | “We are no longer investing in new African Startups” – 88mph | Share this article:
Nairobi-based incubation hub and private seed fund, 88mph has announced the decision stop investing in African startups. The accelerator will however continue to support every startup it already backs. They just won’t be... |
| Jun 8, 2015 | Goly is an Online Marketplace for Skills | Goly is a peer-to-peer marketplace that connects individuals or businesses in the service industry with those who need them.
The platform is mobile-only and service providers can list their services directly on the mobile app. “We understan... |
| Jun 5, 2015 | Why did Emmanuel Adetutu Put 3D Printers in a Suitcase? | Three days after the campaign went live on Kickstarter, Emmanuel’s mobile/suitcase 3D printer, TeeBot had hit its funding goal with funds still pouring in.
After that story, TechCabal caught up with Emmanuel Adetutu to talk about TeeBox, wh... |
| Jun 5, 2015 | The Nigerian Who Would Go To Mars | The Mars One mission aims to establish a colony on Mars. In February, the news that made the headlines everywhere in the world was that of the ‘longlist’ of 100 hopefuls (if we can call them that) who are like to launch out of earth, on a r... |
| Jun 4, 2015 | Why Does Everybody Hate Rocket Internet? | View image | gettyimages.com
That’s the question, but first of all; What is Rocket internet?
(Editor’s note: This is for the uninitiated, in fact, this whole article is for the uninitiated, so OGs can simply call it a read right here).
“We ... |
| May 27, 2015 | Obsession With The Customer Is The Startup’s Only Route to Success | So I had an interesting conversation the other day with a lovely lady who heads the growth team of a leading startup in Nigeria, our discussion was around startup customer acquisition and retention.
I just wanted to share some insights from... |
| May 26, 2015 | Ex-Rocket Nigeria Execs, Where Are They Now? | The Berlin-based incubator, Rocket Internet has successfully cloned businesses such as Amazon, eBay and launched dozens of internet ventures all over the world. The likes of Hellofood, Jumia, Easy Taxi, Jovago and more in Nigeria are eviden... |
| May 19, 2015 | BitPesa Extends its Bitcoin Remittance Services To Tanzania | Kenyan bitcoin remittance startup, BitPesa has extended its operations to Tanzania.
BitPesa announced earlier today that it is moving South across the map to launch in Tanzania.
“You can now make a payment to any Tanzanian mobile money numb... |
| May 19, 2015 | Startups Can Win Up To $500,000 At The African Entrepreneurship Award | Share this article:
Applications are now open for the African Entrepreneurship Award (AEA), the competition sponsored by The Moroccan Commercial bank BMCE Bank, reports Disrupt Africa.
We seek all Africans, around the world, who want to cre... |
| May 13, 2015 | Terragon Group Invests in BIZense to Expand Services to Asia | Nigeria-based digital media company, Terragon Group, has announced its investment in Advertising Technology Company, BIZense in other to expand its presence and business operations to Asia.
According to Terragon, the move is designed to hel... |
| May 11, 2015 | 3 Tech Events You Should Attend This Week | Share this article:
It is a new week and if you are a training and conference junkie like I am, then it proves to be an awesome week for you. Here are events and conferences happening this week in Nigeria. Covenant University International ... |
| May 11, 2015 | Access Bank is Gamifying its Recruitment Process with this Disappearing Application Form | Call it the Snapchat of job application forms.
Nigerian commercial bank, Access Bank is recruiting, in this weird and unconventional manner.
TechCabal came upon the bank’s recruitment website earlier today, which opens up an application por... |
| May 8, 2015 | Friday News Roundup: iROKOtv’s Paying Big For Devs, Bob Collymore Isn’t Going Just Yet, Lagos CDG “API’s Saturday” Tomorrow | Here are the stories that made the rounds across the African tech space today:
iRokotv Boss is Offering NGN 150,000 Basic Salary
iROKOtv’s Jason Njoku has announced that iROKOTv will pay its developers between N150,000 (USD 753.58) and N400... |