Paul Adepoju, Author at TechMoran

Startups

Here are the 12 startups accepted into Knife Capital’s 4th Grindstone Accelerator

Tuesday, November 20th, 2018 at 11:14am
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Here are the 16 African Startups Shortlisted for the 2019 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Monday, November 19th, 2018 at 4:15pm
Startups

Online University Platform UNICAF Raises $28 Million to Meet Unprecedented Demand for Higher Education
Startups

FinChatBot raises undisclosed funding from Mauritius-based Compass & SA’s Kalon Venture Partners
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Twiga Foods raises $10M co-led by IFC & TLcom to connect farmers across Kenya to urban markets

Friday, November 16th, 2018 at 3:27pm
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Eneza Education hits 4.9 million learners, appoints Umati Capital’s Munyutu Waigi as Interim CEO
Startups / Women

Kenya’s Farm.ink brings home $150,000 after winning USAID’s Future Fall Armyworm Tech Grand Prize

Thursday, November 15th, 2018 at 6:36pm
Startups / Women

Standard Chartered’s ‘Women in Tech’ accelerator attracts over 180 women-led startups

Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 at 5:15pm
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TRACE acquires stake in CoinAfrique, the Francophone mobile classified platform
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11 African startups graduate from Google’s Launchpad Accelerator 2

Nigerian startups to compete for NGN10m seed investment on The Amazon Project TV show

Nigerian startups to compete for NGN10m seed investment on The Amazon Project TV show

On Tuesday, January 10th, 2017 at 9:14am by Paul Adepoju

U.S-based Digital Marketing Agency, AIS Media, today announces the premiere season of The Amazon Project (TAP) – a 13-week television production aimed at selecting and investing in the brightest entrepreneurs and business ideas in Nigeria. The program will air on terrestrial and…

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Nigeria’s Red Star courier company deploys Saddle app to boost ecommerce

Nigeria’s Red Star courier company deploys Saddle app to boost ecommerce

On Wednesday, August 24th, 2016 at 8:49am by Paul Adepoju

A first of its kind industry solution to manage “Pay-On-Delivery” transactions for online businesses and e-transactions has been deployed by Red Star Plc, a leading courier and logistics organization with decades of service delivery experience. The application, known as “Saddle”, allows instant…

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New app expands Central Bank of Nigeria’s cashless policy to churches

New app expands Central Bank of Nigeria’s cashless policy to churches

On Thursday, August 11th, 2016 at 8:00am by Paul Adepoju

NetplusDotCom has launched the Ten app to simplify existing church collection and to expand the reach of the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The app works seamlessly with the existing Church collection system. There is Ten app for…

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Innovative app takes on order management and payment pains in Nigerian restaurants

Innovative app takes on order management and payment pains in Nigerian restaurants

On Friday, July 29th, 2016 at 4:25pm by Paul Adepoju

An innovative app called EasyPOS Restaurant has been introduced into the Nigerian market to solve current pain-points in order management and payments in restaurants. The app is now available for free download on Google Play Store by clicking here. The app…

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TechPlus 2016 Highlights Nigeria’s Role in Africa’s Technology Revolution

TechPlus 2016 Highlights Nigeria’s Role in Africa’s Technology Revolution

On Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 at 7:18pm by Paul Adepoju

More than 10,000 participants and notable technology thought leaders converged in Lagos for Techplus 2016, Chairperson of Alliance for Affordable Internet Dr. Omobola Johnson and other tech experts have highlighted Nigeria’s key role in Africa’s highly anticipated technology revolution. Giving her…

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US CIO Tony Scott is storming Lagos this month for TechPlus 2016

US CIO Tony Scott is storming Lagos this month for TechPlus 2016

On Friday, July 8th, 2016 at 1:44pm by Paul Adepoju

Tony Scott, United States Chief Information Officer (CIO), has been announced as the latest keynote speaker that will be joining leaders in industry and government and other technology thought leaders at Nigeria’s largest tech event, TechPlus2016, holding July 21-23, 2016 at the Eko Hotels…

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Airtel stops tower deal with Helios

Airtel stops tower deal with Helios

On Monday, June 22nd, 2015 at 3:59pm by Paul Adepoju

Airtel has disclosed it is no longer going ahead with the proposed sale of its telecoms towers in Chad and Tanzania to Helios Towers as earlier announced. In a stock market statement, Airtel noted that plans had lapsed and therefore terminated. “With…

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Implementation of Nigeria’s broadband policy would reduce reliance on natural resources – MainOne

Implementation of Nigeria’s broadband policy would reduce reliance on natural resources – MainOne

On Monday, June 22nd, 2015 at 2:32pm by Paul Adepoju

MainOne’s Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Funke Opeke, believes Nigeria could become less dependent on natural resources if it fully implements its national broadband policy. She said in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja, while speaking on a panel at last week’s Commonwealth Broadband…

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Accessibility is crucial for mobile payments and financial inclusion in Nigeria – Paga

Accessibility is crucial for mobile payments and financial inclusion in Nigeria – Paga

On Monday, June 22nd, 2015 at 1:46pm by Paul Adepoju

Jay Alabraba, Paga’s Co-founder and Director of Business Development, believes that accessibility has critical roles to play in the future of mobile payments and financial inclusion in Nigeria. Alabraba added that a viable agent network will finance services to become accessible to…

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JUMIA Côte d’Ivoire unveils first ambassador

JUMIA Côte d’Ivoire unveils first ambassador

On Friday, June 19th, 2015 at 9:21pm by Paul Adepoju

Ecoemmerce giant JUMIA this evening unveiled its first ambassador for Côte d’Ivoire, he is musician Serge Beynaud. In Côte d’Ivoire, Serge Beynaud is a real phenomenon. Since 2009 the artist has become one of the main leaders of an urban culture whose…

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Ghana announces new deadline for digital migration

Ghana announces new deadline for digital migration

On Friday, June 19th, 2015 at 9:17pm by Paul Adepoju

The government Ghana has set March 2016 as the new deadline for migration from analogue to digital broadcasting. Deputy Minister for Communications, Hon. Ato Sarpong, explained that the new migration would enable all broadcasting houses transmit on one free platform instead of…

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Ericsson and Smile Telecoms extend service management deal across Africa

Ericsson and Smile Telecoms extend service management deal across Africa

On Friday, June 19th, 2015 at 9:14pm by Paul Adepoju

Ericsson has signed a five-year multi-country managed services agreement to manage Smile’s 4G/LTE networks across all its operations. The agreement covers the operations of Smile – a 4G/LTE operator – in Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo. Under the agreement,…

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Jovago is paying Nigerians to watch TV, online adverts

Jovago is paying Nigerians to watch TV, online adverts

On Friday, June 19th, 2015 at 9:10pm by Paul Adepoju

Hotel booking platform Jovago has announced it will be paying Nigerians to monitor its advert. “Nigerians N500 per hour to watch or listen to our new advert,” the company said in a statement. To participate, follow the guideline below. Send an email…

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Stakeholders chart course for development of mobile banking in Nigeria

Stakeholders chart course for development of mobile banking in Nigeria

On Friday, June 19th, 2015 at 2:24pm by Paul Adepoju

At a Mobile Banking Masterclass held in London for partner banks (Commercial and Microfinance) of eTranzact, stakeholders chart a course for the development of Mobile Banking in Nigeria. At the Masterclass, eTranzact demoed their newly designed Mobile banking architecture with new interfaces…

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Nigeria’s Wennovation Hub accepting applications for pre-acceleration program in Ibadan

Nigeria’s Wennovation Hub accepting applications for pre-acceleration program in Ibadan

On Friday, June 19th, 2015 at 11:06am by Paul Adepoju

One of Nigeria’s major innovation hubs, the Wennovation Hub has announced it is accepting applications for its WennoKICK Pre-Acceleration Program – an all-inclusive 6 weeks pre-acceleration program that helps participants to build strategy to validate their business model/idea. The hub said its…

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1 million free web passes for MTN subscribers in Nigeria

1 million free web passes for MTN subscribers in Nigeria

On Friday, June 19th, 2015 at 10:52am by Paul Adepoju

Naij.com, a news, jobs and entertainment portal, is helping to bring free mobile internet to Nigerians via the MTN network. This has been made possible through Opera’s Sponsored Web Pass, which allows operators to package their data in a user-friendly way. At…

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Twitter’s video autoplay feature now available in Africa

Twitter’s video autoplay feature now available in Africa

On Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 at 4:57pm by Paul Adepoju

Social media platform Twitter announced it is now much easier for its users in Africa to enjoy video on its platform. In a statement made available to TechMoran, Twitter said native videos, Vines and GIFs will begin to play back automatically. “You…

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Discount hotel platform HotelNowNow takes on Jovago and Hotels.ng in Nigeria

Discount hotel platform HotelNowNow takes on Jovago and Hotels.ng in Nigeria

On Monday, June 15th, 2015 at 7:48pm by Paul Adepoju

A new platform has been launched to play in the online hotel booking space in Nigeria – a space that is currently dominated by Hotels.ng and Jovago. Unlike the two very popular platforms, founders of HotelNowNow.com are targeting to become the leading…

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Nigeria’s ecommerce giant Konga.com launches KongaPay one-click payment option

Nigeria’s ecommerce giant Konga.com launches KongaPay one-click payment option

On Monday, June 15th, 2015 at 6:47pm by Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s major ecommerce platform Konga.com today officially announced it has developed a novel online payment solution called KongaPay which it said will foster trust and safety for online shoppers in Nigeria. In a statement, Konga described KongaPay as a payment solution that…

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Nigeria set to announce 29 new guidelines for tech companies in July

Nigeria set to announce 29 new guidelines for tech companies in July

On Monday, June 15th, 2015 at 1:47pm by Paul Adepoju

The Nigerian government is planning to announce 29 new guidelines for tech companies operating in the country next month. This was disclosed by the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mr. Peter Jack. According to him, arrangement had…

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Tuteria launched to ease neighborhood tutoring in Nigeria

On Thursday, June 11th, 2015 at 4:38pm by Paul Adepoju

Tuteria has been unveiled with the goal of connecting tutors with individuals who are in search of private tutoring in different subjects. Godwin Benson, co-founder of the startup, told Innovation Village he got the idea to start Tuteria after realizing that while many…

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Nigerians can now top up their UK mobile phone through Quickteller

Nigerians can now top up their UK mobile phone through Quickteller

On Thursday, June 11th, 2015 at 3:25pm by Paul Adepoju

Leading integrated payments processing and transaction switching business focused on Africa, Interswitch, has announced that its business-to-consumer value exchange platform, Quickteller, can now be used to add top up credit to UK mobile phone lines. With this announcement, Interswitch said Nigerians who…

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Ghana is hosting ECOWAS conference on mobile number portability

Ghana is hosting ECOWAS conference on mobile number portability

On Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 at 7:16pm by Paul Adepoju

Ghana’s capital city of Accra is hosting a workshop on Mobile Number Portability (MNP) and quality mobile service. The 5-day workshop is organised by the National Communications Authority (NCA) Ghana, in collaboration with the West Africa Telecommunications Regulations Assembly (WATRA) and is…

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DEMO Africa 2015: LAN and EBAN strengthen partnership

DEMO Africa 2015: LAN and EBAN strengthen partnership

On Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 at 3:41pm by Paul Adepoju

Collins Onuegbu, member of Lagos Angel Network (LAN), who attended the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) conference in Eindhoven, Holland alongside Tomi Davies, president of the African Business Angel Network (ABAN), said EBAN is committed to the support of the development of…

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Less than 30% of Jumia Nigeria shoppers pay with credit card – MD

Less than 30% of Jumia Nigeria shoppers pay with credit card – MD

On Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 at 2:41pm by Paul Adepoju

Jonathan Doerr, Managing Director of Jumia Nigeria has said less than 30% of customers shopping on the ecommerce giant’s platform are paying with credit cards – the majority prefer the cash on delivery payment option. “Less than 30% of Jumia customers pay…

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Opera Mini for Windows Phone officially released

Opera Mini for Windows Phone officially released

On Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 at 2:32pm by Paul Adepoju

Opera Software today announced the official released of the popular Opera Mini browser – for Windows devices. The journey to bring Opera Mini to Windows devices began last year. “We approached it carefully, because rebuilding Opera Mini from scratch for a new…

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Vodacom aims to bridge digital divide in Nigerian communities and schools without ICT access

Vodacom aims to bridge digital divide in Nigerian communities and schools without ICT access

On Monday, June 8th, 2015 at 12:34pm by Paul Adepoju

Vodacom Business Nigeria has expressed its readiness to bridge the existing digital divide in Nigerian communities and schools that lack access to ICT. Managing Director of Vodacom Business Nigeria, Guy Clarke said at an event in Lagos. He said: “Internet penetration in…

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Infinix launches #TheNextHERO Smartphone Zero 2 in Nigeria

Infinix launches #TheNextHERO Smartphone Zero 2 in Nigeria

On Friday, June 5th, 2015 at 6:14pm by Paul Adepoju

Smartphones manufacturing company Infinix Mobility on Thursday officially launched its latest device the Infinix Zero 2 smart phone into the Nigerian market. Designed in Paris and Shanghai, The Infinix Zero 2 comes on the heels of the successful roll out and impressive…

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30 minutes free airtime for MTN Nigeria subscribers

30 minutes free airtime for MTN Nigeria subscribers

On Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 at 2:05pm by Paul Adepoju

Subscribers on MTN network can now enjoy 30-minute free airtime if they make 3 three minutes call between 5am to 8am in the morning. This imitative tagged; Good Morning Nigeria, GMN is launched by Media Perspectives, a media buying agency and seven…

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Mobile strategy is more than SMS and social media – Okojie

Mobile strategy is more than SMS and social media – Okojie

On Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 at 1:24pm by Paul Adepoju

Idemudia Dima-Okojie, WeChat Country Manager (Nigeria) believes that a mobile strategy for companies and brands is more than just sending SMS or publishing posts on social media. He told Innovation Village the need for a mobile strategy becomes imperative due to the…

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