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This solar tech firm has raised $4m to power more businesses in Ghana

Friday, October 12th, 2018 at 1:47pm
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Founders Factory Africa partners Standard Bank to build & scale 100 technology startups
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Accenture set to showcase Open Innovation Africa programme at DEMO Africa
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Egypt’s Online Real Estate Marketplace Aqarmap Hires Jumia Exec to Drive Growth
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Meet Tatenda Ndambakuwa The Woman Helping Farmers Through An App Development

Wednesday, October 10th, 2018 at 7:31pm
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Andela appoints Irembo’s Clément Uwajeneza as Country Director for Rwanda
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Wefarm surpasses 1 million users across Kenya & Uganda | To expand into the rest of Africa in 2019

Tuesday, October 9th, 2018 at 2:52pm
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Boost chatbot to assist Kenyan mobile consumers select and buy the best airtime bundles
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Habitat for Humanity, Pangea launch a $50,000 ShelterTech 2018 accelerator program in Kenya
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Egypt’s The Next 100 African Startups initiative to invest in Innovative Africa-Based Start-Ups

Monday, October 8th, 2018 at 3:26pm

Nigeria Customs among first clients adopting Oracle’s new Blockchain service

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Nigeria Customs among first clients adopting Oracle’s new Blockchain service

On Wednesday, July 18th, 2018 at 5:46pm by TechMoran

Nigeria Customs is among the first organizations that have taken up Oracle’s newly launched Blockchain Cloud Service promising organizations to easily build blockchain networks to drive more secure and efficient transactions and to track goods through supply chains on a global scale. According…

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Online Supermarket & Grocery Delivery Service Mart.NG Launches in Abuja, Nigeria

Online Supermarket & Grocery Delivery Service Mart.NG Launches in Abuja, Nigeria

On Monday, July 9th, 2018 at 9:14pm by TechMoran

Mart.NG, an online supermarket and grocery delivery service has launched to offer consumers, personal and convenient online grocery shopping experience in Abuja, Nigeria promising to deliver the best and fresh products at the most affordable prices, in under 59 minutes. According to…

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This remittance firm has raised $20m Series C to simplify sending money to Ivory Coast, Kenya & Nigeria

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This remittance firm has raised $20m Series C to simplify sending money to Ivory Coast, Kenya & Nigeria

On Friday, July 6th, 2018 at 5:05am by TechMoran

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Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises US$1.2 million seed round

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises US$1.2 million seed round

On Saturday, June 30th, 2018 at 12:15am by Charity Mbaka

Nigerian-based logistics startup Kobo360 has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding round soon after being accepted into the YCombinator class of 2018. The round was led by Western Technology Investment and Nigeria’s Verod Capital Management. Kobo360 has developed an Uber-like app that…

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Cartehub wants to be Nigeria’s biggest multi-merchant one-stop online marketplace

Cartehub wants to be Nigeria’s biggest multi-merchant one-stop online marketplace

On Friday, June 29th, 2018 at 4:14pm by TechMoran

Cartehub, a multi-merchant online marketplace for the best varieties of food, farmers market, organic products, handmade items, crafts, arts plus the best and most convenient laundry and dry cleaning services in the African market is focused on helping its customers find fulfillment using…

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With backing from Mahindra Group, Zoto wants to disrupt merchant payments, P2P transfers & other financial service categories

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With backing from Mahindra Group, Zoto wants to disrupt merchant payments, P2P transfers & other financial service categories

On Thursday, June 28th, 2018 at 3:45pm by Vivianne Musumba

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How Fedironics’ iMeter aims to prevent electricity theft & improve energy management in Nigeria

How Fedironics’ iMeter aims to prevent electricity theft & improve energy management in Nigeria

On Saturday, June 16th, 2018 at 8:21pm by Vivianne Musumba

Fedironics Intelligent Metering Company is a smart metering company founded and incorporated in 2016. At Fedironics they believe that everyone has a personal power and that access to electricity is key to unleashing this power for the good of humanity. Fedironics provides…

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eTranzact fires Mr. Valentine Obi over N11Bn fraud allegations

eTranzact fires Mr. Valentine Obi over N11Bn fraud allegations

On Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 at 7:34am by TechMoran

eTranzact International PLC, an e-payments solution provider, on Monday May 21, 2018, announced it had fired Mr. Valentine Obi with immediate effect. Mr Obi, will step down as the Managing Director of the Company and will be replaced by Mr. Niyi Toluwalope…

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Frontier Car Group Raises $58M to Accelerate Growth of Used-Car Marketplaces in Emerging Markets

Frontier Car Group Raises $58M to Accelerate Growth of Used-Car Marketplaces in Emerging Markets

On Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 at 9:08pm by TechMoran

Frontier Car Group which runs Cars45 in Nigeria, has closed $41M Series B funding from Balderton, TPG Growth, automotive funds Fraser McCombs Capital, and AutoTech Ventures. to expand its used-car marketplaces within emerging markets. The company additionally raised $17M in debt financing from leading institutions and banks bring…

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Alosfarm is modernizing and transforming agricultural supply chain in Nigeria

Alosfarm is modernizing and transforming agricultural supply chain in Nigeria

On Tuesday, May 1st, 2018 at 4:29pm by TechMoran

Nigeria’s Alosfarm tackles some of the main market inefficiencies and challenges to growth for smallholder farmers within the agriculture value chain in Nigeria. Stephen Oloh, the CEO & Co-founder of Alosfarm told TechMoran that Nigeria’s agriculture is facing serious challenges such as low yield,…

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Nigeria’s TradeDepot Secures $3 Million Series A Led by Partech to Digitize FMCG Distribution to Informal Retailers in Africa

Nigeria’s TradeDepot Secures $3 Million Series A Led by Partech to Digitize FMCG Distribution to Informal Retailers in Africa

On Thursday, April 26th, 2018 at 6:30pm by TechMoran

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Paga join forces with AfroMillionsLotto to offer payments for Nigeria’s Biggest Jackpot in Naira

Paga join forces with AfroMillionsLotto to offer payments for Nigeria’s Biggest Jackpot in Naira

On Friday, April 20th, 2018 at 12:15pm by TechMoran

Following its launch in Nigeria last October, AfroMillionsLotto has linked up with leading Nigerian payments provider Paga to offer payments for lotto games in Naira, making it even easier to play for Africa’s biggest jackpots. James Leppard, Ofertas365 CEO, stated: “We…

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Why Nigeria’s VP Osinbajo Choosing Not To Visit Any Women-Owned Spaces on the #VPTourofTech Sets A Dangerous Precedent

Why Nigeria’s VP Osinbajo Choosing Not To Visit Any Women-Owned Spaces on the #VPTourofTech Sets A Dangerous Precedent

On Friday, April 20th, 2018 at 1:43am by TechMoran

Article by Mary Olushoga, founder of awpnetwork.com, a platform powering small business success for African entrepreneurs. *** Why are women innovators largely ignored in Nigeria’s male-dominated technology spaces? Why didn’t Vice President Osinbajo visit any women-owned spaces during the highly popular and…

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Kenya’s m-survey raises $3.5 million from TLCom Capital to launch in South Africa

Kenya’s m-survey raises $3.5 million from TLCom Capital to launch in South Africa

On Wednesday, April 18th, 2018 at 7:09pm by TechMoran

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Mobile payment startup Zoto to process 15m orders this year due to growing adoption of e-payments in Nigeria

Mobile payment startup Zoto to process 15m orders this year due to growing adoption of e-payments in Nigeria

On Monday, April 9th, 2018 at 5:34pm by TechMoran

Zoto, a Nigerian payment solution today said its transacting user base and order volume grew by 56% and 200% respectively in the last financial year and it is set to replicate an even higher growth curve in the financial year 2018 -19….

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DomainKing.NG launches all-in-one Hosting plans for Nigerian Businesses

DomainKing.NG launches all-in-one Hosting plans for Nigerian Businesses

On Saturday, April 7th, 2018 at 8:31pm by TechMoran

Nigeria’s domain registrar and web hosting company DomainKing.ng has launched their ‘All-in-one’ web hosting plans for SMEs, designers and bloggers. These new plans come with a domain name, unlimited emails, web hosting, Free SSL and cloud Backups for creating a complete…

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Farmcrowdy Bolsters Farmland by 175% with Launch of 7,500 New Acres

Farmcrowdy Bolsters Farmland by 175% with Launch of 7,500 New Acres

On Friday, April 6th, 2018 at 1:00am by TechMoran

Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, today announced the launch of 7,500 acres of new maize and rice farms in Nigerian states, Kaduna and Kwara. Sponsorship will be open from the 4th of April…

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Nigeria’s TyrePalace is helping vehicle owners find the right tires at the right price

Nigeria’s TyrePalace is helping vehicle owners find the right tires at the right price

On Friday, April 6th, 2018 at 12:49am by TechMoran

For most vehicle owners, finding the right tires to buy can be very exhausting especially if its their first time or they are busy with other tasks. However, TyrePalaca, an online marketplace in Nigeria aims to help anyone finding it hard to…

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Nigeria’s Terragon raises $5m funding from TLcom Capital to bolster its marketing tech

Nigeria’s Terragon raises $5m funding from TLcom Capital to bolster its marketing tech

On Monday, April 2nd, 2018 at 12:00am by TechMoran

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Nigerians Need To See What They Buy At Least Once or Twice In Order To Trust An Online Platform-Ochije Nnani

Nigerians Need To See What They Buy At Least Once or Twice In Order To Trust An Online Platform-Ochije Nnani

On Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 at 7:37pm by Adeniyi Ogunfowoke

Fazsion.ng is a Nigerian fashion website where you can get luxurious and quality fashion items. The platform is managed by no other person than Ochije Nnani who has worked in two of Nigeria’s leading e-commerce companies-Jumia & Konga. Hence, it was not a surprise…

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French electric bike-sharing service Smoove to launch in Lagos, Nigeria

French electric bike-sharing service Smoove to launch in Lagos, Nigeria

On Tuesday, February 20th, 2018 at 5:08pm by TechMoran

Smoove, a French bike sharing platform with operations in France, Morocco, Tunis and Abidjan is set to launch in Lagos, Nigeria in a move to reboost their public transport systems and rise into the world ranks of green cities.Founded by Laurent Mercat in July 2008…

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On-demand nanny platform Omugwo launches to connect nursing mothers with nannies and care givers in Nigeria

On-demand nanny platform Omugwo launches to connect nursing mothers with nannies and care givers in Nigeria

On Friday, February 9th, 2018 at 1:38pm by Emmanuel Temidayo

Nigerian mothers can relate to the kind of stress that comes with giving birth to and taking care of a new born, especially at the infancy stage. It’s a norm in Nigeria for lactating mothers to turn to their own mothers around…

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iCare Launches to enable Nigerians access healthcare services online

iCare Launches to enable Nigerians access healthcare services online

On Thursday, February 8th, 2018 at 6:23pm by Emmanuel Temidayo

There are thousands of medical practitioners and healthcare centres all over Nigeria. But the major problem patients face in most healthcare centres is getting medical help as quick as possible. This is so because most medical centres have so many patients they…

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Endeavor Launches in Nigeria to Expand its High-Impact Entrepreneurship Movement in Africa

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Endeavor Launches in Nigeria to Expand its High-Impact Entrepreneurship Movement in Africa

On Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 at 11:10pm by TechMoran

Endeavor has partnered with Omidyar Network,to launch in Nigeria in a move to support entrepreneurs and companies that have passed through the initial start-up phase and who demonstrate the potential for rapid expansion and scale. With a population of 20 million people, Africa’s…

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OLX closes Kenya & Nigeria offices, says marketplace to continue operations uninterrupted

OLX closes Kenya & Nigeria offices, says marketplace to continue operations uninterrupted

On Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 at 12:05pm by TechMoran

Naspers-backed OLX is trimming its headcount in Nigeria and Kenya as it moves to turn profitable this year. Speaking to TechMoran, Peter Ndiangui, OLX Kenya country manager said, “We made a difficult but important decision in Kenya and Nigeria to consolidate our…

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Nigeria’s Zinox Group acquires Naspers’-backed e-commerce firm Konga to take on Jumia across Africa

Nigeria’s Zinox Group acquires Naspers’-backed e-commerce firm Konga to take on Jumia across Africa

On Monday, February 5th, 2018 at 12:35am by TechMoran

Nigeria’s Zinox Group has acquired Naspers’-backed e-commerce firm Konga to take on Jumia across Africa. Launched in July 2012, Konga.com has always wanted to become the engine of commerce and trade in Africa offering a platform for merchants to sell Phones, Computers, Clothing,…

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Deliveryman.ng launches with plans for ‘fast and secure’ last mile delivery in Nigeria

Deliveryman.ng launches with plans for ‘fast and secure’ last mile delivery in Nigeria

On Friday, January 26th, 2018 at 4:23am by TechMoran

Deliveryman.ng, an indigenous on-demand e-commerce logistics solution provider has launched in Nigeria to ensure clients get seamless, fast and secure last mile delivery in Nigeria. Pitching itself as an ultra fast and same day delivery organisation that is committed to meeting the…

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This young Nigerian is building HubbonNG to be Nigeria’s biggest on-demand logistics provider

This young Nigerian is building HubbonNG to be Nigeria’s biggest on-demand logistics provider

On Friday, January 26th, 2018 at 3:16am by Emmanuel Temidayo

Africa’s eCommerce firms have to gamble with logistical hurdles to become successful unlike their international counterparts operating in markets where infrastructure like the national addressing system and roads are in place. The platforms in Africa therefore find it a problem getting products…

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Agritech startups changing the face of agriculture in Nigeria

Agritech startups changing the face of agriculture in Nigeria

On Friday, January 26th, 2018 at 1:25am by Emmanuel Temidayo

Over the years, Nigeria’s economy was solely dependent on agriculture. However, the huge revenue from crude oil production in the late 70’s and 80’s made agricultural productivity fall drastically. However, because of the crash in global oil price in recent times, Nigerians…

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How Install.com.ng is serving Nigerians with quality installations and repairs of electrical appliances.

How Install.com.ng is serving Nigerians with quality installations and repairs of electrical appliances.

On Friday, January 26th, 2018 at 1:20am by Emmanuel Temidayo

Am sure we all know how difficult it is to find a well trained and reliable electrician in Nigeria to install electronics or repair faulty connections. And even if you are lucky enough to get a qualified one, they over charge you…

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