Your exam result has just been released and you are very anxious to check your result. Of course, for you to check your result, you need a result checker especially for exams like WAEC, UTME, NECO, GCE and NABTEB. You do not need to leave the comfort of your home to purchase a scratch card. You ...
There are uncountable service providers in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial nerve centre. These service providers range from the skilled and unskilled. And getting professionals from both types of labour can be quite painstaking. This is because there are so many quacks masking as professionals. You do not need to worry anymore about ...
The repair service industry is one that remains high in demand. This fact is why it seems to be growing continuously. Previously, it was all about going in search of repairmen to fix faulty devices. But all that is changing, as startups keep springing up, offering repair services and eliminating ...
A music streaming app, JOOX, that allows South Africans stream and download music has been launched by Tencent Africa. The app comes with features, such as a rich locally curated playlists that provide a soundtrack for every mood. The application offers both a free and paid VIP experience providing offline music ...
Nigeria's SystemSpecs has launched the full version of its Remita Mobile Application, for both Android and Apple phone users. The innovative payment solution according to the firm is aimed at "helping individuals to access all their bank balances on one screen, conveniently make and receive payments across various bank accounts, settle ...
Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), Nigeria’s leading social innovation centre in partnership with Google for Entrepreneurs, has announced the names of the 14 selected startups set to participate in PitchDrive, a three week five-city European tech hub tour across London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Zurich and Paris with the aim to raise €20M in funding from ...
In a bid to give all artisans and service providers access to influential clients and contacts, notwithstanding their educational status, Azeez Tobi established NeedMyService. In this exclusive interview, the Founder and CEO of NeedMyService tells us more about his startup and much more. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF? ...
When it comes to spirituality, Nigeria is arguably one of the countries with the largest number of highly spiritual people. Christian-focused Facebook groups, gospel events depict this, as they usually attract large number of people. Nathaniel Bassey's #HalleluyahChallenge further brought this fact to light. The team behind Spiricoco have decided ...
The event industry in Nigeria is one that never runs out of business, no matter how the economic situation of the country might be fairing. Events are held all through the week, and people are always on the lookout for event planners to help make the day a success. This ...
More than 75% of people in Nigerian cities (like Lagos) depended on public transportation to move around. Lagos is a very large city, with a population of 21 million people. 75% of that is about 15.8 million depend on public transportation for getting around daily. But not many changes have really ...
In December 2016, TechMoran learnt that One Africa Media’s Cheki and BrighterMonday had closed shop in Tanzania and Rwanda respectively as Ringier One Africa Media grapples with strategies to run profitable ventures across East Africa. Today, we have learnt that the firm has also pulled a plug on its physical ...
Sky.Garden, a Denmark and Kenya-based SaaS platform for mobile commerce that is built specifically to allow African businesses sell any product to defined audiences on digital channels with ease has raised $100,000 funding from Katapult Accelerator in a bid to scale its operations in Kenya and fill a gap left ...
MENA'S Flat6Labs has closed EGP100m Cairo fund to support over 100 Egyptian early stage-startups over the upcoming five years by providing seed funding of up to EGP 1mn per startup, training, mentorship and a suite of services allowing Egyptian startups to reach their customer base and scale their operations locally ...
Getting spare parts for vehicles sometimes is really challenging, especially in a country like Nigeria. You don't know honest dealers and you don't know if the parts are original. In cases when the job is left for mechanics, they end up swindling car owners of their money. But with PartsDirect.ng, ...
When you want to travel on vacation, business or for whatever reason, you are most likely to visit the bus park on that day to pay for your trip. What may happen in this case is that all the buses may have left and due to this, you will either travel ...
We all know those moments when we need an item that cannot be found anywhere on the shores of Nigeria, but in another country. Then the need to Travel all the way to a foreign country just to buy an item comes up, and this is sometimes in not doable. ...
Kenyan fintech startup SkyGarden has been selected as one of the 12 startups to take part in the Norway-based Katapult Accelerator thus making it the only African startup that will be attending. The 12 startups from a variety of fields and backgrounds all use exponential technology to solve the grand challenges ...
eThink Education, a leader in e-learning and technology in USA has launched a Moodle by eThink African Learning Network in Nigeria, to deliver their learning management expertise and allow participating schools and colleges connect and share resources directly within the Moodle platform. The Moodle by eThink African Learning Network (ALN) will ...
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) will use what3words, the innovative global addressing system to increase the number of homes it can deliver to and improve delivery services in preparation for the take-off of Nigerian e-commerce. Nigeria is the seventh country to adopt what3words, and the third in Africa. The system ...
Google has announced plans to train 10 million people in Africa in online skills over the next five years in an effort to make them more employable The U.S. technology giant also hopes to train 100,000 software developers in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa according to a company spokeswoman. This pledge ...
UPDATED: Rocket Internet's online marketplace Jumia Market has called it a day and is no longer accepting new inventory in both Nigeria, Kenya and various other markets across Africa after trying its best to pivot and survive without much result. The report, was first made public by TechLoy's Loy Okezie ...
Nigeria's Releaf, a marketplace connecting registered agribusinesses to customers they can trust has raised $120,000 from YCombinator to expand its operations across Nigeria where agriculture still remains underdeveloped. According to Isaiah Udotong, CEO of Releaf: "Our vision is to make doing business in Africa easier. For too long reliable business ...
Fenix International, a venture-backed pay-to-own home solar system technology and and financial services firm has raised funds from MTN, the Swedish Embassy in Zambia and USAID to launch pay-to-own solar home systems in Zambia. The funding together with MTN’s distribution networks will help the firm reach unbanked and off-grid customers ...
Remitano, a Vietnamese platform with operations in Africa has announced it now supports ethereum, an emergent decentralized cryptocurrency in a move to prevent fraudulent trading activities on its platform. "Unfortunately, cryptocurrency traders need to be watchful of fake exchanges, phishing schemes, and fraudulent ‘wallets' that bring malware into their devices, ...
There no doubt that there is a large deposit of crude oil in Nigeria. In fact, Nigeria is the largest producer in Africa. The by product of crude oil are diesel and cooking gas. This said, the epileptic power situation in the country has increased the demand for diesel by ...
Perhaps in today's tech world, being hungry can be tagged as a crime because there are quite a number of online platforms where you can order food. One of such platforms is Areachops. Areachops is an online platform for takeaway and food delivery. They partner with restaurants from across Nigeria so you ...
There is no gainsaying that the reading culture in Nigeria has declined. In a bid to encourage Nigerians to read more and make it seamless to purchase books, Bookvendeur has launched. The startup which was founded by Charles Efe and Oladoye Samuel in March 2017 is an eCommerce platform that ...
Headquartered in Singapore, Malaysia, with operational offices in India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China and Dubai, Belfrics Global has launched its Bitcoin Exchange in Kenya to allow traders and Bitcoin users to trade more efficiently and at a much lower cost. The cost of transactions while using Belfrics will be only ...
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first digital agriculture platform has been selected by TechStars Atlanta as one of the members of the 2017 Class to participate in its accelerator program in partnership with Cox Enterprises. This makes it the only African startup that will participate in the programme. Farmcrowdy’s CEO, Onyeka Akumah said: ...
60458050 - flying drone above the wheat field Aerial data-analytics specialist Aerobotics has secured a joint R8 million seed-funding round from 4Di, an independent early-stage technology venture-capital firm in Cape Town, and the Savannah Fund in Kenya. Started in Cape Town in 2014 by MIT and ...
