Startups

In Nigeria, maybe Africa, EdTech startups do not attract the sort of funding that their FinTech counterparts enjoy. A possible reason could be the discrepancies in their respective addressable markets. Former Konga boss, Sim Shagaya's new company - ULesson - raised $3.1 million seed funding... Read More

MEST is an African technology hub headquartered in Ghana and it is primarily funded by Meltwater Foundation founded by Norwegian philanthropist Jom Lyseggen. MEST was founded in 2008 as an incubator hub for training and funding early-stage startups in Africa. For now, it has incubation... Read More

Even though farming can be a very risky business to go into – especially in this part of the world, it is still a highly lucrative one. You don’t have to be a farmer before you can invest and get returns from farming. Now, thanks... Read More

After just a year and a few months of Opera launching its fintech platform OPay in Nigeria, The company has gotten quite busy this year launching Oride a few months ago and now offering a three-wheel ride-hailing platform it calls OTrike. This new tricycle service... Read More

Glovo, a Barcelona based start-up launched in Kenya, Ghana, and Egypt in December of 2018 in a move to transform the way consumer access to local goods. This was meant to enable anyone to get nearly any product delivered to their doorstep in less than... Read More

On Thursday 13th December 2018, MTN Uganda announced the MTN APP Challenge 2018. This edition of the MTN App Challenge focus on building innovations for digital payments. All participating innovators are required to build applications that facilitate digital payments. MTN Uganda opened up its Mobile... Read More

Startup Battlefield Africa is TechCrunch’s startup competition that brings the top early stage startups from Sub-Saharan Africa together on one stage to compete for a spot at the Disrupt Cup, a $25,000 prize in no-equity cash, and potential support from investors. In partnership with Facebook, the... Read More

The biggest questions that most start-up founders have at heart are; how best they can grow and scale their companies for impact, and how much they can keep the culture of excellence and fun. The same could have come up on the agenda when Ian... Read More

The Easter Holidays are here, and you could probably want some little madness attached to it. SafeBoda, Uganda's leading motocycle ride hailing app, is celebrating the Easter weekend with a special offer dubbed #EasterMadness. Customers have always enjoyed Monthly Madness offers at the beginning of each month,... Read More