Ranks & Rate

AFEX tops Financial Times’ ranking

AFEX, Nigeria’s commodity market player and a private sector commodities exchange, has been ranked number one in the Financial Times (FT) rating of Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies – Agriculture & Commodities category for 2022. The listing of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies compiled by the Financial Times features advanced, modern, and thriving businesses fueling the global…
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Startups

Norebase Secured a $1 million Pre-Seed Funding

Norebase, a Nigerian-based tradetech company launched in 2021, has secured a $1 million pre-seed funding round to accelerate plans to build a plug-and-play company incorporation technology. According to the company, the funding will broaden its trademark registration…
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Where Entrepreneurs Meet with PINKCOCCO is back with 2.0

Oluwatobi Deborah Odubanjo popularly referred to as PINKCOCCO, a fashion entrepreneur, digital marketer, content creator, brand influencer, business consultant and YouTuber is back with a Business Master Class tagged ‘Where Entrepreneurs Meet with PINKCOCCO’. To register CLICK here Register View this post on Instagram A post shared…
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Nigeria’s top 10 stockbroking firms trade N579.5 billion

Ten brokerage firms facilitated transactions valued at N579.5 billion on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) in the four months to April, according to the broker performance report obtained from the bourse. That translates to 64.3 per cent of the cumulative trade executed on the…
Events

In Celebration of Earth Day GIVO hosted an Official Earth Day Exhibition

It was an exciting time at the GIVO Earth Day Exhibition on Friday, April 22, 2022. Themed: Invested in the Earth, the GIVO Exhibition was organized to highlight the impact of man-made activities on the Earth’s current state, showcase GIVO’s contribution to a waste-free environment, and kick-start conversations around the future of recycling and a circular economy in Africa. The exhibition…
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BlockchainStartups

Afriex raises $10 million in Series A funding

Afriex, a Nigerian blockchain-based money transfer startup, announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding to expand its blockchain money transfer app. The round was led by Sequoia Capital China and Dragonfly Capital with participation from Goldentree, Stellar Foundation, and Exceptional Capital, among others. Founded in 2019 by Tope Alabi and John Obirije, Afriex provides instant…
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