Chipper Cash, an African startup cross-border payments company, reportedly laid off 140 employees, or more than a third of its workforce.
Although 15% of those impacted are Nigerians, the layoffs affected workers from IT, engineering leadership, engineers, technical programme managers, and analysts.
This move follows a prior 13% personnel reduction in December 2022, when 50 employees from the…
Flance, an employee benefits company serving Africa’s gig economy, has announced a collaboration with leading ride-hailing platform Bolt that provides Bolt drivers in Nigeria with access to discounted healthcare plans. Through this collaboration, Bolt driver-partners can…
Nigerian undergraduates founded JEAY to offer the country with affordable and accessible healthcare.
February 21, 2023
Jesutoni Omiye attends Ekiti State University in Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. He has sickle cell disease and always goes home when he is sick to be treated by his mother, a nurse.
There is no denying that the internet has changed the way we live. He was in tremendous pain and…
Two Nigerian startups received $300,000 after attending the 2nd LEAP Technology Expo in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Two startups are RiceAfrika Technologies and Wicrypt Technologies.
They became winners in various categories of the rocket fuel competition, which was attended by Professor Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy.
More than 10,000 startups from different countries have…
Releaf a technology startup Secures $3.3 million pre-series unveils new technologies
January 11, 2023
Releaf, a technology startup that empowers African manufacturers, has raised $3.3 million in a Pre-Series A fundraising round that was oversubscribed.
Two new innovations will be introduced with the help of the new funding: SITE, a geographic mapping tool that determines the…
Tech4Dev, a social change and development initiative has explained that complex challenges facing Nigeria’s business environment can become a thing of the past if adequate investment is made in ensuring literacy in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)…
You can now pay in installments for your next flight on United Nigeria Airlines, powered by Kalabash.
December 11, 2022
In its commitment and dedication to providing seamless payment solutions for stakeholders in the travel industry, Kalabash has partnered with United Nigeria Airlines to offer its passengers the option of paying for their flights in installments with its innovative payment solution, Pay Small Small™ (PSS).
This service will be available for all United Nigeria Airlines passengers and will give…
CinderBuild emerges as Nigeria's e-commerce pioneer in the area of building and construction procurement.
December 11, 2022
For decades, the supply of building materials in Africa has been operated in a traditional procurement model, construction project managers traditionally spend significant time and effort managing multiple procurement conversations across different platforms for each item…
To promote sound mental health, Applatch helps users lock addictive apps.
December 11, 2022
You will agree that it is almost impossible for most smartphone users to focus on work or study without the urge of wanting to be connected to their phones, which often is a distraction triggered by social media.
On a global scale, research has it that 75.4% of smartphone…
Stears, a Nigerian data startup, raises $3.3 million with the support of Mac VC and Serena Ventures.
October 12, 2022
Stears, a Nigerian data startup, has completed a $3.3 million seed round in order to grow throughout other African nations.
Leading the round was MaC Venture Capital. Additionally participating were Serena Ventures, the Luminate Fund of the Omidyar Group, Melo 7 Tech Partners, and Cascador.
One of the 60 companies chosen for the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund 2022 batch in September 2022…