Capitalizing on the importance of Workers’ Day on Monday, Lastmile Financials Limited, a Nigerian fintech, has officially launched PayMasta, a new product to cater to the needs of Nigerian employees, seeking to cut their wages ahead of payday.
At the heart of PayMasta is Earned Wage Access (EWA), a system for employees to access their wages before payday. EWA, although it has been around for…
*According to FT, because many fast-growing companies are privately held and do not publicly disclose detailed financial data, a ranking such as this can never claim to be complete
The inaugural Financial Times (FT) annual ranking of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies…
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…
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 technology stack, bolster its existing team of world-class talents and develop more research-led solutions.
The Funding was co-led…
A Nigeria-based edtech startup, 9jacodekids, has raised a $350K seed funding round to expand its team and operations across Nigeria.
The founder and CEO, Ugochukwu Nkwocha, on Monday, confirmed the development in a post on the startup’s website.
Ripples Nigeria gathered…
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…
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 exchange January through April.
Apt Securities & Funds, CardinalStone Securities and Meristem Stockbrokers led the pack…
Homewin by Sujimoto is looking for the best sales manager! An all-round, versatile, certified and exposed sales expert, with at least 10 years of work experience, and a proven background in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), and a demonstrated character for marketing…
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…
A total of $2.25 billion was raised in funding activities by tech companies in Africa in the first four months of 2022, according to data from the Big Deal compiled by Max Cuvellier, Head of Mobile for Development, GSMA, and Maxime Bayen, Senior Venture Builder for BFA Global.
The $2.25 billion represents 2.5 times the amount the startups raised by the end of April 2021, five times the amount…