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#Applications for Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 Funding Cycle are now Open #Fintech Vs Agritech What Should Investors Hurdle Toward in Nigeria? (Part II) #African startups have raised a total $168.6 million in the first half of 2018 (4x jump vs same period in 2017) #Apply: Wells Fargo Accelerator Program for FinTech Startups 2018 #FirstBank Launches Digital Lab to Support Nigeria’s Fintech Space. #Devjobs.ng launches to provide one stop site for all developer jobs in Nigeria. #Nigerian TaxiTV raised $50k in seed funding #Mines.io Raised $13M to expand big-data for lending in emerging market

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Win up to 50,000USD in Visa everywhere initiative in Sub Sahara Africa

WIN UP TO 50,000USD IN VISA EVERYWHERE INITIATIVE IN SUB SAHARA AFRICA Visa’s Everywhere Initiative is a global open innovation program tapping into startup communities to drive regional business objectives, curate the startup ecosystem for

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LifeBank gets $200k in Seed funding

The Nigerian startups just raised $200k in seed funding to expand its service across Nigeria. Founded 2 years ago, LifeBank has been saving lives by making blood available on demand. The health sector is the

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[Breaking News] Yudala Acquires Konga in a $10m Deal
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[Breaking News] Yudala Acquires Konga in a $10m Deal

  We hinted last month about an acquisition talk between Konga and Yudala, it has now been confirmed that it has finally closed and Konga’s journey as an independent company just came to an end. Zinox

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Yudala Chairman Takes Over as Konga’s chairman
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Yudala Chairman Takes Over as Konga’s chairman

We hinted earlier in the month that talks to acquire Konga is ongoing between Konga and Yudala. We can report authoritatively that Yudala’s Chairman (Leo Stan Eke) as been appointed as Konga’s CEO. We expect an acquisition

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Best Investors to pitch to In Nigeria: A look into investors that are actually writing checks
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Best Investors to pitch to In Nigeria: A look into investors that are actually writing checks

I want to cover investors that have written checks for startups in Nigeria 2-3yrs. At the moment in Africa, angels and venture capitalist are growing but as startups, you want to increase your chances of

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Konga exits B2C e-commerce, shutdown KongaDaily and now a “JiJi” Clone

Konga, the poster child of Nigeria e-commerce is pivoting to pure-play marketplace helping merchant list and sell via WhatsApp. As we found out this morning, customers can no longer “Buy” on Konga, instead, they can

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Flutterwave hits $2billion in transaction and increased banking partners

It’s been a pacesetting year for Flutterwave, as expected, the company has grown in leaps and bound. Over the period the company has grown by 900% in transaction volume; from $200m a year ago to

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PiggyBank.ng, Nigerian Startup to Shake the mainstream in 2018
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PiggyBank.ng, Nigerian Startup to Shake the mainstream in 2018

I have been following PiggyBank since their launch in 2016, and to see them grow aggressively over 2017 is amazing! Reading through the co-founder’s article on medium gave an impressive look into the steady execution

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