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In Africa, several startups including FoodCourt, Heyfood, and SendMe are vying to become the continent’s top food delivery app. Many are based in Nigeria, one of Africa’s richest countries ...
Co-Creation Hub was founded in October 2010 by Bosun Tijani and Femi Longe. It officially opened in September 2011 as a social innovation centre at 294, Herbert Macaulay, Yaba, serving as an open living lab dedicated to accelerating the application of social capital and technology for economic prosperity.
Kobo360 raised $20 million in a Series A round headed by Goldman Sachs in 2019 [13] and $10 million in working capital funding from Nigerian commercial banks. [14] [13]Kobo360 raised an additional $56 million in its series B round led by Afrexim Bank's equity arm - The Fund For Export Development in Africa (FEDA), with participation from existing investors.
The startup first launched in 2019 with SD cards and USBs pre-recorded with videos for K-12 students. [3] It has gone on to add quizzes, homework help feature and education content for learners in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra-Leone, Liberia, and Gambia within the K-12 segment since the launch of its app in March 2020.
Gokada is a tech startup based in Lagos, Nigeria. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The startup launched as a ride-hailing company in 2017, before diversifying into Logistics and Food Delivery in 2020 [ 3 ] [ 4 ] after a ban on commercial motorcycles by the Government of Lagos State .
Paystack was founded in 2015 by Shola Akinlade and Ezra Olubi who met at Babcock University and worked in banking and IT before founding Paystack. [3] [4] In November 2015, it became the first Nigerian company to be accepted into the startup accelerator Y Combinator. [5]
Chidi Nwaogu (born 20 May 1990) is a Nigerian [1] tech entrepreneur and software developer, [2] who is presently one of the founders of Publiseer, a Lagos-based digital publishing company. [3]
The majority of registered voters say they accept President-elect Trump’s victory in the White House race, regardless of feelings, according to a recent exit poll. The YouGov/Economist survey ...