Tue, March 4th 2014, 12:20 · Tom Jackson
The global Social Media Week (SMW) event is to arrive in Johannesburg, South Africa, in September, the second African destination of the series after two successful events in Lagos. → Read more
Sun, March 2nd 2014, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
The last week saw three new startup incubator or accelerator programmes launch in Africa, as well as a host of competition winners, funding recipients and new apps for small African businesses. → Read more
Mon, February 24th 2014, 09:03 · Paul Adepoju
Educational portal PrepClass emerged winner of the maiden edition of the TechCabal Battlefield startup competition at the just concluded Social Media Week (SMW) Lagos, claiming the US$20,000 prize. → Read more
Sun, February 23rd 2014, 08:00 · Chris Udemans
From online learning platforms to youth empowerment schemes, this week African startups have tackled challenges inherent to African education and unemployment, hoping to secure the continent’s economic future. → Read more
Thu, February 20th 2014, 17:40 · Paul Adepoju
Building trust is the major challenge in the online real estate market in Africa, with the industry battling with misrepresentations, according to Kian Moini, co-founder of Rocket Internet-owned online real estate marketplace Lamudi. → Read more
Wed, February 19th 2014, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju
LinkedIn has been described as the new Facebook by Claudine Moore, founder and managing director of New York-based public relations firm C Moore Media. → Read more
Wed, February 19th 2014, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian travel booking platform Wakanow.com records around 20,000 users monthly, according to c-founder Ralph Tamuno, though he said it took developers a long time to make the site available for public use. → Read more
Tue, February 18th 2014, 17:40 · Paul Adepoju
Twenty per cent of daily traffic on e-commerce site Jumia Nigeria is generated from social media, according to Opeyemi Adetomiwa, the company’s community manager. → Read more
Mon, February 17th 2014, 16:20 · Paul Adepoju
Online critics are free consultants for governments looking to improve their performance, who can use conversations online to determine what citizens need, according to social entrepreneur Gbenga Sesan. → Read more
Mon, February 17th 2014, 14:20 · Paul Adepoju
Jason Njoku, founder of iROKO, has identified the speed and cost of broadband as the major challenge the company is battling in Nigeria. → Read more
Sun, February 16th 2014, 08:00 · Chris Udemans
This week African startups have seen invitations to events all over the world, from Silicon Valley to Milan, where a number of startups will be exposed to international trends. → Read more
Thu, February 13th 2014, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
TechCabal has announced the seven finalists for its Battlefield startup competition, which will be held next week at Social Media Week (SMW) Lagos and see the startups competing to win US$20,000. → Read more
Fri, January 24th 2014, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
TechCabal this week announced its Battlefield startup competition, taking place at next month’s Social Media Week (SMW) Lagos, Nigeria. Bankole Oluwafemi, editor of TechCabal, spoke to HumanIPO on the challenges facing startups in Africa, the uniqueness of the Nigerian market and what the judges will be looking for in the startups that participate in the challenge. → Read more
Thu, January 23rd 2014, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju
Startups can perform optimally only when they are in an economy that is conducive for growing their business, Bankole Oluwafemi, editor of Nigerian tech blog TechCabal, has told HumanIPO. → Read more
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