| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.12.2021 | Introducing: the Regional Winners of Rising Stars 4.0 | As part of our ‘12 Days of Scaleups‘ campaign, we have been gradually revealing the Regional Winners of Rising Stars 4.0 this month. The fourth version of Rising Stars remains UK’s only national early-stage tech scaleup competition. It is o... |
| 09.12.2020 | AppsAfrica Awards 2020 – Shortlist Announced | Share this:
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| 09.06.2020 | MEST announces the names of the 2020 Africa Challenge country finalists | The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has announced the names of its country finalists for its 2020 MEST Africa Challenge.
MEST made the announcement yesterday in a blog post. The finalists include 83 tech startups from... |
| 09.06.2020 | MEST announces the names of the 2020 Africa Challenge country finalists | The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has announced the names of its country finalists for its 2020 MEST Africa Challenge.
MEST made the announcement yesterday in a blog post. The finalists include 83 tech startups from ... |
| 02.12.2019 | Impulse Morocco Accelerator Program Announces Top 16 Startups | BOSTON, MA – Impulse Morocco Accelerator Program, an international startup competition that identifies and accelerates the top agriculture tech, mining tech, biotech, and material science and nanotechnology startups in the world, announced ... |
| 24.09.2019 | Here are the 2019 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Africa regional winners | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has selected the four Africa regional final winners of its MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge.
MIT announced the winners last Friday (20 September) at the IIC Africa Celebration in Addis Ababa... |
| 24.09.2019 | Here are the 2019 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Africa regional winners | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has selected the four Africa regional final winners of its MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge.
MIT announced the winners last Friday (20 September) at the IIC Africa Celebration in Addis Abab... |
| 29.07.2019 | Here are the 2019 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Africa regional finalists | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has selected 12 companies to pitch at the Africa regional finals of its MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge.
Through the initiative, MIT awards $1.6-million every year to entrepreneurs using t... |
| 29.07.2019 | Here are the 2019 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Africa regional finalists | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has selected 12 companies to pitch at the Africa regional finals of its MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge.
Through the initiative, MIT awards $1.6-million every year to entrepreneurs using te... |
| 24.04.2019 | To Drive Inclusion, Fintech Solutions Should Focus on Last Mile Users | The British High Commission to Nigeria and EFInA (Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access), last week, convened an interactive session tagged Powering Financial Inclusion Through Fintech, to discuss furthering financial inclusion in Nig... |
| 29.03.2019 | 20 African startups selected for the UK’s Go Global Africa programme | Twenty tech startups from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa this week embarked upon a series of intensive workshops in London with market leaders and tech incubators — as part of the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s Go ... |
| 29.03.2019 | 20 African startups selected for the UK’s Go Global Africa programme | Twenty tech startups from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa this week embarked upon a series of intensive workshops in London with market leaders and tech incubators — as part of the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s Go ... |
| 12.02.2019 | Lagos-based digital publisher Publiseer wins Startup World Cup Nigeria finals | Lagos-based free digital publishing platform Publiseer has won the Startup World Cup Nigeria regional final, securing a ticket to represent the country at the competition’s grand finale in the US.
The startup took top honours at an event h... |
| 12.02.2019 | Lagos-based digital publisher Publiseer wins Startup World Cup Nigeria finals | Lagos-based free digital publishing platform Publiseer has won the Startup World Cup Nigeria regional final, securing a ticket to represent the country at the competition’s grand finale in the US.
The startup took top honours at an event ho... |
| 28.01.2019 | Meet the 10 startups pitching at the Startup World Cup 2019 Nigeria final | A peer-to-peer edtech platform, an on-demand service marketplace, as well as a proptech company are among the 10 startups that will pitch at next week’s Startup World Cup 2019 Nigeria regional final.
The Startup World Cup is global startup... |
| 28.01.2019 | Meet the 10 startups pitching at the Startup World Cup 2019 Nigeria final | A peer-to-peer edtech platform, an on-demand service marketplace, as well as a proptech company are among the 10 startups that will pitch at next week’s Startup World Cup 2019 Nigeria regional final.
The Startup World Cup is global startup ... |
| 25.10.2018 | Payments space not over saturated in Africa argues Village Capital head | African fintech startups are beginning to branch out away from the payments space into other sub-sectors — such as agri-finance, insurtech and alternative credit scoring — a report by US-based venture capital (VC) firm Village Capital has f... |
| 25.10.2018 | Payments space not over saturated in Africa argues Village Capital head | African fintech startups are beginning to branch out away from the payments space into other sub-sectors — such as agri-finance, insurtech and alternative credit scoring — a report by US-based venture capital (VC) firm Village Capital has f... |
| 30.05.2018 | Nigerian insurtech CompareIN to head to Yale University pitch after winning $150k | Nigerian insurtech startup CompareIN are heading to Yale University in Connecticut in the US, after winning $150 000 at the inaugural VentureClash Lagos, a pitch competition organised by US-based venture capital firm Connecticut Innovations... |
| 30.05.2018 | Nigerian insurtech CompareIN to head to Yale University pitch after winning $150k | Nigerian insurtech startup CompareIN are heading to Yale University in Connecticut in the US, after winning $150 000 at the inaugural VentureClash Lagos, a pitch competition organised by US-based venture capital firm Connecticut Innovations... |
| 06.03.2018 | Names of 12 startups announced for Village Capital Fintech Africa 2018 | Twelve African startups that have developed solutions to improve financial health for consumers and or businesses have been selected by venture capital firm Village Capital for its Village Capital Fintech Africa 2018 programme.
The VC comp... |
| 06.03.2018 | Names of 12 startups announced for Village Capital Fintech Africa 2018 | Twelve African startups that have developed solutions to improve financial health for consumers and or businesses have been selected by venture capital firm Village Capital for its Village Capital Fintech Africa 2018 programme.
The VC compa... |
| 15.08.2016 | Healthcare app Kangpe declared winner of Lagos Seedstars World competition [update] | Healthcare platform, Kangpe, has been crowned the winner of the Seedstars World pitching competition in Nigeria. The event took place on 11 August at Seedspace Lagos.
Kangpe is a mobile app which allows users to access over 500 doctors, ar... |
| 15.08.2016 | Healthcare app Kangpe declared winner of Lagos Seedstars World competition [update] | Healthcare platform, Kangpe, has been crowned the winner of the Seedstars World pitching competition in Nigeria. The event took place on 11 August at Seedspace Lagos.
Kangpe is a mobile app which allows users to access over 500 doctors, aro... |
| 12.08.2016 | Health start-up Kangpe wins Seedstars Lagos | Share this:
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| 12.08.2016 | Doctor-in-your-pocket, Kangpe is the winner of Seedstars Lagos | Seedstars World, the team organising the global seed-stage startup competition has been on an African tour, and they were in Lagos last night for this year’s iteration. After receiving around 100 applications, the team selected eight startu... |
| 09.08.2016 | These are the 8 startups that will pitch at Seedstars World Lagos 2016 | Eight. That’s the number of startups that the Seedstars World team picked out of 100 applications to pitch on August 11. The selected startups are all less than 2 years old, have raised less than $500,000 in funding, have an MVP, traction a... |
| 23.01.2016 | 3 Startups emerge winners at Challenge Cup Lagos | Share this article:
Most Friday nights in Lagos are chill nights with less worries and more fun, but it definitely wasn’t the case for 12 Nigerian startups that owned the Challenge Cup Lagos stage on Friday, 22nd January 2016. Pass.ng, Tech... |
