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| 08.11.2025 | Ventures Platform Fuels Africa's Next Tech Wave with $64M Fund Close | Ventures Platform achieved a $64 million first close for its $75 million Pan-African Fund II. This capital injection targets early-stage tech across Africa. The firm focuses on impactful startups solving non-consumption and infrastructure g... |
| 07.11.2025 | Ventures Platform Secures $64M First Close for Fund II to Power Africa’s Next Tech Wave | Share this:
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| 01.09.2025 | Kola Aina on AI in Africa, local capital, and exits | Kola Aina needs no introduction. As the founding partner of Ventures Platform, a $46 million early-stage fund, he has been a central figure in African venture capital for the past decade.
His firm has backed more than 90 startups across the... |
| 28.12.2024 | The Fintech Surge: Nigeria's Digital Revolution | Nigeria is on fire. The fintech sector is booming, igniting a digital revolution across the nation. This surge is not just a trend; it’s a transformation. With a youthful population and a growing appetite for technology, Nigeria is becoming... |
| 23.12.2024 | The Rapid Growth of Fintech in Nigeria | In recent years, Nigeria has emerged as a significant player in the global fintech landscape. The country's fintech sector has experienced remarkable growth, driven by a young and tech-savvy population, increasing smartphone penetration, an... |
| 14.12.2024 | Nigeria's Fintech Revolution: A Digital Dawn | Nigeria is riding a wave. The fintech sector is booming, transforming the financial landscape. This growth is not just a trend; it’s a revolution. A young, tech-savvy population is at the helm, steering the country into a digital future. Wi... |
| 13.12.2024 | The rapid growth of fintech in Nigeria | By Andrew Uaboi, VP, Visa West Africa
In recent years, Nigeria has emerged as a significant player in the global fintech landscape.
The country’s fintech sector has experienced remarkable growth, driven by a young and tech-savvy population,... |
| 12.12.2024 | The Rapid Growth of Fintech in Nigeria | In recent years, Nigeria has emerged as a significant player in the global fintech landscape. The country’s fintech sector has experienced remarkable growth, driven by a young and tech-savvy population, increasing smartphone penetration, an... |
| 06.12.2024 | Ventures Platform ClimateTech White Paper Calls For Climate-resilient Business Models in the African Tech Sector | Share this:
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| 21.11.2024 | Growth in the Nigerian Fintech Industry – Andrew Uaboi | By – Andrew Uaboi – Vice President and Head of West Africa
Q: How has the Nigerian fintech sector grown in recent years?
A: The Nigerian fintech sector has experienced remarkable growth over the past few years, positioning itself as a key p... |
| 03.07.2024 | House of Reps orders probe into N1.12 trillion Anchor Borrowers’ Program | The House of Representatives has initiated an investigation into the N1.12 trillion Anchor Borrowers Scheme, a Federal Government initiative for agricultural funding through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The probe will also include the... |
| 21.02.2023 | Africa: Agriculture Innovators Share Prize to Aid Food Security | Three tech innovators are to share a US$1.5 million prize to scale up their innovations and enable smallholder farmers to boost productivity, resilience and incomes amid a historic food crisis, the award organisers say.
Farmers in Africa ar... |
| 03.02.2023 | Three Youth-Led African Agritech Businesses Receive Investment To Help Scale Up African Agriculture | Three African youth-led Agritech businesses— Kenya’s DigiCow, Botswana’s Brastorne Enterprises and Nigeria’s ThriveAgric— will receive mentorship and $1.5 million in grants to help them to aggressively expand solutions to long-standing chal... |
| 30.11.2022 | UNDP, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) launch AgroHack Challenge
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | The winners will receive funding, incubation support for 3 months as well as access to workspace, market and networks to aid business growth
Nigeria’s Agricultural sector is facing a myriad of challenges such as climate and weather changes,... |
| 24.06.2022 | Nigerian Startup wins Visa Everywhere Initiative 2022 for Central Europe, Middle East, and Africa Region | Technology-driven agricultural start-up, ThriveAgric, has emerged as the winner of Central Europe, Middle East, and Africa (CEMEA) Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI), a global innovation program and competition for start-ups and fintech compa... |
| 23.06.2022 | African Agritech funding for the first half of 2022 | The African tech ecosystem has shown impressive growth in the last decade, and many investors want to have a seed in this thriving ecosystem. Last year, Disrupt Africa revealed that 564 tech startups raised over $2 billion in 2021. It’s exc... |
| 24.03.2022 | ThriveAgric, a Nigerian agri-tech startup, has raised $56.4 million in debt financing | ThriveAgric, a Nigerian agri-tech firm, has secured $56.4 million in debt financing from local commercial banks and institutional investors to expand its 200,000-strong farmer base and enter new African markets such as Ghana, Zambia, and Ke... |
| 23.03.2022 | ThriveAgric Raises $56M in Debt Funding | ThriveAgric, an Abuja, Nigeria-based agtech company, raised $56.4M in debt funding.
Backers included local commercial banks and institutional investors. The raise also included a co-investment grant of $1.75M from the USAID-funded West Afri... |
| 23.03.2022 | ThriveAgric raises $56.4m debt funding and accelerates pan-Africa expansion plans | Share this:
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| 23.03.2022 | Nigerian agritech, ThriveAgric, raises $56.4M | Nigerian based ThriveAgric, a fast-growing technology-driven agricultural company, has raised $56.4M in debt funding from local commercial banks and institutional investors. The raise also included a co-investment grant of $1.75M from the U... |
| 23.03.2022 | Nigerian agritech, ThriveAgric, raises $56.4M | Nigerian based ThriveAgric, a fast-growing technology-driven agricultural company, has raised $56.4M in debt funding from local commercial banks and institutional investors. The raise also included a co-investment grant of $1.75M from the U... |
| 22.03.2022 | ThriveAgric raises $56.4m debt funding and accelerates pan-Africa expansion plans | ThriveAgric, a fast-growing technology-driven agricultural company, has raised $56.4M in debt funding from local commercial banks and institutional investors. The raise also included a co-investment grant of $1.75M from the USAID-funded Wes... |
| 22.02.2022 | From celebrated platforms to fraud claims: Why Nigeria’s agric crowdfunding fintechs came crashing down | “It was all going fine until days before my scheduled payout,” says Biodun*, who in May 2020 and through reQuid had invested ₦250,000 in a joint venture for rice production in Kebbi and Sokoto states, Nigeria. The promise was to get a 28% r... |
| 12.08.2021 | How Adia Sowho helped steer Thrive Agric through the pandemic crisis | Nigeria’s less than two-decade-old ecosystem is evolving fast. But behind the funding and legitimate hype, there’s without a doubt plenty of learning that needs to be done in running a startup.
In retrospect, founders in Nigeria do tremendo... |
| 02.06.2021 | Agritech startup launches programme to support smallholder farmers in Nigeria | Abuja-based agritech startup Thrive Agric has launched a one-year project that aims to support 50 000 smallholder farmers that grow rice, maize, and soybean in Nigeria.
Thrive Agric has launched a one-year project that aims to support 50 00... |
| 02.06.2021 | Agritech startup launches programme to support smallholder farmers in Nigeria | Abuja-based agritech startup Thrive Agric has launched a one-year project that aims to support 50 000 smallholder farmers that grow rice, maize, and soybean in Nigeria.
Thrive Agric has launched a one-year project that aims to support 50 0... |
| 06.10.2020 | Why agro-crowdfunding platform, Thrive Agric is defaulting on payments despite insured operations | Share this article:
In May, Nigerian agro-crowdfunding platform, Thrive Agric, came under scrutiny after being accused of failing to pay its subscribers.
Founded by Uka Eje and Ayodeji Arikawe in 2017, Thrive Agric is an agricultural techno... |
| 30.08.2020 | Techpoint Awards 2020: Complete list of winners and Hall of Fame inductees | Share this article:
Editor’s note [Updated on September 18, 2020]: Following GIG Logistics’ request to exercise its legal rights, the company has been removed from the finalists in the Logistics Category of the Awards.
On January 1, 2020, T... |
| 27.05.2020 | Uka Eje on how Thrive Agric is positioning itself for success in the midst of a crisis | Share this article:
Just five months into the year, the coronavirus pandemic and its resulting lockdowns have come for both small and big businesses in different industries, not caring if they’ve raised money or not.
Thrive Agric, an Abuja-... |
| 18.03.2020 | Here are the nominees for Techpoint Nigerian Startup Awards 2020 | Share this article:
Editor’s note [Updated on September 18, 2020]: In accordance with GIG Logistics’ request following the decision to exercise its legal rights, the company has been removed from the finalists in the Logistics Category of t... |
| 23.12.2019 | African tech startups netted over $6m in collective prize money in 2019 [List] | African tech startups this year tapped millions of dollars by taking part in and winning startup competitions — at least over $6-million collectively, by Ventureburn’s calculations.
The biggest cash prize went to South African insurtech sta... |
| 23.12.2019 | African tech startups netted over $6m in collective prize money in 2019 [List] | African tech startups this year tapped millions of dollars by taking part in and winning startup competitions — at least over $6-million collectively, by Ventureburn’s calculations.
The biggest cash prize went to South African insurtech st... |
| 29.11.2019 | Fourth cohort of Launchpad Africa raised $4.3m, created over 300 jobs, says Google | Google this week hosted its first Google Startup Week in Lagos and demo day for the fourth class of its Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa, which saw graduates pitch for funding from some of Africa and the UK’s top venture capitalists.
Goo... |
| 29.11.2019 | Fourth cohort of Launchpad Africa raised $4.3m, created over 300 jobs, says Google | Google this week hosted its first Google Startup Week in Lagos and demo day for the fourth class of its Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa, which saw graduates pitch for funding from some of Africa and the UK’s top venture capitalists.
Go... |
| 18.11.2019 | Nigeria’s LifeBank scoops $250k in Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize | LifeBank, a Nigerian healthtech startup that delivers blood and other essential medical supplies to hospitals, has been awarded $250 000 after it was named the winner of the inaugural Africa Netpreneur Prize.
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| 18.11.2019 | Nigeria’s LifeBank scoops $250k in Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize | LifeBank, a Nigerian healthtech startup that delivers blood and other essential medical supplies to hospitals, has been awarded $250 000 after it was named the winner of the inaugural Africa Netpreneur Prize.
This, according to an article y... |
| 17.11.2019 | Nigeria’s LifeBank wins $250,000 from a Jack Ma Foundation initiative | Share this article:
In Accra, Ghana on Saturday, at the inaugural grand finale of the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI), 10 African startups competed for $1 million in total grant prize money.
By the end of the night, Nigerian medic... |
| 13.11.2019 | My Life In Tech: At 28, Oghenetega Iortim is solving Africa’s coldchain logistics problem | My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa.
Gricd occupies a small office space in a factory inundated with large machinery. The f... |
| 16.10.2019 | Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative announces 10 finalists in running for share of $1m | Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) has announced the top 10 finalists for its grand finale event which takes place in Accra, Ghana on 16 November.
The ANPI said in a statement on Monday (14 October) that af... |
| 16.10.2019 | Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative announces 10 finalists in running for share of $1m | Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) has announced the top 10 finalists for its grand finale event which takes place in Accra, Ghana on 16 November.
The ANPI said in a statement on Monday (14 October) that aft... |
| 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 ... |
| 21.03.2019 | Here are the African startups that pitched at Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 Demo Day | At least seven African startups were among the 189 companies that participated at Y Combinator‘s Winter 2019 Demo Day on Monday and Tuesday this week (18 and 19 March).
Twice a year, the US seed accelerator invests $150 000 in selected sta... |
| 21.03.2019 | Here are the African startups that pitched at Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 Demo Day | At least seven African startups were among the 189 companies that participated at Y Combinator‘s Winter 2019 Demo Day on Monday and Tuesday this week (18 and 19 March).
Twice a year, the US seed accelerator invests $150 000 in selected star... |
| 20.03.2019 | Seven Africa-focused startups present at Y Combinator’s Demo Day | The seven Africa-focused companies that presented as part of Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 class of 200 startups may seem like a small percentage for such a large class, but it represents the growing significance of African ventures in YC’s un... |
| 15.03.2019 | Meet 23 Companies from the YC W19 Batch Part 5 | Meet 23 companies that recently announced they’re part of the YC Winter 2019 batch. To see more YC W19 companies read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4.
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| 31.10.2018 | A look at all the companies participating in 500 Startups’ 24th accelerator program | TechCrunch has an exclusive look at the companies participating in 500 Startups‘ 24th startup accelerator batch, which kicked off last week.
Through its four-month seed program, the Silicon Valley seed fund invests $150,000 in exchange for ... |
| 12.04.2018 | Before you invest in online farm crowdfunding platforms in Nigeria | Share this article:
Investment in farming is a risk, but there used to be a time when talking people into investing in farming was a lot scarier than what it is today.
With the crude nature of farming, coupled with the general lack of infor... |
| 23.03.2018 | 12 African startups Google is betting on | When Google CEO Sundar Pichai visited Lagos, Nigeria (the largest economy in Africa) for the first time in 2017, he announced the company’s plans to train 10 million Africans in digital skills over the next 5 years. He also announced Google... |
| 19.03.2018 | Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa announces first cohort of 12 startups | Google earlier today announced 12 startups that will participate in the first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa class at an event in Lagos, Nigeria.
The Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme is aimed at early-stage African startups and w... |
| 19.03.2018 | Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa announces first cohort of 12 startups | Google earlier today announced 12 startups that will participate in the first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa class at an event in Lagos, Nigeria.
The Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme is aimed at early-stage African startups and ... |
| 02.01.2018 | 5 Nigerian startups you should pay attention to in 2018 | Share this article:
2017 wrapped up with several notable events surrounding the Nigerian tech scene. While some events provoked watery eyes, such as the passing on of young talents, there was also a lot to rejoice over. More local startups ... |
| 13.09.2017 | The rise of the internet farmers | Share this article:
When you think of farming, the image of a farmer in a remote village, working everyday under the sun, with basic farming tools comes to mind. Such image hardly inspires confidence in farming. Well, all of that is beginni... |
| 13.09.2017 | Expectations high as Ventures Platform 2nd cohort steps out | Share this article:
You will recall that Ventures Platform rounded off its inaugural hybrid incubation programme with 6 startups graduating from that cohort. No sooner had it ended than they were back on the hunt for new startups to enlist ... |
| - | ThriveAgric, a Nigerian agri-tech startup, has raised $56.4 million in debt financing | ThriveAgric, a Nigerian agri-tech firm, has secured $56.4 million in debt financing from local commercial banks and institutional investors to expand its 200,000-strong farmer base and enter new African markets such as Ghana, Zambia, and Ke... |
