| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.01.2026 | Rwanda: Teaching in Our Voice - Using Ai to Empower Teachers, Protect Every Child | Mama Mignonne teaches mathematics at a primary school in Musanze District. Every evening, after her tudents have left her classroom, she sits with a notebook and a pen, writing out the next day's lesson plan by hand.
Also read: When is the ... |
| 09.08.2025 | Inclusive design is key to onboarding Nigeria’s unbanked and unconnected | Imagine trying to pay for your electricity online, but the text on the call-to-action button is too small to read, or your aunt in the village who wants to use her mobile banking app, but the app doesn’t support her native language. For man... |
| 01.08.2025 | Beyond the code: How AI is powering a creative and cultural renaissance across Africa – Gift Edah | Gift Edah is the Founder and Creative Lead at Rayvolution Media, shaping visual storytelling and entertainment technology across Africa.
Gift Edah
In the last decade, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has evolved from a sci-fi spectacle into a v... |
| 01.07.2025 | Beyond the hype: How GenAI is solving real business challenges across Africa | By Benedicta Etafo
In 2022, Generative AI (GenAI) exploded into public consciousness, capturing imaginations with chatbots that could write poems, design logos, and explain quantum physics in plain English. For months, it felt like a Silico... |
| 29.05.2025 | Navigating the Digital Divide: The Challenges of Cashless Transport in Nigeria | In the bustling streets of Lagos, the rhythm of life is punctuated by the constant flow of public transport. Buses, motorcycles, and shared taxis weave through traffic, carrying millions to their destinations. Yet, the method of payment rem... |
| 28.05.2025 | Aniekeme Umoh is at the centre of Miva’s vision to enrol 1 million students in a decade | May 2025 has been a whirlwind for Aniekeme Umoh, chief operating officer of uLesson Group and Miva Open University, edtech companies founded by Sim Shagaya. In one of the most popular photos of the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Miva’s first p... |
| 13.05.2025 | uLesson Named One of the World’s Top EdTech Rising Stars by TIME | uLesson Education, the flagship learning platform of the uLesson Group, has been recognised by TIME as one of the World’s Top EdTech Rising Stars for 2025. The list, developed in partnership with global data firm Statista, highlights 350 co... |
| 17.02.2025 | Tayo Sowole to Lead NotchHR’s Mission to Redefine HR and CRM Solutions in Africa | NotchHR is pleased to announce the appointment of Tayo Sowole as its new Managing Director, marking a strategic move to enhance the company’s HR and business automation solutions for African enterprises.
With nearly 15 years of experience i... |
| 06.08.2024 | SKLD partners with Sterling Bank to host maiden Educational Supplies Showcase event | SKLD Integrated Services, a technology-enabled manufacturing and sourcing solutions company, has partnered with Sterling Bank to host the first edition of the Educational Supplies Showcase 2024 (ESS2024). The event which took place on July ... |
| 27.07.2024 | Bridging Borders: The Rise of Global Educational Initiatives | In a world where knowledge is power, education remains the key to unlocking potential. Yet, access to quality education is often a luxury. This is especially true in regions like Malaysia and Nigeria, where dedicated individuals are strivin... |
| 23.07.2024 | Sim Shagaya’s Miva Open University is Transforming Tertiary Education in Nigeria
A fully flexible, digital e-Learning experience
Genuine sensitivity to the prevailing economic conditions
Dedicated, pe... | Tertiary education is a key lever for building thriving economies. According to the World Bank, Tertiary Education is instrumental in fostering growth, reducing poverty, and boosting shared prosperity. In 2017, a World Bank report, Sharing ... |
| 19.06.2024 | uLesson Launches AI-Powered Homework Help Feature for Advanced Learner Support | Abuja, Nigeria; Monday, June 10, 2024 – uLesson Education, the foremost edtech company in Nigeria, launched an AI-powered homework help feature on Monday, June 10, 2024. This happened in an effort to provide a more efficient and exceptional... |
| 23.04.2024 | TLcom Capital's $154 Million Fund for African Startups | TLcom Capital, a leading venture capital firm in Africa, has successfully closed its TIDE Africa II fund at $154 million, solidifying its position as a key player in the early-stage startup ecosystem on the continent. The fund, which is mor... |
| 23.04.2024 | TLcom Capital Closes Africa's Largest Early-Stage VC Fund at $154 Million | TLcom Capital, an African VC firm, has successfully closed its second fund, TIDE Africa Fund II, at $154 million, solidifying its position as the largest investor in seed and Series A startups across Africa. The oversubscribed fund attracte... |
| 22.04.2024 | TLcom closes Africa’s largest early-stage VC fund at $154 Million | Today, TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, announced the final close of TIDE Africa Fund II, its second fund for technology in Africa, at $154 million. Confirming TLcom Capital’s status as Africa’s largest Seed and Serie... |
| 21.04.2024 | TLcom Capital closes $154 million fund for early-stage African startups | TLcom Capital, a Nairobi-based VC firm that has backed startups like Vendease, Seamless HR, and uLesson, has reached a final close for TIDE Africa II, a $154 million fund focused on early-stage startups. The fund reached the first close of ... |
| 22.03.2024 | uLesson Education Launches Revolutionary Classboard Device for Schools | Abuja, Nigeria; Thursday, 21 March 2024 – uLesson Education, a leading edtech company in Nigeria, introduced the uLesson Classboard at its inaugural launch event in Jabi, Abuja, on Monday, March 4, 2024. This cutting-edge Classboard represe... |
| 10.10.2023 | TLcom announces Africa Tech Female Founder Summit 2023 | TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has officially announced its fifth annual Africa Tech Female Founder Summit, which will be held on Tuesday 14th November 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria. The headline session will feature a fir... |
| 19.05.2023 | If AI is taking over, how are Africa’s edtech platforms gearing up for adoption?
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | As the demand for customised learning grows across Africa, Edtech startups in Africa are keen on joining the AI bandwagon. While some feel there needs to be more time for incorporating AI into learning, others think there’s no better time t... |
| 20.09.2022 | Back to school: How learners in Nigeria use technology to prepare for the new school year. | uLesson, the leading African edtech company, released a report on how learners are using the app to prepare for the new school year which began on September 12th. The report is based on results of a survey of more than 500 learners in Niger... |
| 19.02.2022 | African edtech startup uLesson raises $15M, backed by Nielsen Ventures and Tencent | - |
| 19.02.2022 | Nigerian fintech Okra raises $3.5M backed by Accenture Ventures and Susa Ventures
African edtech startup uLesson lands a $7.5 million Series A | - |
| 13.12.2021 | uLesson, a Nigerian edtech startup, has raised $15 million in Series B funding | uLesson, a Nigerian ed-tech startup, has raised US$15 million in Series B funding, which it will use to expand its team and improve services for its growing community of African learners.
Nielsen Ventures and Tencent are among the investors... |
| 10.12.2021 | African Edtech Startup uLesson Raises $15m, Backed By Nielsen Ventures and Tencent | As many edtech companies benefited from the disruption of the pandemic, attracting wads of cash from investors globally, it did feel like African startups were left out. Well, not anymore: Two-year-old startup uLesson announced today that i... |
| 09.12.2021 | African edtech startup uLesson raises $15M, backed by Nielsen Ventures and Tencent | As many edtech companies benefited from the disruption of the pandemic, attracting wads of cash from investors globally, it did feel like African startups were left out. Well, not anymore: Two-year-old startup uLesson announced today that i... |
| 09.12.2021 | DEAL: African edtech startup, uLesson raises $15 million in Series B round | --> -->
African edtech startup uLesson has raised $15 million in a Series B round. This round is coming 11 months after uLesson raised $7.5 million in Series A. This round had participation from Tencent, Nielsen Ventures, and existing... |
| 08.12.2021 | Techpoint Awards 2021: And the nominees are… | Share this article:
[Updated on December 15, 2021]: Payourse requested to be removed as a finalist in The Most Outstanding Crypto Exchange category.
[Updated on December 14, 2021]: The Most Outstanding Logistics Startup 2021 was renamed Mos... |
| 17.11.2021 | TLcom and 4DX drive $13.1M seed round to scale Autochek’s platform across Africa
African edtech startup uLesson lands a $7.5 million Series A | - |
| 24.09.2021 | Hearing impairments and technology, ReelFruit’s $3m raise, Apple Pay on Paystack | Share this article:
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Living with hearing impairments in a tech-enabled world
RealFruit’s $3 million Series A
Paystack launching Apple Pay to help Nigerian businesses Living with hearing impairments... |
| 08.09.2021 | African Blockchain’s Bitmama, another African Unicorn, tackling online shopping scam | Share this article:
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Africa’s Blockchain Bitmama
Wave’s $1.7b valuation
Vahlid combating online scam Meet Africa’s Blockchain Bitmama, Ruth Iselema
Ruth Iselema, Founder of Bitmama
It is often said that chall... |
| 27.05.2021 | These 11 startups are preparing African kids for the future | Share this article:
“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” – Kofi Annan.
Education is vital for any society looking to make any form of progress. In Africa, ... |
| 20.02.2021 | 2020 was the year of edtech but how did edtech companies survive the pandemic? | Receiving a late-night call from a parent of a child in your school could be terrifying for a teacher.
When Chioma’s mum called to speak to her teacher at 9 pm, it wasn’t to complain as one would expect. It was to express her gratitude. Chi... |
| 23.01.2021 | Nigerian Edtech Startup ULesson Raises US$ 7.5M in Series A | uLesson, an edtech startup based in Nigeria that offers digital curriculum to students through SD cards, raised US$7.5 million in Series A round on 19 January 2021. The funds raised by the startup to date stands at US$ 10.6M. |
| 22.01.2021 | Nigerian edtech startup, uLesson, raises $7.5m Series A Funding | ULesson, the educational learning technology company in Nigeria, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding to accelerate development across the continent of Africa.
This takes the overall disclosed funding from uLesson to $10.6 million ov... |
| 20.01.2021 | uLesson raises $7.5m Series A round | Nigeria: Nigerian ed-tech startup uLesson, launched by Konga founder Sim Shagaya, has raised a US$7.5 million Series A funding round as it prepares to expand across Africa.
Founded in 2019 by serial entrepreneur Shagaya, uLesson curates per... |
| 20.01.2021 | African edtech startup uLesson lands a $7.5 million Series A | ULesson, an edtech startup based in Nigeria that sells digital curriculum to students through SD cards, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding. The round is led by Owl Ventures, which closed over half a billion in new fund money just m... |
| 19.01.2021 | Sim Shagaya’s uLesson raises $7.5 million Series A | A year after it raised a seed round of $3.1m, Nigerian Edtech platform uLesson founded by former Konga’s CEO Sim Shagaya, announced today that it has closed a $7.5m Series A round.
uLesson, which was founded in 2019, is working on bridging ... |
| 19.01.2021 | African Edtech startup uLesson Secures $7.5mn Series A Funding | Share this:
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| 19.01.2021 | Nigerian edtech startup, uLesson, raises $7.5m Series A led by Owl Ventures | Share this article:
Nigerian educational and learning technology platform, uLesson announced today that it has closed a $7.5m Series A round.
US-based Owl Ventures led the financing round. The VC fund is the largest fund focused on the worl... |
| 19.01.2021 | Nigerian edtech startup, uLesson, raises $7.5m Series A led by Owl Ventures | Nigerian learning tech platform, @uLessonApp is kickstarting 2021 on a high note. The startup has raised $7.5m in Series A, led by US-based Owl Ventures, bringing its total investments to $10.6m in just two years. |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 24.12.2019 | Are these the 10 biggest deals by African tech startups in 2019? | Big money. That’s what African 86 tech startups raised this year.
While not every startup wanted to disclose how much they raised, those that did made a ton of it — almost $290-million going on data from 88 venture capital (VC) disclosed d... |
| 24.12.2019 | Are these the 10 biggest deals by African tech startups in 2019? | Big money. That’s what African 86 tech startups raised this year.
While not every startup wanted to disclose how much they raised, those that did made a ton of it — almost $290-million going on data from 88 venture capital (VC) disclosed de... |
| 27.11.2019 | Edtech Startup uLesson Secures $3.1 Million Seed to expand Across West Africa | uLesson, an Edtech startup based in Nigeria has secured $3.1 million seed funding. The funding was secured from TLcom Capital and the startup plans to leverage the funding to expand across West Africa.
The platform which was founded by Sim ... |
| 27.11.2019 | Daily funding roundup - November 26th, 2019 | TapRm raised $1.5M; Andrena landed $2.6M; Cocoon closed $3M; uLesson picks up $3.M1
TapR: TapRm’s platform aims to launch and scale new beer brands. TapRm has raised $1.5 million in funding led by The Broe Group, with participation from VU ... |
| 26.11.2019 | Nigerian edtech startup uLesson closes over $3m seed round led by TLcom Capital | Nigerian edtech learning platform uLesson has closed a $3.1-million seed round led by London headquartered TLcom Capital.
The startup was launched earlier this year by Nigerian serial entrepreneur and Konga founder Sim Shagaya and is based ... |
| 26.11.2019 | Ex-Konga boss, Sim Shagaya’s edtech startup, uLesson raises $3.1 million in seed funding | uLesson, an edtech startup founded by ex-Konga boss, Sim Shagaya has raised $3.1 million in seed funding from TLCom |
| 26.11.2019 | Ex-Konga boss Sim Shagaya’s uLesson raises $3.1 million ahead of 2020 launch | In a seed-level round led by TLcom Capital, edtech startup uLesson has raised $3.1 million to scale its audiovisual education content service across Africa.
The company says it will use the funding to bring its suite of video lessons, quizz... |
| 26.11.2019 | Nigerian edtech startup uLesson closes over $3m seed round led by TLcom Capital | Nigerian edtech learning platform uLesson has closed a $3.1-million seed round led by London headquartered TLcom Capital.
The startup was launched earlier this year by Nigerian serial entrepreneur and Konga founder Sim Shagaya and is based... |
| 26.11.2019 | Sim Shagaya’s uLesson African edtech startup raises $3.1M | Nigerian founder Sim Shagaya is back with a new startup — uLesson — that has raised a $3.1 million seed round led by TLcom Capital.
The venture is integrating mobile platforms, SD cards, culture-specific curriculum and a network of tutors t... |
| 26.11.2019 | Ex-Konga boss, Sim Shagaya’s edtech startup, uLesson raises $3.1 million in seed funding | Share this article:
uLesson, an edtech startup founded by ex-Konga boss, Sim Shagaya has raised $3.1 million in seed funding.
The funding round was led by TLCom, with participation from Shagaya.
Founded and officially announced in March 201... |
| 25.11.2019 | Nigerian Edtech startup uLesson Secures $3.1mn Seed Funding | Share this:
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| 26.03.2019 | Why ex-Konga boss, Sim Shagaya is now venturing into education with ed-tech startup, uLesson | Share this article:
In January 2016, the Nigerian Internet startup space was rocked with the news of Sim Shagaya’s resignation as CEO of eCommerce company, Konga. And as if that wasn’t enough, he appeared to make a complete exit from the co... |
| - | Edtech Startup uLesson Secures $3.1 Million Seed to expand Across West Africa | uLesson, an Edtech startup based in Nigeria has secured $3.1 million seed funding. The funding was secured from TLcom Capital and the startup plans to leverage the funding to expand across West Africa.
The platform which was founded by Sim ... |
| - | Nigerian ed-tech startup uLesson raises $3.1m seed round ahead of market launch | - |
| - | uLesson, a Nigerian edtech startup, has raised $15 million in Series B funding | uLesson, a Nigerian ed-tech startup, has raised US$15 million in Series B funding, which it will use to expand its team and improve services for its growing community of African learners.
Nielsen Ventures and Tencent are among the investors... |
| - | Nigerian edtech startup, uLesson, raises $7.5m Series A Funding | ULesson, the educational learning technology company in Nigeria, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding to accelerate development across the continent of Africa.
This takes the overall disclosed funding from uLesson to $10.6 million ov... |
| - | African edtech startup uLesson lands a $7.5 million Series A | - |
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