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| 24.07.2025 | WellaHealth expands its digital health ecosystem: Wellapartner now powers Nigeria’s largest network of 2,000 active pharmacies | In a significant leap for Nigeria’s digital health infrastructure, WellaHealth has announced that its flagship pharmacy management app, WellaPartner, now has 2,000 active weekly partners and has onboarded 2,790 pharmacies nationwide, cement... |
| 12.01.2024 | Wellahealth Founder wins the fifth edition of Africa’s Business Heroes prize | Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) recently celebrated its fifth anniversary and fifth year of hosting its annual prize competition. This philanthropic initiative run by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy is dedicated to identifyin... |
| 31.05.2023 | Losing talent to neglect: The role of health insurance in employee retention, new report finds
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Success! | In today’s competitive business landscape, prioritizing employees’ welfare has become a key factor in attracting and retaining top talents. But what is the true impact of employee health insurance on job retention especially in the height o... |
| 03.05.2023 | Bridging the Gap: Gullit VC Launches Startup Accelerator | Africa’s tech landscape is rapidly evolving and so is its startup culture. As a result, many African startups are now taking centre stage, with their innovations and creative ideas gaining recognition on a global scale. From Nairobi to Lago... |
| 27.02.2023 | Providing healthcare for less than a dollar: An insight into WellaHealth’s journey | Expanding health insurance coverage in Nigeria and easing access to quality and timely healthcare services.
Africa faces significant health challenges, topping the chart of undiagnosed diabetes and accounting for most global malaria mortali... |
| 06.09.2022 | 60 African startups receive $4 million equity-free funding from Google | Earlier today at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, Google announced that 60 African startups have been selected for the second cohort of its Google for Startups Black Founders Fund.
Each of the selected startups will receive support in t... |
| 02.05.2022 | WellaHealth Expands its Healthcare Services with the Launch of WellaHealth 2.0 | The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the need for and importance of virtual services. Everything from shopping, to work and even medical services shifted to the digital space. With increasing digital adoption globally and in Afri... |
| 25.02.2022 | Can Russia-Ukraine tensions spark World War III? | Share this article:
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Russian military activity in eastern Ukraine has increased recently, with threats of a larger invasion looming. Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, has unequivocally stated that Ukraine has no historical cla... |
| 18.02.2022 | It’s all about seed rounds | Share this article:
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The financial sector experienced a tremendous change last year, with massive growth in the use of digital financial services.
According to CB Insights’ ‘State of Fintech’ report, the third quarter of 2021 wa... |
| 17.02.2022 | Learning the VC game, Flutterwave’s $3bn valuation and CrowdForce’s $3.6m raise | Share this article:
“We don’t need you.” is a summary of what the European Union (EU) is telling Facebook’s parent company, Meta, after it threatened to shut down Facebook and Instagram in the region following its inability to comply with E... |
| 16.02.2022 | Local competition for Uber, Wasla raises $9 million, MoneyHash’s pre-seed round | Share this article:
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So, anyone familiar with tertiary education in Nigeria knows about the striking tradition. Most government-run university students have lost blocks of time due to strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Unive... |
| 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... |
| 13.10.2020 | 12 ventures selected to Pitch Live at Africa Tech Summit Connects – Oct 20-22nd | Share this:
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| 29.06.2020 | Catalyst Fund announces three African startups to join new cohort | Share this:
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| 24.06.2020 | Nigeria’s Wellahealth, Flex Finance & SA’s Paymenow join global accelerator backed by UK aid, JP Morgan Chase | This article is brought to you as part of a new partnership between two of Africa's foremost news and information platforms for African tech startups, Techpoint Africa and Ventureburn
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| 24.06.2020 | Catalyst Fund selects three African fintech startups for accelerator programme | Three African tech startups have been selected to take part in global inclusive fintech accelerator the Catalyst Fund‘s latest cohort.
The three African firms are Nigeria’s WellaHealth and Flex Finance, as well as South Africa’s Paymenow.
T... |
| 24.06.2020 | Catalyst Fund selects three African fintech startups for accelerator programme | Three African tech startups have been selected to take part in global inclusive fintech accelerator the Catalyst Fund‘s latest cohort.
The three African firms are Nigeria’s WellaHealth and Flex Finance, as well as South Africa’s Paymenow.
... |
| 23.06.2020 | SA’s Paymenow Accepted into Catalyst Fund Accelerator Program | Fintech (financial technology) on smart phone concept. Jirsak / Shutterstock.com |
| 23.06.2020 | SA’s Paymenow Accepted into Catalyst Fund Accelerator Program | Fintech (financial technology) on smart phone concept. Jirsak / Shutterstock.com
Stellenbosch-based FinTech startup Paymenow today announced it has been accepted into Catalyst Fund, the global inclusive fintech accelerator managed by BFA Gl... |
| 31.03.2020 | Four startups selected for Founders Factory Africa programme each net over £30k | Corporate-backed accelerator and incubator Founders Factory Africa has announced that it has accepted four new startups to its Venture Scale programme, which kicked off yesterday.
Founders Factory Africa announced in a statement yesterday ... |
| 31.03.2020 | Ventures Platform Selects Wellvis Health, Infodemics & Others for COVID-19 Innovation Challenge | Ventures Platform has selected 7 Nigerian startups to participate in its #COVID19InnovationChallenge. Wellvis, Infodemics, iQube, Prunedge, WellaHealth, Innover Technologies and cMapit will receive funding, mentorship and premium services f... |
| 31.03.2020 | Four startups selected for Founders Factory Africa programme each net over £30k | Corporate-backed accelerator and incubator Founders Factory Africa has announced that it has accepted four new startups to its Venture Scale programme, which kicked off yesterday.
Founders Factory Africa announced in a statement yesterday t... |
| 30.03.2020 | Meet the 7 startups selected for Nigeria’s Ventures Platform, Lasric’s Covid-19 challenge | Seven startups have been selected by Nigeria’s Ventures Platform and the Lagos State Science and Research and Innovation Council (Lasric) to take part in the #Covid19InnovationChallenge, to develop solutions to mitigate the spread of the vi... |
| 30.03.2020 | Meet the 7 startups selected for Nigeria’s Ventures Platform, Lasric’s Covid-19 challenge | Seven startups have been selected by Nigeria’s Ventures Platform and the Lagos State Science and Research and Innovation Council (Lasric) to take part in the #Covid19InnovationChallenge, to develop solutions to mitigate the spread of the vi... |
| 30.03.2020 | Ventures Platform announces seven startups to help fight coronavirus in Nigeria | Share this article:
On March 17, Nigerian innovation hub, Ventures Platform announced its decision to provide workspace, mentorship, and a $1,000 grant for projects that will help curb the spread of coronavirus in Nigeria.
Taking it up one ... |
| 09.10.2019 | Ten Startups Pitch at Techstars Impact Demo Day in Austin | For the past three months, Cowtribe Cofounders Peter Awin and Alima Bawah, have rented apartments throughout Austin after moving more than 6,000 miles from Ghana to participate in the Techstars Impact program. |
| 31.07.2019 | Bootstrapping: When should startups seek to raise external funding? | Startup stories seem to follow a time-honoured tradition: a brilliant idea bankrolled to success by investors. While many tech startups look up to this formula, some explore alternative routes, one of which is bootstrapping.
The etymology o... |
| 09.07.2019 | Techstars Impact Accelerator 2019 welcomes Nigerian, Ghanaian startups | Two African startups from Ghana and Nigeria are part of the 10 companies that have been selected to join the Techstars Impact Accelerator 2019 Class.
The two are Ghanaian agritech Cowtribe and Nigerian insurtech Wella Health.
The Techstar... |
| 09.07.2019 | Techstars Impact Accelerator 2019 welcomes Nigerian, Ghanaian startups | Two African startups from Ghana and Nigeria are part of the 10 companies that have been selected to join the Techstars Impact Accelerator 2019 Class.
The two are Ghanaian agritech Cowtribe and Nigerian insurtech Wella Health.
The Techstars ... |
| 21.03.2019 | Google announces third cohort of Launchpad Accelerator Africa | Share this article:
Google last week announced the startups that will be participating in its third Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme.
This third cohort sees new 12 startups from six African countries — Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, ... |
| 18.03.2019 | Here are the 12 startups selected for Google Launchpad Africa’s third class | Google has revealed the names of the 12 startups selected for the third cohort of its Launchpad Africa accelerator, based in Lagos. They include four startups from Kenya, three from Nigeria, two from South Africa and one each from Uganda, S... |
| 18.03.2019 | Here are the 12 startups selected for Google Launchpad Africa’s third class | Google has revealed the names of the 12 startups selected for the third cohort of its Launchpad Africa accelerator, based in Lagos. They include four startups from Kenya, three from Nigeria, two from South Africa and one each from Uganda, S... |
| 11.10.2018 | Here are the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards finalists | Tech portal and advisory service AppsAfrica.com has announced the finalists of the fourth AppsAfrica Innovation Awards.
The winners of this year’s awards will be announced in Cape Town on 12 November at the awards party which takes place on... |
| 11.10.2018 | Here are the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards finalists | Tech portal and advisory service AppsAfrica.com has announced the finalists of the fourth AppsAfrica Innovation Awards.
The winners of this year’s awards will be announced in Cape Town on 12 November at the awards party which takes place o... |
| 10.10.2018 | AppsAfrica Awards Finalists Announced | Share this:
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