Business Archives

February 3, 2016

African online agency Travelstart raises $40m

Amadeus, the global technology investor, today announced a $40m investment in Travelstart in partnership with MTN, Africa’s leading…

February 2, 2016

Last year, at a minute past 1pm, and just two days after Nigerians relived the memories of the…

January 29, 2016

International company Merck has officially launched an e-health accelerator in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi. The company said…

January 28, 2016

The West Africa Mobile Awards (WAMAs) which is described as the first truly West African technology awards targeting…

January 27, 2016

Sim Shagaya has stepped down as the CEO of ecommerce giant Konga.com, he is now the chairman of…

January 25, 2016

African mobile entertainment and internet TV pioneer, iROKO, today announced multiple deals totaling $19m, both in content development…

January 19, 2016

The Lagos-based Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) has revealed the conditions that startups interested in applying for the NGN1 billion…

January 19, 2016

In a move that is becoming quite a familiar trend in Nigeria’s ecommerce sector, one of the country’s…

January 14, 2016

DIYlaw.ng, a startup founded by three Nigerian female entrepreneurs has emerged overall winner of the Innovating Justice Awards…

January 13, 2016

Nigeria’s premier gift-card company SureGifts today officially announced the launch of its newest product SureCredit a platform that…