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Nigeria’s Passion Incubator has launched StartUp SouthWest, a regionally-focused incubation programme designed to train and support tech startups. StartUp SouthWest is a beneficiary of the Growth [...]

The 10 finalists of the Zambezi Prize for Innovation in Financial Inclusion have been chosen; giving them a standing chance to progress to the global grand prize with up to US$1 million [...]

Nigerian fintech startup, Mines, has closed a Series A round of $13 million to continue growth in Africa, expand to South America and South-East Asia. The Series A funding round was led by The [...]

Nigerian e-commerce startup WaraCake has announced it is now active in 23 states and has also launched a new food delivery service WaraChow. Launched in 2015, WaraCake is an online marketplace [...]

The Development Bank of Nigeria Plc (DBN), a wholesale development finance institution in Nigeria, is partnering LAPO Microfinance Bank Limited to provide lending to about 10,000 Medium Small and [...]

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM)have certified some products made by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) suitable for export. The [...]

For the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2018, which gives cash prizes as well as the possibility of exploring partnerships with Ecobank, eleven startups have been named finalists. The annual challenge, [...]

Google is eyeing 10 million small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia to avail themselves of its business services by 2020. The company had begun to offer training courses for SMEs in [...]

Nigeria’s regulatory agencies have begun a shutdown of outlets belonging to the international doughnut franchise, Krispy Kreme, for using expired products. The Director General of the Consumer [...]

Coupled with the profitability of the company, Paga, a company which was founded on the simple belief that the increase in the use of mobile phones can be leveraged to bring financial services to [...]