Nigeria’s lending startup Payhippo has raised $3 million in a seed round, funding the company plans to use in sourcing the talent needed to optimize its technology as it ramps up effort to extend speedy credit to more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the West African country. The round was led by an array […]
The Managing Director of Embracing All Tones of Women (EATOA), Eryca Tremantle has said that her organization plans to invest $10 million into Nigeria economy by helping the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Eryca who started this at Press conference on trade mission to Nigeria, held recently in Lagos, said the aim of this is […]
An opportunity has opened for underprivileged students in Nigeria to have digital skills through computer programming training as the nation positions itself to take full advantage of the digital economy. This initiative is being supported by a Lagos-based organisation known as Teens Can Code in collaboration with Nordic Semiconductor, and the Micro:bit Educational Foundation, a […]
Rachel Winder is the founding executive director of the Ohio Women’s Coalition, which helped advocate for a state-funded $10 million loan program for women-owned businesses. The Franklin County Community Equity Fund is supporting Black and brown-owned small businesses through the coronavirus pandemic with stabilization grants up to $10,000 each and startup grants up to $5,000 […]
The Africa Leadership Initiative West Africa (ALIWA), in partnership with the US Embassy Abuja, is calling for applications to its youth leadership programme. The ‘ALIWA Youth Leadership Programme (AYLP) – Nigeria’ is a transformative leadership development programme, in which participants are challenged to think critically about their values and ideas to encourage societal development. The […]
The Obama Foundation has opened applications for its 2022-2023 scholars programme for up-and-coming leaders across the world. Named after Barack Obama, former president of the United States, the programme aims at giving rising leaders from the United States and around the world who are already making a difference in their communities the opportunity to take […]
Provider of premium banking services for African Small/Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Brass, has raised the sum of $1.7 million in a funding round to strengthen its financial services rendered to local entrepreneurs, traders, and fast-growing businesses across the continent. With the fresh funding, the Nigerian digital bank is set to launch a number of new product […]
We continue to be committed to fostering collaboration and providing a platform that gives voice to diverse ideas. With this goal in mind, annually we invite the community to contribute to AfricaNXT programming. 2022 THEME THE NEXT 10 YEARS :: REIMAGINING OUR APPROACH TO INNOVATION. RENEWING OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO AFRICA’S PROSPERITY. For the 2022 […]
Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology alongside ITIDA have announced the launch of the African App Launchpad Cup (3rd edition) in cooperation with IBM and registration is open for early-stage startups and entrepreneurs to end-October. The competition will be executed by the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center – an affiliate of ITIDA and an […]
Stellenbosch University LaunchLab (SU LL) has put out a call for submissions for the ACE Africa Circular Business Showcase competition. The pitch competition forms part of the ACE Africa project, which aims to support circular economy businesses in Africa. It will let individuals and businesses from across the continent showcase their ideas and products. ACE […]
