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This Healthtech Startup is Making Solar-Powered Glowing Cribs to Treat Babies with Neonatal Jaundice
In 2015, Virtue Oboro, the founder of Tiny Hearts Technologies almost lost her first child to the illness,…
MTN, DSTV at Risk as APC National Chairman Calls for Nationalisation of SA Businesses in Response to Xenophobic Attacks
In the wake of recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other foreigners living in South Africa, there have…
Tech Events in Africa: Ingressive Ecosystem Hangout, SA Innovation Summit, Lagos Blockchain Conference and Others
Good Morning everyone! Did you know that a meetup/conference/summit could offer you opportunities to learn something new, network…
Xenophobic Attacks, Robert Mugabe’s Passing: What a Week to be Nigerian and African!
Another week has ended but it has not been a good one for Nigerians because of the xenophobic…
#RIPMugabe: Robert Mugabe Dies at 95, Here’s a Roundup of the Hilarious Memes He Inspired
Former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe has died at the age of 95. The pan African revolutionary…
Meet Abiodun Animashaun, Country Manager of New Entrant Fintech Startup, Chipper Cash
The cross-border payment platform, Chipper Cash has expanded into Nigeria to bring its no-transfer-fee service to the country.…
Nigerian Agritech Startup ReelFruit Gets Selected for Village Capital’s Agriculture Africa Accelerator
Early-stage investment and training venture, Village Capital, has selected startups from across the continent for its Agriculture Africa…
StreetTech: 3 Bike-Hailing Startups Operating in Lagos You’ve Probably Never Heard of, and what You Need to Know About Them
Bike-hailing startups represent one of the most conspicuous applications of tech to everyday life around us, especially in…
‘No-Fee’ Cross Border Money Transfer Startup Chipper Cash Partners with Paystack to Expand Operations into Nigeria
Chipper Cash, a mobile cross-border money transfer platform based in San Francisco is partnering with payment gateway company,…
Healthtech Startups Lifebank, Crib A’Glow Win Johnson&Johnson Innovation Challenge, Worth $50,000 in Funding
6 African healthtech startups have been selected as winners for the Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0. Of the…
