Companies

A case for sustainable business models in Nigeria 0
- Companies
- August 13, 2018
When Amina Gwadabe, a 28-year old mother of two,signed up as one of the first batch of 30 women on the Wow Braids Supplier Program in October 2016, she was not the only one that was sceptical about the outcome. But after nine months on the program, Amina’s monthly income had increased by 300% from
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Facebook gets behind entrepreneurs in a ‘celebration of tech’ week in sponsorship of TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield Africa 0
- Companies
- October 9, 2017
Showcasing Facebook’s passion for investing in creative, diverse talent across Africa, and nurturing the tech and startup ecosystem, Facebook announces a week-long celebration of activities as part of its sponsorship of TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield Africa 2017. In the first event of its kind on the continent, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield Africa 2017, will search for the best innovators, makers
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Nigeria’s Second-largest Jobs Site Launches Resource Centre to Aid Career Development 0
- Companies
- August 21, 2017
Leading recruitment classifieds NGCareers, launches a resource centre on its website for publishers with informative content to reach its graduate user base. With the resource centre, NGCareers aims to bridge the gap within the Nigerian labour market by providing job seekers with specialized knowledge to boost their capacity. “As a career platform and not just
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MEST podcast series in collaboration with The Global Startup Movement 0
- Companies, Entrepreneurs
- July 19, 2017
In the last couple of months, Andrew Berkowitz of The Global Startup Movement has been on a mission to understand the fast-growing and evolving technology ecosystem in Africa – Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and all other 50 African countries. He virtually stopped by our HQ Campus to have conversations with the team behind the MEST program and incubator and to
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Meet Keexs: Nigerian brand releasing Africa’s first smart shoes.0
- Companies
- March 14, 2017
Nigerian entrepreneur, Babajide Ipaye, is a self-described sneaker fanatic who studied innovative shoe production in the Netherlands. He raised $20,000 through crowd-funding to produce and launch his first collection of Keexs, an Africa-inspired brand with a social brief. The $59 dollar sneakers, which are designed at his office in Lagos, are available online and in
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Introducing BuffrSpace: The marketplace for on-demand workspaces 0
- Companies
- February 21, 2017
A thriving workforce is integral to a country’s economic growth, no doubts. For, Nigeria, various economic and infrastructural challenges are strangulating the workforce making it hard for optimal functioning. From high cost of housing, to erratic power supply, which leaves organizations settling for the expensive alternative of fueling generators, a city like Lagos, in Nigeria
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