Companies

Ride share platform GoMyWay Africa marks first anniversary 0
- Companies
- June 10, 2016
GoMyWay, a leading ride-sharing platform in Nigeria that connects passengers with car owners going along the same route, is excited to reach a milestone this June, marking one year of providing an innovative, rewarding and environment-friendly means of transportation. Over the past 12 months, GoMyWay has grown from being a mere dream of its founders
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Pass.ng CEO, Samson Abioye, discusses his startup’s recent hot streak and milestones for 2016 1
- Companies, Entrepreneurs, Technology
- February 11, 2016
Pass.ng has a noble goal – using technology, the platform’s aim is to build an optimal examination testing and learning environment for students. The eLearning startup has been on a hot streak for a while now, – winning the Airtel Catapult-A-Startup initiative in February last year, securing a partnership with WeChat to close out the
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More problems, more success: Paga inches closer to its tipping point 0
- Companies, Technology
- January 23, 2016
Earlier this week, the news made the rounds about Uber’s partnership with Paga. The partnership would see paga integrated into the Uber experience as a payment solution. I'm excited @Uber_Lagos has partnered with @mypaga for payments. We're committed to making payments easy for merchants & consumers #PagaUber — Tayo Oviosu (@oviosu) January 21, 2016 This
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Feast your eyes on BRCK’s new office space 0
- Companies, Technology
- January 12, 2016
BRCK is moving to a new office space in the iHub. Seems the startup is growing faster than they anticipated. 2015 was a big year for the team as they grew from a team of 9 to almost 40. They also released three new hardware products. “At the beginning of the year (2015) we
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Netflix in Africa has “no effect” on IrokoTV and other Africa VODs, but for how long?0
- Companies, Technology
- January 11, 2016
Last week, Netflix went global, opening up its gateway to the African continent. The announcement sent ripples across the internet, as editors the world over scribbled with glee, pontificating and predicting what the announcement meant for their countries. Over here, in Nigeria, one man may have had more to think about than any other person.
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BRCK closes a $3 Million funding round from International Investors 0
- Companies, Entrepreneurs, Technology
- January 8, 2016
Erik Hersman, CEO of BRCK, will be in really good spirits right about now. That’s because BRCK, the Kenyan company making the all-terrain internet router and backup power for remote regions of Africa, has closed a US$ 3 million funding round. The investment was made by former AOL executives Jean and Steve Case, Jim Sorenson,
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