African Startups

Hotels.ng Founder, Mark Essien, shares what you should know to build and run a successful startup 0
- Entrepreneurs, Management
- April 20, 2016
One thing is clear, the Nigerian startup ecosystem (tech and otherwise) is burgeoning exponentially and incubators are having their hands full already. As the number of athletes in the race called entrepreneurship surges, so does the number of deaths. People/Teams crashing out, dropping of the picture for different reasons. Many drop their blame on lack
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5 key metrics African startups should focus on in 2016 0
- Management
- January 25, 2016
Increase in appetite for data is one prediction for 2016–2020, and African startups are no exemption to this. In fact only the ones crazy about data will survive. However, before you go metric-crazy here are the 5 you should focus on: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) This is also dubbed the startup killer, as getting this
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Wecyclers: The Social Enterprise That Gives You Money For Your Waste 0
- Companies
- April 13, 2015
Across the slums of Lagos, a startup’s bikes have removed 600 tons of recyclables in return for rewards. By Rob Matheson | MIT News Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, Bilikiss Adebiyi MBA ’12 witnessed a waste epidemic in the city’s slums, where many of her relatives lived: Plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and other waste accumulated
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How Do We Multiply Investments In Africa’s Startups?0
- Development
- January 21, 2015
ENTERPRISE54 – Here at The Office, we pride ourselves in the provision of state-of-the-art shared spaces, meeting rooms, serviced offices and support services that make running your business a little easier. And on this blog, we share answers to some of the most interesting business questions. In our first post of 2015, we’ve decided to
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African startup of the week: GreetingsWorld.com.ng 3
- Companies, Entrepreneurs
- August 11, 2014
Enterprise54 is pleased to announce the launch of African Startup of the Week – a weekly series that features the most innovative or interesting startups the continent has to offer. From South Africa to Egypt, and Senegal to Ethiopia, new enterprises not more than a year in existence, would be uncovered to offer readers a
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iROKOTV Launches Hollywood, Bollywood, Telenovelas & Korean Program Offering at $2.5 Monthly 0
- Companies
- August 4, 2014
ENTERPRISE54 – Nollywood premium online distributor iROKOtv.com, has expanded its African entertainment catologue offering to international content from Hollywood, Bollywood, Telenovelas and Korean programming for its subscribers in Africa. Commenting, iROKO TV co-Founder and CEO Jason Njoku said: “We polled thousands of iROKOtv.com users in SSA and 80% indicated they didn’t have Pay TV access.
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