Quality Time: Tunde Ibidapo-Obe talking about LawPàdí and making Nigerian laws more accessible.
Introduction Babatunde, the founder of LawPàdí, is a lawyer. Now, anybody who knows me, knows I love talking but if there was ever a…
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Delivering Innovation in a Developing Economy
A successful innovation system must comprise of government, private sector stakeholders and collaborative partners who together form a scalable co-operative system
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Quality Time: Nnamdi Chineme on building the largest property site in Nigeria, why’s he’s not afraid of competitors outspending him and more.
Introduction Nnamdi is no stranger to the Nigerian tech scene. From the heady days of leading Parkway Projects, to a few other startups/projects in…
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Valerie Kerri on being an author, launching her startup Ebony Street Market, and more.
Introduction Valerie is a force of nature — bubbly and go-getter extraordinaire, author of The JJC Handbook and Founder / CEO of Ebony Street Market (ESM)….
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Bunmi Otegbade: Build the Future.
A year ago today, I handed a microphone over to Mark Zuckerberg for the first time in my life. I joined little known Facebook in 2004…
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Quality Time: Sani Yusuf on launching a new start-up, building your developer brand, lessons he wished he knew earlier, and more.
Introduction One way of describing Sani Yusuf is that he’s one of those people that can talk to anyone at any time — with a smile….
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The 22 Year Old OAU Student Who Built a Million Dollar Hedge Fund
When you meet Christopher ‘King’ Bowofade, you are sure in that first minute of conversation that you have met no ordinary 22-year old. Your…
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Quality Time: Amina Ibrahim and Lara Tijani discussing PAN, socio-economic issues, co-founders’ decision making, and more
I met Amina Ibrahim and Lara Tijani, co-founders of Project Awareness Nigeria, at a BTNG event in London. We caught up later and talked about PAN, socio-economic issues, and more
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Interested in building Nigeria’s agric sector? Farmcrowdy’s got you
Ending food scarcity, one sponsor at a time
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The art of coding: Put your code where your mouth is
If you have an idea that you need people to buy into, it is more effective to show them than to tell them
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Hudibia is a mobile app that wants to disrupt the Nigerian medical scene
The app is available in English, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba.
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We asked Kangpe for basic healthcare advice and this is how it went
User experience was smooth with this app, and we’re glad it exists.
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Have you met the G1? It’s GRIT System’s smart power meter
G1 helps energy consumers make informed data-driven decisions
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Why Linda Ikeji launching a social network in 2016 is brilliant – and why it isn’t
It looks like Linda Ikeji is trying to build a platform with this thing
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Linda Ikeji Social: First Impressions
It looks like a red Facebook
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Want to raise multilingual kids? “Teseem – First Words” is here to help
Kids aged 1-5 can learn Nigerian languages using the app
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BlueBic is an ERP software that wants to reimagine the way schools operate
It seamlessly automates the flow of information between students, teachers, administrators and parents.
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AF Radio wants to change the way you listen to radio
The app allows users to listen and playback Ghanaian shows
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Introducing LikeMoney, South Africa’s financial product comparison network
A great way to find the best products to suit your needs
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This is CoLab, Kaduna’s First Innovation Hub
Northern Nigeria gets another innovation hub and co-working space.
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Introducing Kudimoney, an online credit service for Nigerians who want short-term loans
Users can borrow as much as N1 million for a maximum period of 12 months.
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Aso Villa Demo Day: The untold story
As told by Ifedayo Oladapo, founder of GRIT Systems
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LockMyCash will lock your cash until your online transactions are completed
Buying and selling online just got safer
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Solstice Energy Solutions wants to help Nigerian homeowners manage their power supply better
“Where energy efficiency, energy monitoring, and solar and battery solutions meet”
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Jangilova connects people who want to watch TV with people who own TVs
It’s like AirBnB, but for TV screens
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Meet JR Kanu; builder of African businesses, and founder of Reach, a social financial management app
From Engineering, to Journalism, to E-Commerce. Now, JR wants to make finance social
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Kolanuts.ng aggregates movie showtimes from cinemas across Nigeria
Cinemas in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, at least.
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Tom, Meet Foolery: Uber Edition Episode 2 (An interview with Ebi Atawodi)
If you haven’t read the first episode of this post, you should.
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Kobo360 promises to deliver your goods to locations across Nigeria within 48 hours
International deliveries take a maximum of 72 hours
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Dochase Ads is for Nigerian businesses who want to build their online presence
Because online marketing can be tough
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SafiSafi is a service that makes it easier for Kenyans to find domestic staff
Think Uber, but for cleaning services.
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Fotobrag promises to turn your social media photos into print albums in a few clicks
Let’s call them “Insta-albums”
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On creative destruction and building tech products for Nigeria: the Vconnect evolution story
Hint – continuous testing is very important
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This is Legend
You want broadband? They got broadband. In Abuja.
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Protecting your startup from intellectual property theft: An interview with Angela Adebayo, Managing Attorney of Silvax Legal
What you need to know about IP and how you can keep your ideas secure
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That time we had a Q&A session with Legend.ng and filled it with Deadpool memes
Seriously.
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Getting artisans in Nigeria just got easier with Findworka
You can hire anyone from a carpenter to a makeup artist off the site
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Ekovolt is using unused TV broadcast frequencies to deliver internet access to Lagos residents
A Microsoft partnership doesn’t hurt as well
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Zuckerberg loves Jobberman, Facebook’s Free Basics launch in Nigeria, and other stories
Thanks to Airtel, Nigeria has become the 22nd country in Africa to be Free Basics-activated.
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The makings of a media business; an interview with Olawale Adetula, founder of TheNakedConvos
An interview with The Naked Convos founder
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