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LAN Syndicates have announced the recipients of the N50M fund from the first Lagos StartUp DealDay

News

Tola Agunbiade

27th May 2016

Congrats, Café Neo and Big Cabal Media

Punch Newspapers Launches Website to Educate Nigerians on Malaria Treatment

News

Lulu Fadoju

12th May 2015

Nigeria based news publishing house, Punch Newspapers, has created a website that seeks to dissuade Nigerian from self-medication and also direct them on where to get original malaria drugs.

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Nigeria eyes 11,000 megawatts of power supply by 2023 after Siemens partnership

Government, News, Policy

Abubakar Idris

22nd July 2019

The Nigerian government is eyeing 11,000 megawatts of electricity by 2023 after signing an agreement with German multinational company Siemens to improve the country’s erratic power supply.

Lagos state is considering a N25 million license for bike hailing startups

Business, Government, long reads, News, Ridesharing, startups, Technology

Abubakar Idris

22nd July 2019

The Lagos State government is planning to introduce a N25 million license for bike hailing startups. With one road transport union mandating bike hailing riders to pay levies, the government license will stop this and allow startups to operate freely within the state.

Cooling technology company Sure Chill sets sights on Africa expansion with £4 million Series A investment

Funding, Products

Kay Ugwuede

19th July 2019

Sure Chill’s cooling technology harnesses a unique property of water to keep its vaccine and blood bank refrigerators cool for longer hours without power.

Berlin startup Ecoligo raises 2.5 million euros to expand solar energy service to light up Africa

Funding, startups, Venture Capital

Olanrewaju Odunowo

19th July 2019

Ecoligo will use the funds to scale up its model, which provides businesses with solar power systems through crowdfunding, in Ghana and Kenya.

Africa’s okadas go electric as climate change concerns grow

Ridesharing, Technology

Wole Olayinka

19th July 2019

Electric motorcycles may soon become the face of shuttle within several African cities, as fossil-fueled vehicles give way to electric vehicles around the world.

How Nigerian tech companies can innovate to tackle talent shortage

Business, Education, Entrepreneurship

Wole Olayinka

17th July 2019

Nigeria has a burgeoning tech industry that is attracting investment and attention from around the world, but the industry is not immune to a shortage of talent as it seeks to achieve its sky-high ambitions.

Canal+ acquires ROK studios as part of Africa expansion plans

News, startups, Stream, Technology

Abubakar Idris

16th July 2019

French media company Canal+ Group has completed the acquisition of ROK Studios, a Nollywood studio company that has produced over 550 movies and TV series as it attempts to gain a stronger foothold in French-speaking African countries.

Here’s Everything You Missed From Our Renewable Energy Townhall

people, startups

Abubakar Idris

16th July 2019

On Thursday, July 11, 2019, TechCabal hosted its second townhall of 2019 to discuss the importance of renewable energy to Africa for improving access to electricity. The event also highlighted the challenges that exist in the renewable energy market and how they should be addressed.