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Venture Capital

Nigeria launches ₦50m VC grant to turn student ideas into scalable ventures

Abdulrasheed Abubakar

17th November 2025
Ecommerce

Africa’s next billion-dollar startups will come from fixing the invisible systems of commerce

Abdulrasheed Abubakar

21st October 2025
Collections, Moonshot, Moonshot Conversations

Scalable infrastructure is crucial to Africa’s next tech leap – Interswitch Purepay’s Akeem Lawal

Sakhile Dube

15th October 2025
News

AfriLabs backs 280,000 entrepreneurs, bets big on Africa’s $1 trillion digital future

Abdulrasheed Abubakar

24th July 2025
Opinion

The technology and innovation shaping cross-border payments in Africa

Guest Author

31st January 2025
Opinion

The Angel Investor’s role in Africa’s economic transformation

Guest Author

22nd August 2024
The Next Wave

Next Wave: Innovation theatre

Abraham Augustine

29th January 2024
Guest Post

Tech and investment fuel Africa’s green cement revolution

Guest Author

10th January 2024
Business, Venture Capital

An inside look at how interest rates are pressuring VCs and stifling innovation

Guest Author

22nd November 2023
Startups

Five key attributes of innovative startups

Guest Author

3rd October 2023
Ask An Investor

Plug and Play’s multifaceted approach to supporting startups and innovation in Africa

Daniel Adeyemi

25th January 2023
FinTech, Newsletters, The Next Wave, Venture Capital

The Next Wave: African investors love fintech. But there’s an opportunity cost

Abraham Augustine

8th August 2022
Digital Economy

The rise of the African digital village

Guest Author

5th August 2022
Newsletters, The Next Wave

The Next Wave: Africa’s regulators need to move beyond short-term fixes

Abraham Augustine

1st August 2022
Telecoms

MTN partners with ETAP to reward Nigerians for good driving

Caleb Nnamani

6th July 2022
Guest Post

This student’s invention helps tomato farmers in Cameroon curb post-harvest losses

Guest Author

1st April 2022
FinTech

How fintech innovators and regulators can work together

Michael Ajifowoke

7th December 2021
Ecosystem

Silicon Africa? Egypt eyes top spot in Africa’s startup ecosystem

Guest Author

19th November 2021
Newsletters, The Next Wave

The Next Wave: Enter the metaverse

Sultan Quadri

1st November 2021
Features

Grazac is giving $30k for 7% to attract startups in Ogun state

Daniel Adeyemi

12th March 2021
Factsheet

Factsheet: How to think about consumer innovation in Africa

Alexander Onukwue

20th November 2020
Femtech

Africa’s femtech sector is nascent but promising

Kosisochukwu Ugwuede

27th April 2020
Ecosystem

7 Africa-focused digital tools helping in the COVID-19 fight

Kosisochukwu Ugwuede

30th March 2020
Education

Why CcHUB’s edtech centre could be pivotal for education in Nigeria

Alexander Onukwue

17th October 2019
Entrepreneurship, Government

Meeting the Challenges of Morocco’s Industrial Hub Dream

Wole Olayinka

13th May 2019
People, Startups

Making Ageing Less Lonely for Nigeria’s Elderly Population

Kosisochukwu Ugwuede

7th February 2019
Blog

The African Union and i4policy are convening Africa’s largest hub gathering

Akindare Okunola

10th April 2018
Events, News

Lagos Business School and TheNerve Africa are hosting The Emergent Continent Conference in November

Osarumen Osamuyi

22nd August 2016
Features

When Does Innovation Become a Disease?

David Adeleke

19th November 2015
Startups

Creating a Culture of Innovation in Your Startup

David Adeleke

11th November 2015
Features

Where Do We Draw The Line? Innovation vs. Invention

Osarumen Osamuyi

6th November 2015
Features

Why the World Needs Edisons and Teslas

David Adeleke

6th November 2015
News, People

42 Projects have been Shortlisted For the Second Stage of Health Innovation Marketplace Challenge

Aizehi Oboh

16th July 2015
News

Cape Town @Work is Seeking Economic Innovators for the City’s Urban Renewal

Lulu Fadoju

1st April 2015
Events, News, Startups, Venture Capital

Hypercube Hub Will Host Entrepreneurship Day in Zimbabwe

Olumuyiwa Coker

13th February 2015
News, Startups, Venture Capital

An Accelerator Program For Green-Focused Startups Takes Off In Kenya And South Africa

Bankole Oluwafemi

12th September 2014
Ecosystem, News

There’s A New Startup Hub In Uyo. It’s Called StartHub

Bankole Oluwafemi

4th September 2014
Features, Mobile

Mobile Will Not Save Africa

Bankole Oluwafemi

31st March 2014