Apply to join the second 2023 cohort of the Baobab Network
Nairobi based accelerator for African startups, The Baobab Network has announced that its 02-2023 cohort is now accepting…
Nigeria postpones population census as FG approves N2.8b for digital census software
The Federal Government of Nigeria has postponed the 2023 population census till May 2023. The digital census was…
Federal Government of Nigeria launches $672m Startup fund
The Federal government of Nigeria has launched a $672 million fund to support young entrepreneurs in the tech…
Y Combinator ends late stage startup funding. Lays off 20% of staff
Y Combinator, a startup accelerator has announced a major change in its startup investment operations. The startup accelerator is…
Silver lining of the SVB collapse on African startups and VCs
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), which was closed down last Friday by the US Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation (FDIC)…
SVB collapse updates; UK division sold, companies affected and more
Last Friday, the United States Regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). SVB is a commercial bank that…
Central Bank of Nigeria approves and doles out regulations for Open Banking
The relationship and interoperability between Nigerian banks and fintechs in Nigeria is about to deepen as Nigeria adopts Open…
7 Nigerian female startup founders for Aurora Tech Awards 2023
It is arguably still “a man’s world” especially in the tech space, but it is undeniable that Nigerian…
Kuda announces new features, ends free business transfers
Nigerian Fintech startup, Kuda has announced modifications to its mobile banking operations as well as introduction of new…
Jack Dorsey’s Twitter rival app, Bluesky hits 2000 downloads
Bluesky started while Dorsey was Twitter CEO and the app received funding from Twitter but Dorsey went public about it shortly after he left Twitter in November 2021.