In one of our “Myths About” series, we looked at a few myths about pivoting and one of the myths that stood out was “Your company has to fail before you realize it’s time to pivot”. In the post, we explained that the time for pivoting is usually dependent on…

Small, and medium enterprises (SMEs) are critically important to the global economy. In Sub-Saharan Africa alone, an estimated 44 million SMEs, most of which are micro in size provide an estimated 80% of jobs in the region, and are responsible for approximately 40% of the region’s GDP — that’s over…

At the start of last week, we put out a poll across our social media platforms asking founders what their prime concern was in the first year of launching their startups. The options were customer acquisition or profit and surprise, surprise, profit lost this round.

A brief review of the 2007 NITDA Act, the leaked bill & what it could mean for the Nigerian tech ecosystem. INTRODUCTION  It is an undeniable fact that Africa has one of the fastest growing tech markets in the world. …

You have either heard a lot about cap tables, or you’ve not heard anything at all. Cap table as it is popularly called, is the shorthand for capitalization table in the Investing world. We belong to the school of thought that agrees that a cap table is key for every…

Week in, week out, we come across mind blowing stories of different businesses making waves across continents.  X startup receives new funding, Y builds an exciting new product, or Z gets acquired by C for millions & billions of dollars. …

Do you have a big idea that can revolutionize Africa? Are you building a tech-enabled solution that will shape the future for Africa? We recently launched our new website and we now have a video pitch feature that allows founders to pitch to us in video format. We enjoy reading…

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Over the years, a lot has been said about the gender pay gap. This is naturally so because, in 2018 (barely three years ago), it was estimated that for every dollar a white male earns, his female counterpart earned just 82 cents. …

Enough has been said on crowdfunding and many platforms have emerged as instruments of this new way of financing startup companies. As a result, on January 21st 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, released updated guidelines for CrowdFunding in Nigeria. …