Truly I was downcast when I caught wind of the occurrences yet I needed to proceed onward, a word from the master of art in business success. Do you want to master the art of business success? Though it is going to be a long read, but it worth the time. Organizations and new companies…
Starting up a business of any kind is a journey and of course it worth paying the dues. In a world where only ideas that proffer solutions to human problem is what matters most, then, one must take cognizance of some virtues that will keep one aloft every challenge that might come up in the…
The popular payment services company OPay which powers other services like ORide, Otrike, OFood etc just raised another $120 Million. The funding led by mainly Chinese investment companies and investors is summing up the total money raised by OPay to the tune of about $200 Million. Around May 2018, OPay raised $50 Million from five…
Jumia is everywhere on the media with great news of being listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with Initial Public Offering (IPO). In this post is a 5 solid facts about Jumia IPO on NYSE. Jumia is the first Africa tech startup to be listed on NYSE Though founded in 2012 in Lagos…
Have you ever imagined how card payments work in Nigeria. You just order a product online, insert your card details, your order is processed and money deducted immediately if transaction is successful? The fintech giant, Paystack published a book titled How card payment works in Nigeria. The e-Book breaks down how Fintechs that process payments…
If you don’t know, I have always said there are two brands I love so much aside from my brands in Africa. Do you want to guess those brands? Paystack and Techpoint are two brands I admire so much in Nigeria. Seriously, I follow these companies like hunchback and I’m a volunteer marketer of these…
It is not news again on the internet that oyapay.com, a big boy in the Fintech sector in Nigeria closes down. Techpoint reports. This is worth knowing about Abdulhamid Hassan, “When I moved back to Nigeria from France in January 2018, I had a goal in mind to not raise external capital until we’d attained…
Elevator Pitch is a very popular field you must technically and intelligently fill when applying for a grant or developing a business plan or telling an investor about your business or idea. All thanks to Sleek Wears, I have always seen this word but he break it down and I understood it. Now, imagine as…
Techpoint is not just a brand but a brand helping entrepreneurs the best way they can. Just of recent, Techpoint moved to a new office apartment with a state of the art design. That design is a mouth watering one, I love it. That is not the news. The news is that, Techpoint is offering…
The ASUU strike in Nigeria has become a thing a Nigerian under graduate must pass through at least every 4 years. If you think it will last for two or three days, forget about it.. It happened in 2009 when I was in 100L and 2013 when I’m supposed to graduate and the timelines no…
I have always maximize the internet as a business tool in the recent time. I have always advised people to take up their business to the internet as that is a better way to be at the top of the game and outsmart their competitors. But in this post, I will write 5 top reasons…
Coming up with new idea that has never existed is called invention. Inventions have lot of advantages ranging from patent right, trademark or lifetime sponsors. Only few of inventions have occurred in the recent time. How to copy a product is not the way when thinking of invention. Innovation is improving on what is already…
As the spike in Covid variants are now being recorded across the world, we are optimistic it will end this year. But, though we don’t want but.. You can PLAN for these 5 things before the year runs out. PLAN FOR THE UNCERTAINTY Well, as it happened beginning of 2020, it was uncertainty in 2019…
Despite the gruesome happenings across Nigeria in recent time, Stripe, a United States payments firm has acquired Paystack, a Nigerian fintech startup, thereby making the company the most successful startup at the moment. This however is in a bid to develop into the online market in Africa which is seen to be expanding rapidly in…
Ekiti State government in the Southwest of Nigeria has announced a partnership with Max.ng a motorcycle and mobility startup, to digitise operations of commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke). The startup (Max.ng) will deploy Metrogov its new identity and security technology to effect this innovation in the state.
Worldremit, a cross-border payments company, has announced its intention to acquire a US-based and Africa-focused remittance app, Sendwave. Although the actual amount of this deal is yet to be known a Bloomberg publication states its worth more than $500 million. According to a press release by WorldRemit, it was said to be a stock and…
These days there are a lot of rising and want-to-be entrepreneurs out there, but probably do not really understand what it means or what it takes to become an entrepreneur. In this article I’m going to share with you five key attributes to prove yourself as a successful entrepreneur. Starting out a business or a…
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic break out a few months back, being an unexpected disaster as it is to some business causing total lockdown in the whole world and some business shutting down, its still an opportunity for some other business to make more money. Reading through with me in this article, you will finally believe…
Suddenly Paystak was trending on Twitter and guess what it was a thread between them and a customer who claimed they alleged her of selling “body parts.” As we all know Twitter micro-blogging site to be a place of both usual and unusual trends of all sort happens, even well-known people like The Senior Special…
Following backlashes on recently proposed guidelines Lagos state government released for ride-hailing companies in the state, the 20-page document introducing licensing fees of ₦10 million for operators has finally been adjusted.
In the wake of this day, the news broke on the internet the death of the Founder and CEO of Gokada, a motorcycle hailing and logistic startup in Nigeria. According to the reports on Social Media and on New York dailies, he was gruesomely murdered with an electric saw and his body pieces in his…