The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will improve access to finance and credit for households, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2022. The CBN...
South African-born SweepSouth, which currently operates in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria, is excited to announce its acquisition of Egyptian start-up, Filkhedma. Filkhedma is Egypt’s leading...
The Federal Government through the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved Nigeria’s internet technology bill known as the Startup Bill, which would be transmitted to the National...
Nigeria’s development finance institution, Development Bank of Nigeria Plc (DBN), has said more business owners will get loans as it is addressing major financing challenges facing...
The Founder and Publisher of MSME Africa, Seye Olurotimi has been named the winner of 2021 FATE SME Journalist Award at the FATE Foundation 2021 Annual...
Co-Creation Hub in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Governance Lab (MIT GOV/LAB, Gatefield, and the Ekiti State Ministry of Health and Human Services has...
The Bank of Industry (BoI) has unveiled new funding opportunities for tech startups with creative solutions to problems faced by Nigerians. The Managing Director of the...
Applications for Google’s three-month virtual accelerator programme are now open to startups located in Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda,...
By SweepSouth Small businesses are usually the result of someone realising their passion has commercial value and they have the upside that you can be...
The Founder of MSME Africa, Seye Olurotimi has emerged the winner of the Entrepreneur Africa Award for Media Innovation at the 2021 Edition of the Entrepreneur...
Organisers unveil agenda for 7th Nigeria Innovation Summit InnovationHub Africa has announced the top agenda for Nigeria Innovation Summit (NIS) 2021. The Summit in...
Global startup funding surpasses $292bn in H1 2021 Spikes 157% in Q2 to Surpass $150B The global startup funding has skyrocketed in recent quarters...
Unity Bank commits over N30m to empower NYSC members Unity Bank Plc has committed over N30 million to empower National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)...
Entrepreneurship has a branding problem in Africa By Melissa Mbazo-Ekpenyong The perception among young people in Africa about becoming entrepreneurs needs to change. But, for...
Google grants TEF innovators $3m as it kicks off three new programmes Google has renewed its commitment to growing Africa’s startup ecosystem with the...
NITDA unveils policy to drive digital innovation, entrepreneurship The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), under supervision of Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital...
Tony Elumelu Foundation trains over 200k African entrepreneurs across 54 African countries The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs...
BoI disbursed N3.7bn to 300,011 N-Power beneficiaries, others in 2020 The Bank of Industry (BoI) has said it disbursed N3.7 billion to beneficiaries of...
As part of its celebration around ‘Africa Day’ on 25th May, Facebook has launched a global campaign where the feats of some eight creative brands and...
COVID-19: IFC announces $2bn investment to lift Africa’s MSMEs The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, announced on Wednesday...